The Flaming Lips are incredibly talented, I don't understand why so many people diss them. I saw them live and it was the best show I've seen hands down. They fucking rocked, and the music was tight and almost every song every member was playing a different instrument.
Those are their best 4 in my opinion. I can understand why some people diss them if the first thing they heard was Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots. That album is really weak compared to these four and Soft Bulliten.
I can't wait until they release Zaireeka on DVD audio 5.1 so instead of listening to it on 4 cd players, you can just use 4 speakers.