In a Priest Driven Ambulance

In a Priest Driven Ambulance
Studio album by The Flaming Lips
Released	September 18, 1990
Genre	Alternative rock noise pop psychedelic rock
Length	46:36 (original release) 55:43 (1995 re-release)
Label	Restless Records/Enigma
Producer	The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann
The Flaming Lips chronology
Telepathic Surgery (1989) In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990) Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992)
Singles from In a Priest Driven Ambulance
"Unconsciously Screamin'" Released: March 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Select	4/5

In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) is the fourth album by The Flaming Lips, released in 1990. It is the first Flaming Lips album to feature Jonathan Donahue (also of Mercury Rev) and drummer Nathan Roberts. This line-up would subsequently be signed by Warner Bros. Records and go on to record the follow-up album Hit to Death in the Future Head. It is a concept album primarily focused on frontman Wayne Coyne's fascination with religion.

A music video for the song "Unconsciously Screamin" was shot at a religious theme park called Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut, as well as Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and City Gardens in Trenton, New Jersey. It was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

The album was re-released as a CD with two bonus tracks on January 17, 1995, although the full name with subtitle appears only on the vinyl release. It was also re-released in a two-CD special edition in 2002 under the title The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg. The first disc of this release, composed of the entire Priest album and numerous bonus tracks, was also released as a limited-edition two-record vinyl release on pink vinyl.

"Unconsciously Screamin'" was released as an EP in 1991 to promote the album. Two of the B-sides were featured as bonus tracks on the 1995 re-release.

Track listing

Original release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shine on Sweet Jesus"	4:27
2.	"Unconsciously Screamin'"	3:52
3.	"Rainin' Babies"	4:28
4.	"Take Meta Mars"	3:13
5.	"Five Stop Mother Superior Rain"	6:19
6.	"Stand in Line"	4:42
7.	"God Walks Among Us Now"	4:46
8.	"There You Are"	4:32
9.	"Mountain Side"	6:36
10.	"What a Wonderful World"	3:44

Limited edition vinyl-only reissue

In a Priest Driven Ambulance was reissued in 2005 on pink vinyl. The reissue is on four sides and contains the bonus tracks “Lucifer Rising”, “Ma, I Didn’t Notice”, “Let Me Be It”, “Drug Machine”, and “Strychnine/Peace, Love, and Understanding”. The cover has promotional photos and the inside sleeve has a story about the early Lips by Scott Booker.

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shine on Sweet Jesus"	4:28
2.	"Unconsciously Screamin’"	3:53
3.	"Rainin’ Babies"	4:29
4.	"Take Meta Mars"	3:13
5.	"Five Stop Mother Superior Rain"	6:20

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Stand in Line"	4:37
7.	"God Walks Among Us Now (Jesus Song No. 6)"	4:53
8.	"There You Are (Jesus Song No. 7)"	4:32
9.	"Mountain Side"	6:36
10.	"(What a) Wonderful World"	3:41

Side Three

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Lucifer Rising"	3:36
12.	"Ma, I Didn’t Notice"	8:11

Side Four

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Let Me Be It"	5:32
14.	"Drug Machine"	2:53
15.	"Strychnine/Peace, Love and Understanding"	3:59

• "Drug Machine" is the Sub Pop single rerecording of "Drug Machine in Heaven"; the song in its original form was featured on Telepathic Surgery.

Influences

The song "Take Meta Mars" is closely modeled on the Can song "Mushroom" off the album Tago Mago.

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

• Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitar
• Michael Ivins – bass
• Jonathan Donahue – guitar
• Nathan Roberts - drums
• Dave Fridmann – recording engineer, producer
• Michele Vlasimsky – executive producer, photography