It includes a re-mastered CD and a DVD-Audio disc that contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album.
re-released The Soft Bulletin in the US as a two-disc package titled The Soft Bulletin 5.1. In addition, the US and UK CDs each contain one track that the other does not, "The Spiderbite Song" and "Slow Motion" respectively. Upon its release, The Soft Bulletin was subject to record company demands for commercial-sounding music, hence the inclusion of remixes of several songs. Its large, layered, symphonic sound has also earned it a reputation as the Pet Sounds of the 1990s from a few critics. The album was noted for its fusion of ordinary rock instruments, electronic beats and synthesizers.
THE FLAMING LIPS SOFT BULLETIN DVD AUDIO PLUS
The compilation includes unreleased songs from the era, plus outtakes and early mixes, B-sides. The Soft Bulletin Companion was originally available as a promo-only CD, hand-made by the Lips’ management, and given to media and radio as the original album grew in popularity around its original release. The album was considered to mark a change in the course for the band, with more traditional catchy melodies and accessible-sounding music (their previous album, 1997's Zaireeka, was a quadruple album of experimental sounds meant to be played on four separate stereo systems simultaneously) and lyrics that were more serious and thoughtful in content. The Soft Bulletin is one of the Flaming Lips’ most popular and best-selling albums.
The album was released to wide critical acclaim and hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound, into a more layered and intricately arranged work. Records on in the UK, Europe and Australia, and on Jin the United States. The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by The Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros. still stands as The Flaming Lips’ trippy masterpiece.