Magnetic Flip

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{{Infobox album

| name = Magnetic Flip

| type = album

| artist = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

| cover = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Magnetic Flip.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1984}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1983|10}} – {{Start date|1984|1}}

| venue =

| studio = Downtown Recorders
{{small|(Boston, MA)}}

| genre = Rock in Opposition

| length = 38:38

| label = Ace of Hearts

| producer = Richard W. Harte

| prev_title = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Beat of the Mesozoic

| next_year = 1985

}}

Magnetic Flip is the debut studio album of the American avant-rock band Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, released in 1984 by Ace of Hearts Records.{{cite magazine |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Phillip |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=birdsongs_of_the_mesozoic |title=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=September 15, 2015}}

Release and reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000942510|pure_url=yes}}|title=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Magnetic Flip > Overview|website=Allmusic |accessdate=July 26, 2012}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 17, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Never being individually issued on Compact Disc, only some of Magnetic Flip had been included on compilations such as Sonic Geology and The Fossil Record. Finally, the entire album was issued by Cuneiform Records on Dawn of the Cycads, a two-disc anthology including most of the band's early work.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/birdsongs.html |title=BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC: DAWN OF THE CYCADS |publisher=cuneiformrecords.com |date= |accessdate=July 26, 2012}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Shiny Golden Snakes

| writer1 = Roger Miller

| length1 = 3:00

| title2 = Ptoccata

| writer2 = Erik Lindgren

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = (excerpts from) The Rite of Spring

| writer3 = Igor Stravinsky

| length3 = 6:42

| title4 = International Tours

| writer4 = Erik Lindgren

| length4 = 2:50

| title5 = Terry Riley's House

| writer5 = Roger Miller

| length5 = 3:57

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Theme from Rocky and Bullwinkle

| writer1 = Frank Comstock/Fred Steiner

| length1 = 1:26

| title2 = The Tyger

| writer2 = Martin Swope

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = The Fundamental

| writer3 = Roger Miller

| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = Bridge Underwater

| writer4 = Roger Miller

| length4 = 5:20

| title5 = Chên/The Arousing

| writer5 = Roger Miller

| length5 = 2:08

| title6 = Final Motif

| writer6 = Rick Scott

| length6 = 3:58

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Magnetic Flip liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Magnetic Flip |others=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic |year=1984 |type=sleeve |publisher=Ace of Hearts Records |location=Boston, Massachusetts}}

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic