Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid is a compilation album by The Flaming Lips, collecting their first three studio albums (Hear It Is, Oh My Gawd!!! and Telepathic Surgery) alongside their self-titled debut EP The Flaming Lips, and previously unreleased material and demo recordings.

Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
Compilation album by The Flaming Lips
Released	October 1, 2002
Recorded	1984–1989
Genre	Alternative rock, punk rock
Label	Restless
Producer	The Flaming Lips, Paul Avery
The Flaming Lips compilation chronology
A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording...By Amateurs (1998) Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid (2002) The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg (2002)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

It is the first of two releases archiving the band's Restless Records releases, and is followed by The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg.

Track listing

Disc one

This disc contains all of the tracks from The Flaming Lips and Hear It Is (omitting the bonus track, "Summertime Blues," found on some releases of Hear It Is), plus four bonus tracks. The track list for this disc is misprinted, switching "Garden of Eyes/Forever is a Long Time" and "Scratchin' the Door."

Disc two

This disc contains all of the tracks from Oh My Gawd!!! as well as five bonus tracks.

Disc three

This disc contains all of the tracks from Telepathic Surgery as well as seven bonus tracks.

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