Embryonic released

In 2009, the band released their twelfth studio album and first double album, Embryonic . The album, which was the band’s first to open in the Billboard top 10, was widely critically acclaimed for its new direction; late in the recording the band added Derek Brown on keyboards, percussion and guitar. In December of the same year, the band released their second album of the year and thirteenth overall, The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon , a track-for-track cover of Pink Floyd ‘s The Dark Side of the Moon , which was recorded with Stardeath and White Dwarfs and features guest appearances from Henry Rollins and Peaches . The album was released physically on vinyl and CD in 2010.