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Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips · 2002

• Scores: Noise 1, Unease 1, Complexity 1 (each 1 to 5)
• Genre: Rock, Psychedelic pop
• Mood: wistful, whimsical, tender
• Sound: lush orchestration, drum machines, vocoder, concept album, sci-fi lyrics

Recorded between 2000 and 2002 at Tarbox Road Studios with Dave Fridmann co-producing, this album pushes the Flaming Lips further towards electronics while keeping acoustic guitars at the centre. Rhythms borrow from hip hop and Top 40 pop, and the story of a girl battling pink robots runs through the first four tracks. The title character was inspired by Yoshimi P-We of Boredoms and OOIOO. Coyne has said it was not intended as a concept album.

Track list

1. Fight Test (4:14)
2. One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 (4:59)
3. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 (4:45)
4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2 (2:57)
5. In the Morning of the Magicians (6:18)
6. Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (4:34)
7. Are You a Hypnotist?? (4:44)
8. It's Summertime (4:20)
9. Do You Realize?? (3:33)
10. All We Have Is Now (3:53)
11. Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) (3:09)