Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

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2014 German reissue on RED LP-After the symphonic majesty of The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips return with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a sublime fusion of Bulletin's newfound emotional directness, the old-school playfulness of Transmissions F...
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Release date: 17-12-2014(originally released in 2002)

2014 German reissue on RED LP-After the symphonic majesty of The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips return with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a sublime fusion of Bulletin's newfound emotional directness, the old-school playfulness of Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, and, more importantly, exciting new expressions of the group's sentimental, experimental sound.

Tracks:
A1 Fight Test
A2 One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21
A3 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
A4 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2
A5 In The Morning Of The Magicians

B1 Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
B2 Are You A Hypnotist??
B3 It's Summertime
B4 Do You Realize??
B5 All We Have Is Now
B6 Approaching Pavanis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

Although it was burdened with the difficult task of following-up what is universally lauded as one of the best albums of the '90s in 1999's Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips struck gold once again with 2002's equally as brilliant Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The sublimely lush and emotionally expressive neo psychedelic affair even proved to be more commercially successful than its predecessor, becoming the first gold-certified album of the groups storied career. From the uplifting opener "Fight Test" to the infectious "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1," all the way through the anthemic "Do You Realize," Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is not only life affirming in its message but visionary in its scope and it officially puts The Flaming Lips in an artistic league all their own if they weren't there already.

While the album isn't as immediately impressive as the equally brilliant and unfocused Soft Bulletin, it's more consistent, using a palette of rounded, surprisingly emotive basslines; squelchy analog synths; and manicured acoustic guitars to craft songs like "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21," a sleekly melancholy tale of robots developing emotions, and "In the Morning of the Magicians," an aptly named electronic art rock epic that sounds like a collaboration between the Moody Blues and Wendy Carlos. Paradoxically, the Lips use simpler arrangements to create more diverse sounds on Yoshimi, spanning the lush, psychedelic reveries of "It's Summertime"; the instrumental "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon"; the dubby "Are You a Hypnotist?"; and the barely organized chaos of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2," which defeats the evil metal ones with ferocious drums, buzzing synths, and the razor sharp howl of the Boredoms' Yoshimi. Few bands can craft life-affirming songs about potentially depressing subjects (the passage of time, fighting for what you care about, good vs. evil) as the Flaming Lips, and on Yoshimi, they're at the top of their game. "Do You Realize??" is the standout, so immediately gorgeous that it's obvious that it's the single. It's also the most obviously influenced by The Soft Bulletin, but it's even catchier and sadder, sweetening such unavoidable truths like "Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?" with chimes, clouds of strings, and angelic backing vocals. Yoshimi features some of the sharpest emotional peaks and valleys of any Lips album -- the superficially playful "Fight Test" is surprisingly bittersweet, while sad songs like "All We Have Is Now" and "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" are leavened by witty lyrics and production tricks. Funny, beautiful, and moving, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finds the Flaming Lips continuing to grow and challenge themselves in not-so-obvious ways after delivering their obvious masterpiece.


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