Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
by The Flaming Lips
- Type: Album
- Released: 16 July 2002
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 47:27
- Community rating: 4.18/5 from 20 ratings
Artists on this release: Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Wayne Coyne
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' blends lush neo-psychedelia with indietronica to explore existential and philosophical themes. The Flaming Lips craft a warm, sci-fi-infused narrative utilizing melodic pop hooks, acoustic guitars, and electronic flourishes. The album balances melancholic reflections on mortality with an uplifting, colorful sonic palette.
Genres
Descriptors: existential, melodic, science fiction, technicolor, expansive
Tracklist
- Fight Test (04:16)
- One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 (04:59)
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 (04:47)
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2 (02:57)
- In the Morning of the Magicians (06:19)
- Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (04:31)
- Are You a Hypnotist?? (04:43)
- It's Summertime (04:20)
- Do You Realize?? (03:33)
- All We Have Is Now (03:53)
- Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) (03:09)
Credits
- Wayne Coyne - Member, performer
- Michael Ivins - Member, engineer [additional], performer
- Steven Drozd - Member, performer
- George Salisbury - design, layout
- The Flaming Lips - music by, songwriter, producer, recorded by, mixed by
- Yoshimi - musician [additional]
- Dave Fridmann - producer, programmed by, engineer, mastered by, recorded by, mixed by, songwriter [additional]
- Scott Booker - producer
- Trent Bell - tracking by [bell labs]
- Andy Taub - tracking by [brooklyn bridge recording]