The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Unreal, no really...

I just got into the flaming lips about a year ago and thank God I did. I was looking for some new music that wasn't the same old same old and found it coming out of Oklohoma. I bought the Soft bulletin first because thats where I was told to start. It was a great album (4.5 stars) but Yoshimi is by far my favourite of their albums. It is more addicting then anything I have ever listened to and that includes Dark Side of the Moon and Meddle which I love dearly. So I have kept purchasing Flaming lips albums(I believe I am up to 7) and although they are all either really good or mostly solid they do not stack up to this one. This is pure 5 stars and I don't know many albums that are a perfect 5. Anyways, get it and give it a few listens. It will grow on you each time until you can't go a day without playing it. Although every SINGLE SONG is fantastic, highlights for me include: Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 1 and 2, In the morning of the magicians and Ego tripping at the gates of hell. November 13, 2008

Addictive as any drug..

Seriously, this album should come with an addiction warning. Upon my first few listens, like many albums, it seemed merely a good album. At first I did not like the electronic feel and overall production, which is a bit different from their earlier sound.

After a few listens, this feeling of musical addition was replaced with the understanding that this album is a true work of art: beautiful, symbolic, inspiring, chaotic, mesmerizing, thought provoking, and powerful. The lyrics are profound and moving. Obvious themes of life, death, regret and gratitude dominate what one could call a deeply philosophical yet simple "concept album".

At the surface it is a bit more electronic and way more produced than their earlier albums, but it truly is brilliant. The Lips again prove they are one of the greatest and most underrated bands of the last 20 years.
October 23, 2008

Poetic pop, positively gorgeous at times....

This band confounds many people, but I really dig them. I have this album and The Soft Bulletin, and they are both pop masterpieces. This band gets compared to Pink Floyd quite a bit, but that's misleading. Lyrically, they can't touch Floyd, and musicially, they're not the same. However, The Flaming Lips are, I guess for lack of a better term, a space pop band, like ABBA with an almost Floydian vibe. Some of the melodies on this album are positively gorgeous, and the layered, thick production is a deep, poetic pop symphony. I especially love Fight Test, one of the Lips' best songs ever, the title track (both parts), and the really beautiful In the Morning of the Magicians (great title). Sometimes the lyrics are a bit obvious and kind of silly, but I believe these guys are sincere, and the melodies are so beautiful and beguiling you can drown out the sometimes subpar lyrics. This is a good album for those interested in getting into The Flaming Lips. September 25, 2008

Are you people on drugs?

Because that's the only way I can see anybody can possibly like this boring rubbish. It has no taste whatsoever. If you really like it so much, you might as well get some of Phil Collins's solo work as well. If not, then do yourself a favor and get In A Priest Driven Ambulance. That is all. August 30, 2008

Yeah....I like this space rock

This recording is a winner from start to finish.
They pulled up a feeling from the past and put a
21st century punch to it. By the end of this recording
you are floating. Really a nice feel to Yoshimi. August 28, 2008

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