Saturday, February 14, 2026

Ego tripping at the gates of hell (The Flaming Lips) (LP 4309)

The Flaming Lips  Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (CD, Warner Bros. Records, 2002) ****  

Genre: Acid rock

Places I remember: Fives

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperbolesYosmini Battles the Pink Robots Part 1

Gear costume
Do You Realize?? 

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7

Active compensatory factors: Over the years, I've struggled to get The Flaming Lips schtick. The only time I've felt connected to them and their music is this album. Partly because it sits outside their usual psychedelic jive.

This was their tenth album. I bought the album based on contemporaneous reviews and hearing two songs - Do You Realize?? and Yosmini Battles the Pink Robots Part 1.  Their hooks got me, in the same way that 10CC's hooks got me, so, I was onboard for the album.

Where do they all belong? I also bought a copy of The Soft Bulletin but can't find it in my collection. Maybe I sold it? Anyway, I don't feel the need for other albums by them.

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