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 hyperboles: Yosmini Battles the Pink Robots Part 1
Gear costume: Do You Realize??
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Yosmini Battles the Pink Robots Part 1
Gear costume: Do You Realize??
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 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.
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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