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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Vinyl 5LP Boxset

Warner RecordsSKU lp-15730

2002 space rock opera expanded w/ B-sides, demos, radio sessions + rarities
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"20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 5 LP Vinyl box set includes the original album, B-sides, demos, and radio sessions, and other assorted rarities. There are 56 tracks on the vinyl box set, of which over 30 are previously unreleased, and 40 that will be available on vinyl for the first time." - Warner Records

Original Lab review:

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was a huge leap for The Flaming Lips, initially known for slacker rock singalongs like “She Don’t Use Jelly” before moving into grandiose, over-budget, high-concept self-flagellation (Zaireeka), eventually hitting their stride on the acclaimed and atmospheric Soft Bulletin. The Lips delve deeper into this experimental zone on Yoshimi, with the studio as their main instrument, basically just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. The result is a multi-faceted record that was easily a decade before its time, lacing their trademark psych rock arrangements with elements of ambient (“Sympathy 3000-21”), blunted hip-hop (“Yoshimi” part 1 & 2), dreampop (“In The Morning Of The Magicians”), krautrock (“All We Have Is Now,” “Approaching Pavonis Moons”) and downtempo (“Are You A Hypnotist?”, “Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell,” “One More Robot”). On what is described as a very loose concept album, Lips mastermind Wayne Coyne manages to touch on some very legit and relatable topics, musing philosophically on adulthood and mortality with lines like “I don't know how a man decides what is right for his own life, it's all a mystery” and “do you realize that everyone you know someday will die,” all under the veil of the ridiculous spectacle that loosely connects the tracks: a tiny Japanese woman facing off against giant pink robots. Alongside Kid A, Yoshimi stands as one of the most inventive “rock” records of the 00s, fleshed out with synthesizers, sampling, Moog basslines (long before it was de riguer) and spacey atmosphere, which is brought back to earth by Coyne’s raspy Oklahoma warbling. Recommended!

  • 20th anniversary deluxe edition expanded w/ b-sides, demos, radio sessions + rarities
  • black 5xLP vinyl pressing
  • includes 22 page booklet + foldout poster
  • limited edition
  • original release year: 2002
  • music label: Warner Records 2023
reviewed by mayor of hounslow 10/2017
UPC: 093624873051

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