The Flaming Lips : Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniv 5LP Box Set) NEW

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The Flaming Lips : Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 5LP Box Set, 22 Page Booklet and Poster) NEW/SEALED

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.

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 music label: Warner Records 2023

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots A1 Fight Test 4:14 A2 One More Robot 4:59 A3 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 4:46 A4 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2 2:53 A5 In The Morning Of The Magicians 6:19 B1 Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell 4:34 B2 Are You A Hypnotist?? 4:45 B3 It's Summertime 4:20 B4 Do You Realize?? 3:33 B5 All We Have Is Now 3:53 B6 Approaching Pavonis Mons By Ballon (Utopia Planitia) 3:11 Demos+ C1 All My Life – Morning Of The Magicians 1:24 C2 Ego Tripping Part 2 Or 3 5:22 C3 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2:58 C4 Hypnotist: Early Version 5:10 C5 Epic Systems Delirium 2:31 C6 In The Morning Of The Magicians 4:02 D1 Do You Realize?? (1st Chords Wayne) 3:59 D2 Do You Realize?? (Steven New Part) 3:08 D3 Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice 3:41 D4 If I Go Mad / Funeral In My Head 6:33 D5 Syrtis Major 3:18 Non-LP+ E1 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version) 4:57 E2 Spongebob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy 3:38 E3 Seven Nation Army 2:51 E4 Go 4:41 E5 The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response 2:50 E6 Fight Test (Live On WXRT, May 2nd, 2003) 2:43 F1 Do You Realize?? (Live On CD 101) 3:39 F2 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (AOL Session) 3:31 F3 Waitin' For A Superman (Live On WXPN) 4:18 F4 In The Morning Of The Magicians (Live On KCRW) 3:58 F5 White Christmas (Live On WXPN) 3:28 F6 The Golden Path 4:47 Radio Sessions G1 Suspicious Minds (Live On Cover-ed) 6:34 G2 Assassination Of The Sun 4:25 G3 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live On BBC Radio 1) 4:01 G4 Do You Realize?? (Live On BBC Radio 1) 3:23 G5 One More Robot (Live On BBC Radio 1) 3:54 H1 Do You Realize?? (Live On KEXP) 3:39 H2 One More Robot (Live On KEXP) 3:20 H3 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live On KEXP) 4:08 H4 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Live On KEXP) 3:19 H5 Breathe (Live On XFM) 3:12 H6 Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Live On XFM) 3:26 H7 Sunship Balloons (Live On XFM) 3:09 Radio Sessions+ I1 Fight Test (Live On XFM) 4:03 I2 Thank You Jack White (Live On XFM) 4:18 I3 Do You Realize?? (Live On XFM) 3:39 I4 One More Robot (Live On XFM) 4:28 I5 Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live On XFM) 4:15 J1 Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell (Live On BBC Radio 1) 3:50 J2 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Live On BBC Radio 1) 3:22 J3 Sunship Balloons (Live On BBC Radio 1) 3:16 J4 Up Above The Daily Hum 4:10 J5 Xanthe Terra 3:55
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