![]() ![]() I don’t know where the sun beams end and the star The album gets its main concept and name by guest musician Yoshimi P-We who was known for computerized sounds that made her music “sound like she was fighting robots in a distant future.” The album was certified gold in 2006, and in 2007 was announced that Aaron Sorkin would collaborate to produce a broadway musical based on the album. The album was released after the group gained massive popularity through their 1999 hit The Soft Bulletin which featured a new and refreshing emotional sound that gave the band their first breakthrough (I’ve listened to The Soft Bulletin a bunch but have always felt that it fell inferior to the more inventive visuals of YBTPR). The album was released to widespread critical acclaim in 2002 to the credit of frontman Wayne Coyne who, just 18 years earlier, had started his psych-rock garage band. The Flaming Lips have created something to a greater extent than music-they’ve created an other-worldly experience. And-of course-when you’re high as a kite, you’ll find yourself fighting valiantly alongside Yoshimi from the euphoric two-part battle climax to the wistful aftermath of “In The Morning Of The Magicians” and “Do You Realize”. What Wayne Coyne has done here with this lush yet haunting concept that blends melancholic synth-pop with malevolent electronica is-to say lightly-a pure demonstration of genius. In short, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is a true masterwork that takes you to an unfathomable world beyond the scopes of mankind’s generic symphonies. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots was released on July 15th, 2002. ![]()
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