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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 Robotswas a huge leap for The Flaming Lips, initially known for slacker rock singalongs like She Dont Use Jelly before moving into grandiose, over-budget, high-concept self-flagellation(Zaireeka), eventuallyhitting their stride on the acclaimed and atmosphericSoft Bulletin. The Lips delve deeper into this experimentalzone 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 Coynes raspy Oklahoma warbling. Recommended!
