Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Listened thru car speakers. Not really my style of music but had some catchy melodies and songs. Recognized a few as I knew it was a famous album. Sounded almost before its time with some of the electronic sounds and samplings

I have never really 'got' The Flaming Lips. Completely whimsical and I just don't really see the point. Wasn't unpleasant but there was nothing here that drew me in and made me want to give this much attention. Indie music for people with a 'wacky' sense of humour, I guess?

At first I thought this was going to be quite good, then it wasn't

Didn't hate it but probably wouldn't listen to any tracks again.

2.5. Very soft

There's certainly some stuff that works, but a whole lot more that doesn't work on this album.

I wish i could like this album. I've heard lots about it. I've tried to listen to it before. I made it all the way through this time, and it really didn't do it for me. Do you realize that this album is ho-hum? 2-3 stars, depending on how you wanna compare it to some of the stinkers on this list.

This was a bit too long. Started off stronger, but then by the end I was over it.

It was tough to get into

I guess it's "psychedelic"... Genre -wise it's all over the place. I liked some of it, but it didn't do much for me overall.

It's ok but extremely forgetable

First time through, I didn't really get much from this album. Re-listening this morning, after a late night, I found it to be a nice easy listening album. A little on the mellow side and there is something different about this guy's voice. Can't say I've become a Flaming Lips fan, but this was a nice background album this morning. First song, Flight Test was good and I loved the line, you have the most beautiful face in Do You Realize, another solid tune off this album. Also enjoyed In the Morning of the Magicians This was definitely a unique, mellow sounding album. I don't think I would call these guys rock, but in the end, I thought this album was decent. Ill give it a 2.5 but will score a 2 2

Weird album about robots taking over. First and 5th song good

Indifferent; Cool drum sounds; "In the Morning of the Magicians" sounds like Neil Young's vocals.

I just don't get the love for The Flaming Lips. Like everything of theirs I've heard, it's fine but trying very hard to be clever. I've heard their stage shows are fantastic; that is probably to distract from the music.

Annoying, boring, has no soul.

Very unusual. Genuinely don’t know what to make of this. Catchy in some places, weird in others.

didn't care for it, too indie poppy and weird

non mi piace tanto sembra la colonna sonora di un film

That was so boring...

This sounded like it could've been a good album, and some people no doubt enjoy it, but I really struggle with the effect that makes beats sounds distorted. I like clean sounds and I hate it when my hifi is playing up, it niggles me like you wouldn't believe. The beats on the first three tracks are all spoiled by uncomfortable noise. Very clear vocals, nice synth sounds, but horrible sounding beats. Made me want to skip the tracks with that on, and it's on tracks 1-5. Track 6 was lovely.

This album disappointed me. Some tracks offered promise - Fight Test, Are you a Hypnotist? And Do you realise? These I would choose to listen to again. But on the whole, the album was a let down. I wonder if familiarity might improve the score, but the album taken as a whole didn't provide me with enough to draw me in to listen to it again and again.

Quite forgettable, but not terrible.

Decent; 2

A little less boring than I thought it would be but still kind of boring 2/5

I was curious to hear this album when it popped up for the day, as I’ve heard about The Flaming Lips many times, but couldn’t even tell you what type of music they do. Unfortunately it wasn’t my type of music. I can see the experimentation in what they do, but it’s too slow and weird for me. It could make ok background music, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: couldn’t tell you-they all melded together Worst Song: same answer as above Cool album cover though!

It was different

Like random access memories and tame impala had a baby, decently groovy and funky but not quite to my liking. a little bit slow. A good song or two but the rest seemed like filler to me

ok

Boring

I dont usually enjoy the electro-sounding kind of music, but there is one song in particular that makes me feel sad. Almost give the same vibe as Radiohead. I dont remember which one is it but it is a song about imagining the loneliness and the feeling of loss after death. 2.4/5

I like the concept but I think the vocal performance left a lot to be desired and the production was unique as well.

Een album uit een periode waar ik vrij veel muziek van ken. En toch heb ik The Flaming Lips nooit veel geluisterd. Het trekt me niet. Saaie zweverige rocknummers. Ik zeg bewust nummers, omdat ik het niet echt liedjes vind. En dan hou ik toch meer van liedjes denk ik. Ik mis hier een bepaald meezinggehalte (of meeschreeuw desnoods)

was ok

Meni kovin huomaamatta ohitse, saattaa tosin johtua myös päivän olotilasta.

En kyllä saanu kii mitä musaa tää oli. Ei huonoa, mut ei erikoistakaan. Peruskagonen

I like yo shim I and that’s about it.

I don't like the music. Hard to say why. It's too light and airy, way too many strings in the arrangement - like mantovani with lyrics.

Nope, never been my jam.

Again, a few decent numbers that kept my attention and made me feel like things were going to get good, only to be followed up something crap! 'Do you realise' was the only track I recognised and is okay. Overall.. urgh, not great!

It was ok I could hear how that would do well but not for me.

Whether their childlike grasp of what's a song and what's simply atmosphere is naturally occuring or carefully cultivated, it's mildly alluring even while it's a sticking point I'll never get past until they do.

Not a good showing for concept albums so far… This was a really meandering effort from a group I was only somewhat familiar with beforehand. While the kitsch quirkiness is often highlighted as one of the albums greatest strengths, it started grating on me almost immediately. Part of this is down to my inability to believe Wayne Coyne is actually playing it for laughs - he takes himself way too seriously which betrays the overt silliness of this record. The one saving grace I had read from many other negative reviews was the track “Do You Realize??” on the latter half of the album. But there was no redemption to my ears, it falls into the same lumbering anonymity you would hear on a call centre waiting queue. In a word, bland.

Nicht so meins…

I enjoyed the spacey and out of this world sound of their music. However I couldn't stand how whiny the main singer's voice was. It was ok for a couple of the songs, but it got old quickly. I may still check out their other work?

Listened to first 3 tracks, did not retain my attention, lack punch and hooks

Ikkje helt for meg, men behagelig og chill (2,5 /5)..

I enjoyed some of the music, there were lots of sound combinations I haven't really heard before. However, the vocal style ruins it for me, it became annoying very quickly. I found myself telling the vocalist to shut up so I could listen to the cool musical effects without them interrupting.

not bad. kinda vibing out to the opening track. ok second track is.... not as great. yeah i am.... def not a fan of this. whatever this is even considered. idk man. like it's nicely done but i just can't take a whole album of this lol. sorry.

It's... okay?? It's interesting enough, but not engaging enough. A cool concept, some parts could be could be great, but wholly forgettable.

I really enjoyed the opening track for this album, but it fizzled out for me after that. Fuzzy and yet digital, retro and yet space age-y, upbeat and yet dreamy, this album merges some of the best of more modern electronic pop music with the psychedelic rock of yesteryear. Definitely not bad, but not particularly stand out, either. I would listen to this as background music, but that’s about it.

Can’t quite put my finger on it but something about these guys has always bugged me

Chapped

Probably not bad, But Spotify has shoved this Down my throat a while. 4/10

raspy voice. not smooth

Little interest

not really a fan the first song sounds like a cat Stevens remix

Experimental, interesting, but ultimately unsatisfying!

Self indulgent twaddle. Has not aged well, contrived lyrics about robots.

Are these lyrics written by Owl City?

Not bad I guess? But I was expecting more on the psychedelic side. 2.4/5

Too spooky for me

Some songs

The reason this band only ever achieved middling success is because they're not very good. So how the hell they have two albums on this list is beyond me. They always try a little too hard to be weird for the sake of being weird. And here, they're trying to be Radiohead and failing miserably. Also: Leave Cat Stevens alone!

Ugh. I made it through it but nothing was noteworthy. No need to listen.

Meh

Tried to get into this one a couple of times but couldn't. This kind of concept album can be interesting, but it's got to be musically interesting enough to make it enjoyable

5/10

Not much excited me about this album. It wasn’t awful either.

Nooit echt fan geweest van Flaming Lips. Zitten wel aardige nummers tussen, maar zo'n hele plaat kan mij toch echt niet boeien.

I wanted to like it! It was more interesting than I was expecting, but I still really didn't like the sound. It was crunchy on the inside of my ears, it was very unpleasant. but an extra point for being interesting.

Sober review: Not really impressed with the album, started strong and then really slowed down after the robot fight song. Felt like elevator music mixed with plastic beach backing tracks. Need to be on acid for a fuller musical experience

Ambitious experimental rock project. Almost good, but comes up short.

Didn’t enjoy that really at all. Not my sound.

Experimental electro rock. Weird kooky concepts. But not very good.

false

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I expected more from the name and the album art

Nice sound

Bizarre but not good

Don’t quite get the hype around this one. Much prefer The Soft Bulletin. 5/10

It's a little on the weird side as far as lyrics. The music is nice to listen to.

Narrativt, filmisk, alternativ rock, melodisk, syret

Soft rock with significant experimental interludes. Not a sound that captures my imagination on first listen, but could easily grow: The music isn't flawed per se, just smooth. Maybe subtle.

Not my tang

Really, more flaming lips? I can't honestly believe that this band would release an album in 2002 that needs to be heard. Ok so the first song was cool but was a total ripoff of I think a Simon and Garfunkel song, the rest is crap (so far, about halfway in). Old mate can't really sing, either. 2/5.

Not really sure why this made this list

I hate this album so much

I normally love acoustic guitars, squelchy synths, and drum machines but I found this album dull, and a bit ploddy. I also can't stand this guy's voice, so this one is a pass for me.

Me gustó como álbum conceptual. No me imaginé que el título fuera tan literal jaja. Los sonidos electrónicos añadieron mucho a la temática de robots. Dicho esto, considero que no es para mí. Además el que se trate sobre batallas y que tenga un ritmo tan tranquilo no me hace mucho sentido y me aburrió un poco.

Way too experimental for my taste

Another soft-rock with experimental inserts and whiny, crying boy as vocalist. Fuck, does this list is made in 50% of depressing, melancholic music after which you want to shoot yourself in the head? DNF this album, im fking pissed off.

Thoroughly stupid, from the lyrics to the melodies, especially from track 4 onwards. I liked the odd instrumental flourish here or there, and upon relisten I found myself almost enjoying the first three tracks, but that part one of the title track is one of the most hideous moments I’ve ever encountered in music and it’s all downhill from there. 1.75/5

Kill me with teh neo prog

I did not enjoy this one. It was kind of weird.

Never listened to this before but I expect great things. We'll see how this goes... Not off to a good start. This is kinda so "indie" it hurts. "Always thought there was a virtue in being cool"? Yikes. I thought I'd at least get good songwriting with this but the melodies aimlessly meander and the songs are utterly devoid of any real dynamics. Holy shit this is dull as dishwater. Almost impressive that an album could be so boring as this. I don't think I've ever heard anything so instantly forgettable. Awful. I hate it.

Music for pansies. I despise flaming lips. They may be the worst band on this list and that’s saying a lot because Kings of Leon is also on this list.

I baffles me how this made the cut.

Univers difficilement accessible, très spécifique. Sans intérêt pour moi.

Never heard of album or band, low expectations considering this came out when I was alive and I still have heard of it. Flight tests is weird. Honestly exactly what I was expecting in the worst way. Goofy. Songwriting isn’t bad at least. “Futuristic” sounds that don’t really work. I do really like how one song fades into the next. Not really sure what to say abt one more robot. I don’t hate it but I also think there’s wya too much going on. Over produced. Yoshimi one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. Not gonna spend any more time on that. This album would be really cool if it was released 30 years earlier. It’s generic y2k alt pop slop. Part 2 sucks as well, way too much going on. While also nothing going on. Goofy sounds thrown together in an unorganized way. In the morning is fine. More alt pop bs. Not my style. Kids In my middle school were making the beats on this album on I music at 12 yo. Bass line on egotrip is good, everything else is more of the same. Hypnotist has goofy ass lyrics. Production is better but there’s still elements that add absolutely nothing. I actually don’t mind summertime. By far the best on the album. Not sure what to make of do you realize. First 45 seconds is kinda catchy. From there it’s more over produced bullshit. Who is this album for. Why is it on this list. I don’t like all we have is now either. It’s more of the same. My problem with these alt albums is they all sounds the same;slightly whiny with way too much production behind it. Birds (the animal) should have a feature on half these songs which is ridiculous considering they add nothing except annoyance. Last song isn’t bad. Lack of lyrics actually adds to it. Makes it seem less overproduced even tho it still is. All in all this album is mid to trash. It’s not for me. I don’t get how it ended up on this list considering there’s 100s of albums that sound just like it. .5 stars.

Might be one of the shittiest records that I’ve heard that is close to the genres that I prefer. This echoes pretensions. A lot of the music choices make absolutely no sense. I’ll give credit for the experimental elements but they don’t sound great. A lot of it sounds intended for the sake of weird. The lyrics are not great. I was convinced they stole the melody from a Cat Steven’s song on the first track. I looked it up and apparently they did and now have to pay him royalties. Ha! I wouldn’t waste my time on this record. The two parter pink robots song might be my newest hated rock song. Don’t ever need to check anything else from this band.

really? penis is your project name? have fun guys

Not for me. 1/5

Ehh, no thanks

Hmm. Bad? Clearly riffing on their betters (the first track sounds very close to Father and Son, and a lot of the rest sounds like Neil Young processed through a 90s chillout soundboard)

Fucking the worst album ina long minute, sounds like two high scholer got assign to do the sound track to the shittiest play about robots falling in love. Could not manage to finish it after 5 songs

noooooo

Did not need to listen to that. 1.0

Listened to the first track, heard Father and Son, checked to see if they collaborated. Nope, Cat Stevens now gets 75% of the royalties. Wow. The only song I liked, too.

This is not for me.

Fell asleep

I hated hearing this album & hated being told this band was brilliant. the concept of this album is being insufferable. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

what a fluffy rosy cheesecake of doom

Minus 5/5 for arrogance and plagiarism Sounds like Dream Pop, but if you ordered it on Wish or Temu. Another group where artistry and autism are too close to each other. Also plagiarised Cat Steven's work... Would've given it a chance to listen, but stopped after the first song - but they called themselves brilliant in their own Spotify bio (and mistook it with writing a 1200 page novel), so minus all stars. ... Also if you call yourself brilliant, more people would know about you.

Tämä oli erittäin tasapaksu ja tylsä levy. Liian hissimuzakia mun makuun. Ei jäänyt mitään mieleen. Lopetin kuuntelun vähän yli puolen välin.

Not my cup of tea

Fell asleep

It shouldn't be this hard to figure out, just plug in an electric guitar guys. SNOOZE

I kinda hated it. The vocals are not great and the lyrics made the songs hard to listen to.

esperava mais, a capa é linda

What flaming pile of garbage is this?

I'm glad that's over with. Apparently everyone loves this, but I fear that it is not for me. It just fades into the background. I dislike Wayne Coyne's voice and the music does nothing for me. The longer it went on, the more I disliked it. Everything sounds off key.

Instrumentally boring and droning with some distracting sounds I couldn't contextualize in the bigger sound. Lyrics threw me off and gave up after the second pink robot fight song. Would give another listen to get a more accurate opinion when I'm not trying to focus on work

Just the very kind of music I think is wanky

No me gusta

*grote grote gaap*

it was at some point really annoying

Music for people whose home coffee setup is their personality.

Yikes. This was not my jams.

This album dragged. By track five I was over this. There should be a rating lower than one

I think Buddy the Elf has better melodies. This album ranges from insipid swill, to sleepy meandering nonsense, to "barely organized chaos", the latter of which the review on Pandora apparently proffered as a compliment? The best I can say about this album is that it might help you fall asleep. I could barely stay awake to get through it. Next!

I don't like this song because it has weird songs in the background. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because it's so sad. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because it's sad again. I would not recommend this song.

I don't like this album because it sounds really like beats in the background and I also don't like what the lyrics are saying. I would not recommend this to someone else because I hate it and I'm pretty sure someone else would also hate it. I give this a 1 star.

this first song i don't really like the music in the background sounds off beat and kinda offbeat I don't really like the lyrics the second song I don't really like ethier I just don't like the sound of it the third one I don't like ethier because it just sounds sad and I just dont like it the fourth one I don't really like ethier cause its sad and I just don't like the lyrics

Rock opera style albums are complicated. You have to enjoy the story and the music. I didn’t enjoy either. The synthesizer sounded the same which made the songs drone on.

Did not listen

Wow what the hell was that aside from an incredible waste of time? Were they serious?

Currently around halfway and I'm finding it to be boring, which for an album that later got turned into a musical doesn't bode well. Update: physically can't finish it, made it through the majority of it but I can't put myself through the rest

Nah

Did not enjoy

Wasn’t a fan of this one. Bear in mind that I love the use of psychedelic abstract and weird sounds in music but with this album, the sounds were overpowering and in your face, with nothing special about the underlying melodies, and the vocals were once again quite monotone.

I'm trying my best to write up something at least vaguely insightful on each album but this is just boring rubbish. The only song I felt actually stood out and I even slightly wanted to go back to is Part 2. If Do You Realise?? is supposed to be one of their most popular songs then I just don't get the appeal. I would write more but I just can't muster a second listen I'm coming back to edit previous reviews, and when I go to this one I just rememberd when I had Spotify open on my TV after listening to this band, who were staring at me with shit-eating grins, and it made me hate the album even more. Highlights: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 2

Still have no idea WTF I just listened to.

Shite

Bland. Irrelevant. 3/10

One point. Nothing stood out. Couldn’t really recommend anything from it.

I'd heard of this album at the time, so was interested to listen to it. From the title I expected an avent guard (excuse spelling) sort of concept album. What I got was a mushy kind of disconnected nothingness. In fairness it started out sort of ok, but as it progressed so it became more and more boring. None of the later tracks could possibly stand either alone or together. Can only be a 1, even though it did start out with promise.

The first few seconds of this song really threw me out. I feel like there's a lot going on in song one that it's a struggle to keep going through the rest of the album.

Habe Album nicht zu Ende gehört, der Sänger war mir zu säuselnd.

1. fight tezt - 1 2. robot - 1.5 3. yozhimi - 1.5 4. pink robotz - 1 5. magicianz - 1.5 6. ego - 1 7. hypnotizt - 1.5 8. zummertime - 1 9. realize - 1 10. nouu - 1.5 11. balloon - 1

fucking lo e thi shit

Britpop der møde rumvæsner på syretrip....

ouldn't stand it. Lol

I bought this when it came out because I'd heard great things. I didn't get it then, and I still don't. The balance is all wrong. Couldn't finish it.

First time hearing this album and I just don't care if I finish it or not. Nothing sparks my interest - music, vocals, instrumentation. Seriously overrated band. Still bummed I went to the side stage to hear the Jelly song at Lollapalooza instead of seeing Parliament/Funkadelic.

Meh

Why is on the list? I don't know if it should be on a list of 10,000 albums. I saw nothing, zero, to recommend this. Is this supposed to be prog because theres some synth fuzz? Not wasting any more time on this one except to say their best song isnt even on this album. She Dont Use Jelly Which sounds nothing like this album.

Been a while since I’ve listened to this in its entirety… Strangely, it’s not as good as I remember it. It feels too slow. Like Wayne Coyne is really feeling himself a little too much on this one.

Skipped through this album. Didn’t really enjoy it.

Nicht meine Richtung

Crap

Funky quirky alt synth

I always hated that Yoshimi robot song. The music sends me to sleep on thus record and I've always really disliked his voice.

Couldn’t get through one song. Not one.

It’s just sound

Lost me at the bugs....then the weird video of the girls eating the food while crouched on the table....and the synthesizer type music. Not really "musical" IMO

I'll just say it... awful

I am in the minority but I have always hated this album. Gave it a listen recently for the first time in years and yes I still hate it.

Mall music

Boring

Gefällt mir nicht.

Not for me.

Echt nervig. Und geklaut haben sie auch.

1/5. This is just typical Flaming Lips. First song was awesome, and totally petered out from there. If only they used real instruments and didn’t make everything sound fuzzy would I be intrigued.

Not feeling this album— not good lyrics and don’t like the tune and sound. Too techno for me.

OMG I'm so ~~rAnDoM~~

Not my style

соевое говно 0 10

ew. too grungy.

This album makes me wanna shit

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Not my music

“This track sounds like a rip of Cat Stevens Father & Son”……sure enough Yusuf Islam has a writing credit - not because he was in the room but they ripped off his song and didn’t bother seeking permission. Album is unique but repetitive. 1 star for doing Cat dirty like that.

Never liked. Still not for me.

Wish there was a zero stars option 🥰

Terrible. If you're going to write a song, do it in a key that you can sing in!!!

I didn't really get how everyone lost their minds when this was released, and still don't really get the appeal! It's easy listening, floaty pop that gets lost in the plethora of similarly themed bands. Could definitely see this being played in an elevator in some office building somewhere 😂

fucking hell i hate that yoshimi part 1 song

Highlights: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 Artwork: 5,5 / 10 Rating: 3 / 10

Can't quite work out why I don't like Flaming Lips, but I think it mostly comes down to the singer. He has a creepy uncle vibe that makes me uncomfortable, also, whiny vocals never work for me. Soft Bulletin overcame Coyne with some great songs and solid production. However, this one manages to hit my no switches early. Also, knowing we're building to the ploddingly theatrical single 'Do You Realize?' makes me dread the start of each new song. I listened through this thing once. Never again!

Please please please send me something listenable

Wasn't a fan.

chiant

A little boring really.

3 stars. It's fine. I wont ever listen to it again, but it wasn't a bad album, just fine.

Erster Eindruck:Texte mit Inhalt, bissig/provokativ, Sound relativ ähnlich, passt in Ri New Model Army/ CA, eher zuhören, Sound inspiriert nicht