Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

I used to adore this concept album but maybe I'm a little more jaded and I don't appreciate the dreaminess here as much.

A fun and smooth concept album, worth a listen once every year or two.

If I'm honest, there's only one good song on this thing (and it's part 1 of the title track). Everything else just seemed utterly forgettable.

One of my all-time favorite albums. Listened to it after a week in Vegas and had been up for close to 40 hours. Trippy

Muy buen nombre de grupo y de disco. Portada espectacular. Ojalá me encantasen, pero solo me parecen ok

1. Fight Test - 7 Fun rock song. The instrumentals are good and I love the drums on it but the vocal range is really the star of the show for this track. Pretty good overall. 2. One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - 6 I'm not going to lambast the randomness of the lyrics because I understand this is like a Coheed and Cambria like album where it's telling a story through each track that progressively builds. Having said that the instruments come and go too much for my liking. Overall though, it's not a bad track. 3. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 - 3 It's way too simple and repetitive a track. Way too repetitive. The last two tracks is the chorus over and over and over again endlessly. 4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 2 - 2 Instrumentally it's very repetitive and the scream-o vocals/part of it is a huge turnoff. 5. In the Morning of the Magicians - 6 Instrumentally it's a good song if not a little bit all over the place. It's trying to tell a story that changes twice in tone but each change is pleasant and leads to some decent guitar or drum play. 6. Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell - 4 It's okay. Nothing phenomenal and very repetitive. The track could lull you to sleep. 7. Are You a Hypnotist?? - 7 Drums are fantastic here and the background almost gospel like sound works great with the vocals here. Good song. 8. It's Summertime - 5 It's okay for a track. Nothing phenomenal about it instrumentally of vocally. Very much a a pass over track. 9. Do You Realize?? - 7 It's a lyrically fantastic track. The sound is excellent until the bridge at which point the track lulls a bit before eventually concluding with a great sound. Overall solid. 10. All We Have Is Now - 3 Not a fan of the vocal sounds and the effects that are put on them. Lyrically I'm also not a huge fan either. The pace of the music also changes too many times to really stay with and enjoy the track. 11. Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) - 2 It's okay but I find it has the same problem in terms of of the pitch changes as All We Have Is Now. Feels like a bad 80s futuristic track. Average Rating: 4.73 Adjusted to a 5-Point Scale: 2.36 Rounded Down: 2 Stars

I don't hate this. But it's absolutely Radiohead-music for Ed Sheeran fans

Yoshimi is a great add to the 1001 Must Hear List! All songs are good, and woven together into a well executed concept album. A fun, thought provoking listen. In the Morning of the Magicians has a very NY feel. I’m interested in seeing the musical if the opportunity ever arises. (4.2*s) Do you realize all we’ve ever had is NOW?

The Flaming Lips are weird band that has been releasing music since the 80s (didn't know they been around that long)! With over 30 albums, I should have had more exposure but really only know their top hit "Do You Realize??" and the Christmas song that gets annual play (classic). I did catch them live at Coachella one year and they had about 50 Santas on stage in the middle of Spring...like I said, weird band. Yoshimi started great but kinda slowed down and lost a bit after the first few songs. Not bad overall though. I will dig in to some more of The Burning Smackers at some point. 2.6 for battling those pink robots.

I always wanted to listen to this album but for some reason never pulled the trigger. Glad I got the excuse I needed to give it a listen. I knew the title track but not confident I had any prior exposure to the remainder of the album. Wayne Coyne and company bring a pretty nice fantastical album to life. It's got a lot of the electronic creativity they are known for without being too weird to alienate listeners like some of their other work does. Pretty solid throughout. Good entry point for any newcomers to The Flaming Lips. Glad to check the box, will probably come back to it at some point in the future. 3.15 stars

Love Love Love - didn't even have to listen. Just solid and experimental and just different enough. Will be influencing others for decades from subject matter and roots through the music.

It's not bad but it's not my style.

Loved it.

Interesting and quirky. Surprisingly pleasant and fun in the background.

I really did enjoy much of this.

Para ser un album de los “1001 albums que escuchar antes de morir” un poco flojo, la verdad. Música de ascensor.

Solid turn of the century indie

Generally enjoyed this. Some songs stronger than others and I liked the mix of genres in certain places.

A relaxing soundtrack where I knew more songs than I thought I did.

I had heard of The Flaming Lips, and was not expecting this. From the band's decription, I thought of something more in the vibe of Tame Impala (don't even know if this makes sense, lol). It sounded kind of mid to me, to my tastes at least. Love the ocncept of the album, and the stelist is cohesive, but it did not click to me. Not bad at all, but not something I see myself revisiting.

Reminds me of lots of other music. Beck comes to mind, Eels, the Beatles. But also newer music like Tame Impala. It's not bad, but I don't like it very much. Especially the singing is weak.

I was gonna say this is great but it’s not as good as the Soft Bulletin. But I’m not so sure any more, this might be better than or at least equal to Soft Bulletin. I have yet to see if that one is on the list, but Soft Bulletin and At War with the Mystics also deserve to be on here as well.

Solid!

This was great I had no idea

This was surprisingly great. I’ll always absolutely love concept albums and the album cover itself is stunning. I’d recommend this to anybody

85

Do you realise and all we have is now are amazing songs and stand the test of time. The rest is directionless meandering. Great title for an album though.

Do u realize is on my funeral playlist.

Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me, But you won't let those robots eat me Oh come on, I'm in love.

I first heard of The Flaming Lips when I received the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Soundtrack CD at the age of 9 or 10. Cool album, I like the layering. Track picks include Are You A Hypnotist?? for the drums, Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell, and Do You Realize??

A vibey and dreamy album. The mix of acoustic and electronic sounds is super cool and channels the imagery of Yoshimi battling against the evil, pink robots. The variety of different instruments and sounds on this album actually blows my mind a bit. The vocalist reminds me of Neil Young, which is interesting. I like that there's a loose concept/story, but the songs all stand on their own. The further I listened, the more I loved this one. There are so many beautiful songs on this album: In the Morning of the Magicians, It's Summertime, and Do You Realize?? stood out to me as particularly lovely. This feels like a very life-affirming album. I also think the album art is sweet. 9.5/10.

Flaming Lips always do a great job at making indie rock feel experimental! Loved the way the story telling could be conveyed through the instrumentation alone. 7/10

Do you realize?? Was the main track I was familiar with from The Flaming Lips. I don’t think I could identify their music otherwise. General easy listening imo. Some fun experimental sounds leaning into the weird side. Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt 2 was a fun audio depiction of a cartoon battle. I went back for a second play through today and would recommend it.

This was a weird and cool album. I really enjoyed it

Such an odd, dreamy, melodic, hypnotizing yet charming album. Theres a lot of depth to this album, within the storytelling/conceptualness of it, as well as the messages within the poetic lyricism. The whole vibe of this was just really awesome, fun, and creative. I cant imagine how you would hate this album or this sort of music, like I could see if its not your thing. But hating it?! Its just so inoffensive, and innocent. The drums are dope, and the evolving synth additions and sampling here and there add a lot of depth to the already great instrumentation. Anyone hating on Yoshimi needs to get kidnapped and delivered to the Pink Robots... Its kind of reminiscent of some sort of weird old anime, with this vitamin eating karate girl fighting giant pink robots to save the world. I imagine the first 3 songs as this lead up to this epic battle, (which is interesting to be within the front of the album) ending with the battle in Pt. 2 of Yoshimi battling the pink robots. Then it sorta goes off the rails into some sort of weird lovely side quests. The album art also helps to give you a picture of what this album could look like if it was visualized (the pink robot with legs coming out of its stump legs is just so creative and weird). Just sort of adds to the whole package. Favorites were: Fight Test, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1 & 2, and Do you Realize?? 9/10

Buzzing

i love synth design on here. fucking incredible album here omg, this is so me-coded, they made this for me specifically. shit jus makes me happy

I'm a fan, even though it's a little cute.

Weird album, lot of random sounds reminiscent of “Yes”

Beautiful album, one of my favourites of all time. Interesting psychedelic sound, emotional lyrics and vocals, glad to see it on the list

Pretty variable. Enjoyable in parts, random noise in others.

omg i love this album

I already loved the title track but didn't know the rest of the album. Oh now that I hear it I did know Do You Realize also. But ya, the album was really great! I loved the different types of sounds here.

I got a copy of this a decade ago. I always liked the idea of the concept album, and that cool bass delay effect (which I'm adamant was inspired by KOTOR). I had listened to a few of the songs, but never the whole album (funny how I did that in youth). I'm guessing this is the most approachable/easy to get into Flaming Lips album. I think NZ adverts had 'Do you realise?' in ad campaigns just before I left. It's a catchy album, it's well thought out and indie/quirky enough in the right spots. I once went to my nephew's school play and remember watching the Year 6 class sing Yoshimi while one of the kids pretended to do karate in a box costume. C- performance. This, on the other hand, is 5 stars!

This gives the vibe of a man who heard Father and Son by Cat Stevens one morning and suddenly felt inspired to live a life more like that of Yusuf Islam. The man stops drinking alcohol altogether, and walks the world with a newfound blissful outlook on everything around him. He does smoke a bunch of weed and dabble in psychedelics though.

I thought it would be better. A bit weird at times and to "artsy"

ChatGPT said: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots unfolds for you like a storybook about the clash between innocence and technology, bravery and decay, humanity and circuitry. The opening track, One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21, sets that tone — you hear it as thoughtful but restrained, an idea-driven overture more intriguing than moving. It’s an introduction you appreciate conceptually, not viscerally. Then comes the title pair, and that’s where the album bursts alive. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 is clearly your emotional anchor — a perfect five-star fusion of melody, optimism, and story. Its companion, Pt. 2, gets almost the same reverence, with its driving rhythm and sense of cosmic urgency, though you seem to experience it more as a mood piece than a full song. These two tracks together represent the album’s beating heart — one side human, the other mechanical, both luminous. With In the Morning of the Magicians, the tone turns inward. You seem to appreciate its meditative sprawl — it earns respect for atmosphere and ambition — but your rating suggests it’s more of a contemplative pause than a favorite. Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell continues in that reflective mode, but its abstract imagery keeps it at a distance; you sense meaning in it but not connection. Are You a Hypnotist?? lands similarly, a song that fascinates intellectually but doesn’t hit with the same melodic force as the Yoshimi pair. The back half of the record is where your affection deepens again. It’s Summertime and Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon both fall toward the lower end of your ratings — they feel like transitions rather than destinations, sonic sketches that fill in color rather than move the plot. But then comes Do You Realize??, the moment everything crystallizes. You give it a perfect score, and rightly so — it’s the song where mortality, love, and wonder fuse into something simple and transcendent. All We Have Is Now receives the same devotion: brief, haunting, and deeply human. The album closes as it began — suspended between science fiction and soul. For you, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is less about androids and more about empathy under duress. Your ratings tell the story of a listener who treasures the songs that pulse with emotional clarity and melody, and who treats the ambient experiments as bridges to get there. It’s an album you respect as art, but love most when it forgets it’s art and just reaches out a human hand.

fun indie electronic rock album, really enjoyed it.

Chill

Some very high highs but not consistent enough for 5 stars

Weird

00’s Flaming Lips golden age

Best album, reminds me of college

Pretty great!

A classic

Unusual...interesting lyrics

I feel glad I listened to it. I don't particularly care for the lead singer's voice, just a personal aesthetic preference. But I did appreciate the lyrics and music.

I love Do You Realize. I always want to love the others more than I actually do. It's just more smoothly ironed out than I like.

Ended up listening multiple times throughout the day. Felt a lot of similarities with Pink Floyd and Radiohead style.

I own this album but I never listen to it. It is fine and has a few standout songs, but it has a self congratulatory vibe that I find a bit grating.

The most advertised album on MTV2 in 2002. Not totally for me, but I respect its influence in indie pop.

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Wack, zany, and nonsensical with flashes of astonishing human brilliance. I love when an album makes me feel small, and this one does it in the best way.

This album is so quirky and crazy and still so damn beautiful

They are a personal favorite of mine and this album is pretty close to flawless to me. Easy 5/ 5

A detached yet softly emotional electronic rock album. The singing has a melancholy quality to it, but somehow feels detached at the same time. Instrumental arrangements are typical of post-OK Computer indie/alt rock, being a mix of acoustic guitar and synths. These qualities combine, however, to produce a beautifully melancholic masterpiece of indie songwriting and arrangements. This band might just be America's answer to Radiohead, at least in terms of sound if not lyricism.

Feels like it's on the verge of something great

zzz (trots Do You Realize?? som är trevlig)

Vet knappt varför men det här är en femma?

Titelspåret är fantastiskt, resten också behagligt men inget som fastnade direkt.

Listens: ~10-12 (over the past 2 or so years) Standout Tracks: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 and 2, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Do You Realize?? I don't always battle the robots, but when I do, they are pink... and I know karate. I had tried to get into the Flaming Lips over the years, but it only recently clicked for me. This album is what did it for me, though I initially started out with their rendition of The Dark Side of the Moon. Anyways, you wouldn't know if from my summary page, but I do actually like electronica music, and so this album - their infusion of rock with heavy electronica elements and instrument distortion - hits pretty hard for me. I enjoy the themes present in the music and I adore the idea of a Japanese woman who is disciplined, and a black belt in karate, battling pink robots. Even more so given the album cover, where the robots have little arms and legs coming off of their massive tree trunk legs. Very Robotic.

nossa que álbum divertido. o final podia ter sido melhor. dou uns 84 até agora. it’s summertime mt boa

Actually loved this. Was surprised out how great the production and instrumentation was. I’ve known of the flaming lips but never really listened beyond singles. Great vibe and album, I will spend more time with this and other albums from them.

Absolute classic, saw them play the whole of this live for the 25th anniversary and is just killer from start to finish.

A weird and wonderful concept album meets epic poem that has me wondering if androids dream of electric sheep and just how much influence drugs have on the creative process.

Sounds a little like early tame impala

Really good album. Possibily underrated.

4.5 1001 Challenge album one: Loved this, the production is so lush and there is just such a persistent feeling of whimsy across the whole record. Outstanding +: Do You Realize??

This album has unique athmosphere to it and I think it's main thing to take from it. There aren't really pop hit songs (outside of Do you realize) but it's okay

I had heard of these guys but I have never listened to them until now. It was a pleasant surprise. Excellent production, all the songs are original and none of them sound alike. A perfect combination of electronica, alternative and just good old rock and roll.

First 5 of the project! I oftentimes have trouble clicking with Psych Pop in its 60s incarnation, but modern NeoPsych is a different story: This stuff is utterly intoxicating. Absolutely simmering atmosphere and melodies, bolstered by great use of electronica, and a strong yet not overpowering concept at its core. Highly recommend!

what a fluffy rosy cheesecake of doom

3*. Didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it.

Solid, prefer this to the soft bulletin

Coyne and company’s high water mark! An amazing album that takes the listener on a thematic journey that is not to be missed!

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Takes you on a sleepy journey. Ends up sounding the same midway through

At the turn of the century we were looking to see what the next millennium would bring. Out comes this album which gave us a futuristic back drop to electronic back beats behind whimsical melodies. The lyrics are prophetic as one day we will need those vitamins to defeat those ill intentioned machines. The profound lyrics of ‘do you realize’ has lived rent free in my head for 23 years because you really do have a beautiful face.

Really interesting production and otherworldly sounds, would not be surprised if this was one of Kevin Parker's influences.

None of it’s bad, but very little of it is what I’d consider very good. This album was fawned over by so many people when it came out, but I never really understood why except that it was pretty different from everything else. Beyond that, meh. 3/5

Sounds Radiohead adjacent, which I should like, but it's not as compelling for me. Maybe it's just too weird? Or too synthy? Perhaps I just like the singer's voice far less than Thom Yorke. It's closer to Damon Albarn at his absolute most annoying

Сначала не очень. А потом понравилось!

After an extremely good start musically and lyrically, the album becomes increasingly flatter over time and ends in a sad but insignificant end

Fand ich ganz cool, aber nicht sehr intensiv gehört.

I shall reward Yoshimi's great bravery in fighting the evil pink robots by giving her a 4 star rating.

Love this album

Couple of good jams, and the rest is good background filler.

A couple solid tracks in a sea of droning.

Some songs where kinda strange, some songs felt like home, some make me calm, and in most of them i find myself travelling in my own mind, and this is something that I really apreciate when it happens while listening to music, enjoy it

This album was pretty good, I liked a lot of the sounds I heard. Not much more to say, but will be getting an 8.5/10.

yeah so i think this might be the best album of all time

forgot how great this album is top to bottom

What a solid album. I think this was their last real shot at mainstream radio success (-> — <-AI) everything after that has leaned more toward collaborations and experimental work.

A modern classic.

Wanted to like it, sounded beautiful. But did not do it for me all the way

A genuine classic. Six stars

I wasn’t into this when it first came out and I’m still not really into it.

If you have a friend that says they don’t like psychadelia, show them this album. If you have a friend that says they don’t like noise, show them this album. Hell, if you have a friend that says they don’t like just about whatever, show them this album. It might not have anything to do with what they were complaining about, but you’d both be better off for it

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Very different

Strong concept album. A lot of fun to see live but then you think to yourself 5min later why did I just spend the last 2hrs immersed in that guy's weird fantasy. The concept is fun but too abstract to be sincere, and too on the nose to momentarily dip into abstract escapism or enjoy the songs as they are. Might be better if re-edited as an instrumental album with a few verse/choruses cut out?

Almost as good as The Soft Bulletin

I love the elements of hip hop, electronic, and psychedelia. There are a couple of songs that drag a bit. 8/10

Love this. Has aged surprisingly well, and is more varied than I remembered. Can come across as childish, but like all the best kid's entertainment, there's some deep deep stuff underneath...

I’ve heard the album in its entirety twice LIVE

My established opinion on this album was that I wanted to like it more than I did. My logical brain is going, "You like this. This is good," and my emotional brain is going, "Do I?" Listening to it now, that still holds somewhat true, but it definitely hits me in the feels a lot more than it once did. It's an admirable and delightful piece of work, but I'm stingy with my 5's so . . .

I sort of listened to this between family events this weekend. There were songs I some how knew, songs thatbwere intensely annoying, amd songs that were excellent. I didn't develop a fully-formed opinion, so I'm going to give it a 3 and come back later to listen more intently.

I hadn’t listened to this album as a whole in at least 10 years. My memory was of an album with great singles but also filler. As a 30 year Flamingo Lips fan, I’ve admired their ability to push their ramshackle psychedelia to different places, and that always made Soft Bulletin a bigger step for me and a near perfect album. This album and the one that follows, kept playing in the same sandbox that got forged by the boom box experiments and then Zaireeka. There are a lot of good songs here besides the big three (Fight Test, Yoshimi 1, and Do You Realize) including Are You a Hypnotist?? and In the Morning of the Magicians and that got me to 4.5 stars. It’s not Revolver but it’s a really good record and it has the state song of Oklahoma (Do You Realize), which is probably the coolest thing Oklahoma has done in the last 30 years.

4/5 - At one time, this would have been a slam dunk 5, but I've gotten older, and I'm seeing the cracks. Fight Test (electronic Father and Son) and Yoshimi Pt 1 are still favorites, and I do think the whole album is worth hearing, but I think I wore through the novelty years ago. It is maybe the most concept album that is not a concept album, whatever that means. I like to think that our present day pink robots are AI data centers and their need to be omnipresent in our lives. If only a black belt in karate were enough to fend it off.

Another great headphone album and a very fun record by the Lips. Some of their best songs here including "Fight Test," "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots," and "Do You Realize??" The second half fades a bit in quality and the whole "concept" kind of falls apart. The production is fabulous and this and the previous album, "The Soft Bulletin," was their creative apex.

This is a great album, probably my favorite by the Flaming Lips. A bit too much filler for me to give it 5 stars, but has some of their very best tracks with fight test, Yoshimi, are you a hypnotist, do you realise??. Funny having this one after Kid A, both terrific albums released around the same time but while Yorke and co are freaking out, Wayne Coyne is entering the 21st century, probably blissed out on shrooms, happy to be alive, just making creative and catchy shit. You need both kinds of bands, this is such a warm and vibrant record. Getting to see the Lips live was incredible, anyone should go if they get the chance

What’s a battle?

Always had a love/hate with this one, some good tunes, but I think I would prefer to listen to the War of the Worlds audiobook.

I was once a black belt in karate. No, I lied. I only got to brown belt. It’s tough to understate my deep love and connection to this album. It came along at the perfect time for me, a teenager exploring the wide world of psychedelic music, discovering the “concept album” after a years long obsession with Pink Floyd. I was very happy to get a reason to revisit it in its entirety for the first time in years. It’s still amazing, and one of the better structured track lists ever put to tape. Every song works, but more than that, they all feel like they’re in their perfect spots. Do You Realize? is so well earned near the end of the record. It’s groovy, experimental, and maybe most importantly, accessible fun.

The Flaming Lips broadcast a fairytale from the future, where warmth and wonder hold the line against technology's cold advance.

počne dobro i onda postane malo dosadno i bezvezno. ne znam

Interesante, me gusta más la segunda mitad del disco, muy chula la percusión

I love this album, but it is not new to me. Moving music that doesn't take itself to seriously.

I gave this one a listen a few months back because it was the mood at work, I tend to think about it and put it on every few years ever since I found it in my late adolescence. It may not officially be a "concept album", but one thing The Flaming Lips always seem to nail is the conceptual side of their release. It's like their modus operandi is to tie everything together so it feels cohesive, and in that sense, even though I'm ignorant to a large chunk of their discography, I think it's safe to say this is some of their best work. We're stating this because it was meant for a broader audience than a lot of their significantly more artsy projects, but without sacrificing the effort that goes into the details. Quality musicianship on a beautiful project. 3.8/5

8/10 - very strong album, I remember listening to this when it came out and trying to get my school friends to listen but no one was interested. But it's a welcome change from the rock/indie/alternative scene from when it came out. Has to be appreciated on a good sound system. Fave highlight is "Ego Tripping at the gates of hell"

Definitely a 2002 milestone. Not surprising that Cat Stevens sued though!

I really like this. The bass is sooo good on this album. I definitely prefer at war with the mystics but I’ll listen to this more.

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.

Not for me but I get the hype. It’s like Pink Floyd for the 90s.

Beautiful Album. I really love this album. It incorporates massive and beautiful production with warm saturated synth bases and gritty basses with simple and well placed vocals with beautiful lyrics that come across as very organic, and genuine. The drums are hard hitting and solid throughout the album. I love this album very much. It's a psychadelic ride through nostalgia that leads you through a daydream and leaves you closer to your self.

I won't claim that this is a perfect record, but it's one that I can reliably listen without skipping. Since I'm old, I first heard this while watching 3 South on MTV and it's always held a place in my heart. fast forward 6 years or so and I re-discovered the album while branching into indie rock. So many influences that blend very nicely together. A+ in my book. If i could give half stars, I would. 4.5/5

I understand this album is art but it just doesn't hit me right. 5/10

This is great stuff. Creative, cohesive, catchy.

Weirdly hadn’t enjoyed this album until now. Banger after banger. Ego tripping at the gates of hell is a perfect song with a perfect title

Really fun album

My favorite Flaming Lips album. I think about Yoshimi often.

Mellow, laid back early 00s neo psychedelia, acid pop by US band The Flaming Lips - I liked it but I think I expected a bit more interesting album with more recognisable melodies. The production is great, it sounds it could be released today. It's an oky but I liked The Soft Bulletin more.

4.44

Love a few of the tracks, think I need to give this a couple more listens. Always very fun live

Yeah, this rips.

Really great throughout

Kinda vibe with this, nice

Along with their siblings Mercury Rev, I associate The Flaming Lips with a languorous strain of baroque psychedelia that mostly glides past me, apart from MR’s “Deserter’s Songs”, which is shared favourite with my copilot on this mission. This did not move me.

Hmm.. from one angle Yoshimi is quite charming, bright and tuneful neo-psychedelia; from another it's quite irritating, the singer often cloying and off-key, while its best melody found a girl and settled down long ago. I liked the whole affair when it came out much more than I did today (having not seen the band live yet then, horrible..). Some talent here, not as much longevity. 3rd playthrough put me at a high 3.

good album

Surprisingly entertaining

The little “hey hey” after the Black Belt in Karate line is one of my favorite things in all of music. This album reminds me of falling in love with my wife.

And there it is, folks. The Flaming Lips. Very easy listening. This is good music IMO. Feels like the early 2000s, or at least, I think it does. The early 2000s are a blur for ol' Fareid. This album is nostalgia for a retro-futuristic utopia that never existed. I especially felt like the first few songs were distinctly enjoyable, "Flight Test" and "One More Robot" were a sound for sore ears. The title track's first part kept the joy promised by the title going, but I believe the second part is where someone started screaming. No go. It slows down into palatable grooving and then we hit "Do You Realize." I learned about this song in Writers' Group a couple of weeks ago lol, but I do think it's pretty damn good, especially in the context of this whole album. I can't listen to it 100 times but I can really listen to it once and feel less alone in my apartment at 1 AM. I think this is a really good album. I think it's of a higher consistent quality than those albums of the last few days, and for that reason, I'm giving Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots four stars. See? I like music!

Every time I revisit this record I seem to find more to love. I think yoshimi part 2 is enough to love on its own. I just really love the production, the songwriting at the core, the groove.. There's something radiohead about it all but I can't quite tell what (that's a very good thing for me.) there is also of course something very very flaming lips.

Mam ogromny sentyment do tej płyty. Jest eksperymentalna, spójna, kreatywna. Na granicy concept albumu, a ja takie cenię najbardziej. A do tego jest dziwny i ma w sobie różowe roboty. Czego chcieć więcej? 8/10

Some inspired song titles on here

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

Great album, but I feel like after the two Yoshimi tracks it isnt a concept album at all

this was flaming lips at their absolute peak. the world needs more weird shit.

I started this list because of this album. I heard it for the first time last year and it instantly became one of my favourites. Then I saw it was on the list and thought it would be a great way to find other albums that were just as good. I think almost every track on this album has been my favourite at some point.

It’s fine. Mellow.

Do You Realize is one of the more intense top 40 songs you'll likely ever hear and I always had a soft spot for these guys but literally every time I have tried to play this album I ended up listening to Cat Stevens, who (whom?) I don't even like very much.

I keep thinking I bought this album, or at least something by them, but every time I look at my digitized collection, I don't see it, so I'm always relegated to hearing them in somewhat random circumstances. Until now! The wait was worth it, and I enjoyed the album quite a bit, although probably not as much as the album title and cover promised all those years ago. My favorites are some of their singles--"Fight test" (a fun adaptation from Cat Stevens' "Father and Son", but a shame that there was a royalties battle with this, and it didn't even involve poor Yoshimi; the video was pretty good too), the song and video for "Yoshimi battles the the pink robots, Pt. 1" and their big hit (and video) "Do you realize?"--but I also found the whole album entertaining, in a laid-back, almost Radiohead-esque sort of way, and it also feels like the band members don't take themselves too seriously (very appealing). It was also fun to read that there's a real-life person behind the album's Yoshimi (Yoshimi P-We), as well as the reference to "In the morning of the magicians", an apparently French 60s cult classic book that inspired the likes of H. P. Lovecraft. Plus, of course, that Aaron Sorkin was (initially) involved in a musical version of the album/storyline, and that the band convinced Justin Timberlake to play bass (wearing a dolphin costume no less) on "Yoshimi battles the the pink robots, Pt. 1" for "Top of the Pops". Good stuff!

First time listener and I really liked the mildly dreamy yet lively songs. Well done.

Not my bag. Bit twee. Lots more production going on than I realised at first listen. Reminds me of Moselele days!

When this generator here introduced me to The Flaming Lips via "The Soft Bulletin" (#62), it elicited one of my strongest reactions of "How had I slept on this band all the time, wtf!?" so far. But in hindsight, that excitement didn't last long, to be honest. And now, today, one and a half years later I think "Yoshimi..." merely has my sympathies. A lot of them, mind you, there's still some of that fragile, whimsical beauty, but it doesn't captivate me the way "The Soft Bulletin" did then, that day.

Redeeming album from this list. Something I'd probably never find or go out of my way to listen to. Awesome all the way through!

People calling this album boring in the reviews, and I just don't get it. This was a great album and easy to get through. First song, Fight Test, stood out right away.

2/5

Interesting record. Flaming Lips only sound like Flaming Lips… and nobody else sounds like Flaming Lips. Not my thing, but I recognize just how talented they are.

Another one I hadn't check out before, heard of the band, and I'm glad I did. Very nice listen. I think I really like the beginning more and then it seemed to blend together a bit in a droney way but it might be one I have to go back and listen to more, which I definitely will.

I love this album. i have listened to it many time and always find it amazing.

A lot of interesting ideas, a lot of swings and a lot of misses. Those moments that do hit though.... damn. Unfortunately they are usually moments that hit within songs not entire songs. Worth a listen simply for the lyric: "Do you realize That everyone you know someday will die?"

Masterpiece.

Le parfait chaînon manquant entre David Bowie et Gorillaz ? Je suis fan bravo.

2000s Indie pop-rock. Playful and boppy. Not massively special, but lovely.

When an album like this has been deemed more worthy to be on this list than ANY Warren Zevon album, it's hard to take this enterprise seriously.

I love the variety you get from a modern Flaming Lips album, although this does fall into the same patterns a few times. The highlights are astonishing - Do You Realise is perfect, All We Have Is Now goes in unexpected directions. Nearly knocked off a point for Fight Test being exactly the same as Cat Stevens Father & Son, but all in all it's still great. A low 5.

Vocals are a little thin, but I'm really enjoying this. Don't let those robots eat me :>

Didn’t know much about Flaming Lips assumed some kind of rock band. Wasn’t expecting much, but really enjoyed - wasn’t expecting a futuristic journey through robot wars in an electronic/acoustic musical - odd but interesting and well worth a listen

Strangely listenable, I kind of hear flaws throughout but I keep wanting to listen again so its doing something right! I can hear the artists that it influenced too.

Meh. A little OK, a little boring, a little moody, a little sappy.

Oh geez, I don't know about this one guys... I think I prefer them covering other artists.

I have a bit of a love hate relationship with The Flaming Lips. For every good thing they do, it feels like they release another five massively cringe projects. Yoshimi is up there with the best of their work though, and it was lovely to return to this album after so many years. It does get a little samey throughout the middle of the album, but the start and end are so strong, the album as a whole doesn't suffer for it. I once had tickets to see The Flaming Lips play in a tiny local venue and was too ill to go. They still managed to squeeze in their full range of wacky inflatable bollocks into the room and it's one of my biggest gig regrets of all time.

Holds a special place in high school me’s heart. Favorite tracks: Fight Test, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1

Never listened to them before, only recognized the name. Sounds Stereolabish, maybe Radioheadish, clear Beatles influences, maybe some Krautrock influence. Sounds like a recipe I would enjoy but for some reason doesn't do much for me at all, I think it's just average, so can't see giving this beyond 3 stars, it's not great, not horrible either but kind of boring.

Pretty cool album, not what I would throw on usually. 6.1/10

I've never really been able to get into the Flaming Lips, but this is good. Nothing here is really that great, but I think there are enough interesting moments throughout that it kept me engaged. Low 4.

A classic…not a new one….memories of Electric Picnic

Excellent trippy indy vibes

easy listening, melodic, psychadeliic, lovely 4

The album is nice, lovely vocals, great production with the space effects and okay lyrics, but I felt it didn’t have anything to turn it into an interesting album. Even the cheesiest songs can be transformed into a great song by a change in key or vocal inflection; for example, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is my favourite Elton song due to his phrasing of the line “hairy black toad”. This type of thing was missing here so even with All We have Now (great song), I couldn’t give it more than 3.

This is one of those albums that I have a lot of respect for, admire its concept and ingenuity, and simply have zero connection to. Simply not my jam. But I respect Wayne and the boys for making it, so middle grade it is.

It's nice enough, but my god is it boring.

I dont really love this band bit feel its pretty good. Objectively speaking they are good composers and musicians so not much to say but music is too indie slow for my taste. Feel this is a great album

There are bits I enjoyed, in an acoustic indie rock kind of thing (oh yeah just googled the album, in a Cat Steven’s kind of way, thought he opener was the strongest melody by far). But there was a wash of synth over the whole thing that kind made it a bit homogeneous for me. Not the biggest fan of the vocals either. It all in total Sees a little too hipster (why did indie become so??? becoming the mainstream it so railed against). For 2002 better than Radiohead so that’s a star. It was generally ok, not going to seek it out anytime soon but didn’t mind hearing today. 3 stars

I had bought this on CD in high school around when it came out and would listen to it occasionally. I hadn't really listened to it since then. It has some decent tracks but the one I enjoyed the most this listen was "It's Summertime". It would be interesting to hear it reinterpreted as a more straightforward song without Flaming Lips typical electronic flourishes because I think it stands on it's own as a song, there's probably a cover or version somewhere.

I liked the production on "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt.2" and that's about it.

rich sound structure complex but smooth effects, lots of variety good voice overall great ambient and sound design

Enjoyable, funky to listen to, chill

Lips fan here. Nice to have this recognized. Entertaining robot-rock (is that a term?). As we prepare for the singularity, we might listen to One More Robot for a potential theme song. 2002, way ahead of its time. If it comes to a fight, I hope we have Yoshimi on our side. Love and death, peace and war, agitation and calm. Great album. .

Flaming Fabulous! Not quite a 5-star but some terrific songs. Quirky and a bit mad and they remind me of a previous job where we played great albums all day and this was one.

I’ve always felt that I was supposed to like this more than I actually do. So my 3.5 becomes a 4.

Love this album. Somehow, not at a 5-star, maybe it's just a little too indulgent... esoteric... I don't know. I admire these traits in this band, but I generally turn to a couple of others in their catalog over this. Personal preference, I guess, but love to the band for doing whatver the fuck they want to.

Another great FL record, though I was getting a bit antsy after Do you realize. But some great songs, cool vibes, and killer sounds.

I mean everything The Flaming Lips do is exceptional to me. They consistently turn it on and all the way up to 11.

If I don’t discover another album that I didn’t previously know, this record makes this project worth it. Exceptional performances, the production is perfect and some great lyrics on here. So glad I came across this. It will be on my rotation of regular listens. I’ll even buy it on vinyl for permanent access.

Very good find from the list. Didn't know anything about the album or the artist. Album has a very good soundscape and sounds "new" . Favorite track: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Other picks: Fight Test, It's Summertime, Do You Realize?

This was lovely. Bought it while on sabbatical in 2002 but haven't listened all the way through for years. Really good.

Liked some songs but some of the audio play wasn’t my thing. Loved Do You Realize?

I've always known The Flaming Lips by name but I don't think I could have told you anything about them or their music. This is the first time I'm consciously listening to them and it's not what I expected with a name like The Flaming Lips. It's much more funky. lo-fi, happy sounding than I thought it would be. But I'm enjoying it! Feels like a blend of folk music and synth music. With a little alt rock thrown in the mix for good measure. I love the orchestral pieces of the album too and the little add-on robot parts. It's a cool concept. The second half of the album starts to blur together and isn't nearly as interesting as the first half however. Overall I enjoyed it more than I expected!

Banger, throw back to my outward bound days.

I was lucky enough to see them play this album in its entirety on the 20th Anniversary of its release at Boston Calling. It was a great show, complete with 30 foot inflatable pink robots on the stage. This is their masterpiece , and Do You Realize?? gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.

Good background music.

Sick album. Psychadelic electronic pop concept album? Hell yeah. I hadn’t really listened to the Flaming Lips before this but will check them out more for sure. Very solid throughout with at least a few bangers just on the first couple listens.

I’m grateful to who introduced this album to me.

I've been falling in love with this album over the last months already, so I wasn't surprised to see this one pop into this list. Excellent, fun, and clearly set the stage for a whole era of indie/electropop that followed it. On hard repeat.

A few atmospheric synthie rhythm tracks, but also lots of gaps in the album.

Beautiful, fun, profound.

I only ever really heard the album with "She Don't Use Jelly" on it, so it was a pretty big shock to find out this one's kind of electronic and kind of pretty! Unfortunately, it was really only the title song and "Do You Realize" that left all that much of an impression.

3.5 rounded up. It was fun!

Pretty alright

The first thing that catched my attention was the cover art. I didn't click on play yet, but I already knew it will be an adventurous ride and oh boy the album did not dissapoint me. It already started with a banger with amazing instrumentals with beautiful matching vocals. The entire album genuinely felt floaty and nostalgic, even though it was my first listen. I really enjoyed it and now I'm looking into the vinyls (they look absolutely beautiful). Do you realize?? is my fav.

really fun and a bit weird in a good way but overall made me very productive and is a bit of a vibe

Outside of the two tracks I had heard (Yoshimi Pt. 1 and Do You Realize??) it all just kind of washed over me with no lasting impact. It was a good listen, sure, but I'm not sure I'll revisit it.

Interesting album. Was enjoyable

A perfect album. 10/10, no notes.

lyrics were fun, robot noises & screaming threw me off a little. would listen again!

I thought this album was a concept album from the first half. Despite this I find myself enjoying it, wished the second half kept expanding on it.

Great band but last time I gave this album a listen it bored the daylights out of me so this time I'm blasting it with headphones on. We shall see how it fairs now. Never knew "Fight Test" alluded to Cat Stevens' "Father and Son" but I'm terrible at recognizing melodies. Will have to do a back and forth comparison to hear it. My problem with the album is it's quite dull, using electronic bleep-bloops and sci-fi themes to masquerade as something more than it actually is a dull concept album. It's also sadly weeaboo fodder. I do love when musicians sample their own playing like on the "Pt. 1"! And it's an acoustic guitar so it is peculiar and appreciated. Ultimately such a boring song made worse by "Pt. 2" which is garbage. Okay so according to Coyne this isn't a concept album so my POV has shifted at track 5 which is basically preceded by a Yoshimi 12" single. Obviously gonna love the drum machine on "In the Morning of the Magicians" which actually might just be an electronic kit. I think I hate Ivin's stab-y bass playing. When he's being more adventurous I dig it though. Could be Drozd in either case according to the personnel. I cannot believe how much higher this album ranks than the Lips' masterpiece The Soft Bulletin.

This album is like riding a wave or floating on a cloud. You just sort of get lost in it. Enjoy being lost!

The easiest five stars I've given an album on this list.

The Flaming Lips will forever be seared into my mind as the band that did a song-for-song cover of Sgt. Pepper. Like… the whole freaking album. And for someone who almost universally hates covers and considers Sgt Pepper to be one of the top 10 albums of all time, this act was a damn near irredeemable offense. That said, I pride myself on keeping an open mind, so I need to stand by that. I’d listened to this album (Yoshimi) before, and it’s about as I remembered. It skews too often into “self indulgent circle jerk” territory, but there are some good tracks. I don’t think this album (or this band) is nearly as clever as it thinks it is, but overall it could’ve been much worse. Take your 4 and be gone. 4/5 Highlights: Flight Test Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2 Do You Realize??

4 Stars (11/15)

This album is.....interesting to say the least. The Flaming Lips have always been a band I've wanted to check out but never got around to, so when 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' came up as my next album to review, I thought "ahh well, guess its time to scratch that itch." And.....well, this album's a trip. Acid-tinged production, glitchy electronics and utterly bizarre lyrical content, 'Yoshimi...' sounds very much like it owes plenty to Radiohead, particularly their 'OK Computer' and 'Kid A' efforts, and also the Madchester scene of the late 80s-early 90s (Stone Roses, Happy Mondays etc.). Equal parts psychedelic and electronic, 'Yoshimi...' blends both together in quite a bonkers way, but its by no means unlistenable. This strange brew of dreaminess and weirdness is evident in such tracks like 'Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell', 'Yoshimi... Pts. 1 and 2', 'Fight Test' and 'Do You Realize' (the only song of theirs I'd heard previously), with psychedelic guitars and inventive electronics blending together seamlessly. With Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins all having a comprehensive share in the music, taking on multiple instruments and production each, there's no shortage of creativity present. With that said, Coyne's voice bears plenty of resemblance to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour without really possessing the majesty and spectacle of either, and there's just something about whispery male vocals (generally in the indie genre) that don't do it for me. I generally prefer vocals with more drama and intensity, and indie vocalists have always sounded too boring for me. So while I don't dig the vocals, I do dig the vision and scope of the music on 'Yoshimi...'. It sounds amazing and the songs have plenty of distinct character. 3.5/5

This album was awesomely creative and weird. It was strangely introspective as well

Awesome album.

Starts of real strong but drops off a bit towards the end.

The problem with concept albums is that the concept is always cooler than the album.

Okay WOWW

Quirky for the sake of quirky. Not bad, but it felt like the type of music an xd random acolyte would make

At first, enjoyable, then monotonous.

I love that it feels like the 90s, in the best way, but something about the Flaming Lips just miss for me.

It's fun and odd!

Delightful. A really lovely, fun, easy listen. Just weirdo and experimental enough without going up its whole butt.

i was 13 when this came out and i loved it. it doesn't hold up as much as soft bulletin but its still fun

Rockig, viel elektronische Klänge. Aber interessant zu hören. 3/5

I went into this album not knowing the artist or what to expect, and it completely blew me away. At first, I thought it might be a classic soul record (which I love), but it turned out to be something more unique. The sound feels like a fusion of Daft Punk and Radiohead. The lyrics are incredible, balancing humor, warmth, and warning in equal measure. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1” especially stands out it’s playful, relaxing, and oddly profound. The whole album has this rare quality of being both comforting and having a message, like it’s in on a joke but also pointing to something bigger. This is a definite five-star listen for me. Easily a 9/10.

Weird journey I went on with this record recently. I loved it when I first listened to it back in like 2012. Relistened to it last month, and wasn't as enamored with it. But I listened again today, and its back to being fantastic. Highlights have always been Fight Test, Yoshimi Pt. 1, and In the Morning of the Magicians. Love the acoustic guitar and the unique synths they got going on in this record. Will say, though, only thing keeping it from a 5 is Yoshimi Pt. 2. They went too much with the synths in that track, and it just doesn't mesh with the rest of the tracklist. Had that song not been included, I'd seriously be considering giving this a 5*.

At first I found it quirky and interesting, but it got repetitive and boring as it went on. It seems like great music if you’re high, but not something I’d want to regularly listen to. I wish we could do half stars, but I guess I will round up.

Wonderful, unique album. 8/10

fun

an overrated album by one of the most overrated bands of the 20th century. "hey, our music is really terrible, lets all get in a plastic ball and blast confetti everywhere, maybe our idiot fans will forget how bad this actually is!" When your fans can only praise the band by talking about the concert experience, and that live experience isn't tied to the music itself, it's a bad sign.

I enjoyed the relaxed musical arrangements on most of the tracks. The lyrics on the other hand were a mix of sententious navel gazing and odes to a girl who fights robots and is totemo kawaii desu. The result is an album I found both pleasant and supremely irritating.

Oho, yllättävänkin kova. Vähän tulee Gorillaz mieleen tuosta elektronisen rokin tyylistä. Parhaat: One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21, In the Morning of the Magicians, It's Summertime

Already got this one. Seen them a few times too. Prefer the soft bulletin though.

One of my favourite albums. Some really interesting production in this one with some very angry synth fights. Really captures the child-like wonder and imagination it's going for, for a delightful and hopeful listening adventure.

I like this more than I expected to. Wayne Coyne's voice is not my forte but the songs are very weird and unique with some psychedelic, catchy, poppy moments throughout. Pt 2 of Yoshimi, Ego Tripping, and Do you Realize are highlights for me.

Bleah!!!!

Good music to cut yourself to

Has great opening song and in general strong out of the gate. Up and down after that but pretty fun, dreamy record that holds up.

Like the distorted drums. Good melodies. Not into the dreamy lyrics. Good overall composition and song writing. Songs have good movement and dynamism.

- Overall positive message. Pop, but with and edge. Reflective - Layered nature of the music. Over punched drums. - Traditional rock instrumentation in the back, but layered digital, instumentation. Orchestral. Guitar. Bits of live crowd edited in. Almost feels random but works. - Lyrics, really unique. How did they come up with the concept? LSD? - 'Blown out' drums really central to album. Overall enjoyable. Really toes the line between chaos and pop rock. The subject matter and obscurity of some of the music puts it into enough of art category to not feel contrived, but still positive and within popular music.

I loved this album when my godfather got it for me in high school. It feels like a modern David Bowie sci-fi rock opera

me gustan más por separado se acabó haciendo un pelín aburrido

I only know one of The Flaming Lips songs (not on this album) and I find that one a bit strange. I’m not really sure how to describe this album.

Great album really enjoyed this not heard the flaming lips for ages. Highly recommend

Not bad, one familiar song I would have never listened to this

Absolutely love this album.

Not my cup of tea

Alt rock, ok bit not my genre

Surprised I enjoyed this. Loved the drums throughout the album. Would listen to again.

When this album first came out, I remember it getting a pretty negative reception for its “cute” take on the orchestral pop the Lips introduced on the Soft Bulletin. I remember disregarding it after a single listen as a safe follow up to a break through album. It appears that after twenty-plus years the album has always had its fans and it has grown on me a bit. I still wouldn’t say it is the Flaming Lips’ best record but it is very good.

Odd but in a palatable way. Made me want to visit Tokyo while listening.

Interesting

Hazy, lazy, stoner prog rock. "Yoshimi... pt 2" is just a little too much chaos masquerading as a song. It's almost like a bunch of stoners tried to write a pop album but forgot all about hooks or anything resembling catchy. I get they're being artists, but it falls on its face trying to be deep. Or maybe that's what they were going fo all along. My Rating: 3/5

A great, great album. At times invigorating and uplifting, at others introspective and heartfelt, but always interesting. Also, that thunderous drum sound on Fight Test is epic.

I have a feeling I'm supposed to hate this. I forgot what I rated my last Flaming Lips album and I'm on a plane. I'm presuming it was a 2. Things got off to a super strong start with Fight Test. That was a very good song. The rest felt like a Radiohead cover band and was a gigantic snorefest. Genuinely I have nothing else to say about this it was so tame and generic. At least it was better than their last album.

I dug the vibe of this one much more than their previous album I received on this list (Soft Bulletin). Still don't really vibe with the singers over-enunciation but I don't think it was as pronounced on some tracks as it was in the previous album. While there I felt it actively detract from my appreciation of the rest of the album, here it was more or less a non-factor which was neither a benefit nor a detriment.

I’m vibing more with Yoshimi Part 2 more than Part 1, not sure why. Maybe it was having more screaming women I really liked Do You Realize??. Great songwriting, fantastic instrumentals. Apparently, The Flaming Lips was a huge influence on one of my favourite musicians, Kevin Parker. I guess that tracks, the instrumentals are unique and well-produced throughout this album. Several songs are just too goofy to enjoy the whole album properly. Highlights: Do You Realize??, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2, Are you a Hypnotist, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

Great. Another 47 minutes of my PRECIOUS time totally WASTED by BORING ALBUM… I would NOT have otherwise utilised those 47 minutes effectively…

The most 8/10 album to have ever been made. Pops up on every music board, every all time list. A great album no doubt but absolutely positively nothing more. I forgot about this album and thrn cone bacm every few years and every few years i have my new favourite tracks or what have you but the score never changes. 8/10

Pleasant. Took me a few cracks of listening to this to be in the right mood for it but it is a well-crafted album. Each time a song didn't quite land with me, the following song would knock me off my feet. Got better on each listen. Far from perfect but very enjoyable and not at all what I expected! Was originally a solid 3 but as the album grew on me I settled on a 4. Highlights: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1, Do You Realise??, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

Classic Bouncing balls and psychedelic puppies

4.5/5

Verga, qué interesante album. Me gustó mucho. Adelantadísimos a sus tiempos 2002. Cada rola es un viaje por si sola, pero el disco completo hace sentido. Los conocía solo por yeah yeah song, y le di like a un par de rolas del disco. Cada rola tiene almenos una progresión o efecto que te hace poner atención. Todas las rolas giran al rededor de la melancolía, y es un sentimiento al que estoy muy sesgado de disfrutar. Eso sí, un disco que sabe a drogas, espacio exterior y robots. Este album me hizo extrañar el futuro.

Just not for me. Not bad, but it didn't grab me and wasn't really enjoyable to listen to.

Such a great album, reminds me of Earthbound by the art and sound

Held my interest the whole way through

ya lo habia oido pero mola

Really interesting is the mash up of electronic music with classical, nostalgic, old kind of music. But i really liked it!!! For me, the interpretation for those electronic fragments, is representing those robots/monsters, they are singing about and it's really cool. Vocals are great and classic guitar also warms the cockles of my heart.

Dad- 7 Mom- 7.5 Mike- NA Lori- 10 Michael- 8.5 Miles- 9 Cole- 9.5 Avg- 8.58

I liked it at times. It was ok

2+3

Big fan of this one, got tons of groovy songs you can't help but Bob your head to. Also appreciate all the weird shit they're doing on here. Could be an all time fav if I listen enough

Very relaxing. Hit my inner sad boi just right

En redig tjollablängare!

Funky and chill. Not my fav though. A little sleepy

Trippy. A few nice cruising songs and then some stuff that is pretty out there. Best live show ever, but not a regular listen.

3.67 space rock stuff yoshimi is a rock band staple but overall great sound for the album more casual listening