Reviews (page 9 of 15)
8/10
Highlights: -Fight Test -Do You Realize??
I know the first half of this album well. The second half drags and feel overall much longer than 47min.
не мое( do you realize норм
Very good album. I actually enjoyed listening to it quite a lot.
I get the impression that quite a few albums on this list are trying to do something similar to what this does. But rarely as well as this. I enjoyed this enough to listen several times. It’s a bit odd but I enjoyed the good bits enough to go back again. It’s not perfect but it’s half decent.
я не умею оценивать, так что ЗАБАВНО-ГРУСТНАЯ ХУЙНЯ, 4/5
I listened to this with my daughter and she liked it.
Funky. Fresh. Futuristic. But also nostalgic. I’d play this album for the aliens.
funky and weird in a way i really like, consistently good the whole way through
This album is just so good. Don't get me wrong, it's super weird. It's got this robot concept thing going on (at least for the first few songs, the concept falls apart a bit after that), the robots are pink for some reason, there's some unconventional spacey sounds in the background. I can definitely see it being too much for some people. I don't care though, this thing is a masterpiece. First, the sound is just so deeply layered, it's just one of those things that you can like put on headphones and not listen to the vocals at all and it puts a smile on your face. It's really beautiful musically. Fortune called it a "lush and haunting electronic symphony," and you know what, it is. This would be a perfectly good album just on that alone, but somehow through the whole robot ridiculousness this thing is also super freaking gut wrenching lyrically. Like look at this: "Do you realize / That you have the most beautiful face? / Do you realize / We're floating in space? / Do you realize / That happiness makes you cry? / Do you realize / That everyone you know someday will die? / And instead of saying all of your goodbyes / Let them know you realize that life goes fast / It's hard to make the good things last / You realize the sun doesn't go down / It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round" Like, come on now. That's like a whole philosophy of life boiled down into a verse in a song on a goddamn album about pink robots. Like someone in their studio made an offhand comment about how some Japanese musician named Yoshimi sounded like she was battling monsters, and we got this beauty. Musicians never cease to amaze me, I could never do this. There's a few moments here and there that drag a tiny bit, but honestly who cares. They were cooking, I'd rather have more of this than less. There's also like three songs that all could easily be my favorite on here. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" was really the only song I was familiar with going into this, but "Fight Song" is a killer opener, and "Do You Realize??" is incredible too (lyrics above). This is just a killer album overall. This period of alt/indie rock might be my favorite genre, and I feel like this album is a bit underappreciated. Not by me though. Favorite song: Do You Realize?? Other: Fight Test, One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2, In the Morning of the Magicians, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Are You a Hypnotist?, It's Summertime, All We Have Is Now, Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) 2/3/25
I loved Transmissions from the Satellite Heart when it came out, but it didn’t necessarily give me a full portrait of who Wayne Coyne was as a songwriter. When this album dropped it sort of blew my mind. I listened to this CD until I couldn’t play it anymore. And it was hard to reconcile it with who I thought The Flaming Lips were. This album showed that the group had great flexibility while remaining true to a vision of themselves. A really good album by a really important band.
5 for the memories, 5 for the jams
It’s ok. Some of it was a little funky and had too many sound effects for my personal choice. Some of it was chiller and more trance like. I don’t know that I really gave the lyrics a listen but I also just didn’t really connect with this. I also felt a lot of existential dread while listening to this. I personally wouldn’t say that I felt warm and happy. I liked the keyboard sent stuff, but that’s about it.
A wild ride of a concept album that can make you laugh, imagine, and cry. What more could you want? There are a few misses that have it fall out of being a 5 for me and they come at the end of the album. “All we have is now” and “approaching pavonis mons by balloon” are the weakest tracks. Everything before that holds a special place in my heart. Side note, I saw this album performed in its entirety last summer, flaming lips fanfare and all, and it was amazing. Weird ages better than cool, and the Flaming Lips make that apparent.
This is the most dumb and petty complaint, but I can’t stand the way this guy leans into his Rs
I think this album really rocks, it's accessible and poppy but still has the idiosyncrasies of the Lips' personality baked into it - just a really fun listen. And Sameen and I saw the Pink Robots IN PERSON last year!!
A super formative album for me but I haven't really kept up with TFL that much. Album still really rocks and is very fun and nice
always liked this in hs but sorta fell to the wayside as i aged... seeing them live this past summer made me really fall in love with a lot of these songs again ... really pretty music and so positive and nice vibes
Flawless
not my thing but pretty easy to listen to and nice! the songs feel very full
I could see enjoying this more in the right environment but alone in my car wasn’t it.
Wow what the hell was that aside from an incredible waste of time? Were they serious?
The Lips’ previous album, The Soft Bulletin, is one of the greatest albums ever recorded Can they follow it? You bet they can More electronic, more whimsical but with no less heart or sonic adventure
This surprised me with how much I loved it. Fantastic album, and I plan on listening to the rest of their catalogue.
1.8
I think the album as a whole was a good listening experience even though I didn't particularly like every individual song. Apart from that one song in the middle which literally made my ears explode I think every other song was exactly the style of songs that I like to listen to. I really love the album cover. The instrumentals were great. Solid album overall
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
I liked this album while I was listening to it but almost none of it stuck with me for very long. I love their next album, At War with the Mystics, so I hoped for more from this, but there's definitely cool stuff on it and it's absolutely worth listening to. One More Robot is a big highlight.
Good psychedelic rock album, but its just missing that special something IMO. There's a lack of hooks and soaring moments for the songs itself and they don't really leave an impact. Its a pleasant listen nonetheless but I wish there was a bit more to it. The mixing and mastering of this album sounds great though, very clear at conveying what it wants to and emphasis is put on the right instruments at the right time.
Experimental indie rock ish
Remarkable album. Always one of my favorites.
One of my favorite albums.
2002. Neo-psychedelia,space rock,dream pop acid rock. 8,5/10 Fight Test, All We Have Is Now
It’s really hard to follow up a masterpiece and this album will forever live in the shadow of The Soft Bulletin. A lot to like here in strands. Wayne creating the modern Flaming Lips universe. Lush soundscapes, good lyrics to meditate on issues, driving drums, synth, orchestra. You can hear them coming to life. Not really a concept album, but with a title like that, it’s hard to divorce the expectation. Ultimately the songs all just kinda float.
My first album of the 1001 day journey of listening to an album everyday. It'll be a very long but exciting and eye opening road. Enough talk, heres my opinion. I really liked it. It gave off strong "Pavement" vibes; the band, not an actual pavement. The first song, "Fight Test" is probably my favorite, but it's really hard to choose. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1 would have to be 2nd place. Very well made instrumentals and vocals. I like the theme of the album, with a girl battling pink robots, which I think is pretty funny and unique. Anyways, the album gets a strong 4/5. I'm not gonna rate it too high because this is the first album so I want to set a consistent baseline. Anyway, I highly recommend and it was super enjoyable to listen to, a strong start.
First time listening to these guys. Not into it. Nothing caught my attention, felt a little too hip for me...
Classic
Fun start. Songwriting is lacking. Again, too mellow. Interesting synths. It was alright, had its moments but nothing special. I expected more from the album cover.
A lush woozy psychedelic indie rock opera. The signature sound is the contrast between the over-the-top orchestral arrangements and the very barebones acoustic guitar + drum machine + thin warbly vocals at the heart the songs. This works very well to create the sense of an overwhelming and alienating mismatch between the self and the environment - the core theme of the opera's story.
The best of the Flaming Lips.
Interesting
One of my favorites, extremely well-produced, lot's of textures, introspective lyrics
A mixture of the excellent and the intriguingly weird. Mind-expanding when I first heard it.
TBH I never liked The Flaming Lips because I didn't love them in the 90s when I learned about them and then over time I ended up knowing more about Wayne Coyne than I knew about his music. I edited a couple interviews with him when I was copyediting circa 2011-2015, when he was hanging out with Miley Cyrus and briefly made it into the gossip news again, and I just felt like he was trying too hard to be strange and cool. But this album is strange and cool! And I feel like they were trying just the right amount. Also, the dude grew up in Oklahoma City, so being that strange and trying to be rockstar cool was probably pretty traumatic and who am I to judge anyway?
I think it’s what they’re going for, but it feels like one of those trips where you ate just a little bit more than you should have - mostly awesome, but a little uncomfortable here and there.
Seems fine, kind of annoying
Ahhh
There was a version of me before I listened to this album, and now there is only the version of me after I listened to it. This album covers love, hate, the meaningless of life. But it gives meaning to all of those things as well, it makes you love life. I consistently cry to this album every time. If I could give it a 6/5, I would.
achei daora
I love this so much!
Beautiful! I've never heard this before but I will for sure give it a few more listens.
So I listened to this album for the first time after listening to the mercury rev album and I really liked this album. Coyne said it's not a concept album but I think it would be better if it was. Also, learning that the pink robots are a metaphor for cancer, I was kind of disappointed. I guess I wanted it to be more abstract and I kind of made up my own. In mine the robots win and Yoshimi loses and the rest of the album is the robots journey of becoming humans, cultivating with the hit, do you realize. Where the robots gain humanity and continue the human project of enlightenment. I'm not sure how much of that can really be interpreted, but that's what I wanted the album to be after one listen. All that being said. I love this album. I love the artwork, I love the wacky electronic components, I love the melodies. I think that this is a great alternative dream pop album.
When this came out I was fully in my “this sounds like Radiohead so therefore it’s a ripoff”. It took me years to appreciate not only this album but the band as a whole. They’re really the best at the mashup between indie, alternative, and just weird. Nobody sounds like this while at the same time being super polished and being capable of writing totally different albums every time. Out of all the lips’ albums, this is my favorite. I haven’t listened to the whole catalogue but I think I’ve hit most of it and this is such a stalwart. It’s got the feel of a 90s band reaching to figure out what works in an increasingly produced and electronic made world. The theme helps of course but that’s what makes this so special. The music and the theme of the whole album line up perfectly. The title track and “it’s summertime” are my faves, though I like nearly all of it, the beginning especially. Only complaint is that by the end the songs start to melt together and the general vibe of it all is so relaxed that you forget what’s happening. That could be a good thing!
When this album came out, I remember it being everywhere, but I never heard a song off of it. I'm glad I had the chance to now. This space opera indie rock concept album is weird and beautiful and was a pleasure to go through. Maybe I should listen to some more Flaming Lips.
Do You Realize??
molto particolare.. ma piacevole da ascoltare
Самый крутой альтернативный альбом который я слушал!
4.5. very close to being perfect.
Best: Fight Test Worst: Yoshimi part 2 Liked songs: 10/11, 91% Low 5, 93/100 Every once in a while, there's an album that reminds you why you listen to music in albums, and why you're doing the 1001 album challenge at all. This is one of them. Goofy at times, philosophical at others, and occasionally both simultaneously, its just the definition of a fun listen. Incredibly hard to not smile the entire time, and overall incredibly enjoyable. A pretty easy 5.
This album/band has been a blind spot for me, but I have to say I'm underwhelmed on first listen. It's mostly pleasant, though I'm not a big fan of some of the squelching synths. I think if I had grown up with it, it might be more emotionally resonant with me, but the sentiment of e.g. Do You Realize?? comes across as platitudinous. It is a decent song, but not mind-blowing. My first listen was sober on speakers, my second listen drunk on headphones after winning £100 at a pub quiz raffle and being devastated by the loss of David Lynch, and the album still doesn't really do it for me, sorry.
Classic 2000's psychedelia
4/5
This album has a great start and the title track fucking rips. Broadly, the album captures a lot of the synth and electronic experimentation of the late 60's or early 70's. Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell is solid. Do You Realize is not my favorite track but carries a sort of modern 60s aesthetic. A solid album.
I really enjoyed this record.
Quite a weird one too! Appreciate how the songs connect and it flows right from start to end. It really feels like they are telling a story!
Loved this at the time of release, never really connected with them at other points in their discography. A strong four from me.
The praise this album gets is just baffling to me. For me, it's a big load of nothing, none of the songs doing anything at all for me, the audio equivalent of eating a boiled potato. Even after learning a bit about the background of this album, it still leaves me cold.
Wonderful production and lighthearted, charming song concepts. An upgrade from the soft bulletin.
This album was a trip. I think you have to listen to this album completely in a row. Trying to pick and choose songs, would lessen the experience. A strong album
Nah
trippy alt-rock with an interesting narrative that doesn’t feel like it was just inspired by psychedelics lol. the album had some unique, funky elements I love and don’t often see in the genre, while still having that nice alt rock feeling of lifting thru the air. I would love to listen to this album again looking out the window of an airplane or on a long train ride! love “fight test” and “ego tripping at the gates of hell” alongside the main “yoshimi battle” songs :^)
Man, on paper I should love this but I just don’t. There something missing on every song. It’s strange because there were times this album made me think of Grandaddy’s Sophtware Slump, which is very similar in sound and theme, but I really like that album and this one just didn’t connect. I dunno. I think Sophtware Slump is better at having the music match the theme? I didn’t feel the excitement of a robot fighting.
Beautiful, transporting to another world. A classic
I´ve heared band and album for the first time but really nothing remarkable for me.
Something I could listen to in the mornings, while making coffee and making breakfast. Very chill. I liked it.
Always amazing, then and now.
Is the first song father and son? Is the second song Tame Impala? Very sexist, I assumed Yoshimi was male, based on absolutely nothing Bit more tame Impala mixed with bill Withers. The Supernaturals?? Oh the do you realise song! I realise Flaming lips predate tame impala. Liked it
Two days in a row, I've gotten albums from the same decade, and they both happen to be albums that I've listened to before. I should go buy a lottery ticket. I've already reviewed the Soft Bulletin (it was my first time listening to it, and I absolutely loved it), but I haven't listened to Yoshimi in a hot minute. I own a copy of this album though, and I think it was word of mouth from friends that persuaded me to buy it. Or maybe it was the fact that I was about to see them at a festival? Or maybe I bought it after that festival? I don't remember, but whatever the case, I'm excited to jump back into this album! Jumping back into this album today made me realize why I don't really revisit it very often. It's a very good album, but it can be kind of a chore to get through at times. The songwriting is excellent, but some of these songs don't really have a lot of lyrics to them, and they tend to meander with long instrumental sections until they conclude. They're not bad songs to listen to, but they can make this album a bit tedious. The overall work here is impressive, and themes of man's relationships with technology are still relevant today, and maybe even more so, as AI threatens to give the rich a way to hijack creative processes. There's a lot to take in with your ears on this album, but "Fight Test" and "Do You Realize??" are easily the best songs on the album. "Fight Test" heavily borrows its sound from Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam's "Father and Son" (I love reading Wayne Coyne's response to the whole kerfuffle), but the Flaming Lips heavily infuse Islam's chords with their own psychedelic sound. "Do You Realize??" has a chaotically majestic sound that evokes images in my mind of a choir singing it; I picture Tom Delaughter dancing around while the rest of the Polyphonic Spree sings behind him as confetti rains down from the sky. I find the lyrics to "Do You Realize??" incredibly poetic and beautiful. As I approach middle age and start to realize how little time I have left with my older loved ones, the mantra of this song provides a beautiful center where I can acknowledge how brief life is, while being spurred on to cherish the time I've had and make the best use of the time I have left. While this album isn't a five star for me, I still think it's really good, and it easily deserves a place on this list.
i came into this album with absolutely zero expectations or prior knowledge and i was very pleasantly surprised to find that i loved it! this is exactly the type of sad indie rock with a twist that was a staple in my high school days and still holds a very special place in my heart so idk why i haven’t listened to them before- this album will definitely be going in my future rotation though, and i’m excited to check out more of the Flaming Lips work
Spokojna, indie muzyczka, ale sporo jest tam halasu i jazgotu, dla zaskoczenia sluchacza. Calkiem ciekawy album.
I was shocked how much I liked this! Really strong first half but I didn't feel as captivated by the second half
Did not enjoy
One of the greatest albums of all time, very consistently good, tells somewhat of a comprehensive story, i recommend everyone should listen to it if they care about music
Interesting, pretty, melodic. I enjoyed.
de vierti song (yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 2) findi zimli schrecklich, sehr vill electronic lärm und immer wieder di glich melodie.. s restliche album findi zwar nöd bahnbrechend, aber s gfallt mer, s isch no cool und spannend zum lose. d songtitel und lyrics sind amüsant. ha biz naglese: d inspiration für de name und s thema vom album chunnt vonere musikerin yoshimi wo tönt als wür si geg monster kämpfe wenn si singt. mich wür mega wunderne, wie d band uf die assoziation cho isch, wie si entschiede hend, das ines album z packe, und wie de prozess vom musig schriibe und produziere gsi isch.
Good album from a presumed one hit wonder. Still not great.
It's a nice vibe, and I loved One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21, plus the title track was good fun. After a while, it all sort of washed together into a wispy blur. There's a lot I like about it, but I don't know if I'm finding it truly memorable.
Pretty good
to to my taste but was passing time thing
A few standouts but a bit far out in general.
Chill psychedelic vibe listen. Probably wouldn't put it in a shuffled library but I could see somebody wanting to put it on and listen. The standout tracks to me, Fight Test and Do You Realize?? mostly reminded me of other songs that I could listen to instead. Not bad just not really for me.
Pretty good album, positively surprised.
I've listened to this album, and didn't quite understand it. So I did it again. And again. And again. And somewhere along the way, I've realized that I don't quite understand it still, but I've grown to like it. It's the right amount of experimental. Easy to listen to, a bit hazy, a bit sweet, a bit bitter. Maybe one day I'll understand this album better.
Varmt sommeragtigt album at lytte til på årets første snedag. Kan godt lide vibesne i musikken, men er ikke solgt på forsangerens stemme, der får sangene til at lyde som bandene i 90-00'er romantiske film.
Another all time classic I have already listened to.
Fight test Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt1 Do you realise
Not the most entertaining Flaming Lips album in my opinion but still listenable. A bit more atmospheric than my regular fare. Interesting
Nice little album! I felt like there were exactly two standout, really really good tracks, but aside from that it was just decent. Was surprised by the other elements in this album, because I was expecting just rock. Fav Songs: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1, Do You Realize??
This sure was a ride to listen to. Its experimental to say the least. Pretty slow with good vibes but nothing that compels me to listen to it again. The title track had a nice story in the lyrics and probably the song I would most likely listen to again if I had to.
My favourite Flaming Lips album - how good is 'Do You Realize??'???
I was about 12 when I gave my cousin this as a birthday present. Fell in love with the cover immediately and the music soon after. It’s as excellent today as it was back then.
Interesting, nothing bad, but not that into it.
I absolutely love this album. Top to bottom.
I don't know... kind of pleasant. Kind of weird. Too naval-gazey for me but I do like the vocals.
Love this one
Chill, dreamy vibe. Can't understand a bunch of lyrics but don't care. Just want to close my eyes and sway. Makes me want to put it on loud in the house and get lost cleaning. Are they hypnotists?
I love the weird, and being from Oklahoma they have a special place in my heart. Do You Realize was one of my favorite songs during a lunchtime yoga class.
Airy psychedelic vibes, liked it more than i thought i would
Meh.
Do you realize makes this a 4.
cool
Habs ehrlicherweise nur nebenbei gehört aber irgendwie fand ich einiges echt nervig. War sber auch cooles dabei. Insgesamt bleibe ich unschlüssig… Rating: 2,5/5
- ebenfalls moody und entspannt, lädt zum Tagträumen ein
I was never really a fan of The Flaming Lips. This album was better than I expected, but not something I'd listen to again.
Good background music, would listen to some songs again. But nothing too special in total.
Groovy.. liked the album
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 can’t figure out if I like this or not. It’s decently interesting, but the singer’s voice isn’t very pleasant.
If doing too much were an album then this takes the cake. Easily the most wanky album I've heard to date. Top 0 Favorites: Top 1 Worst: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. Pt 2 2.50/5
Tedious
Always been a big fan of this one. It’s weird and eclectic, also very personal and touching, and very very groovy. Kind thing you can listen to on repeat and find special nuances each time.
expected more
4 - at some points its electronic elton john, at others it has beat switches that rival the best hiphop product, and at others its the most introspective and serene look at our finite lives I might have to go back to this one, but I really think the two Yoshimi Battles songs (the title track funnily enough) are what ruins the 5 for me
The Flaming Lips were never really on my radar apart from radio plays. I did watch their NPR Tiny Desk and that wasn't the best. Anyway always happy to give an album a go, the opener was really good and it kept going very enjoyable listen. Stand out tracks: - Fight Test - One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots, Pt1 - In the Morning of the Magicians - Are you a Hypnotist?? - Do you realize?? - Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon
Very good. Real Grower. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1 is a killer tune. Must listen to it some more.
I loved this. I listened twice and by the end had added almost every track to my faves playlist. Instant adds were the title track (part 1) and Do You Realize.
This is a solid 4 for me for the music in general, but I’m bumping it up to a 5 because of the surround sound mixes of it. There are two different surround sound mixes, one new one in 7.1 Dolby Atmos on Apple Music, and another from a CD/DVD set I’ve had for 15 years that has a 5.1 surround mix. They are very different mixes on some of the tracks and in both cases they are amongst the best surround sound mixes I’ve ever come across, with lots of wild and interesting things going on and I find it fascinating — particularly with the lovely music it is being applied to.
Love this. The title track is a great one for singing kids to sleep.
Weird, but wonderful. And also very weird. I was torn between 3 and 4 stars, but I eventually settled for the higher.
Maybe a 2.5… the songs that I liked id listen to again but this is the first album I’ve wanted to skip songs
perrtyy good but not better than the sogfy machibolletin
Is it weird? Hell yes. But if you just give into it, it's a lovely ride.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots feels like the Flaming Lips finally learning how to focus their strangeness into something emotionally coherent. It is still odd, still playful, still full of synth squelches and wide eyed sci-fi imagery, but this time there is a real sense of shape and intent holding it together. The album moves with purpose, balancing childlike wonder with genuine feeling in a way that makes the surreal elements feel meaningful rather than distracting. What works best is how the album uses its concept loosely rather than rigidly. The idea of Yoshimi and the robots becomes a frame for themes of fear, love, mortality, and vulnerability, rather than a literal story that needs to be followed. Songs like “Do You Realize?” and “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell” land because they are emotionally direct, even when wrapped in weird textures. There is a warmth here that cuts through the gloss, a sense that beneath the costumes and effects is something sincere and human. It stops short of being a full five because it occasionally leans too hard into its own whimsy. A few moments feel overly cute or emotionally signposted, as if the album is nudging you to feel something rather than trusting you to get there on your own. Still, those missteps are minor compared to how much this record gets right. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is imaginative, emotionally open, and surprisingly tender, an album that manages to be strange without being alienating.
Primer disco
Dosta čudan album. Većina mi zvuči kao soundtracks iz neke romcom, ali neki instrumentalni trenutci su mi dosta zanimljivi...prije nego krene u srcedepru neku opet. Šta ja znam, bilo je i gorih. 2/5, 4/10.
A ono, ima predispozicije za bit dobar album, super sintevi, malkoc outside of the box, tu i tamo poneka pegla, ali ovaj album jednostavno nije dobar To je isto možda boljka ovog benda, jako puno toga su izdali, između ostalog album koji traje 24 sata, kao kul stvari rade, ali mi ne leži baš Početak je zvučao kao Kong gizzard, pomislio da će ovo biti fina pegla, na kraju je više sličnije Radiohead iskustvu
4.5/10 Imao sam dosta visoka ocekivanja od ovog albuma s obzirom da mi Flaming Lips imaju par dosta dobrih stvari (Race For The Prize npr. mi je odlicna, preporuka). Ovakav kakav je mi i nije bas najbolji, previse mi ima laganica i nepotrebnog brijanja. Ono sto mi je dobro je vokal Wayne Coynea koji sigurno jos bolje dolazi do izrazaja u nekim mozda vise goofy ili upbeat stvarima od benda. Inace su poznati po svojoj eklekticnosti i zabavnoj bizarnosti (npr. napravili su cijeli album sa Miley Cyrus u svom stilu, snimili album 90ih koji bi se trebao pustiti na 4 razlicita cd playera za potpuno iskustvo, bili u Guinessovoj knjizi rekorda jer su svirali u 8 gradova u Americi u 24h, itd.) S glazbene strane, ok su mi Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell i zadnja, Approaching Pavonis. Ipak sve na stranu, album me na kraju nije bas odusevio pa ce biti jako prosjecna ocjena.
Love this album. I don't consider myself to be some major Flaming Lips fan but damn if I don't find myself coming back to this album probably about once a year a loving it every time. 9/10
First of all, I love the cover; would definitely read a book with that cover. The squarish synth sounds would be corny in some other context, but they fit the robot theme. The robots could symbolize artificial emotions and inner coldness, maybe a conflicting inner emotional world - "The calculations error". Also a struggle with choosing love or hate. My interpretation of the B-side is that wallowing in self-pity in a self-centered way is not worth it when you can look around and notice the beauty all around you.
Someone needs to tell these hipster bands to cut the synths. This album has some moments, but it's a one time listen for sure.
Nostalgi. Men för ojämnt. Två-tre kanonspår men resten är lite slätstruket. Plus för att akustiska gitarrer och att andas tidig Bowie, men då är orginalet bättre. 3+
I had high hopes for this one since The Soft Bulletin is one of my favorite finds from this list. I think it carries on from that record well but doesn’t quite have the same creativity or hooks. It just feels a little more toned down in comparison. I would say it’s still a good listen but not quite the ride of Soft Bulletin. 7/10
Robot apocalypse art pop.
Music for acid trips.
Fight Test feels like a modern take of ‘Father & Son’. Much better than the boyzone one anyway… On the whole it was good
Actually never listened to this album all the way through, really enjoyed it. Feels very indie film soundtrack
#430. This album is kind of depressing to me. I don't mean that in a bad way, I swear, but listening to this gives me the big sad. Maybe that's just me, but that's what I got from it. Also, this album was way better in every way than Soft Bulletin. 3/5: acceptable Song added to playlist: Don't You Realize?? I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
флер такой, знаете, инди-пидористии присутствует...
The Flaming Lips have been lucky enough to accomplish a feat many bands wish they could achieve, but few actually do. They have reworked their own sound numerous times when releasing new records. But have never fully abandoned what makes them unique or special. The core of what has fueled the band for so long has never been forgotten, which is what has allowed them to stay so consistent. And when you really look at what they have created, they have potentially one of the most fun discography’s of any band ever. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which sounds straight from a cartoon, is probably the best known album by the band. It’s also sort of a concept album, although I think that concept only really comes through in the two parts of the title track, which are great songs either way. Much like I was saying earlier, this isn’t exactly the same as The Soft Bulletin. But it still contains much of the DNA which made that record so good. The fuzzy explosiveness is substituted for a much glitzier and more dream pop adjacent sound. But that’s all still wrapped up in that really nice quirky psychedelic blanket. There are also aspects of electronic music being brought in, even more so than the previous album. This would definitely contribute to ideas they would tackle later on down the line. I think the best this has to offer is on par with the best of The Soft Bulletin. But I still find it to be a better album overall than this. Ultimately though, this is still another banger from one of psychedelic rock’s most inspiring and wacky groups. Rating: 7/10
I absolutely love this album
Randomly saw the Flaming Lips at Milwaukee’s Summerfest several years ago, and they played Yoshimi. Although this is the only song from this album I knew, I’ve been listening to a smattering of their songs ever since. This was a great album to hear complete! Simplistic structure in some ways but quite deep lyrically and complex upon careful listening.
One of the greats - with loads of weirdness and beauty
3.5
Probably a record you need to really listen to and give is a few goes, but I still enjoyed it.
Great album. Feels like a major influence behind a lot of music that I hear today. The lyrics have a way of grabbing your attention, and are articulated pretty well compared to a lot of bands, which makes them more impactful in my opinion.
I didn't care much for this album when I first heard it, years ago. I liked one or two of the songs, but not the album as a whole. Some fewer years ago, I realized I did. And it became something I started to crave. I did really like The Kelptones mashup album that was this plus Queen's night at the opera (or maybe some other random songs actually) It's a pretty funky album. Pt 2 of the titular song isn't always enjoyable to listen to due to the screeching. The story of the album is Yoshimi battling the evil pink robots; narrated by someone watching from the sidelines, cheering her on. Allegorically, I think the ablum is about getting old. Yoshimi is the metaphorical inner child and the pink robots are the pressures of conforming to adulthood. Or maybe it's an album about being abused?
Ugh. Swoon. This one sweeps me away every time. Love every inch of all of it.
É um álbum perfeito para momentos relaxantes, como uma para uma viagem ou para momentos introspectivos, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots é uma experiência única. As letras são poéticas e, muitas vezes, abstratas, dando espaço para interpretações pessoais. produção e os instrumentais são impressionantes, as melodias emocionais e os arranjos sonoros têm um papel vital junto com a combinação de sons sintéticos e orgânicos para proporciona uma sensação de vastidão.
A cornerstone band in my early 20s, but in my memory Soft Bulletin was more preeminent than Yoshimi. I’d had it down as a bit of a disappointment. Odd what memory does, because it’s a great album and one that I know almost every note of. Great band; this may have been a creative, as well as commercial, peak. Perhaps familiarity blunted its impact at the time, as it was ubiquitous. A lengthy pause has reminded me of its majesty.
A laid back pop concept album. Another odd one but I really liked it. Interesting if nothing else.
Some great songs, and some absolutely awful songs. Pt 1 is my favourite.
A great sci fi album. Whether it is fully conceptual or not, it is fun. My favorite track is Do you Realize? but it is all a good time. 4/4
I didn’t know this album had one of my favorite songs on it. Such a fun listen, so unique, almost reminds of sufjan stevens
Bittersweet whimsy may be a pretty niche style of music, but the Flaming Lips are the undisputed kings of it. I'll always see The Soft Bulletin as their real masterpiece, but even the somewhat more streamlined songs of Yoshimi manage to simultaneously bring a tear to your eye and a smile to your face.
This was pretty good, easy to listen to - but no songs were outstanding to the point of making me want to listen to the album again
It’s a fun album
8/10
My favorite Flaming Lips album. It's like a warm hug. Big fan of how Wayne Coyne's vocals sound like this emoji -> 🥹 The first part of the title track is one of the most beautiful songs of all time. Pretty sure this is going to be my final 5/5 of the list, unless something really surprises me (but from what I know is left, I really doubt it).
Easiest 5 I ever gave. Grew up on this album in college. Listened to this album repeatedly, saw them in concert. Great album, great band.
This is one of the albums that changed my life. I've loved "Yoshimi" since I was too young to drive. At first exposure, I liked it because it was weird and fun and different. As I've gotten older the existential and emotional themes masked by time travel and giant pink robots and karate sounds have become more and more potent. The compositions also stand without the gimmicks - but there is something so healing about this group singing these often tragic songs with joy and humor and some of the most outrageous stage props you'll ever see. The first time I saw The Flaming Lips perform live, there was an enormous disco ball on the ceiling and everyone was given a laser pointer, at certain points the crowd would be directed to laser point at the disco ball or other props to create a DIY light show across the auditorium. At the end of the main set, we were told to point our lasers at the front man, Wayne Coyne. His suit had a sort of coating on it that made him radiate light from all of the laser pointers. He gave a speech about love and loss and life while bathed in this celestial glow, and then the band started playing "Do You Realize??" There was a girl next to me who was wearing a giant fuzzy bacon costume, she was rolling on ecstasy and we briefly hugged while she cried. Life is sad and funny and surprising and weird and mysterious and full and brief and everything all at the same time. Everything matters, but we don't have to be serious about it.
Perfectly acceptable record. Nothing to go crazy over.
Sci Fi themed album from my teenage years? Of course this sits in my heart.
Hell yeah. My kids hate this album.
Just beautiful
Przyjemny album, ale taki, o którym pewnie niedługo zapomnę (aczkolwiek czytając o nim dowiedziałem się o istnieniu japońskich zespołów Boredoms i OOIOO, które spróbuję obczaić z czasem). Niemniej cenię go za bardzo dużą spójność, która na początku wręcz skłaniała mnie do opinii, że jest to album konceptualny, opowiadający spójną historię od początku do końca. Potem to się trochę rozmyło i z tego, co przeczytałem po przesłuchaniu, to sami twórcy raczej się odżegnują od tej kategorii. Muzyczno-wokalnie to nie są moje klimaty, usypia mnie to i utrudnia skupienie. Gdyby nie to, że ta grupa wymusza na mnie uważne słuchanie, to pewnie by ten album przeleciał bez żadnego śladu przeze mnie. Kojarzy mi się trochę z shoegazem, który jest strasznie beznamiętny. Niemniej jestem zdania, że ten album dobrze przewiduje pewne bolączki XXI wieku - samotność, odosobnienie, apatię. Miłość, o którą się nie walczy i głównie płacze w kącie do niej. Plus oczywiście umaszynowienie naszego życia. W każdym utworze czuję rezygnację i apatię. I choć rezonują one ze mną, to zobojętniają mnie na ten album i jego treść. Osobiście chciałbym w tym usłyszeć więcej życia.
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
One of the best
I've noticed it's kind of become a thing to say you never really liked these records that much really anyway because of various reasons not least the awful way they treated Erykah Baduh. But I can't deny this record still sounds great.
Moody tunes that are perfect for Autumn Sunday afternoon
3,5/5 Pierwsze 4 kawałki dla mnie sztos, środek okeej, końcowe 3 znów lepiej. Muzycznie całość mi się podoba, teskstowo raz lepiej, raz gorzej, ale chyba najbardziej się rozczarowałem tym, że oczekiwałem spójności... bo 3 pierwsze kawałki obiecują jakiś storytelling powiązany z tytułem albumu, a potem jest już imo random lyrics compilation :( Ale na pewno warto było posłuchać!
Enjoyed listening to it, but nothing to make me listen again
Huh. Not bad. Not great. Kinda liked Yoshimi Battles…parts I and II. Everything else was just kind of there.
# Playlist track - Do You Realize? # Notes - A very interesting surprise! Some sort of experimental weird sci-fi not-quite-rock-opera. - I didn't really enjoy it the first time around, to be honest. But as I got back to it a couple more times, I ended up finding it interesting. Charming, even. - This won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it's worth experiencing it anyway.
Sorry but I don’t care about your sad songs about a robot-fighting anime girl or whatever.
Some part of me thinks this would have been better if they didn't overlay the effects and just played the songs straight. Still some great songs and do you realise is definitely top ten songs of that decade. 3.5*
Fine, nothing crazy but I liked some of the tracks
This band is very creative in most of their endeavours but some albums just feel a bit too forced. Annoying like Jared Leto albeit talented. The is one of them.
If I would have been born 15 years earlier I would have loved this Album. Anyways, it's kinda nice sometimes
Amazing!! Never heard it before but its so fresh and fun and conceptual.
Had a childlike dream quality to it. That same quality caused me to loose focus on a lot of the album
Love this album, it has some stand out songs such as Do you realise?? and Yoshimi, but also works well as a complete album. He has a very hypnotic voice which has great accompaniment. 5/5
Well, I like this album enough to have it in my collection on vinyl. That said, is it a *great* album?
some song are ok but boring
Still have no idea WTF I just listened to.
Glorious, the peak of musical genius.
I enjoy listening to Flaming Lips in small doses but find their overall sound a bit too quirky. An overall cool & trippy album but can't help to think Fight Test is a blatant rip off of Father & Son by Cat Stevens. In the Morning of the Magicians is a really cool track and I enjoy the hits, love the interludes in between the songs, nice bass lines throughout but this album doesn't quite hit the spot for me.
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.
a quirky and spacey rock album, the aesthetics inspired from japanese science fiction and a title dedicated to a japanese musician. this album gives listeners a fresh and technologically-advanced take on the progressive genre at times, with other influences from pop giving it a sound all its own. it has a short length, and some tracks are a bit hazy or not as interesting as others, but generally this one is a good listen.
J’aime tant cet album. J’aime ses récits et son imagerie, j’aime son audace, j’aime que le ludique côtoie le pathétique
I tried this once and dismissed it at the time, partly because I couldn’t stand Wayne Coyne’s vocals and his overall zaniness. 20 years later I’ve given it a fair shot and enjoyed it more. There’s a lot of careful craft and a vast array of ideas crammed into the dense, dreamy layers here and it’s actually quite lovely in places. I still found it pretty weird and don’t like his voice any more than I did before but I appreciate it’s a great work of art and have been happy to keep it on rotation for a few days. I’m also happy to be moving on to the next thing now.
Underwhelming
I love this record!
Meh
Thought I would hate this because "She Don't Use Jelly" shat me to tears, but I was pleasantly surprised. 3/5
The re-invention - I know it is trite but for lack of a better word - that this group goes through from album to album is amazing. It is hard to pin them down they are ever changing.
Kind of an old comfort listen from college days. I haven't gone back to it and I had forgotten most of the tracks, but it really feels like such a cohesive album. 3.5
Hard to argue with anything here, it's always been a vibe
For some reason, I had it in my head that I didn't like The Flaming Lips??? I actually enjoyed this album! It was very vibey music. Nothing in particular stood out, but I'd listen again.
this was probably the first album i listened to contemporaneously? i was 5 in 2002 and remember my dad playing it for me. unsurprisingly i am fond of it
This gets kermity and grating by the end but the title track does go very hard I fear
I remember when this album was all the rage. It's interesting that it still sounds fresh after 22 years. Even though I'm not a fan who's followed their career, this is wonderful. 4.5 stars for being a solid album and .5 stars for nostalgia.
8/10 I really liked this. Weird in the best possible way and a unique sound Favourite Song=Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Least Favourite Song=One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Hyggligt.
Wow rock anime...This is weird and unhinge and I love this. Giving me science fiction vibe! The only promblem is that there are too many synthesizer sounds...I'm really not a fan for that. But it is unique, it has many fresh sounds. A cool album. Between 3.5/5 and 4/5 i'd say. With fewer sythesizer noises it's definitely above 4.
A good album, but has some songs that miss the mark a bit for me. However, I still like it.
muy bueno molto buono
Ufff empieza con la respuesta a father and son. Ya me gustó Love, death and robots Gorillaz se puso introspectivo
es un 9. Muy beatlesco -medio mind games- tameimpala, cosas
Great album. I’ve listened to it for years. Cool concept and great songs.
Dreamy, outgoing music, with an air of confidence and a carefree attitude. This reminds me of the writing of PNAU a more modern artist, but in style it is much similar to, the Eagles, ELO, and adopts a music production style of natural drums and organic synths similar to early tame impala.
TFL have always married odd sounds into really palatable songs. When you are singing a happy little bop that sounds like you are skipping through a park meadow but the song is actually about someone fighting robots and you are enjoying it, that’s a vibe. I truly enjoyed this album. The little hidden gems within the songs had me listening harder to try to discover all the layers.
This album gets better every time I listen to it.
It's hard not to rate such a personally nostalgic abum five stars, but the first track is the real stand out, and the rest just doesn't hit as hard
Unique album whilst still being inoffensive, good background music but not the same level as a deliberate listen.
Great and super trippy. I love it
A perfect mix of psych, pop and everything that makes music fun and wistful.
The last few songs really killed this album for me.
I am a certified fan of The Flaming Lips after this record. It combines punk elements with more a melodic, full, almost Beatles-esque sound so beautifully. Definitely a vibe I can get behind and look forward to delving into more. Notable Tracks: - Fight Test - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 - In the Morning of the Magicians - Do You Realize?? 8/10
A little boring
Love the weird, wonderful vibes in this one. Wish there was more an overarching theme to unify the rest of the album, but nearly all the songs had me nodding my head along. 'Do You Realize??' is a great existential trip.
A strong narrative first half followed by a more existential second half. I like the former more. Instruments and vocals sell the swelling of dramatic tension leading up to the confrontation well. But why not follow through?
Fav Songs so far: Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Do You Realize?? Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt.1 It's Summertime Super interesting and forward thinking production for the time period. Fun from start to finish. Way ahead of its time!
Классный арт-рок, смешанный с поп мотивами, ребята очень поэкспериментировали. Песни довольно просты, но в то же время сложны. Альбом похож на современных битлс, в которых добавили много электронной музыки, меланхолии и поп-музыки 2000-х. Особо для себя отметил композиции Fight Test, одноименная с альбомом песня, In the Morning of the Magicians, It's Summertime, Do You Realize??, All We Have Is Now. В целом, альбом получился довольно экспериментальный, но лишенный вычурной сложности, слушается довольно легко, присутствия проходных песен замечено не было
24/10/24 I appreciate this was something at the time, but it was just SO boring.
Very different kind of music and very interesting. Never heard of the group before. Definitely one of those albums that I would recommend to listen to that’s outside of your music taste.
This was an album I've heard a few tracks off of already. As a contiguous album. It's wonderful. I've heard a lot of praise over the years for the flaming lips but haven't really been dedicated to setting out a blessing. I will absolutely listen to this album again. Then we'll have to be in the right mood.
UNDOVER
not my type of thing, but super cool and interesting concept. some songs were really nice, almost muse-like
This was so lovable. Talks about humanity and mortality with such bittersweetness and kindness. Bizarre and beautiful. I could see myself liking this more and more.
Memories of high school. So many great songs on this album. Feels like kismet to get this as my first suggestion as I just saw them with Weezer last month! 5 stars
Shite
loved this album. can't believe i hadn't listened to it before.
Pretty middle of the road rock. 3/5
I loved this! Really chill WFH music, reminiscent of video games of the 2010s. Fave songs on ‘Fight Test’ and ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1’.
Musicianship is very high - not my vibe tho. Hard to explain - lots of expansive, rises and crescendos making it feel dreamy. Would make good background music, but so much going on that you’d have to be on a lot of drugs to make sense of it in isolation. I give it a 3.9, but the scales don’t work like that.
i appreciate the creativity
szép ez, jó ez, aztán kicsit nehéz megkülönböztetni a számokat egy ponton túl. pedig alapvetően szeretem/szeretném a hangzásukat, csak lehetne benne több élet na.
Atmospheric, but also twee and monotonous.
How do you follow up a sonic and textural masterpiece like The Soft Bulletin? With a more electronic-leaning concept album about a Japanese girl fighting robots that represent her terminal illness, of course! The production on this is absolutely stellar, it sounds so serene and otherworldly, and the songwriting is just very fun
A interesting and enjoyable sonic experience that layers electronic music with vocals, guitar and percussion.
I was going to go 4 here, but upon listening for the first time in a bit I was super reminded how brilliant this album is and was going to go 5--like, nothing else sounds like this. In the end I think it's a 4.5 and I'm actually going back to 4 because I think The Soft Bulletin is their apex and I assume it will pop up.
3.5 going up
I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, also some of the tracks were so annoying
Favorite Track: Do You Realize??
Concept album with a vague sci-fi setting so I'm automatically going to like it
Not unpleasant but found myself getting a bit bored the longer it went on. Some decent stuff and fairly laid back vibes. Completely different to the only Flaming Lips album I own which had a bit more life to it. I think I preferred that album.
Didn’t enjoy this. Can’t really see the reason why people hype them.
I liked this way better than I anticipated. The production is insane, and it makes for a replayable record.
Pretty good album. I like that it was about a robot.
I became a fan of The Flaming Lips with their last album but this one is a cracker too, All the tracks are great but Do You Realize is head in shoulders above everything else.
There’s a lot to like about this. But I’ve always struggled with Wayne Coynes weedy whiny voice. And Fight Test reminds me too much of the Father and Son cover by Boyzone. Just when I’m starting to get on with it the Whiney dirge that is “do you realise” comes on. I probably didn’t mind it first time I heard it but it’s been played to death. It’s a lot better when he’s not singing.
Takes you on a trip
Nice, mellow, inoffensive sounds with a cool electronic vibe. Definitely an easy listen, and I might give it another go later. This will be a four-star album for me.
Pretty rogue - all a bit weird but fairly decent. Not really my sort of music but can kind of see the appeal.
I enjoyed this. It's not going to set the world on fire, but it is very listenable, and I enjoy the vocals.
I can’t help feeling like this album is just… shallow.
Artwork is so cool. In the Morning of Magicians is such a beautiful tune.
Sploinky frog music - and I'm not a frog.
Pretty fun.
I haven't really listened to an album like this before, but I enjoyed it. Only a few songs particularly stuck out to me (e.g. Are You a Hypnotist??) but I'll remember this album and relisten to it in the future, maybe then something'll hit me.
Meh. Do you realize is a banger tho.
A flowing ebb of guitar and synth that tell a beautiful story. Every song is it's own unique piece.
One of my favorite albums of all time!
5 stars
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002) o sonho no espaço e ácido? Dream pop, space rock, acid rock, neo-psychedelia, são alguns dos gêneros usados para categorizar a música do The Flaming Lips, e de fato é isso que a música representa. O álbum parece uma viagem por um sonho, ou pelo espaço, as músicas tem bastante ambientação e sons que levam para esse lado, e são bem calmas e harmoniosas, sendo muito fácil de ouvir e se agradar com o som. P.S. Yoshimi é uma multi instrumentista japonesa que participou de diversos grupos! P.S. 2 A música de abertura Fight Test foi alvo de uma disputa judicial com Cat Stevens, pela semelhança à música Father & Son, fazendo com que Cat Stevens recebesse 75% dos lucros provenientes da música. Melhores músicas: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2, In the Morning of the Magicians, Are You a Hypnotist?, It's Summertime, Do You Realize?? Piores músicas: N/A 3.75/5
Really consistent album, no bad tracks, but its not too mind blowing so i just think its weird for me to give it a 10, its still good
(THE REVIEW BEGINS... NOW.) Alongside its older sibling THE SOFT BULLETIN, YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS sets my benchmark for dream pop. And believe you me—that's a pretty high bar. A collection of eleven beautiful songs about life and love, all leading up to "Do You Realize??", perhaps the most poignant song I've ever heard about accepting the fact that you will die and making the most out of life while you have it instead. It's another one of those albums where I wanna have more to say about it, but it's wedged itself so deeply in my person that I struggle to really come up with the words. I mean, I guess the album kind of dips a little between the second part of the title track and "Do You Realize??", though ultimately it's a dip from a perfect 10 to a 9.5, and either way it rounds up. Now, if you'll excuse me, I hafta go beg the randomizer to give my group THE SOFT BULLETIN as soon as possible. (THE REVIEW IS OVER... NOW.)
The Lips at their creative peak with just some absolutely stellar psychedelic tunes. Solid 5 for me.
I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. For a band formed in 1983, to be able to survive and adapt with the times and survive until 2002 is rather impressive. To make something that sounds this good, and arguably still modern and still totally befitting for 2024, both 19 years after your forming, and 22 years after it came out is downright miraculous – this is an unbelievably well produced album, and its soundscape somehow feels timeless. It blends so many genres and styles; I feel like 70s rock is somehow the foundation of the album, but it’s blended with some R.E.M.-esque vocal work, 90s rave & electronica, and early 2000s hip-hop tropes. In some strange way, it feels totally ahead of its time, oddly nostalgic, and a perfect encapsulation of 2002 rock all at once. I can’t really describe it – this thing defies any conventional logic to me. The only thing I can say is that it sounds fucking awesome. I do wish it had stuck harder to the sci-fi vibe and the more lyrically driven stuff, and that’s really my only knock on the album – I know it’s not meant to be a concept album, but the first 4 tracks are so cohesive and so strong that the album loses its luster the farther it goes away from the initial tracks. Don’t get me wrong, there’s not a bad track on here, but it does feel like it loses cohesion and focuses more heavily on soundscape and vibes. Some people will like that more than others, but for my tastes, I really started to feel like it dragged just a bit too long by the very last track (again, rad as hell, but just doesn’t feel like it should’ve ended the album over All We Have Is Now). That’s why I’m not at a flat 5, but make no mistake – this is too damn good to be anything other than a 5. It’s got a great energy, its production sounds timeless, and it is overwhelmingly cool. It has withstood the test of time in a very tangible way, and that’s apparent to me on my very first listen. I fuck with sci-fi stuff super hard, so this was right down my alley – it impressed me and went above and beyond. It’s a great, great album.
Ég hlustaði á þessa plötu í göngutúr og var bara nokkuð hrifinn. Mér finnst ég samt ekki þurfa að hlusta á hana aftur en mér fannst húb ekki leiðinleg. Bara ekkert meira en prýðileg plata
Muito bom. Nostálgico
I'm not really into that experimental electronic stuff. The record has its moments and some good ideas. I know the electronic elementd are the special thing about this album, but for me they ruin the otherwise okay-ish album. Apart from this the sound is very monotonous and most of the songs sound very similar. No melodies that stay in my head.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Sonically it was full of twists and turns and kept my ear engaged. I can see myself revisiting this one again :)
It reminds me of Earthbound in the best ways possible! Listening to it makes me smile and now I can't stop listening to all the songs. One of the best of this list.
Unexpected moments between melodic harmony. Lots of unconventional madness here, unique, daring lyrics, and a depth of sound that never really lets up. It's quirky, flawed in some ways, but all of it averages to a lively, soulful endeavor that I very much enjoyed listening to.
Pretty good i like it
Fight Test 4.1 One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 4 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt.1 4.3 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt.2 4 In the Morning of the Magicians 4.2 Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell 3.8 Are You a Hypnotist? 4.3 It's Summertime 4.1 Do You Realize?? 4.5 All We Have Is Now 4 Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) 4 Score: 4.118181818
This is #day46 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... in a parallel universe, Tame Impala has gone Pink Floyd, creating a concept album full to the brim with psychedelic noises and sounds, telling a story about A Girl, the Pink Robot Battler... The girl in question happens to be the drummer for a Japanese noise rock band, Boredoms, and is credited among the additional personnel for the album creation. Well, at least this way I learned about Japanoise (the term denoting the noise music scene of Japan). It was quite an enjoyable listen, though. But, as I doubt I'd be returning to this music anytime soon, this is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day47.
Chill good psychedelic album. Should probably listen to it more.
goofy, corny
I found this one more tolerable than the other album of theirs. I still would not seek out to listen to this again but I did not dislike it. Instruments were well played, but vocals are meh.
I really liked the distortion that they put in and it was just fun and really odd in a good way. It was very unexpected even though I had heard two songs going in.
I'm absolutely shocked i'm doing this but I'm giving this a 3. At first I was thinking this was a 2 at best but I think that was mostly because I really didn't like The Soft Bulletin. This I liked a whole lot more. The only thing holding this album back from a 4 or even a 5 is the fact that Wayne Coyne cannot sing. He always sounds out of tune. It sucks. Seriously if almost anyone else had been doing the vocals (besides Bob Dylan) I would have had no problem giving this a 4 maybe even a 5. But instead we have dear old Wayne yodeling away for 47 minutes. Loved the ethereal feel, the psychedelic feel, the storyline (especially at the beginning that was fun), and way they kind of switched between serious and kinda silly with the lyrics. Great album, shame that their frontman can't sing.
started out with an interesting sound.....then 2nd half just felt really boring. don't get it
Yoshimi Pt 1 is still about a minute and and half too long and it would have been an even greater album with Sunship Balloons on it, but I still love it. Wayne's little voice and naïve wisdom that's not naive at all are made solid sunbeams by the music.
Uno de mis discos favoritos en los primeros años del nuevo milenio por su altamente emotivo y exuberante rock psicodélico. El arranque, "Fight Test", en el que se plantea el concepto del álbum en torno a robots que se humanizan es estupendo. Me encantan las guitarras y los sonidos analógicos de esa emocionante continuación de la historia, en la que los robots empiezan a experimentar sentimientos (quizás una analogía con un ser humano que ama por primera vez), que es "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21". También me gusta bastante la caótica "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 2", la culminación de una lucha en la que Yoshimi derrota a los malvados robots rosas, los metaleros, a base de zumbidos, tambores y gritos descomunales. La transición a la siguiente canción, la épica y maravillosa "In the Morning of the Magicians", un tema sobre la rendición del protagonista a las fuerzas de la vida y el universo, es impresionante. Pero el tema que más me gusta del disco es el sencillo "Do You Realize?", hermosa en fondo y forma, con un aire melancólico y existencialista que me cala hasta los huesos. Y sí, todos a los que se ama y conoce morirán algún día, y es triste, pero su existencia siempre será un acto de belleza milagroso como la vida misma. En definitiva un disco absolutamente conmovedor.
Pretty solid, some of the songs meander a bit but good to be exposed to them
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flaccid, boring, safe there isnt much interesting going on there at all NNN