Oh and then there’s the bass-heavy electropop bits – my god, this song has it all. It’s another surreal track that couples Earth-torturing, apocalyptic tones and sunshine pop, something achieved really beautifully throughout the entirety of ‘Yoshimi’.Ī wondrously-progressive mini-masterpiece, ‘In the Morning of Magicians’ is made up of anti-transitional sections of pop brilliance, from the string-laden instrumentals, to the solemn, acoustic verses. 1’Ī song all about the training and preparation Yoshimi must face in order to battle the pink robots. #3 – ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. The melody does hit home the Lips’ breeziness being held together by a sense of power, so you could say it’s the perfect opener. That being said, I really love the chord progression in the chorus (you know, the bit that goes “are you some kind of hypnotist?”) – they’re really haunting and staggering, giving the track its emotional edge amidst the silliness.Ī track made up of gooey basslines and even gooier synth passages, alongside a vocal melody that borrows heavily from ‘Father to Son’ by Cat Stevens (it’s fine, he received a writing credit).
‘Are You a Hypnotist?’ may not rank high for too many people, in fact, its lyrics are really silly. All-in-all, it isn’t one of the most memorable tracks on the album, but its bassline really does give it lots of strength. The Flaming Lips go trip hop on ‘Ego Tripping’, with an electronic rhythm section getting clobbered to death by one of the most memorable bass riffs on ‘Yoshimi’. To some, ‘Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon’ may just be a somewhat-forgettable outro instrumental, but it’s incredibly well-structured, with peaceful sections suddenly getting swallowed up by mammoth brass-filled passages. #7 – ‘Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon’ Maybe the explosiveness is supposed to embody the hecticness of ‘the battle’, maybe not… 2’ is one big synth rock freak-out, with chaotic rhythms battling it out with a recurring heavy synth melody. One of the nuttiest moments from ‘Yoshimi’ comes in the form of the second part of its title track. #8 – ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. Really pretty backing strings? Nope, that bassline. Intriguing example of the album’s loose concept? Nope, that bassline. Remarkable mix of rock and electronic pop? Nope, that bassline. I’d give this song so many compliments but my biggest will always be that bassline. ‘It’s Summertime’ isn’t a bad song – it’s breezy, sonically adventurous, and honestly features one of my favourite little moments of nuance on ‘Yoshimi’ – the bit where the backing melody from ‘Do You Realize?’ plays, acting as a bit of a prelude to the song itself.Ī juxtaposition of downtrodden surrender and uplift, ‘All We Have Is Now’ is the final vocal track from ‘Yoshimi’, and indeed it does turn into a bit of a tear-jerker when Wayne Coyne starts revisiting the album’s title in the lyrics. I award it an 8 out of 10 score, and it features some of the band’s most heavenly moments, but which moment is their most heavenly? Let’s find out… Before we get into that, I’d like to say that I do consider the album to be a favourite Flaming Lips release of mine, if not my absolute favourite. I’ve done a few tracklist rankings from time to time, and that’s what we’ll be doing for ‘Yoshimi’. Okay, it’s not actually that similar, in fact, it’s the Flaming Lips’ breakthrough album and their most critically acclaimed release to date – though I do feel as though I’d be saying too many similar things as I did to ‘The Soft Bulletin’, so for this edition of special review, we’ll be doing things a little differently…
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‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ is its 2002 follow-up, and if I decided to write a full review of the album, I’d be fawning over its sparkly production merit, impressive blend of pop and neo-psychedelia, and its stellar songwriting. When reviewing 1999’s ‘The Soft Bulletin’, I fawned over the album’s sparkly production merit, impressive blend of pop and neo-psychedelia, and its stellar songwriting. It’s been a few years since we last looked at the Flaming Lips on this blog.
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