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At War With The Mystics - The Flaming Lips
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76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 131 Ratings

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  • Summary: Dave Fridmann returns as producer for the ever-weird, Wayne Coyne-led band's first release in four years.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Uncut
    100
    Make no mistake, the Lips have done it: three astonishing LPs in a row. [May 2006, p.94]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    The Lips' spacious attack feels a little tired. [6 Apr 2006, p.64]
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    30
    Those farty sounds and the guy with the deeeeeeeeeep voice on "It Overtakes Me" are called "bells and whistles." That's what bands do when they don't have anything to say.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 97
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 97
  3. Negative: 8 out of 97
  1. TatrTotz
    10
    To be honest, I didn't like this album as much at first. The Flaming Lips are my favorite band, and this album just didn't do it for me at first. Then I listened to it again. While "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" can certainly be annoying to many who haven't listened to The Flaming Lips, its a very clever song I think, along with many of the other songs on this album. Mr. Ambulance Driver is another great song, about someone who wishes he could be in his friend's place. The Flaming Lips, between The Soft Bulletin and this album have this overarching theme of love, and At War With The Mystics continues it, with, as I said, Mr. Ambulance Driver, My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion, and Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung. As others have said, it certainly is different from other Lips' albums, but nonetheless great. More electronic than the others, and more strange. Personally I don't think there's anything wrong with the album. Its no Soft Bulletin, but its not bad, like everyone seems to be saying. I would go so far to say that its actually pretty good.… Expand
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  2. JasonB
    5
    I really wanted to like this album...but it just seemed like a hodgepodge of crappy songs. It sounds like the flaming lips but it is just not very good.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. StevenL
    3
    Color me disappointed.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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