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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
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84 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 92 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Oklahoma band finally returns with a follow-up to perhaps their strongest effort to date, 1999's 'The Soft Bulletin.' Here, the Lips venture even more into electronic territory, working once again with producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev). Yoshimi of Japanese band The Boredoms guests on vocals on one track and lends her name to part of the album's title (the "Yoshimi" part, not the "Pink Robots" part).… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Uncut
    100
    Even by their standards, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is astonishing.... Plainly, this is music abnormally alive with possibilities. [Album of the Month, Aug 2002, p.96]
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  2. Dot Music
    100
    Incredibly, 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots' is a record that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with 'The Soft Bulletin', refining that album's themes and defiantly charging into unchartered musical territories. Another masterpiece.
  3. Neumu.net
    60
    While appreciating Yoshimi for its merits poses little problem, actually enjoying it is more difficult.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 63
  3. Negative: 2 out of 63
  1. mhmusicnmovies
    10
    an incredibly beautiful album. Fight Test kicks things off strongly and the music never weakens. Yoshimi is catchy, mysterious, mesmerizing, and so much more. I find it almost impossible to compare this to, frankly, anything... The Flaming Lips arrive officially with this effort.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. TatrTotz
    10
    An excellent, beautiful, compelling Flaming Lips album. The album goes through times of being heavily electronic to plain old acoustic. You can feel the passion and genuine nature of The Flaming Lips through the lyrics and instrumentation of the music. All in all, a great album.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DrJiberish
    2
    Completely overrated! Same with everything else in my music collection. I give it a 2 and everything else a 1.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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