![]() ![]() It's a dizzying, disorienting sound- but once the novelty wears off, you've gotta admit it sounds a bit like Steely Dan. ![]() "Unit 3000-21 is warming/ Makes a humming sound when its circuits duplicate emotions," Coyne sings over a simple bass figure and ambient tones before the song explodes in a burst of overdriven clockwork. Yoshimi takes its first left turn with "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21," a slippery detour into glitch augmented with falsetto choruses, reverberating vocals and haywire surges of digital clickery. "If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time that you would stand up and be a man?" Coyne sings over a thick buzz of keyboards, bass and an almost hip-hop rhythm, offsetting his resolve in the refrain: "I don't know how a man decides what's right for his own life/ It's all a mystery." It's a stunning pop song- easily this album's "Waitin' for a Superman"- with an intensely memorable melody and the conflict of Coyne's internal dialogue resonating positively on many levels. The album gets off to a rollicking start with the winning "Fight Test," a glossy rumination on the call to duty- whether that's standing up to a playground bully or, as the Lips would have it, an army of rebellious androids bent on world domination. Nor does Yoshimi always put the Lips' best foot forward- though Dave Fridmann's production dazzles, the overdriven drums and orchestral swoons that characterized The Soft Bulletin are often lost in a busy mesh of programmed beats and lazy synthstrings. But it's also unfocused and top-heavy, a concept album about robots and karate that, somewhere along the line, strays into languorous, contemplative songs about mortality and death. It does not store any personal data.So let's just come right out and say it: after the one-two punch of Zaireeka and The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is a bold and inventive work, brimming with ideas and sublime moments of brilliance. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Recorded June 2000 – April 2002 At Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, Ny Production : Produced By The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker. Michael Ivins – Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals. Steven Drozd – Drums, Guitars, Keyboards, Electronics, Bass, Vocals. 11.Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 03:09 10.All We Have Is Now (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 03:53. 9.Do You Realize? (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Dave Fridmann) – 03:33. 8.It’S Summertime (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 04:20. 7.Are You A Hypnotist? (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 04:44. 6.Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 04:34. 5.In The Morning Of The Magicians (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 06:18. 2 (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 02:57. 1 (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 04:45. 2.One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins) – 04:59. Track Listing : 1.Fight Test (Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Dave Fridmann, Cat Stevens) – 04:14. ![]()
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