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If, in 1999, The Soft Bulletin found the Flaming Lips decisively moving away from their previous identity as acid-damaged rockers and segueing into a more genteel sort of psychedelia, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots was where the band fully set their controls for the heart of the sun. The Lips completely shed the dissonance and goofiness of their early major label releases and turned the sweeping soundscapes of Soft Bulletin into the foundation of Yoshimi, a new sound that was cosmically and philosophically indulgent. While these indulgences would go to extremes on many of the band's future releases, here they’re a dazzling balance of bold sonic experimentation and deeply melodic (but sublimely weird) song structures that resulted in what is probably the strongest and most cohesive album in their catalog.
Though technically not a concept album (only the first third relates the "Yoshimi" storyline), it is nonetheless tightly bound to its sonic signatures (burbling synths, overdriven percussion, highly processed guitars) and the even-toned, reverb-drenched approach to vocals that Wayne Coyne had recently settled on. (The way that Coyne sings on the Lips' aughts-era albums manages to be the most unsettling combination of "it's all gonna be fine" soothing and "the universe is ending, let's get weird" chicanery.) Coyne, guitarist/drummer/studio rat Steven Drozd, and bassist Michael Ivins—along with producer Dave Fridmann—spent nearly two years putting the album together, and in that time, it seems they set out to explore the outer capabilities of every piece of equipment encountered. Yet the result never sounds like a collagist pastiche or an over-gilded lily; instead, it has a warm, lived-in feel, but one where home is a slightly rusty spaceship stuck on the outer edges of the galaxy.
For its 20th anniversary, Yoshimi is getting an encyclopedic expansion, with an additional five discs worth of material appended to the original album. The majority of the bonus studio tracks were already previously released on various singles, EPs, and one-offs (most of which were compiled on the DVD-Audio release of Yoshimi). But there is also much more in terms of previously unreleased studio tracks, many of which are surprisingly revelatory demos.
While some of the demos are the unpolished run-throughs one may expect, others are seemingly half-baked fragments that are not only delightful on their own, but also give a peek inside the band's creative process: The rough, three-minute sketch of "Do You Realize??" shows the listener where Drozd added the soaring chorus that not only became the song's signature, but also gave it its epic emotional heft. There's also a 15-song concert from an early 2003 date in London that was previously broadcast on the BBC that is an excellent document of the band's effusive live presence. © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz
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Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - Yusuf Islam, Writer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - Yusuf Islam, Writer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Dave Fridmann, Producer - Robert Berkeley Davis, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Tom Hall, Audio Recording Engineer - Catherine Roseanne Dennis, Writer - Daniel Huffman, Instruments - Kliph Scurlock, Producer, Drums
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Beck Hansen, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Brad Caulkins, AssistantEngineer - Chris Chandler, Audio Recording Engineer - Rachel Howard, Instruments
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Performed by - Steven Drozd, Performed by - Wayne Coyne, Performed by - Mario Díaz, Mixer, Engineer - Philip Selway, Writer - Edward O'Brien, Writer - Colin Greenwood, Writer - Jonathan Greenwood, Writer - Thomas Yorke, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Flaming Lips, Producer - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - Scott Hardkiss, Additional Producer, RemixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Trent Bell, Audio Recording Engineer - Daniel Huffman, Instruments - Kliph Scurlock, Instruments - Andy Nunez, Audio Recording Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Trent Bell, Audio Recording Engineer - Daniel Huffman, Instruments - Kliph Scurlock, Instruments - Andy Nunez, Audio Recording Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Flaming Lips, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Flaming Lips, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - Jimmy Tamborello T.P.S., Additional Producer, RemixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Jason Bentley, Additional Producer, RemixingEngineer - Adam Schiff, RemixingEngineer - Tom Moran, RemixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Claudio Camaione, Additional Producer, RemixingEngineer - Paolo Cilione, Additional Producer, RemixingEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Flaming Lips, Producer, MixingEngineer - SCOTT BOOKER, MixingEngineer - Mike Ivins, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - PAT KRAUS, MasteringEngineer - Trent Bell, Audio Recording Engineer - Any Nunez, Audio Recording Engineer - Ghosty, Instruments - Kliph Scurlock, Drums, Percussion
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer, AdditionalEngineer - Yoshimi P-we, Additional Vocals - Andy Taub, AdditionalEngineer - Trent Bell, AdditionalEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Programmer, Audio Recording Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer, Bass - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Kliph Scurlock, Producer, Drums, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Fridmann, Producer, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Bass - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - Jack White, Writer - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Bass - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Instruments - Mark Linkous, Vocals - Sparklehorse, MainArtist - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Scott Minor, Instruments - Daniel Johnston, Writer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Programmer, Writer, RecordingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer, Bass - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Bass Guitar, Writer - Steven Drozd, Drums, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Mario Díaz, AssistantEngineer - Irving Berlin, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - Ray Guarna, Audio Recording Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar - Steven Drozd, Producer, Drums, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - David Fridmann, Producer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - David Fridmann, Producer, MixingEngineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, MixingEngineer - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, MixingEngineer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Steven Drozd, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Wayne Coyne, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - The Flaming Lips, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Trent Bell, Audio Recording Engineer - Daniel Huffman, Instruments - Kliph Scurlock, Instruments - Andy Nunez, Audio Recording Engineer - David Fridmann, Producer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2003 Warner Records Inc.
Michael Ivins, Writer, Bass - Steven Drozd, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Wayne Coyne, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dave Fridmann, Producer, Masterer, Writer - The Flaming Lips, Producer, MainArtist - SCOTT BOOKER, Producer - Yusuf Islam, Writer - Mike Fridmann, Assistant Mastering Engineer
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
If, in 1999, The Soft Bulletin found the Flaming Lips decisively moving away from their previous identity as acid-damaged rockers and segueing into a more genteel sort of psychedelia, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots was where the band fully set their controls for the heart of the sun. The Lips completely shed the dissonance and goofiness of their early major label releases and turned the sweeping soundscapes of Soft Bulletin into the foundation of Yoshimi, a new sound that was cosmically and philosophically indulgent. While these indulgences would go to extremes on many of the band's future releases, here they’re a dazzling balance of bold sonic experimentation and deeply melodic (but sublimely weird) song structures that resulted in what is probably the strongest and most cohesive album in their catalog.
Though technically not a concept album (only the first third relates the "Yoshimi" storyline), it is nonetheless tightly bound to its sonic signatures (burbling synths, overdriven percussion, highly processed guitars) and the even-toned, reverb-drenched approach to vocals that Wayne Coyne had recently settled on. (The way that Coyne sings on the Lips' aughts-era albums manages to be the most unsettling combination of "it's all gonna be fine" soothing and "the universe is ending, let's get weird" chicanery.) Coyne, guitarist/drummer/studio rat Steven Drozd, and bassist Michael Ivins—along with producer Dave Fridmann—spent nearly two years putting the album together, and in that time, it seems they set out to explore the outer capabilities of every piece of equipment encountered. Yet the result never sounds like a collagist pastiche or an over-gilded lily; instead, it has a warm, lived-in feel, but one where home is a slightly rusty spaceship stuck on the outer edges of the galaxy.
For its 20th anniversary, Yoshimi is getting an encyclopedic expansion, with an additional five discs worth of material appended to the original album. The majority of the bonus studio tracks were already previously released on various singles, EPs, and one-offs (most of which were compiled on the DVD-Audio release of Yoshimi). But there is also much more in terms of previously unreleased studio tracks, many of which are surprisingly revelatory demos.
While some of the demos are the unpolished run-throughs one may expect, others are seemingly half-baked fragments that are not only delightful on their own, but also give a peek inside the band's creative process: The rough, three-minute sketch of "Do You Realize??" shows the listener where Drozd added the soaring chorus that not only became the song's signature, but also gave it its epic emotional heft. There's also a 15-song concert from an early 2003 date in London that was previously broadcast on the BBC that is an excellent document of the band's effusive live presence. © Jason Ferguson/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 100 track(s)
- Total length: 07:21:07
- Main artists: The Flaming Lips
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
© 2022 Warner Records Inc. This Compilation, ℗ 2022 Warner Records Inc.
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Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.