Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots • CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

with burbling electrobeats underpinning sci-fi orchestrations that sound like the brainchild of Esquivel and the Orb. Techno isn't the band's forte, as "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" demonstrates. But elsewhere the trio's love of sound sorcery is gently folded into gorgeous melodies such as "In the Morning of the Magicians," "Are You a Hypnotist??" and "Do You Realize?" "All we have is now," Wayne Coyne sings, and the Lips sound absolutely ecstatic to be living in the moment.

GREG KOT
(RS # 901 - July 2, 2002)

The Rhapsody staff voted Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots the #1 album of 2002. This disc features all the tracks from that album, along with commentary from band members Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd about the creative process behind each one. It's a fascinating glimpse inside two of the weirder minds in rock.