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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

by Flaming Lips

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Overall Rating: 3.4041 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is ranked overall as 3.4041 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2838 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots has an avg. critic score of 3.2838 out of 4 stars

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Album Reviews

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Yahoo! Music

In a recent interview, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne asserted his belief that every Christmas movie should have a little It's A Wonderful Life in it. It's an illuminating sentiment that sheds light on the music of one of America's most consistently visionary and rewarding bands. ...more

All Music Guide

Funny, beautiful, and moving, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots finds the Flaming Lips continuing to grow and challenge themselves in not-so-obvious ways after delivering their obvious masterpiece. ...more

All Music Guide

After the symphonic majesty ofThe Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips return withYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a sublime fusion ofBulletin's newfound emotional directness, the old-school playfulness ofTransmissions From the Satellite Heart, and, more ...more

Entertainment Weekly

Songs like "Fight Test" and "Do You Realize" have various tics--but they're so sweet-souled that such sins are easily forgiven

Rolling Stone

Yoshimi isn't the end-to-end triumph that was 1999's The Soft Bulletin.... But the production is equally ambitious, with burbling electrobeats underpinning sci-fi orchestrations that sound like the brainchild of Esquivel and the Orb. ...more

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Tiny Mix Tapes.com

The clearest illustration of the qualities of the new Flaming Lips LP, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots , can be found on the album’s cover. Depicted in broad strokes is, well, a pink robot, and, ah, a girl in a little dress—Yoshimi to...read the complete review at Tiny Mix Tapes.com

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

On the face of it, this is a loose concept album surrounding the story of Yoshimi, indeed battling those pink robots. When I first saw the artwork, and this may very well sound cynical - my first thought was, "those guys are really going for the...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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Magnet

Listening to Coyne retreat behind the faux-Power Rangers horror-movie shtick he's created here is puzzling and ultimately...read the complete review at Magnet

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The A.V. Club

During a complicated and uneven history spanning nearly 20 years, Oklahoma City's The Flaming Lips has moved ever closer to pure sonic overload.......read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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