Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots a score of 3.2838 out of 4

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Featured Reviews:

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. Read more about Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots on All Music Guide

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 Read more about Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots on All Music Guide

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. Read more about Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots on Rolling Stone

PopMatters

Granted, the Lips can still be innovative, but for perhaps the first time in their storied career, their creativity feels familiar and predictable. Read more about Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots on PopMatters

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