Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

After their highly acclaimed 1999 album 'The Soft Bulletin', The Flaming Lips release their twelfth studio album. Produced by Dave Fridmann and the band themselves, 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' continues in the vein of previous work, with bizarre lyrical stories, psychedelic guitar parts and the general quirkiness that The Flaming Lips are renowned for.

Q (12/02, p.66)
- Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002"

Mojo (1/03, p.72)
- Ranked #2 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002"

Uncut (1/03, p.94)
- Ranked #1 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"

CMJ (12/30/02, p.8)
- Ranked #2 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002"

Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.72)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Ambitious with burbling electrobeats underpinning sci-fi orchestrations....the trio's love of sound sorcery is gently folded into gorgeous melodies..."

Spin (1/03, p.70)
- Ranked #4 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" -

"...A concept album about heartsick rock-'em-sock-'em robots that's also a sermon about finding the courage to love in the face of death."

Q (8/02, p.127)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their second masterpiece....It's hard to remember a record so concerned with mortality and yet so heart-burstingly hopeful. It quivers with life..."

Mojo (7/02, p.60)
- "...A brilliant development of BULLETIN's tough'n'mellow blend..."

Uncut (8/02, p.96)
- 5 out of 5 - "...Astonishing..."

Entertainment Weekly (7/19/02, p.74)
- "...Spectacularly trippy..." - Rating: B+

NME (7/13/02, p.36)
- 8 out of 10 - "...Confident and imaginative....it sets yet another benchmark."

CMJ (7/22/02, p.4)
- "...Impressionistic sonic wonder..."