As I mentioned earlier, Embryonic was the first Lips record I ever heard. Admittedly, it’s hardly the most conventional place to start with their expansive discography–far removed from Yoshimi’s space folk and The Soft Bulletin’s wide eyed optimism, and even further from the trippy drug punk from the earliest days.
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Record #165: The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Like The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots could do with some decontextualizing.
Even a decade after its release, it seems this record is everywhere.
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