The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"

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Math majors solve for "x".
Gorillaz "Plastic Beach" + Heart + Techno/Electro Vibes = X
This is "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" by The Flaming Lips.
Easily one of the best album on the blog site yet. Wayne Coyne in 1983, began dropping record albums as every artists begins with, but was yet to find the hit song with his group. After deals with Warner Brothers, finally the Oklahoman band hit it off well in 1993 with their biggest track yet "She Don't Use Jelly." That song set the tone for the rock band and the primarily rock-styled songs in their later albums...That is, until 2002, when The Flaming Lips dropped their 10th (out of 12) studio albums with "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots." It's in that album and the following album "Embryonic," (2009) that we can see the shift to a more Techno/Electro vibe come into play. Generally speaking, most of the rock fans still appreciate the quality of the music that The Flaming Lips have produced, regardless of the mild shift in genre. Favorite song for me on "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"  is the following: 1) "Approaching Pavonis Mons."

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"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (REGULAR EDITION)

1. "Fight Test" – 4:14
2. "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21" – 4:59
3. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" – 4:45
4. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" – 2:57
5. "In the Morning of the Magicians" – 6:18
6. "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" – 4:34
7. "Are You a Hypnotist??" – 4:44
8. "It's Summertime" – 4:20
9. "Do You Realize??" – 3:32
10. "All We Have Is Now" – 3:53
11. "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" – 3:09