Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
A painting of the backside of a girl facing a pink robot
Studio album by
the Flaming Lips
ReleasedJuly 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)
RecordedJune 2000 – April 2002
StudioTarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York
Genre
Length47:25
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
The Flaming Lips chronology
The Soft Bulletin
(1999) 		Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
(2002) 		At War with the Mystics
(2006)
Singles from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  1. "Do You Realize??"
    Released: August 19, 2002
  2. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"
    Released: March 2003
  3. "Fight Test"
    Released: April 22, 2003
  4. "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell"
    Released: November 18, 2003

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on July 16, 2002, by Warner Bros. Records. The album saw the band pursue a more electronic direction than previous efforts, incorporating acoustic guitars and rhythms influenced by hip hop and top 40 music. The album was well-received critically and commercially, helping the band break into popularity, and was adapted into a musical in 2012.[2] In 2022, the band announced a 20th anniversary box set version of the album and that they would perform the album in full twice in early 2023.[3]

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 28, 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2023. Wayne Coyne described the band's 2002 LP Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots as a set of "storytelling acid rock"...
  2. ^ "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Certified Gold". Market Wire. 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  3. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "The Flaming Lips Round Up 50+ Unreleased Tracks For Yoshimi 20th Anniversary Box". SPIN Magazine. SPIN. Retrieved November 17, 2022.