[DISCUSSION: WEEKLY ALBUM CLUB] The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)

Hey everyone! I have volunteered to make this weekly post for the foreseeable future since ren already does so much for this community.

This week we have another choice from ren, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips! Whether this is your 1st or 100th time listening to this album we want to hear your thoughts.

Tell us what you like about this album. Tell us what you dont like about it. Tell us a story you have about it or a memory it triggers!

And then tell us what albums you want to discuss next! I have picked for next week but I don’t want ren and I picking every week so let’s hear some suggestions!

Upcoming

10/17 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)

10/24 - TBD

Previous Discussions

Week 2

Week 1

Disclaimer: First of all I apologize if you are seeing this post more than once. Moving forward I intend to make this post on Tuesdays. In fact I made this exact post Tuesday and again Wednesday this week from my midwest.social account but there appear to have been federation issues and it wasn’t showing up outside that instance. So I made a lemmy.world account today to redo the post again.

testgoatpleaseignore,

It’s been years since I listened to this, damn you’ve inspired some nostalgia I’m gonna give it a listen now

whereswardo, (edited )

I remember telling my wife during Flaming Lips at Big Day Out that I want Do You Realise played at my funeral. 20-ish years later I still feel the same.

chroniclistener,
@chroniclistener@lemmy.world avatar

That’s great! I really like your idea! This album is fantastic, I don’t like all the songs but it was an innovative album for the Flaming Lips so much so that it brought them success, well deserved!

PP_BOY_,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

That intro track is all you to listen to in order to understand why this album is so highly rated. Damn Cat Stevens for what he did to The Flaming Lips over some generic chords

kvn2,

It had been a while since I listened to this band so I gave this album a fresh listen earlier this week and the whole thing is great. But I absolutely love the electronic freak out of the title track pt 2.

In the context of the album I interpret it as the robots response to pt 1 of the title track. It’s a increbile way to introduce some more experimental sounds and also build up the world around this album.

Faceman2K23,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

If anyone has the means and a proper setup for it, the surround sound mix of this album is a crazy experience.

WarmSoda,

My brother had the multidisc version of this album. You needed a separate stereo for each cd and played them at the same time.

Faceman2K23,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

That was such a dumb release, I love it. Perfectly on brand from them.

The actual surround mix itself is fantastic, lots of motion and depth.

Voroxpete,

God I fucking love this album. The whole thing is perfect, but in particular Do You Realise? is just incredible.

I still can’t decide if this, or Soft Bulletin is their best album.

bigbadmoose,

2 10’s without a doubt

kvn2,

I need to give Soft Bulletin another listen now. It’s been a while for me

Esqplorer,

Great album to introduce children to indie rock

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