Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots was a 2002 (see 2002 in music) album by The Flaming Lips. The style is an LSD-tinged indie rock somewhat more accessible than those of their earlier LPss. Yoshimi's lyrics concern a diverse array of subject matter, mostly deeply melancholy ponderings about love, mortality, artificial emotion, pacifism, and deception with the exception of a two-track segment on the title character, a Japanese woman (possibly Yoshimi P-We, Boredoms member and guest player on the album) who attempts to defend the singer from destructive robots with unstated outcome.

In addition to the single compact disc format, there is a two-disc release, composed of the regular album and a DVD containing various alternate takes, b-sides, music videos, video footage from the album recordings, and the trailer for The Flaming Lips' upcoming film, Christmas on Mars. There was also a limited edition translucent pink/orange LP version.

Track listing

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 (Throbbing Orange Pallbearers)" (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)

Track listing of the special edition DVD