Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniversary Edition)

Twenty years ago, at the dawn of a new century, The Flaming Lips emerged from the psychic abyss, armed with an album so perfect and pure, it would unite the galaxy in peace and harmony forever. Well, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots certainly felt like it could at the time, with songs like Do You Realize, Fight Test, and the title track dishing up a kind of reckless joy, the likes of which had never been heard before or has been since.

Now, two increasingly bonkers and difficult decades later, Wayne and the gang are back with a deluxe 5LP box set packed with all the incredible tunes you already know, plus all the demos, radio sessions, and b-sides you could shake a glo-stick at! It's a timely arrival, those pink robots are taking over, and only Yoshimi and a bunch of grown men dressed in animal costumes inside giant zorbs can save us!

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is an essential portrait of rock’s most restlessly creative band at the peak of their powers.

This expansive 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features 100 tracks on the 6 CD Box Set of which over 50 are previously unreleased. The 5 LP, 56 track Vinyl box features 30 previously unreleased tracks and over 40 tracks being released on vinyl for the first time. Both formats include the original album, demos, b-sides, and highlights of the many radio sessions the band performed. The 6 CD box also includes the two EPs released during the original album cycle and two live concerts from Boston in 2002 and London in 2003. The EPs and live concerts will be released on vinyl in 2023.
There are 100 tracks on the CD box set, of which over 50 are previously unreleased.

Vinyl Tracklist

LP 1 -Original Album

Side A

1. Fight Test
2. One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
5. In The Morning Of The Magicians

Side B

1. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell
2. Are You A Hypnotist
3. It’s Summertime
4. Do You Realize??
5. All We Have Is Now
6. Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon

LP 3 -Non-LP+

Side E

1. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)
2. SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy
3. Seven Nation Army
4. Go (Feat Sparklehorse)
5. The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response
6. Fight Test

Side F

1. Do You Realize??
2. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3. Waitin’ For A Superman
4. In The Morning Of The Magicians
5. White Christmas
6. The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, Feat The Flaming Lips)

LP 2 -Demos+

Side C

1. All My Life -Morning Of The Magicians
2. Ego Tripping Part 2 or 3
3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
4. Hypnotist: Early Version
5. Epic Systems Delirium
6. In The Morning Of The Magicians

Side D

1. Do You Realize?? 1st Chords Wayne
2. Do You Realize?? Steven New Part
3. Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice
4. If I Go Mad/Funeral in My Head
5. Syrtis Major

LP 4 -Radio Sessions

Side G

1. Suspicious Minds
2. Assassination Of The Sun
3. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
4. Do You Realize??
5. One More Robot

Side H

1. Do You Realize??
2. One More Robot
3. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
4.  Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
5. Breathe
6. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell
7. Sunship Balloons

LP 5 -Radio Sessions+

Side I

1. Fight Test
2. Thank You Jack White
3. Do You Realize??
4. One More Robot
5. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

Side J

1. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hel
2. .Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
3. SunshipBalloons
4. Up Above The Daily Hum
5. Xanthe Terra

CD Tracklist

Tracklist:

CD 1: Original Album, plus demos
1. Fight Test
2. One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 2
5. In The Morning Of The Magicians
6. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell
7. Are You A Hypnotist
8. It's Summertime
9. Do You Realize??
10. All We Have Is Now
11. Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon
12. All My Life - Morning Of The Macigians (Demo)
13. Ego Tripping Part 2 or 3 (Demo)
14. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Demo)
15. Hypnotist: Early Version (Demo)
16. Epic Systems Delirium (Demo)
17. In The Morning Of The Magicians (Demo)
18. Do You Realize?? (1st Chords Wayne) (Demo)
19. Do You Realize?? (Steven New Part) (Demo)

CD 2: Fight Test and Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell EPs

Flight Test EP
1. Fight Test
2. Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live on KEXP)
3. The Golden Age (Live on CD 101)
4. Knives Out (Live on KCRW)
5. Do You Realize?? (Scott Hardkiss Remix)
6. The Strange Design of Conscience
7. Thank You Jack White (For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)

Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell EP
8. Assassination Of The Sun
9. I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)
10. Sunship Balloons
11. Do You Realize?? (T.P.S. Remix)
12. Ego Tripping (Ego in Acceleration) (Jason Bentley Remix)
13. Ego Tripping (Self Admiration with Blow-up Mix)
14. A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
15. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Utah Saints Remix)

CD 3: Non-LP+
1. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Language Version From The Japanese Edition of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots)
2. SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy (From The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)
3. Seven Nation Army (from LateNightTales: The Flaming Lips)
4. Go (Sparklehorse with The Flaming Lips) (Alternate Version From The Flaming Lips Archives)
5. Do You Realize?? (Live on CD 101)
6. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (AOL Session)
7. Waitin' For A Superman (Live on WXPN)
8. In The Morning Of The Magicians (Live on KCRW)
9. White Christmas (Live on WXPN)
10. The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, Feat The Flaming Lips)
11. If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 1)
12. Syrtis Major (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 1)
13. Up Above The Daily Hum (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 2)
14. Xanthe Terra (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 2)
15. The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response (B-Side of Fight Test UK CD 1)
16. Fight Test (Live on WXRT, May 2, 2003)
17. Duck Dodgers Theme (Duck Dodgers Demo: With Wayne Scratch Vocal)
18. I Know I’ve Got To Make That Dream The Real Thing (demo)
19. Do You Realize?? (Instrumental)
20. Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice (B-Side of Fight Test UK CD 2)

CD 4: Radio Sessions
1. Suspicious Minds (Live on Cover-ed)
2. Assassination Of The Sun (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Maida Vale Session July 2002)
3. Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Maida Vale Session July 2002)
4. Do You Realize?? (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Maida Vale Session July 2002)
5. One More Robot (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Maida Vale Session July 2002)
6. Do You Realize?? (Live on KEXP) (August 5, 2002)
7. One More Robot (Live on KEXP) (August 5, 2002)
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Rots (Live on KEXP) (August 5, 2002)
9. Do You Realize?? (Live on XFM) (July 11, 2002)
10. One More Robot (Live on XFM) (July 11, 2002)
11. Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live on XFM) (July 11, 2002)
12. Fight Test (Live on XFM) (June 26, 2003)
13. Thank You Jack White (Live on XFM) (June 26, 2003)
14. Breathe (Live on XFM) (June 26, 2003)
15. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Live on XFM, November 11, 2003)
16. Sunship Balloons (Live on XFM, November 11, 2003)
17. Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Oct 31, 2003 Janice Long Show)
18. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Oct 31, 2003 Janice Long Show)
19. Sunship Balloons (Live on BBC Radio 1) (Oct 31, 2003 Janice Long Show)

CD 5: Live 2002+
Radio Broadcast WBOS (Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston, October 27, 2002) plus Yashimi Demo
1. Introduction
2. The Golden Age
3. Wayne Intro 1
4. Lucifer Sam
5. Wayne Intro 2
6. Do You Realize??
7. Wayne Intro 3
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
9. Wayne Intro 4
10. Fight Test Intro
11. Fight Test
12. Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream (Demo)

CD 6: Live 2003
Radio Broadcast BBC (Live at The Forum, London, UK, January 22, 2003)
1. Introduction
2. Race For The Prize
3. Fight Test
4. Lucifer Sam
5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
6. Lightning Strikes The Postman
7. In The Morning Of The Magicians
8. Happy Birthday
9. She Don't Use Jelly
10. All We Have Is Now
11. Do You Realize??
12. Waitin' For A Superman
13. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
14. What Is The Light?
15. The Observer (Fade Out