THE FLAMING LIPS YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS: 20TH ANNIVERSAY EDITION VINYL BOX SET IS AVAILABLE NOW

THE COLLECTION FEATURES 2002 ALBUM ALONG WITH EPs, B-SIDES, DEMOS, RADIO SESSIONS, LIVE RECORDINGS & MORE

The Flaming Lips celebrate the 20th-anniversary of their classic 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with the release of an expansive box set that also includes B-sides, demos, remixes, radio sessions, live tracks, and other assorted rarities from the era. The LP box set has 40 tracks never released on vinyl and over 30 previously unreleased tracks — 56 in total — across 5 LPs. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition is available now via Warner Records on all streaming services. There is also a limited edition D2C exclusive edition of the 20th Anniversary deluxe 5 LP vinyl box set pressed on Baby Pink vinyl — order HERE. Click HERE to check out a revised video of “Do You Realize??” utilizing previously unreleased audio.

Over the course of 2023, all material released from the November 2022 6-CD box set will also make its way to vinyl, including two live albums from that edition and the 25-minute demo “Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream.”

Also available now are Fight Test (Ruby Red Vinyl) and Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (Glow In The Dark Green Vinyl) on vinyl disc for the first time and the 6-CD and vinyl box set edition of YOSHIMI featuring 100 tracks, many previously unreleased. Order HERE and order new Yoshimi T-shirts designed for the 20^th Anniversary HERE.

Starting Tuesday, April 25^th in London, The Flaming Lips will begin performing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in its entirety at select venues around the world. Click HERE for details.

The Flaming Lips On Tour 2023:

Apr 25 London, UK Troxy

Apr 28 London, UK Eventim Apollo

Apr 29 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo

May 05 Chicago, IL The Salt Shed

May 07 Atlanta, GA Shaky Knees Festival

May 08 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore

May 10 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre

May 11 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

May 25 Washington, DC The Anthem

May 27 Boston, MA Boston Calling Festival

Jun 03 Jackson, MS Cathead Jam

Jun 08 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre

Jun 10 Bloomington, IN Granfalloon Festival

Jun 11 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater & Ballroom

Jun 13 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside Theater

Jun 14 St. Louis, MO Saint Louis Music Park

Jun 16 Omaha, NE Steelhouse

Jun 17 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Theater

Aug 02 Detroit, MI The Fillmore

Aug 04 Montreal, QC Osheaga Festival

Aug 06 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore

Aug 07 New Haven, CT Colege Street Music Hall

Aug 18 Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theater

Aug 22 Portland, OR Pioneer Courthouse Square

Aug 23 Seattle, WA Woodland Park Zoo

Aug 25 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheatre

Aug 26 Ogden, UT Ogden Twilight

Released in July 2002, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots remains the commercial high-water mark in The Flaming Lips ‘wild four-decade journey, giving the GRAMMY® award-winners their first RIAA certified Gold Record. As the eagerly awaited follow-up to 1999’s masterwork, The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi proved that singer/guitarist Wayne Coyne, and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd had yet another masterpiece in them.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is a sci-fi-themed quasi-concept album that cast The Flaming Lips’ most playful and profound songs to date in a wondrous swirl of ambient electronics, digital beats, and psychedelic splendor. The record yielded the band’s top-streamed track, “Do You Realize??” (a timeless stargazing anthem that, in 2009, was named the Official Rock Song of the band’s native Oklahoma) and also landed the Lips their first-ever Grammy Award® win for the cosmic album-closing instrumental “Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia).” Click HERE to view and share “Wayne listening to the multi-tracks for “Do You Realize??”

The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition provides a complete 360-degree view of the band’s creativity during this period. Several unheard demos show a rare peak at the band’s creative process. The box set also collects B-sides and outtakes, from epic fan favorites like “Assassination of the Sun” to fun, folky serenades like “Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus You Gave Me).” There is also a treasure trove of radio sessions including idiosyncratic overhauls of Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam” and “Breathe,” Radiohead’s “Knives Out,” and Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.” In addition, the set includes a lush instrumental version of “Do You Realize??,” that has been requested by fans to play at both weddings and funerals.

5 LP Vinyl Box Set

LP 1 – Original Album

Side 1

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 2

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

LP 2 – Demos+

Side 3

All My Life – Morning Of The Magicians (Demo)
Ego Tripping Part 2 or 3 (Demo)
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Demo)
Hypnotist: Early Version (Demo)
Epic Systems Delirium (Demo)
In The Morning Of The Magicians (Demo)

Side 4

Do You Realize?? 1st Chords Wayne (Demo)
Do You Realize?? Steven New Part (Demo)
Fight Test: Primitive Demo With Helium Voice
If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 1)
Syrtis Major (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 1)

LP 3 – Non-LP+

Side 5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Japanese Version)
SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy (From The Spongebob SquarePants Movie)
Seven Nation Army (From LateNightTales: The Flaming Lips)
Go (Sparklehorse with The Flaming Lips) (Alternate Version From the Flaming Lips Archives)
The Deterioration Of The Fight Or Flight Response (B-Side of Fight Test UK CD 1)
Fight Test (Live on WXRT)

Side 6