The Flaming Lips Announce ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ 20th Anniversary Reissue

    The Flaming Lips have announced a 20th anniversary reissue of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. A 6xCD box set will be released on November 25, featuring 50 previously unreleased tracks and “dozens of rare tracks,” among them B-sides, demos, remixes, radio sessions, two concerts, and other rarities. A 56-track, 5xLP set will follow on April 14, 2023, which will include “40 tracks never released on vinyl and over 30 previously unreleased tracks,” according to a press release. There will also be a limited edition pressed on Baby Pink vinyl. Check out the reissue details and listen to a live rendition of ‘Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell’ from XFM below.

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition will be available on all streaming services through Warner, and all tracks in the CD set that aren’t part of the initial vinyl reissue will be released on vinyl separately next year. In addition, the Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell and Fight Test EPs will come out on vinyl for the first time in the spring of 2023. Flaming Lips will also play two anniversary shows, one in London on April 28 and another in Washington, DC on May 25.

    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Tracklist:

    6 CD Box Set

    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 Magicians (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

    Fight 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 2nd, 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 Robots (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 11th, 2003)
    16.  Sunship Balloons (Live on XFM, November 11th, 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 Yoshimi 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)

    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
    Do You Realize?? (Live on CD 101)
    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (AOL Session)
    Waitin’ For A Superman (Live on WXPN)
    In The Morning Of The Magicians (Live on KCRW)
    White Christmas (Live on WXPN)
    The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers, feat. The Flaming Lips)

    LP 4 – Radio Sessions
    Side 7
    Suspicious Minds (Live on Cover-ed)
    Assassination Of The Sun (Live on BBC Radio 1) Maida Vale Session July 2002
    Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Live on BBC Radio 1) Maida Vale Session July 2002
    Do You Realize?? (Live on BBC Radio 1) Maida Vale Session July 2002
    One More Robot (Live on BBC Radio 1) Maida Vale Session July 2002
    Side 8
    Do You Realize?? (Live on KEXP) Aug 5, 2002
    One More Robot (Live on KEXP) Aug 5, 2002
    Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Live on KEXP) Aug 5, 2002
    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Live on KEXP) Aug 5, 2002
    Breathe (Live on XFM) June 26 2003
    Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Live on XFM) Nov 11, 2003
    Sunship Balloons (Live on XFM) Nov 11, 2003

    LP 5 – Radio Sessions+
    Side 9
    Fight Test (Live on XFM) June 26 2003
    Thank You Jack White (Live on XFM) June 26 2003
    Do You Realize?? (Live on XFM) July 11, 2002
    One More Robot (Live on XFM) July 11, 2002
    Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Live on XFM) July 11, 2002
    Side 10
    1.     Ego Tripping At The Gates of Hell (Live on BBC Radio 1) Oct 31, 2003 BBC Janice Long Show
    2.     Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Live on BBC Radio 1) Oct 31, 2003 BBC Janice Long Show
    3.     Sunship Balloons (Live on BBC Radio 1) Oct 31, 2003 BBC Janice Long Show
    Up Above The Daily Hum (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 2)
    Xanthe Terra (B-Side of Do You Realize?? UK CD 2)

    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.

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