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The Flaming Lips:Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

On July 16, 2002, “Warner Bros” label released “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”, the tenth Flaming Lips (The) studio album. It was recorded June 2000 – April 2002, at “Tarbox Road Studios” in Cassadaga, New York, and was produced by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins,  Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Coyne– vocals, guitar, mixings, cover paintings
  • Steven Drozd– vocals, guitars, keyboards, electronics, drums, mixing
  • Michael Ivins– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, mixing, additional engineering
  • Yoshimi P-We– vocalization
  • Dave Fridmann– programming, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Trent Bell– additional tracking
  • Andy Taub– additional tracking
  • George Salisbury– design, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins, except where noted.

  1. Fight Test – Wayne Coyne,Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Dave Fridmann, Cat Stevens
  2. One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
  3. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
  4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 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?? – Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins, Dave Fridmann
  10. All We Have Is Now
  11. Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)

Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News

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On April 6, 2004, “Epic” label released “Good News for People Who Love Bad News”, the fourth Modest Mouse album. It was recorded September–October 2003, at “Sweet Tea Studio” in Oxford, Mississippi and “Easley Recording” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Dennis Herring. In 2004, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA” .

Personnel:

  • Isaac Brock –vocals, guitar, banjo, baritone guitar, ukulele, piano, Rhodes, Hendx 3000, whistle, freak beak
  • Eric Judy –bass, acoustic guitar, backup vocals, pump organ, mellotron, tin whistle, percussion
  • Dann Gallucci – guitar,keyboards, piano, backup vocals, mellotron, drum loops, pump organ, timpani, percussion, glockenspiel
  • Benjamin Weikel –drums
  • The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band –drums
  • Tom Peloso –standup bass, fiddle
  • Dennis Herring – Harmonica
  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – horns
  • Milo Chaska Judy – vocals
  • The Flaming Lips– additional instrumentation
  • Houston – artwork, design

Track lsiting:

All tracks by Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, and Benjamin Weikel.

  1. Horn Intro
  2. The World at Large
  3. Float On
  4. Ocean Breathes Salty
  5. Dig Your Grave
  6. Bury Me With It
  7. Dance Hall
  8. Bukowski
  9. This Devil’s Workday
  10. The Views
  11. Satin in a Coffin
  12. Interlude (Milo)
  13. Blame It on the Tetons
  14. Black Cadillacs
  15. One Chance
  16. The Good Times Are Killing Me