2006 studio album by the Flaming Lips
At War with the Mystics is the eleventh studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips , released on April 3, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records . The album is more guitar -driven and features more politically themed lyrics than the band's previous two albums The Soft Bulletin (1999) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002).
At War with the Mystics won a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical , and was also nominated for Best Alternative Album . By 2009, the album had sold over 220,000 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan .[12]
Track listing [ edit ] iTunes exclusive bonus tracks Title 13. "Bohemian Rhapsody " (This track originally appeared on Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen ) 6:36 14. "The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness" (Also appears as the final track on the Japanese import version) 4:47 15. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (Long version) 5:22 16. "Time Travel...YES!!" (Non-album track, featuring Steven Michael Burns ) 3:21
5.1 audio mix [ edit ] Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi , At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD +DVD-Audio mix on October 24, 2006, accompanied by studio outtakes, videos, and exclusive radio sessions.
Title 1. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" 5:22 2. "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" 3:40 3. "The Sound of Failure / It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark??" 7:18 4. "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)" 5:01 5. "Vein of Stars" 4:15 6. "The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight And Puts On His Werewolf Moccasins" 3:45 7. "It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance?" 6:55 8. "Mr. Ambulance Driver" 4:22 9. "Haven't Got a Clue" 3:23 10. "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" 3:43 11. "Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" 4:22 12. "Goin' On" 3:37
Outtakes [ edit ] Title 1. "Why Does It End?" 4:38 2. "You Gotta Hold On" 4:52 3. "Your Face Can Tell the Future" 5:21 4. "The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness" 4:48 5. "Time Travel?? Yes!!" 3:23 6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 6:36
Radio sessions [ edit ] Title 1. "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion" 4:40 2. "Goin' On" 3:44 3. "Unmade Bed / No Quarter " 6:56 4. "The Sound of Failure" 4:03 5. "Vein of Stars" 4:50 6. "Vein of Stars" (Operatic Spook) 4:15 7. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (Chicken Fried Hoedown Protest Rally) 4:44 8. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (In Anatropous Reflex) 4:22
Title 1. "Mr. Ambulance Driver" 5:00 2. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" 4:06 3. "The W.A.N.D." 3:48 4. "2006 OKC Classen High Commencement Speech" 12:18
Personnel [ edit ] The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne – vocals, guitars , keyboards , mixing , production Steven Drozd – guitars, bass, keyboards , drums , vocals, mixing, production Michael Ivins – bass , keyboards, backing vocals, mixing, production, additional engineering Kliph Scurlock – drums, percussion Additional personnel
Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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