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The band has been quoted as saying that listening to Black Sabbath and getting into generating power as a small unit influenced them to scale down their sound for MYSTICS. True enough, there are some heavy guitar lines and a couple of moments of rocking out, but we're not talking Queens of the Stone Age here. Overall, MYSTICS balances the Lips' airy stoner psych-pop with funkier feelings, keeping things fresh without completely changing course.
After becoming the darlings of alt-rock with their two consecutive neo-psychedelic epics, THE SOFT BULLETIN and YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS, the Flaming Lips reign in their sound without diminishing their ambitions on AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS. They haven't thrown out their LSD-soaked playbook entirely--there are still some nods to MEDDLE-era Pink Floyd here and there--but on the whole the Lips have tightened up their sound and given it a groove injection. Much of the album revolves around simple, funky rhythm patterns, terse guitar lines, and R&B-tinged keyboards, putting the vibe closer to Prince-via-Beck or LCD Soundsystem than to Lips cohorts like Mercury Rev.
Flaming Lips: Michael Ivins (vocals, guitars, bass guitar); Steven Drozd (vocals, guitars, drums); Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitars).
Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Winners like the leftist call-to-arms 'The W.A.N.D.' and 'Free Radicals' brim with darting effects and Wayne Coyne's brightly warbled melodies..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.59) - "Much of the CD is both beautiful and heartfelt..." -- Grade: B
Q (p.123) - Ranked #34 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[I]t was a welcome reminder that there's still no one around quite like them."
Uncut (p.94) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]nother extraordinary collection....[It] veers from shattering FX to celestial sonics just as the lyrics jerk between metaphysical despair and juvenile glee."
Vibe (p.151) - "[T]he sonic details like psychedelic guitar solos abound."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Many will find the clattering, demo-freshness of MYSTICS bracing....It's a peerless smorgasbord of brain-bending sonic delicacies, food for thought and spiritual succour." At War With The Mystics Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $4.19) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Experimental Rock, Psychedelic, Rock | | Label | Warner Bros. (Record Label) | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9714  | | CD Universe Part number | 7042012 | | Catalog number | 49966 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 04, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Dave Fridmann; The Flaming Lips; Scott Booker | | Personnel | Michael Ivins - vocals, guitars, bass guitar
Steven Drozd - vocals, guitars, drums
Wayne Coyne - vocals, guitars
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Flaming Lips At War With The Mystics Songs At War With The Mystics Music At War With The Mystics Music Review Average Rating: (3.3 out of 5 stars)   Good stuff
While not as good as Yoshimi, AWWTM is another experimental album that features lots of special effects.
Submitted by doppelgangers (Pasadena, CA) 
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Well worth the wait!
Despite some of the songs resembling clanking pots or drowning doves, the majority of the album is excellent. TYYYS and Free Radicals do well in kick starting the mood of things, while the middle of the album slows down a bit (which isn't bad at all). They do a fine job closing the album as well. Yoshimi is up there, but I think AWWTM might be the best one yet. I definitely recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed anything by the Lips.
Submitted by landoflizards22 (Albany, NY)
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I like this album the best from all of The Flaming Lips albums.
Submitted by Tiffany_Chars (canada)
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 70's Disco Rock, Hmmm
Yeah, don't care much for the retro disco rock. Had greater expectations. I don't like being a hater, but sorry not my boat.
Submitted by JCpennies (Temecula, CA)
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