At War With the Mystics

~ Release group by The Flaming Lips

Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD12
  • FR2006-04-03
  • GB2006-04-03
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9362-49966-2093624996620
At War With the Mystics (deluxe edition)The Flaming LipsDigital Media16
  • XW2006-04-03
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)093624414261
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD12
  • US2006-04-04
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)49966-2093624996620
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming Lips(unknown)15
  • US2006-04-04
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD12
  • AU2006-04-07
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)93624996629325583035753
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD13
  • JP2006-04-12
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WPCR-122824943674062782
At War With the Mystics 5.1The Flaming LipsDVD-Audio + CD43 + 12
  • US2006-10-24
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9362 44141-2093624414124
At War With the Mystics 5.1The Flaming Lips(unknown)14
  • GB2006-11-06
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD + DVD12 + 30
  • US2006-11-24
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)44141-2093624414124
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming Lips2×12" Vinyl6 + 6
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9362 499661093624996613
At War With the Mystics InstrumentalsThe Flaming Lips(unknown)14
  • -2006
At War With the MysticsThe Flaming LipsCD13
  • JP2012-05-01
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WPCR-756694943674116959
At War with the MysticsThe Flaming LipsDigital Media12
  • US2017-03-22
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)093624913481

Relationships

part of:Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2007) (order: 83)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/122158 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vqf9 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/at-war-with-the-mystics-mw0000720756 [info]
Wikidata:Q132513 [info]

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Review by Richard Banks on 2002-11-20

In every sense, At War With The Mystics is the Flaming Lips' biggest release to date. But if you wanted to see Yoshimi back in the ring for another round with those pink robots, think again; this is no rematch.

Under the wing of resident producer Dave Fridmann, the band's penchant for stargazing soundscapes gets explored more fully than ever before. In fact, "The Wizard Turns On..." isn't so much a song as a sci-fi SFX reel. But the Flaming Lips always manage to bring things down to Earth with a pop.

Album opener "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" is typicallydisposable, but utterly addictive.Coyne's falsetto on the funk-driven "Free Radicals" takes him to the dodgy ground between Beck and Prince. Thankfully, he quickly redeems himself on "Vein Of Stars" and "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion".

At War... shines brightest when the lyrics take a back seat, bringing Fridmann's genius and the band's sonic imagination to the fore. There's no denying the prog-rock brilliance of "The W.A.N.D." and "Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung", but these two gems sit rather uncomfortably within the album's hotchpotch of sounds and styles. If Yoshimi's cutesy existentialism drew new legions of fans to the Lips, At War's incoherence will inevitably divide them.