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At War With the Mystics

At War with the Mystics
The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics.jpg
Studio album by The Flaming Lips
Released April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
Recorded Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York, June 2004 – January 2006
Genre Dream pop, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop, space rock
Length 54:53
Label Warner Bros.
Producer The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
The Flaming Lips chronology
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
(2002)		 At War with the Mystics
(2006)		 Once Beyond Hopelessness
(2008)
Singles from At War with the Mystics
  1. "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)"
    Released: January 10, 2006
  2. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)"
    Released: April 17, 2006
  3. "It Overtakes Me"
    Released: November 13, 2006
Alternative cover
At War with the Mystics 5.1 cover.
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B
The Guardian 4/5 stars
The Independent 5/5 stars
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars
NME 8/10
Pitchfork Media 6.7/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Spin B+

At War with the Mystics is the eleventh studio album by the Flaming Lips. It was released on April 3, 2006, in international markets, and April 4, 2006, in the United States. The album is more guitar-driven and features more politically themed lyrics than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

At War with the Mystics won a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album was nominated for the Best Alternative Album Grammy. The 5.1 mix of the album was nominated for Best Surround Sound Album in 2008.

All tracks written by The Flaming Lips.

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. It is accompanied with studio outtakes, videos and exclusive radio sessions.


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