At War with the Mystics

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At War with the Mystics
Studio album by The Flaming Lips
Released	April 3, 2006 April 4, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York June 2004 – January 2006
Genre	Rock, Psychedelic
Length	54:53
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The A.V. Club (B) 5 Apr 2006 The Telegraph (favorable) 1 Apr 2006 The Guardian 31 Mar 2006 Full Effect (favorable) 30 Mar 2006 The Independent 31 Mar 2006 NME (8/10) link The Observer (favorable) 2 Apr 2006 Pitchfork (6.7/10) 3 Apr 2006 Playlouder 21 Mar 2006 Rolling Stone 12 Apr 2006 Slant link Sound Generator (9/10) 4 Apr 2006 Spin (B+) 28 Mar 2006 Static and Feedback link Stylus (C-) 4 Apr 2006 The Times 1 Apr 2006
The Flaming Lips chronology
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)	At War with the Mystics (2006)
Alternate cover
At War with the Mystics 5.1 cover

At War with the Mystics is the title of the Grammy-winning eleventh album by the Flaming Lips. It was released on April 3, 2006 in international markets, and April 4, 2006 in the United States. It includes a different mix of the song, "Mr. Ambulance Driver", which was originally used as part of the soundtrack to the 2005 movie Wedding Crashers. The album is more guitar-driven and lyrically political than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.[1]

The track "It Overtakes Me" has gained considerable interest, being featured as the soundtrack to a UK television commercial for Beck's beer.

The album seems to synchronize with the 1992 film Baraka if started at the right time. There is a synchronized version on the Internet called "At War with Baraka". Track 6 ("The Wizard Turns On...") won a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The album was also nominated for the Best Alternative Album Grammy.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 iTunes exclusive tracks 2 At War with the Mystics 5.1 2.1 Package content 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

NOTE: The tracklisting on the back (and front, if you look at the cover clearly) of the CD features shortened titles. These are the full, official titles given both in the insert booklet and on the website.

1. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" – 4:55
2. "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" – 3:39
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)" – 4:49
5. "Vein of Stars" – 4:15
6. "The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins" – 3:41
7. "It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance?" – 6:50
8. "Mr. Ambulance Driver" – 4:21
9. "Haven't Got a Clue" – 3:23
10. "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" – 3:44
11. "Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" – 4:19
12. "Goin' On" – 3:39

[edit] iTunes exclusive tracks

1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (This track originally appeared on Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen) – 6:36
2. "The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness" – 4:47
3. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (Long Version) – 5:22

[edit] At War with the Mystics 5.1

Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD+DVD mix on October 24, 2006. It is accompanied with studio out-takes, videos and exclusive radio sessions.

[edit] Package content

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)" – 3:39
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" – 4:58
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" – 4:21
9. "Haven't Got a Clue" – 3:23
10. "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" – 3:44
11. "Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" – 4:19
12. "Goin' On" – 3:44

• Outtakes:

1. "Why Does It End?" – 4:38
2. "You Gotta Hold On" – 4:52
3. "Your Face Can Tell the Future" – 5:20
4. "The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness" – 4:47
5. "Time Travel?? Yes!!" – 3:23
6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" – 6:36

• Radio sessions:

1. "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion" – 4:39
2. "Goin' On" – 3:43
3. "Unmade Bed / No Quarter" – 6:55
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

• Videos:

1. "Mr. Ambulance Driver"
2. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
3. "The W.A.N.D."
4. "2006 OKC Classen High Commencement Speech"

[edit] Trivia

• The band recorded a Simlish version of "Free Radicals", which was included in The Sims 2: Pets.

[edit] External links

• At War with the Mystics at MusicBrainz
• At War with Baraka A synched version of At War with the Mystics and Baraka.

The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne | Michael Ivins | Steven Drozd
Inactive members: Mark Coyne | Dave Kostka | Richard English | Jonathan Donahue | Nathan Roberts | Ronald Jones
Discography
Studio albums: Hear It Is | Oh My Gawd!!! | Telepathic Surgery | In a Priest Driven Ambulance | Hit to Death in the Future Head | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | Clouds Taste Metallic | Zaireeka | The Soft Bulletin | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | At War with the Mystics
Extended plays: The Flaming Lips | Wastin' Pigs | Due to High Expectations... | The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest | Fight Test | Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell | It Overtakes Me
Compilations: A Collection of Songs... | Punk Rockers | Jesus Egg | Shambolic Birth | Late Night Tales | 20 Years of Weird
Singles: "She Don't Use Jelly" | "Do You Realize??" | "Fight Test" | "The Golden Path" | "The W.A.N.D." | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
Films and Videos: Fearless Freaks | Christmas on Mars | VOID
See also
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | Dave Fridmann | Kliph Scurlock | WikiProject This box: view • talk • edit