At War with the Mystics

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
Studio album by
the Flaming Lips
ReleasedApril 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
RecordedJune 2004 – January 2006
StudioTarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York
Genre
  • Psychedelic rock
  • dream pop
  • neo-psychedelia
  • space rock
Length54:53
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
The Flaming Lips chronology
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
(2002)		 At War with the Mystics
(2006)		 Atlas Eets Christmas
(2007)
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
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyB
The Guardian
The Independent
Los Angeles Times
NME8/10
Pitchfork6.7/10
Q
Rolling Stone
SpinB+

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.

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