At War with the Mystics

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At War With the Mystics is the title of the 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 released on July 14, 2005 as a part of the soundtrack to the movie Wedding Crashers. The album is more guitar-oriented and politically-driven than The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [link].

The first single from the release, "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)", was released on March 27, 2006. A digital version of "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" appeared on multiple online music stores including iTunes Music Store and AOL Music on January 10, 2006. On March 7, 2006 a CD single for the "The W.A.N.D." was released, featuring two unreleased b-sides: a new studio version of "You Got to Hold On" (which would later appear in an online advertisement for Coca-Cola) and "Time Travel... Yes!!" featuring a digitally-altered Steve Burns delivering a spoken monologue about time travel.

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 itself actually seems to synchronize with the movie Baraka if started at the right time. There is an already synchronized version of it on the internet called "[At War with Baraka]".

Track listing

"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (Or "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song... (With All Your Power)") – 4:55
"Free Radicals" (Or "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)") – 3:39
"The Sound of Failure" (Or "The Sound of Failure"/"It's Dark... Is It Always this Dark??") – 7:18
"My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion" (Or "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)") – 4:49
"Vein of Stars" – 4:15
"The Wizard Turns On..." (Or "The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins") – 3:41
"It Overtakes Me" (Or "It Overtakes Me"/"The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance?") – 6:50
"Mr. Ambulance Driver" – 4:21
"Haven't Got a Clue" – 3:23
"The W.A.N.D." (Or "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)") – 3:44
"Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" – 4:19
"Goin' On" – 3:39

iTunes exclusive tracks

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (This track originally appeared on a various artist tribute to Queen.) – 6:36
"The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness" – 4:47
"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" (Long Version) – 5:22

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