At War With The Mystics (20th Anniversary Deluxe) (LP6)

LPA ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED

1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber)
3. The Sound Of Failure/It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark?
4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action)

LPB ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED

1. Vein Of Stars
2. The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight And Puts On His Werewolf Moccasins
3. It Overtakes Me/The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand A Chance?
4. Mr. Ambulance Driver

LPC ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED

1. Haven’t Got A Clue
2. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
3. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung
4. Goin’ On

LPD NON-LP TRACKS

1. Why Does It End? (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)
2. You Gotta Hold On (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)
3. Your Face Can Tell The Future (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)
4. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)
5. Time Travel… Yes!! (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)

LPE

1. I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)
2. Don’t Be Shy
3. Love The World You Find (From Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, released 2007)
4. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
5. The Tale Of The Horny Frog (3:51) (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released 2007)
6. Maybe I’m Not The One (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released 2007)
7. The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How To Be In Love(From Music From And Inspired By Spider-Man 3, released 2007)

LPF

1. What Does It Mean? (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)
2. Spider-Man Theme
3. Puri Kura Theme Version 1
4. Puri Kura Theme Version 2
5. If I Only Had A Brain (From Stubbs The Zombie - The Soundtrack, released 2005, and also Greatest Hits Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)
6. Bohemian Rhapsody (From Killer Queen: A Tribute To Queen, released 2005)
7. Silent Night/Lord Can You Hear Me (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

LPG

1. Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear… (From The Fearless Freaks - 20 Years Of Weird: The Flaming Lips 1986-2006, Released 2006)
2. Smokin’ A J With The Fearless Freaks
3. Death In Picher
4. Jesus And A Spider
5. The W.A.N.D. Supernaturalistic (Goldfrapp Remix) (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, released 2006)
6. Time Travel… Yes!! (Steve Burns Version)
7. Mr. Ambulance Driver (Alternate Mix)

LPH

1. It Overtakes Me (Single Version) (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)
2. I’m Afraid Of Dying… Aren’t You? (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)
3. Free Radicals (The Bird And The Bee Mix) (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)
4. Time Travel… Yes!! (With Steven Michael Burns) (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)
5. (Just Like) Starting Over (From Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur, released 2007)
6. Gates Of Steel

LPI

1. Free Radicals (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
2. Do You Realize?? (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
3. Why Does It End? (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
4. Cow Jam! (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
5. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
6. War Pigs (iTunes Originals) (From Flaming Lips - iTunes Originals, released 5/29/07)
7. The W.A.N.D. (Instrumental)

LPJ

1. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (Radio Session) (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released 11/06)
2. Goin’ On (Radio Session) (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released 11/06)
3. Unmade Bed (Radio Session) (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released 11/06)
4. No Quarter (Radio Session) (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released 11/06)
5. The Sound Of Failure (Radio Session) (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released 11/06)
6. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (Instrumental)

LPK

1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) (2 Demos)
2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) (2 Early Demos)
3. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) (4-Track Demo)
4. The Sound Of Failure (2 Demos)
5. It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark? (Demo)
6. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action) (Ta! Da! Demo)
7. Vein Of Stars (Cruel World - 2 Demos)
8. Vein Of Stars (4-Track Demo)
9. It Overtakes Me (Demo)
10. The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand A Chance? (Demo)

LPL

1. Mr. Ambulance Driver (4 Demos)
2. Haven’t Got A Clue (Vocal Demo)
3. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) (2 Instrumental Demos)
4. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) (Early Demo)
5. Why Does It End? (Demo)
6. You Gotta Hold On (2 Demos)
7. Your Face Can Tell The Future (Demo)
8. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness (Demo)
9. Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear… (Demo)

The Flaming Lips today announce the release of a Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of their classic album At War With The Mystics, arriving November 13 via Rhino / Warner Records, and available to pre-order now.

Originally released in 2006, At War With The Mystics found The Flaming Lips at one of the most creatively expansive points in their remarkable career. Following the extraordinary success of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the album saw the band continuing to push their music in unexpected directions, combining psychedelic experimentation, electronic textures, orchestral colour and huge pop melodies with the surreal, emotionally charged songwriting that had become their hallmark. Songs including “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song”, “Free Radicals”, “It Overtakes Me” and “The W.A.N.D.” captured a band simultaneously embracing the possibilities of the studio and questioning the world around them. At War With The Mystics was adventurous, playful and deliberately strange, but beneath its kaleidoscopic production was an album deeply engaged with love, fear, politics, mortality and the bewildering experience of being alive. Two decades on, the record remains a distinctive chapter in The Flaming Lips’ ever-evolving story.

The upcoming Deluxe Edition substantially expands At War With The Mystics, bringing together a remarkable collection of previously unreleased recordings, rarities and material from the wider world surrounding the album, spread across six discs of music. At its heart is a wealth of previously unheard demos, offering a fascinating glimpse into the writing and recording process behind the album. These are joined by non-album tracks, B-sides and alternate versions, alongside music created by The Flaming Lips for film, television, documentaries and other projects, as well as recordings featured on soundtracks, compilations and special releases. Further highlights include radio sessions and other live performances, a selection of covers and additional rarities, while discs 5 and 6 feature two legendary Flaming Lips concerts: “U.F.O.s At The Zoo” and “Live At The Hollywood Bowl”, both recorded in 2006.

Taken together, the bonus material paints a much broader picture of the creative world surrounding At War With The Mystics, revealing just how prolific and restless the band were during this era.

As with the previous Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots anniversary box, the CD and vinyl editions have been configured differently, allowing the releases to remain as accessible as possible. The complete collection of material featured on the CD edition will subsequently be made available across vinyl releases, following the approach taken with the Yoshimi box set.

For The Flaming Lips, whose career has consistently been defined by reinvention rather than repetition, the anniversary provides an opportunity not simply to look back, but to rediscover a record that was already looking in several directions at once. Twenty years after its original release, At War With The Mystics still sounds like a record made by a band unwilling to stand still.

At War With The Mystics 20^th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 6CD, 6LP and Digital formats arrive November 13 via Rhino / Warner Records.