Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell | ||||
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Released | November 18, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 33:12 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Pitchfork | 7/10 [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Uncut | 4/5 [5] |
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell is an EP by The Flaming Lips, released on Warner Bros. Records in late 2003.
It was released while At War With the Mystics , the full-length follow-up to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots , was being recorded. Despite being named after the Yoshimi... album track "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell", the song is not the lead track and does not even appear in its original form, but rather as two club-oriented remixes.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Assassination of the Sun" | 4:25 |
2. | "I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)" | 3:13 |
3. | "Sunship Balloons" | 4:04 |
4. | "Do You Realize??" (The Postal Service Remix) | 4:02 |
5. | "Ego Tripping (Ego In Acceleration)" (Jason Bentley Remix) | 5:32 |
6. | "Ego Tripping" (Self-Admiration with Blow-Up Mix) | 6:34 |
7. | "A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)" | 5:17 |
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