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The Flaming Lips Announce 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Reissue Of Their Grammy-Winning Album “At War With The Mystics” Due 13th November via Rhino/ Warner Records

October 8, 2026

THE FLAMING LIPS ANNOUNCE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION REISSUE OF THEIR GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUM

AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS FOR RELEASE ON 13TH NOVEMBER VIA RHINO / WARNER RECORDS

6CD SET FEATURES 19x PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMOS, 14x PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED STUDIO RECORDINGS, A FURTHER 42x NON-ALBUM TRACKS,

PLUS U.F.O.’s AT THE ZOO AND THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT, BOTH ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

PRE-ORDER 6CD, 6LP, AND DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION FORMATS HERE.

The Flaming Lips today announce the release of a Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of their classic album At War With The Mystics, arriving 13th November via Rhino / Warner Records. To accompany the announcement the band have shared “The Sound Of Failure (2 Demos)” from the album, listen here.

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: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [6CD / Digital]

CD1

Original Album Remastered

At War With The Mystics (Originally Released 4/3/06)

1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) [4:51]

2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) [3:42]

3. The Sound Of Failure/It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark? [7:19]

4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action) [4:51]

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 [4:22]

9. Haven’t Got A Clue [3:26]

10. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) [3:43]

11. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung [4:22]

12. Goin’ On [3:40]

Non-LP Tracks

13. Why Does It End? [4:39] (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)

14. You Gotta Hold On [4:52] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)

15. Your Face Can Tell The Future [5:21] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

16. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness [4:48] (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)

17. Time Travel… Yes!! [3:22] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)

CD2

1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) [2 Demos] [3:10] Previously Unreleased

2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) [2 Early Demos] [1:43] Previously Unreleased

3. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) [4-Track Demo] [4:18] Previously Unreleased

4. The Sound Of Failure [2 Demos] [3:42] Previously Unreleased

5. It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark? [Demo] [0:30] Previously Unreleased

6. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action) [Ta! Da! Demo] [2:02] Previously Unreleased

7. Vein Of Stars [Cruel World – 2 Demos] [1:29] Previously Unreleased

8. Vein Of Stars [4-Track Demo] [2:19] Previously Unreleased

9. It Overtakes Me [Demo] [1:17] Previously Unreleased

10. The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand A Chance? [Demo] [1:21] Previously Unreleased

11. Mr. Ambulance Driver [4 Demos] [2:51] Previously Unreleased

12. Haven’t Got A Clue [Vocal Demo] [1:27] Previously Unreleased

13. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) [2 Instrumental Demos] [2:06] Previously Unreleased

14. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) [Early Demo] [1:29] Previously Unreleased

15. Why Does It End? [Demo] [1:21] Previously Unreleased

16. You Gotta Hold On [2 Demos] [2:57] Previously Unreleased

17. Your Face Can Tell The Future [Demo] [0:33] Previously Unreleased

18. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness [Demo] [3:21] Previously Unreleased

19. Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear… [Demo] [3:46] Previously Unreleased

20. A Confession [0:22] Previously Unreleased

21. The Unknown [0:51] Previously Unreleased

22. It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark? [2:06]

23. The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand A Chance? [4:03]

24. Time Travel… Yes!! (Steve Burns Version) [3:50]

25. Mr. Ambulance Driver (Alternate Mix) [3:59] Previously Unreleased

26. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (Instrumental) 4:52] Previously Unreleased

27. The W.A.N.D. (Instrumental) [3:44] Previously Unreleased

CD3

1. I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow [3:33] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

2. Don’t Be Shy [3:15] Previously Unreleased

3. Love The World You Find [2:32] (From Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, released 2007)

4. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium [3:57] Previously Unreleased

5. The Tale Of The Horny Frog [3:51] (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released2007)

6. Maybe I’m Not The One [4:13] (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released2007)

7. What Does It Mean? [5:10] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

8. The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How To Be In Love [3:24] (From Music From And Inspired By Spider-Man 3, released2007)

9. Spider-Man Theme [2:22] Previously Unreleased

10. Puri Kura Theme Version 1 [3:35] Previously Unreleased

11. Puri Kura Theme Version 2 [0:49] Previously Unreleased

12. If I Only Had A Brain [2:17] (From Stubbs The Zombie – The Soundtrack, released 2005, and also on Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

13. Free Radicals (Simlish Version) [3:40]

14. Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear… [5:05] (From The Fearless Freaks – 20 Years Of Weird: The Flaming Lips 1986-2006, Released 2006)

15. Smokin’ A J With The Fearless Freaks [2:18] Previously Unreleased

16. Death In Picher [3:18] Previously Unreleased

17. Jesus And A Spider [1:56] Previously Unreleased

18. The W.A.N.D. Supernaturalistic (Goldfrapp Remix) [3:19] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 2006)

19. It Overtakes Me (Single Version) [3:15] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

20. I’m Afraid Of Dying… Aren’t You? [4:09] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

21. Free Radicals (The Bird And The Bee Mix) [5:14] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

22. Time Travel… Yes!! (With Steven Michael Burns) [3:15] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

CD4

1. Free Radicals (iTunes Originals) [3:39] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

2. Do You Realize?? (iTunes Originals) [3:25] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

3. Why Does It End? (iTunes Originals) [3:33] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

4. Cow Jam! (iTunes Originals) [2:28] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

5. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung (iTunes Originals) [3:12] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals ,released5/29/07)

6. War Pigs (iTunes Originals) [4:01] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

7. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (Radio Session) [4:37] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

8. Goin’ On (Radio Session) [3:42] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

9. Unmade Bed (Radio Session) Tt: [6:56] A [2:56] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo CD Sampler, released11/06)

10. No Quarter (Radio Session) B [3:58] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo CD Sampler, released11/06)

11. The Sound Of Failure (Radio Session) [4:02] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo CD Sampler, released11/06)

12. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (Chicken Fried Hoedown Protest Rally) [4:43] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch, released 2006)

13. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (In Anatropous Reflex) [4:19] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch, released 2006)

14. Vein Of Stars (Operatic Spook) [4:13] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch, released 2006)

15. Vein Of Stars (Radio Session) [4:49] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch, released 2006)

16. Bohemian Rhapsody [6:37] (From Killer Queen: A Tribute To Queen, released2005)

17. (Just Like) Starting Over [3:35] (From Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur, released2007)

23. Gates Of Steel [4:59] Previously Unreleased

18. Silent Night/Lord Can You Hear Me [4:33] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released2018)

CD5

U.F.O.S At The Zoo – The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City

1. U.F.O. Intro [1:14]

2. Ta! Da! [2:18]

3. Race For The Prize [5:41]

4. Free Radicals [3:49]

5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1 [8:25]

6. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 2 [3:17]

7. Vein Of Stars [7:20]

8. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song [9:25]

9. The Spark That Bled [6:27]

10. The W.A.N.D. [4:17]

11. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion [5:07]

12. She Don’t Use Jelly [6:24]

13. Do You Realize?? [3:58]

14. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton [4:34]

15. Love Yer Brain [5:52]

16. U.F.O. Outro [0:45]

CD6

Live At The Hollywood Bowl – All tracks Previously Unreleased

1. Hollywood Bowl Intro [1:53]

2. Ta! Da! [3:13]

3. Race For The Prize [6:00]

4. Free Radicals [5:00]

5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1 [9:06]

6. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 2 [3:38]

7. Vein Of Stars [4:56]

8. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song [9:39]

9. The W.A.N.D. [4:52]

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11. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion [5:34]

12. Do You Realize?? [4:52]

13. War Pigs [4:29]

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At War With The Mystics: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [6LP]

Side A

Original Album Remastered

At War With The Mystics (Originally Released 4/3/06)

1. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) [4:51]

2. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) [3:42]

3. The Sound Of Failure/It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark? [7:19]

4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action) [4:51]

Side B

1. Vein Of Stars [4:15]

2. The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight And Puts On His Werewolf Moccasins [3:41]

3. It Overtakes Me/The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand A Chance? [6:50]

4. Mr. Ambulance Driver [4:22]

Side C

1. Haven’t Got A Clue [3:26]

2. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) [3:43]

3. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung [4:22]

4. Goin’ On [3:40]

Side D

Non-LP Tracks

1. Why Does It End? [4:39] (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)

2. You Gotta Hold On [4:52] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)

3. Your Face Can Tell The Future [5:21] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

4. The Gold In The Mountain Of Our Madness [4:48] (From The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, CD Single, Released 4/17/06)

5. Time Travel… Yes!! [3:22] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, Released 3/7/06)

Side E

1. I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow [3:33] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

2. Don’t Be Shy [3:15] Previously Unreleased

3. Love The World You Find [2:32] (From Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, released 2007)

4. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium [3:57] Previously Unreleased

5. The Tale Of The Horny Frog [3:51] (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released2007)

6. Maybe I’m Not The One [4:13] (From The Heartbreak Kid: Music From The Motion Picture, released2007)

7. The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How To Be In Love [3:24] (From Music From And Inspired By Spider-Man 3, released2007)

Side F

1. What Does It Mean? [5:10] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released 2018)

2. Spider-Man Theme [2:22] Previously Unreleased

3. Puri Kura Theme Version 1 [3:35] Previously Unreleased

4. Puri Kura Theme Version 2 [0:49] Previously Unreleased

5. If I Only Had A Brain [2:17] (From Stubbs The Zombie – The Soundtrack, released 2005, and also Greatest Hits Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released2018)

6. Bohemian Rhapsody [6:37] (From Killer Queen: A Tribute To Queen, released2005)

7. Silent Night/Lord Can You Hear Me [4:33] (From Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Deluxe Edition, released2018)

Side G

1. Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear… [5:05] (From The Fearless Freaks – 20 Years Of Weird: The Flaming Lips 1986-2006, Released 2006)

2. Smokin’ A J With The Fearless Freaks [2:18] Previously Unreleased

3. Death In Picher [3:18] Previously Unreleased

4. Jesus And A Spider [1:56] Previously Unreleased

5. The W.A.N.D. Supernaturalistic (Goldfrapp Remix) [3:19] (From The W.A.N.D. CD Single, released 2006)

6. Time Travel… Yes!! (Steve Burns Version) [3:50]

7. Mr. Ambulance Driver (Alternate Mix) [3:59] Previously Unreleased

Side H

1. It Overtakes Me (Single Version) [3:15] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

2. I’m Afraid Of Dying… Aren’t You? [4:09] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

3. Free Radicals (The Bird And The Bee Mix) [5:14] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

4. Time Travel… Yes!! (With Steven Michael Burns) [3:15] (From It Overtakes Me EP, released 2006)

5. (Just Like) Starting Over [3:35] (From Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur, released2007)

6. Gates Of Steel [4:59] Previously Unreleased

Side I

1. Free Radicals (iTunes Originals) [3:39] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

2. Do You Realize?? (iTunes Originals) [3:25] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

3. Why Does It End? (iTunes Originals) [3:33] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

4. Cow Jam! (iTunes Originals) [2:28] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

5. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung (iTunes Originals) [3:12] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals,released5/29/07)

6. War Pigs (iTunes Originals) [4:01] (From Flaming Lips – iTunes Originals, released5/29/07)

7. The W.A.N.D. (Instrumental) [3:44] Previously Unreleased

Side J

1. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (Radio Session) [4:37] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

2. Goin’ On (Radio Session) [3:42] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

3. Unmade Bed (Radio Session) Tt: [6:56] A [2:56] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

4. No Quarter (Radio Session) B [3:58] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

5. The Sound Of Failure (Radio Session) [4:02] (From If You Could Blow Up The World With The Flick Of A Switch Promo Cd Sampler, released11/06)

6. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (Instrumental) 4:52] Previously Unreleased

Side K