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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 doesn't even appear in its original form, rather as two club-oriented remixes. What is most notable about the EP are the four completely original recordings, which is in juxtapostion to the number of covers on the Fight Test EP.
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell is also the name of the 1987 debut album by Australian blues rocker Louis Tillett. It is not known whether this replication is coincidental or a deliberate tribute.
[edit] Track listing
- "Assassination of the Sun" – 4:22
- "I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)" – 3:12
- "Sunship Balloons" – 4:03
- "Do You Realize?? [TPS Remix]" (The Postal Service) – 4:02
- "Ego Tripping (Ego in Acceleration) [Jason Bentley Remix]" – 5:36
- "Ego Tripping [Self-Admiration With Blow-Up Mix]" – 6:38
- "A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)" (with Ghosty) – 5:25
- "Ego Tripping (Birth Of A Mega-Hero) [Utah Saints Remix]" - 6:31 (iTunes only bonus track)
