| 1. Please |
| 2. Dont Wanna Wait Forever |
| 3. Wish You Were Here |
| 4. No Doubt |
| 5. Special |
| 6. Inseparable |
| 7. Dont Rush |
| 8. Watching You |
| 9. Earth Angel |
| 10. Lonely Night In New York |
| 11. Love Hurts |
Editorial Reviews
Robin has a very simple reason for his new solo record, after 17 years there is so much material that inspired and excited him, he thought it was about time to release at least a small amount of it. All who love his unmistakable voice are yearning to finally hear the new album. The new longplay 'Magnet' has been produced in Los Angeles and London. Robin chose Deacon to produce (well known for his success with K-Ci & JoJo, Mary J. Blige, Keith Sweat and Hinda Hicks). The record contains tracks written by Robin, Barry and Maurice, as well as other songwriters favored by Robin. Influenced by soul music, Robin decided to combine this with the magnificent lyrics and lush melodies which are his trademark. On the new album you will find all these elements in abundance plus some old tracks, which have been updated. SPV. 2003.
Magnet,Robin Gibb,Spv UK,Disco,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Soft Rock
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Powertrip
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Fontana a&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000007QDK Release Date: 1998-06-16 |
Tracks:
- Crop Circle
- Powertrip
- Space Lord
- Temple Of Your Dreams
- Bummer
- Baby Gotterdamerung
- 19 Witches
- 3rd Eye Landslide
- See You In Hell
- Tractor
- Atomic Clock
- Goliath And The Vampires
- Your Lies Become You
Amazon.com
New Jersey white-trash visionary and Monster Magnet frontman Dave Wyndorf spent most of the '80s and '90s dropping acid, popping pills, inhaling pungent weed, and churning out sludgy, drug-induced paeans to hedonistic abandon. And when he finally came down from his cosmic cloud, he realized the rest of the world was as messed up as he was. Addiction loomed everywhere--for power, money, and sex--and all Wyndorf could do was take out his notepad and marvel at the chaos. Monster Magnet's fourth album is a seething document of decay, corruption, and consumerism. "When you get tired of their crap, baby / Move over here and maybe buy some of mine," he shouts on the title track, while crashing power chords, throbbing bass, and tumbling drum fills resonate around him. Musically, Powertrip is less rambling and psychedelic than the group's past albums, owing as much to such confrontational garage rockers as the Stooges and Blue Cheer as to Black Sabbath. It's also more experimental. "Crop Circle" roars with blowtorch guitars and a circular groove; "19 Witches" and "Your Lies Become You" shiver with twanging surf-punk guitars; and "Space Lord" buzzes like a swarm of angry wasps. A powerful trip for sure, or as Wyndorf says in "Bummer," "If you want to spank your demons and make them pay. Baby I'm your man of the hour." --Jon WiederhornCustomer Reviews:
One of the best heavy music records of the 90s........2007-05-21
You will not find balls-to-the-wall sleaze metal like this anywhere else. This is the epitome of that style and Dave Wyndorf is one of the last true rock-stars. Check out all their other stuff, too. They have never struck out when releasing an album.
Raw energy.......2007-05-18
ROCKIN' OUT.......2006-07-26
"The Gods told me to relax...".......2005-09-16
Only two questions: Why did the Magnet not become mammoth stars? And how did the far less interesting Queens of the Stone Age get so dadblamed big?
Verily, these are eternal mysteries.
"I'm never gonna work another day in my life/The Gods told me to relax, they said I'm gonna get fixed up right."
Monstrous........2005-07-05
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Spine Of God (re-issue)
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EGCEC2 Release Date: 2006-04-04 |
Tracks:
- Pill Shovel
- Medicine
- Nod Scene
- Black Mastermind
- Zodiac Lung
- Spine Of God
- Snake Dance
- Sins A Good Mans Brother
- Ozium
- Ozium (bonus demo version)
Album Description
Originally released in 1992 and often heralded as one of the best Heavy Rock albums of all time, Spine Of God will be most welcomed in this definitive re-issue. Features updated cover artwork by Alexander von Wieding, new liner notations, diatribes and ranting by Dave Wyndorf hisself and the previously unavailable (and way different) demo version of Ozium.Spine Of God is all about the downstairs rec. room, black lights and velvet paintings, lava lamps, rollin' doobies and cranking the stereo after school; in other words, it's a satanic drug thing you wouldn't understand!
New Jersey native Dave Wyndorf was already a rock & roll veteran by the time he formed Monster Magnet in 1989, having cut his teeth with little-known punk band Shrapnel (also featuring future punk producer Daniel Rey on guitars) in the late '70s before retiring from music altogether. Never one to be a quitter, Wyndorf taught himself guitar and assembled Monster Magnet with fellow New Jersey burnouts John McBain on guitar, bassist Joe Callandra, drummer Jon Kleiman and svengelic guru Tim Cronin. Fusing their metal, punk, space rock, and psychedelic influences, the band developed a sludgy, feedback-heavy hard rock sound that helped them stand out from the era's burgeoning retro-rock movement. After releasing a self-titled six-song EP through Germany's Glitterhouse Records, Monster Magnet signed with independent label Caroline Records in 1992 and recorded their first full-length album: the very impressive, uniquely dark psychedelic masterpiece, Spine of God. These re-issues serve as an excellent teaser for the release of the next Monster Magnet classic, due September 2006!
Customer Reviews:
You don't yank on the spine of God!!!!.......2007-06-17
the best monster magnet record.......2006-10-11
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Dopes to Infinity
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002G30 Release Date: 1995-03-21 |
Tracks:
- Non-Audio Content
- Negsonic Teenage Warhead
- Look To Your Orb For The Warning
- All Friends And Kingdom Come
- Ego, The Living Planet
- Blow 'Em Off
- Third Alternative
- I Control, I Fly
- King Of Mars
- Dead Christmas
- Theme From 'Masterburner'
- Vertigo
Amazon.com
One of the last great heavy metal/psychedelic combinations, the early '80s tour "Black & Blue" featured Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult laying waste to stoned freaks nationwide. First you'd get blitzed by BOC's post-Armageddon, intellectual metal space show--"Don't Fear the Reaper", "Godzilla", and so on--and then, while everyone's brains were still reeling from too much rat weed and cheap booze, Sabbath would come out and bash everyone square between the eyes with two-ton riffs. Black and blue indeed. The members of Monster Magnet no doubt took in a few of these shows as whelps and have absorbed and regurgitated everything that made that tour so great on their record Dopes to Infinity. Witness some of the heaviest riffs you'll ever hear, and be dazzled by subtle acoustic numbers and instrumental wizardry. And if that's not enough for you, they've even thrown in a certified hit in "Negasonic Teenage Warhead", equal amounts BOC's "Godzilla" and Cream's "White Room." Like Kyuss and Corrosion of Conformity, Monster Magnet has suckled at Sabbath's teat, and though they owe the Sabs their existence, they've grown up and created their own vision. This is by far the best, most fully and successfully realized Monster Magnet record and will no doubt stand as one of the classic psychedelic metal albums of all time. --Adem TepedelenCustomer Reviews:
There is no such thing as bad MM........2007-05-21
Amazing...........2006-07-13
Build up the cosmic temple baby.......2006-05-19
Disappointing.......2005-06-10
butt!! However after listening to the whole album, nothing else even comes close to the energy
of that song. If you are looking for more of the same, you too, may be disappointed. I'm not a
stoner, so maybe I am missing something in this music. I was able to get this through the Amazon
marketplace for a couple of bucks, so I just think of it as the purchase of a really long CD
single :).
It's totally "Dope"........2004-07-14
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God Says No
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005ABO0 Release Date: 2001-04-10 |
Tracks:
- Melt
- Heads Explode
- Doomsday
- Medicine
- God Says No
- Kiss Of The Scorpion
- All Shook Out
- Gravity Well
- My Little Friend
- Queen Of You
- Cry
- Take It
- Silver Future
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Monster Magnet's superhuman cartoon mindset becomes ever more grand with each album. Indeed, from the first chord of God Says No, you know you're in for a wild ride. "Melt" finds head Magnet Dave Wyndorf in his "world of pills." "Heads Explode" rolls along with the same mock Mod-fervor as "See You in Hell" (from 1998's Powertrip) before tumbling into absolute mayhem at the chorus. Wyndorf plays the devil's advocate throughout God Says No, switching between adulation toward--and a thirst for--the annihilation of his bitch/goddess foil on "Doomsday" and "Queen of You." The bare-bones, bluesy "Gravity Well" is as raw as it gets; it sounds like an updating of Son House's "John the Revelator." And Wyndorf faces his own judgment day on the sin-soaked title track, finally coming down on the side of the damned. --Chris CampionCustomer Reviews:
More Magnet to Blow your mind........2006-07-13
This Is The Hell Of an Album - Rock On Magnet!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-12
Amazing record!!!!!
5 great songs is enough!!!.......2004-04-04
The sad state of affairs is that five great songs on any record now days is rare enough to make it a good record. Truly sad but that's where I'm at these days.
This CD is super cool and worthy of many honorable notes. Such as "it totally rocks" and "this is the defining state of power rock" and it's recorded beautifully well. I've put this CD on some of the finest equipment in the Hi-Fi audio industry and it stands up to any recording out there (even Sting...oh my god!) these guys have the full power of the industry behind them (hence the quality recording) but have not surrendered their commitment to super explosive power rock.
Fraught with cliché after cliché it still delivers. Electric Six could use a few of these tricks on their CD's these guys understand their genre or "format" like Nirvana and the Beastie Boys (also examples of bands understanding what we want when we buy one of their records) Monster Magnet knows how to deliver the goods to their fans.
It's BIG
It begs to be played loud
It compromises nothing for the format
It's a pretty darn good CD for anybody who makes the claim to be a fan of rock... Do you? Better yet, can you?
I know you will...I did and it feels really good
GOOD.......2004-02-23
Buy Powertrip and Dopes to infinity first and if you like them try this 2.
Spacey Garage Stoner Rock.......2003-07-18
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Greatest Hits
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000A4XXH Release Date: 2003-09-22 |
Tracks:
- Tractor
- Medicine
- Dopes to Infinity
- Melt
- Spacelord
- Powertrip
- Atomic Clock
- Heads Explode
- Bummer
- Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Dead Christmas
- Silver Future
- Black Balloon
- Crop Circle
- Kiss of the Scorpion
- Space Lord [Intergalactic 7 Remix]
Tracks:
- Unsold
- Big God
- Into the Void
- I Want More
- Spacelord [Video][Multimedia Track]
- Powertrip [Video][Multimedia Track]
- See You in Hell [Video][Multimedia Track]
- Heads Explode [Explicit Version][Version][Multimedia Track]
- Twin Earth [Video][Multimedia Track]
- Face Down [Video][Multimedia Track]
- Negasonic Teenage Warhead [Video][Multimedia Track]
- Space Lord [Intergalactic 7 Remix][Multimedia Track]
Album Description
2003 compilation for the stoner metal outfit gathers their singles & most memorable tracks on disc one while the enhanced bonus disc includes 12 B-sides, rarities, & videos. Bonus tracks include, 'Unsolid', 'Big God', 'Into The Void', 'I Want More', 'Space Lord' (Video), 'Powertrip' (Video), 'See You In Hell' (Video), 'Head's Explode' (Explicit Version - Video), 'Twin Earth' (Video), 'Face Down' (Video), 'Negasonic Teenage Warhead' (Video), & 'Space Lord' (Intergalactic 7 Mix - Video). 28 tracks in all. A & M.Album Details
CD One Presents the Singles and Most Memorable Tracks While the Enhanced Bonus Disc Includes a Metal Feast of B-sides, Rarities and Videos.Customer Reviews:
Greatest hits lp is the TAB....25.......2005-08-19
Here's feedback in your ear.
Who arranged this?!.......2005-06-10
I think a 'best of' would have been more appropriate, as most of their terrific earlier stuff has been left out (i.e Pill shovel, Snake dance, Dinosaur Vacume, Superjudge, Cage around the sun.) I mean, when they have completely missed out anything from their first 2 (and best) LPs with the exception of black balloon, its does them no justice. Furthermore, it seems the collaboration is centered around the Powertrip album with tracks from that taking presidence. Im guessing they are simply trying to appeal more to fans that got into MM later on.
Another thing, 'Melt' and 'Heads Explode' are the only songs from God says no that deserve a place on such a cd. The album was a huge letdown and an insult to most of Monster Magnet older fans. Here's how this set should have looked:
1. Pill Shovel
2. Negasonic Teenage Warhead
3. Space Lord
4. Cage around the sun
5. Bummer
6. Dinosaur Vacume
7. Look to your orb for the warning
8. Dopes to infinity
9. Face down
10. Dead Christmas
11. Snake Dance
12. Atomic Clock
13. Nod scene
14. Heads explode
15. Tractor
16. Superjudge
My bad if that doesnt actually fit onto a cd but you get the idea. Anyone unfamiliar with the song 'Superjudge' from the respectively titled LP should give that a listen and tell me if it not the way to round off such an album. Now, i disagree that MM are on their last legs as one reviewer suggested, but i think if they had to release a personal compilation, they could have produced a much better and fairer one than this. The videos are pretty good; the extra tracks are modest so if your a completist, it's worth buying for these too. Be warned, if you are new to Monster Magnet and just want a taste of the band, you wont get a true idea or interpretation of the group from this.
PS. Monolithic Baby that was released last year is much better than God Says no, but still not up to the standard of their first 4 LPs. Still, a worthy purchase.
good not great.......2004-12-15
Monster Magnet's Last A&M Recording.......2004-02-22
Great band........2004-01-27
17. Unsolid
18. Big God
19. Into The Void
are NOT on previous albums.
In short, it's worth it to own all the videos I've never seen, and the three new tracks. Great stuff.
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Superjudge
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002G15 Release Date: 1993-04-06 |
Tracks:
- Cyclops Revolution
- Twin Earth
- Superjudge
- Cage Around The Sun
- Elephant Belt
- Dinosaur Vacume
- Evil (Is Going On)
- Stadium
- Face Down
- Brainstorm
- Black Balloon
Customer Reviews:
Appearance Says Metal, I Say No.......2006-10-07
Why do I say they are not metal on this CD? This band is notorious for an approach that is not standard. Call it slow, awkward, or even solo-laiden. This band shows the parts here. They just seem to like to show off their skills here one at a time or a few at a time. It also makes for awkward tracks that are not regular songs--more the format of acts like Type O Negative and Rush.
As for musically, this just is not heavy metal here. It has some scariness and some good solos. It seems to be more eerie or tribal and slightly gothic than it is hard, trash, in-your-face, pounding, or anything like that.
So what's with the 4 stars? My negative-sounding explanation is just simply a description and disection. This is not like their current stuff or like metal, however I think that it is still their identity and it is one that I like. It's almost like a band you love can do anything as long as it basically stays in the same genre and it will still be liked. I felt this way wholeheartedly about Megadeth's Risk, Sponge's Wax Ecstatic, and Seven Mary Three's Rock Crown.
DEFINING A GENRE WITH SUPERJUDGE........2006-07-26
The best stoner rock album available..........2005-12-28
From the hard rocking Dinosaur Vacume to the middle-eastern tinted Black Balloon, this cd will have you headbanging in no time; something which was barely possible on Spine Of God.
This got more lovin' speed then your lonely souls can chew.
Best of any cd I have ever listened to........2005-12-14
Monster Magnet - 'Superjudge' (A&M Records).......2005-02-07
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Trust Electricity
The Upsidedown Manufacturer: Reverb (Redeye) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002KQNX6 Release Date: 2006-03-11 |
Tracks:
- The Way In
- Wake Up Drive Thru
- Blackeye Liner
- Saint Theresa of the Roses
- I Wish I Could See You Right Now
- Bumpersticker
- Walk On Fire
- Elizabeth
- Pepperspray
- Drag Race
- Dutches of York
- Airplane Eyes
- Sacred Call
- Radio Broadcast
- Spirit in the Sky
Product Description
The Portland Oregon music scene is alive and well. Very alive, very well! The Shins, Sleater Kinney, Helio Sequence, Decemberists, Sleater Kinney, The Dandy Warhols, The High Violets, The Thermals and Steven Malkumus. And now joining them is THE UPSIDEDOWN who just released their debut album TRUST ELECTRICITY on Reverb Records. The band had help in the studio from Dandy Warhol and Elliott Smith collaborator Tony Lash (ex-Heatmiser member) and it sounds absolutely brilliant. The band formed out of the ashes of seminal Portland shoegazer band The Bella Low and have been winning fans and influencing people ever since. They just finished up a full-on national tour and radio & press were faithful: The Willamette Week described The Upsidedown as: "dirty, glammed-up, drugged-down guitar rock with a dark heart. Their brand of ambient rock carries forth in a grand tradition: carefully constructed Dandies drone, pop hooks and devil-may-care-decadence." The Willamette Week know how to call it. KPSU described the band as "The best band that will come out of Portland in 2004!" With thumping, psychedelic, sexy and danceable beat driven songs like "Wake Up Drive Thru," "Blackeye Liner" and the Portland/George W. Bush riots inspired track "Pepper Spray," The Upsidedown are on a mission to bring some big bad dirty fun back into the world of independent music. They also successfully navigate territory formerly travelled by Love and Rockets and Echo & the Bunnymen, but with their own style, sound and attitude. And their cover version of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" is like no other. The band close off the album with their version, which is dripping in fuzz, swagger and sex. Prepare yourself to embrace The Upsidedown sound, which just recently hit shelves in North America.Customer Reviews:
Psychocandy Revisited.......2005-04-08
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Tab (re-issue)
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EGCECC Release Date: 2006-04-04 |
Tracks:
- Tab 32:12
- 25/Longhair 12.28
- Lord 13 4:09
- Spine Of God (bonus live version) 7:25
Album Description
Assembled from the more lengthy jam numbers recorded just before the Spine Of God sessions, Tab 25 is by no means a collection of outtakes or throwaways; Tab 25 stands high on it's own as a masterpiece of Psychedelic Space Rock, kinda like being shot through space on downers. Grooves, freaked-out feedback, bubbling sludge, head nodding brain damage, strung out chaos - it's all there. Features a new book with liner notations, diatribes and ranting by Dave Wyndorf hisself and the previously unavailable live version of Spine Of God. Get out the bong and warm up the lava lampNew Jersey native Dave Wyndorf was already a rock & roll veteran by the time he formed Monster Magnet in 1989, having cut his teeth with little-known punk band Shrapnel (also featuring future punk producer Daniel Rey on guitars) in the late '70s before retiring from music altogether. Never one to be a quitter, Wyndorf taught himself guitar and assembled Monster Magnet with fellow New Jersey burnouts John McBain on guitar, bassist Joe Callandra, drummer Jon Kleiman and svengelic guru Tim Cronin. Fusing their metal, punk, space rock, and psychedelic influences, the band developed a sludgy, feedback-heavy hard rock sound that helped them stand out from the era's burgeoning retro-rock movement. After releasing a self-titled six-song EP through Germany's Glitterhouse Records, Monster Magnet signed with independent label Caroline Records in 1992 and recorded their first full-length album: the very impressive, uniquely dark psychedelic masterpiece, Spine of God. Previous recording sessions also yielded a number of extensive space rock jams that would later be issued as the Tab 25 album in 1993. These re-issues serve as an excellent teaser for the release of the next Monster Magnet classic, due September 2006!
Album Description
Wyndorf and Co's first slice of prime fuzzadelic stoner sludge space metal, recorded at the same time as their debut full-length mantelpiece Spine Of God (although this so-called EP is actually just as long). Although little more than a series of extended space jams (like that ever stopped the first four Hawkwind albums from being good) smeared in layers of fuzz guitar and flanged vocal, the album nevertheless displays the roots of everything that would help the Magnet flower into one of the '90s and '00s premier hard rock acts. Includes liner notes and diatribes by Dave Wydorf himself. Steamhammer. 2006.Customer Reviews:
Tab is great. You are incorrect........2006-07-27
Poor Effort for a Reissue.......2006-06-02
What did I get. Better sound, sure. Bonus track, yep a crappy live version of Spine of God that sounds like it was recorded on an old cassette tape. Extra liner notes, oh sure, Dave Wyndorf makes some brief comments on the album. No lyrics, pictures, credits, etc. The booklet is one folded page with Dave's thoughts on one panel.
My biggest outrage is that there are songs missing on here. The music is really the most important thing so to give me a reissue that is missing some of the originial tunes is unbelievable. I had the original cd so I know what was supposed to be on here. I give Amazon credit for listing the songs and times on the site, there is no false advertising. I just assumed they made a mistake but, sure enough, the cd is missing some key music. The original cd contained the following tracks and times:
Tab... 32:12
25 12:28
Longhair 4:09
Lord 13 3:38
Tractor 3:25 (early version redone on Powertrip)
As for the music, this is truly for the die hard Monster Magnet fan. This would be the last place to start if you are just a casual listener or just starting to get into Monster Magnet. You can read more reviews on the original version to decide if Tab...25 is a worthy purchase.
As for this reissued version, don't support this poor effort. Save your money and buy the original cd if you decide you need to have it.
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On Your Side
Magnet Manufacturer: Filter U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002X7GE8 Release Date: 2004-09-28 |
Tracks:
- Everything's Perfect
- Last Day Of Summer
- Where Happiness Lives
- On Your Side
- The Day We Left Town
- Nothing Hurts Now
- Lay Lady Lay- with Gemma Hayes
- Overjoyed
- I'll Come Along
- My Darling Curse
- Smile To The World
- Chasing Dreams
- Wish Me Well
- Little Miss More Or Less
Customer Reviews:
fantastic electonicana.......2007-03-21
Worth a Second Listen.......2007-01-19
Excellent.......2006-07-25
Don't buy just for Lay Lady Lay.......2006-07-25
This is a 10 Star album.......2006-03-30
GET THIS CD! GET THIS CD! GET IT! GO GET IT! YOU'RE WASTING TIME! GET IT NOW! YOU WILL LOVE IT! YOU WILL LOVE IT! GET IT NOW!
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Monolithic Baby (Bonus DVD)
Monster Magnet Manufacturer: Hunter ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00018QIVQ Release Date: 2004-05-25 |
Tracks:
- Slut Machine
- Supercruel
- On The Verge
- Unbroken (Hotel Baby)
- Radiation Day
- Monolithic
- The Right Stuff
- There's No Way Out Of Here
- Master Of Light
- Too Bad
- Ultimate Everything
- CNN War Theme
- Venus In Furs
- King Of Mars 2004
Album Description
All hail the return of REAL ROCK `N' ROLL! One of the planet's most dynamic and enduring bands, the brilliantly bombastic Monster Magnet proudly carry the torch of all that is rock... and they do it louder, meaner, and far better than anyone else has in decades. The praise for Monolithic Baby! has already started to roll in (including a 5K review in Kerrang!) but take it from the mouth of the endlessly enigmatic and charismatic frontman Dave Wyndorf hisself: "This album is a real rock 'n' roll affair, with big anthems and short, straightforward numbers, performed by two guitars in a driving bombastic sound and Monster Magnet's unique flair. This is the real deal - accept no substitutes! The Limited Edition version comes packaged with a bonus DVD featuring videos, live tracks and interviews.Album Details
Limited Edition of the Power Rockers 2004 Album Coupled with a Special Dvd with the Promotional Videos of "Unbroken" and "The Right Stuff", a Band Interview plus Two Songs Recorded Live in Concert at London's Astoria Theatre in December 2003.Customer Reviews:
Ohh Yeahhhh!!!!!!!!!! Cool Stuff man!!.......2006-01-12
Bettern than the last two but still not a return to glory!.......2005-06-23
sound. If you've been keeping up with Monster Magnet releases you know that they've strayed
from their stoner rock roots on the last couple releases which got them a lot of new fans but
alienated their core audience. Sounds like a lot of bands after they get a taste of the big time but
Monster Magnet was smart enough to return with something that can please both camps.
Right from the get go you can hear the return to form with the up beat "Slut Machine" and stony
mid paced chugger "Supercruel". There's even a hint of the "Superjudge" era sound on the next
cut "On The Verge" complete with an alternate tuned sitar sounding intro. These are all solid cuts
but longtime fans will notice the continuation of the more stripped down sound of the last couple
albums. No bong hits in the background, no swirling feedback, no more psychedelic fuzz and
other odd assortments. Some fans may appreciate the lack of what could be viewed as
distractions but I always thought these elements made the songs richer and more complex,
really helping set Monster Magnet apart from their more straight laced Sabbath clone peers. Not
that this is totally missing, there's brief glimpses of it on songs like "Radiation Day" but certainly
nothing like their early work.
Gripes about their current sound aside, there's enough stony riffs on here to please even the
most hardcore stoner rocker but they seem to be concentrated on the front half. The later part of
this record has a few of the slower, space rock cuts that fall a little flat, being a tad long and
repetitive and more importantly lacking the punch of the harder rocking tunes at the start of the
disc. The one standout on the latter half is "Too Bad", which like "On The Verge", sounds
suspiciously similar "Black Balloon" off of their "Superjudge" album. That's cool though because I
always really liked that song so it's nice to hear a reprise.
Overall, I think this is a pretty strong return to form as there are several strong stoner rock cuts on
here but it never quite reaches the brilliance of their earlier work. Still, at least it surpasses their
somewhat lackluster last couple of albums and may be the start of better things to come.
Check out more reviews at ohboydestroy.
The Masters Of Stoner Rock Return With A Monolithic Album.......2004-10-02
Worst effort to date........2004-08-25
Monster Magnet rules.......2004-08-09
Meditation Music:
- Measure of a Man [Import]
- Meet the Pizza!s
- Mellow Rock
- Murder on the Orient Express/Never Can Say Goodbye
- Neverland
- Next Best Superstar [Australian CD] [CD-single] [Import]
- Notes Of Romance
- Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 48 (UK Series) [Import]
- Now, Vol. 45 [Import]
- Omnipop (It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Meditation Music
Uomo A Meta/Prima Della Rivoluzione (Soundtracks) [Soundtrack]
Music: Work, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
Ultimate Hard House Album [Box set] [Import]
Waka Jawaka [Original recording remastered]