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God Says No

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God Says No
Studio album by
Monster Magnet
ReleasedNovember 12, 2000 (2000-11-12)
Genre
Length60:43
LabelA&M
ProducerDave Wyndorf, Matt Hyde
Monster Magnet chronology
Powertrip
(1998) 		God Says No
(2000) 		Love Monster
(2001)
Singles from God Says No
  1. "Silver Future"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Heads Explode"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Melt"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(dud)[5]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Rolling Stone[3]

God Says No is the fifth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet.[6] It was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2000,[7] and in the United States on April 10, 2001. It was a commercial failure compared to their previous album, Powertrip. It was their last release recorded for A&M Records, due to problems with promotion of the album but it reached #17 in Germany.[8] It would also be the last release with bassist Joe Calandra and drummer Jon Kleiman.

The track "Medicine", which appears on the US release, is a re-recording of a track which originally appeared on the band's 1991 album Spine of God. A music video was made for the 1991 version.

Two different music videos were produced for the song "Heads Explode" and one for "Melt", consisting mostly of live footage over the studio version of the track. The former song was featured in the film Dracula 2000 and included on its soundtrack.

Track listing

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All tracks written by Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.

UK track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Melt"5:44
2."Heads Explode"3:48
3."Doomsday"3:48
4."God Says No"4:29
5."Kiss of the Scorpion"4:01
6."All Shook Out"4:16
7."Gravity Well"3:20
8."My Little Friend"4:12
9."Queen of You"7:02
10."Down in the Jungle"4:49
11."Cry"7:23
12."Take It"2:53
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Silver Future"4:59
14."I Want More" (Union Carbide Productions cover of "Financial Declaration")3:51

US track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Melt"5:44
2."Heads Explode"3:48
3."Doomsday"3:48
4."Medicine"3:52
5."God Says No"4:29
6."Kiss of the Scorpion"4:01
7."All Shook Out"4:16
8."Gravity Well"3:20
9."My Little Friend"4:12
10."Queen of You"6:30
11."Cry"7:23
12."Take It"2:53
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Silver Future"4:59

Personnel

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  • Dave Wyndorf – vocals, guitar
  • Ed Mundell – lead guitar
  • Phil Caivano – guitar
  • Joe Calandra – bass
  • Jon Kleiman – drums

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2001) Peak
position
German Albums Charts[9] 17
Swedish Albums Chart[10] 17
US Billboard 200 153
Year Single Mainstream Rock Tracks
2000 "Silver Future" #15
2001 "Heads Explode" #26

Album notes

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  • "Heads Explode" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Dracula 2000 and "Silver Future" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Heavy Metal 2000.
  • The lyrics to "Melt" feature a reference to comic book pioneer Jack Kirby: "...I was thinking how the world should have cried // On the day Jack Kirby died..."

References

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  1. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ [1] Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine DrownedinSound
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Monster Magnet". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on December 26, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 850.
  7. ^ "Upcoming | Albums". Kerrang! (820). EMAP: 46. September 23, 2000.
  8. ^ [2] Archived December 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010)
  9. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  10. ^ "Monster Magnet - God Says No". australian-charts.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.
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