Dopes to Infinity
Dopes to Infinity is the third album by American rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995.
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| Released | March 21, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 at The Magic Shop and Electric Lady Studios in New York | |||
| Genre | Stoner rock,[1] heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 62:21 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Dave Wyndorf | |||
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Overview
The song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" became the band's first hit single, after having appeared the previous year in different form in the American movie S.F.W.. Other tracks, such as the title track and "Dead Christmas" however, received little or no airplay, resulting in sales of the album being only slightly better than their previous album, Superjudge. The album did reach #51 on the UK Charts and #30 in the German Charts.[2]
A music video was made for the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead".
In 2011, Monster Magnet revisited the album when they embarked on "Dopes To Infinity 2011: The European Tour", performing the album live in its entirety at several European locations.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| Rock Hard | 10/10[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
In 2005, Dopes to Infinity was ranked number 406 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[7]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dopes to Infinity" | 5:43 | |
| 2. | "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" | 4:28 | |
| 3. | "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" | 6:32 | |
| 4. | "All Friends and Kingdom Come" | 5:38 | |
| 5. | "Ego, the Living Planet" | 5:07 | |
| 6. | "Blow 'Em Off" | 3:51 | |
| 7. | "Third Alternative" | 8:33 | |
| 8. | "I Control, I Fly" | Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman | 3:18 |
| 9. | "King of Mars" | 4:33 | |
| 10. | "Dead Christmas" | 3:54 | |
| 11. | "Theme from "Masterburner"" | Wyndorf, Joe Calandra | 5:06 |
| 12. | "Vertigo" | 5:41 | |
| Total length: | 62:21 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Vertigo" (contains a 3:34 edit of "Forbidden Planet" after 2 minutes of silence) | 11:15 |
| Total length: | 68:04 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Eclipse This" | 4:33 |
| 14. | "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (live) | 10:26 |
| Total length: | 77:20 | |
Australian Tour edition bonus disc
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" (live) | 0:36 |
| 2. | "Snake Dance" (live) | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Twin Earth" (live) | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Nod Scene" (live) | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Evil" (live) | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 14:25 | |
Vinyl double-LP
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dopes to Infinity" | 5:43 |
| 2. | "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" | 6:32 |
| 4. | "All Friends and Kingdom Come" | 5:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Ego, the Living Planet" | 5:07 | |
| 6. | "Blow 'Em Off" | 3:51 | |
| 7. | "Third Alternative" | 8:33 | |
| 8. | "I Control, I Fly" | Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman | 3:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 9. | "King of Mars" | 4:33 | |
| 10. | "Dead Christmas" | 3:54 | |
| 11. | "Theme from "Masterburner"" | Wyndorf, Joe Calandra | 5:06 |
| 12. | "Vertigo" | 5:41 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Forbidden Planet" | 16:08 |
| Total length: | 78:29 | |
Personnel
- Dave Wyndorf - vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, theremin, organ, bells, mellotron, producer
- Ed Mundell - bass, guitar, background vocals
- Joe Calandra - guitar, bass, background vocals
- Jon Kleiman - percussion, drums, bass, background vocals
Chart positions
Weekly charts
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Albums Chart[8] | 77 |
| German Albums Chart[9] | 30 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[8] | 17 |
| UK Albums Chart | 51 |
| US Top Heatseekers[10] | 22 |
| Year | Single | Modern Rock Tracks | Mainstream Rock Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" | #26 | #19 |
Miscellanea
- Track 5 was inspired by the character Ego the Living Planet from the Marvel Comics universe.
- During the early days of MTV2 (1998), in between music videos, a conversation in the woods of two stoner types was shown whereby one of the two mentions that Dopes to Infinity was one of the best albums of all time.
- A shorter version of the track "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" was featured on The Matrix soundtrack.
- The main guitar riff to the song Dopes To Infinity was lifted from the 1971 song "Woman Tamer" by the proto-heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore
References
- Terich, Jeff; Blyweiss, Adam (April 20, 2017). "10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums". Treblezine. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010)
- Raggett, Ned. "Dopes to Infinity – Monster Magnet". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- Sinclair, Tom (March 24, 1995). "Dopes to Infinity". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- Kress, Hanno (January 25, 1995). "Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity". Rock Hard (in German). No. 93. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- Kot, Greg (2004). "Monster Magnet". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 555. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 46. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- "Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity" Archived November 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. australian-charts.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.
- Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- "Top Heatseekers". allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.
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