''God Says No'' is the fifth studio album by American

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band

Monster Magnet Monster Magnet is an American rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (guitar) and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums); they have since gone through several lineup ...

. It was released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US. It was a commercial failure compared to their previous album, ''

Powertrip ''Powertrip'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single, "Space Lord". Other hit songs ...

''. It was their last release recorded for

A&M Records A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...

, due to problems with promotion of the album but it reached #17 in Germany.
musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010) 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.

UK Track listing

All tracks written by

Dave Wyndorf David Wyndorf (born October 28, 1956) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for rock band Monster Magnet. He is the frontman and only remaining original member of the band. Career Commercial suc ...

. "I Want More" is a cover of the Union Carbide Productions song "Financial Declaration".

US track listing

Personnel

- vocals, guitar *

Ed Mundell Edward Mundell is an American rock guitarist known for his space rock 1970's inspired sound. From 1992 to 2010, he was the lead guitarist for stoner rock band Monster Magnet, contributing to eight albums in total. As of 2022, Mundell actively ...

- lead guitar *Phil Caivano - guitar *Joe Calandra - bass *Jon Kleiman - drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Album Notes

*"Heads Explode" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie ''

Dracula 2000 ''Dracula 2000'' (also known internationally as ''Dracula 2001'') is a 2000 American gothic horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven (executive producer), and starring Gerard Butler, Chr ...

'' and "Silver Future" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie ''

Heavy Metal 2000 ''Heavy Metal 2000'' (also known as ''Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²'' outside North America) is a 2000 Canadian adult animated science fiction film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. Starring t ...

''. *The lyrics to "Melt" feature a reference to comic book pioneer

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gre ...

: "...I was thinking how the world should have cried // On the day Jack Kirby died..."

References

{{Authority control Monster Magnet albums 2000 albums A&M Records albums