Greatest Hits (Monster Magnet album)
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Greatest Hits is the title of New Jersey
stoner metal band Monster Magnet
's 2003 greatest hits
album released by A&M Records
. The first disc contains Monster Magnet's best known material, and contains tracks from 1991's Spine of God
(albeit re-recorded) up until their 2000 effort, God Says No
; while the second disc contains the band's music video
s and a few b-sides
and rarities.
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
stoner metal band Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is an American stoner rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf , John McBain and Tim Cronin...
's 2003 greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album released by A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. The first disc contains Monster Magnet's best known material, and contains tracks from 1991's Spine of God
Spine of God
Spine of God is the debut album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released in 1992. It is the band's first official full-length album and one of the earliest examples of the genre of stoner rock....
(albeit re-recorded) up until their 2000 effort, God Says No
God Says No
God Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
; while the second disc contains the band's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s and a few b-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
and rarities.
Disc one
- "Tractor" – 3:27 (from Monster Magnet (album)Monster Magnet (album)Monster Magnet is a self-titled debut EP released by Monster Magnet in 1990. It was released on both CD and vinyl through Glitterhouse Records of Germany. "Snake Dance" and "Nod Scene" would later be rerecorded for their first album, Spine of God...
, re-recorded on PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Medicine" – 3:53 (from Spine of GodSpine of GodSpine of God is the debut album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released in 1992. It is the band's first official full-length album and one of the earliest examples of the genre of stoner rock....
, re-recorded on God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Dopes to Infinity" – 5:46 (from Dopes to InfinityDopes to InfinityDopes to Infinity is the third album by New Jersey rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995 .-Overview:...
) - "Melt" – 5:45 (from God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Space LordSpace Lord"Space Lord" is a 1998 single by the heavy metal band Monster Magnet, from the album Powertrip. It brought them mainstream success, with its accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and number twenty-nine on the...
" – 5:56 (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Powertrip" – 3:32 (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Atomic Clock" – 5:07 (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Heads Explode" – 3:49 (from God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Bummer" – 7:36 (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Negasonic Teenage WarheadNegasonic Teenage Warhead (song)"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" is the second track on Monster Magnet's 1995 album, Dopes to Infinity. It became the band's first successful single.-History:...
" – 4:28 (from Dopes to InfinityDopes to InfinityDopes to Infinity is the third album by New Jersey rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995 .-Overview:...
) - "Dead Christmas" – 3:55 (from Dopes to InfinityDopes to InfinityDopes to Infinity is the third album by New Jersey rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995 .-Overview:...
) - "Silver Future" – 4:59 (from God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
(Bonus TrackBonus trackIn terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
)) - "Black Balloon" – 3:06 (from SuperjudgeSuperjudgeSuperjudge is an album by Monster Magnet, released on April 6, 1993 .-Overview:Superjudge was Monster Magnet's second official album and also their debut for A&M Records. It was recorded and mixed by Steve Rosenthal at New York's "The Magic Shop" studio in October, 1992...
) - "Crop Circle" – 5:33 (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Kiss of the Scorpion" – 4:02 (from God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Space Lord
(Intergalactic 7 Remix) " – 5:25 (Previously unreleased)
Disc two
- "Unsolid" – 2:51 (B-Side to "Face Down")
- "Big God" – 5:58 (B-Side to "Spacelord", bonus track on JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese editions of PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Into the VoidInto the Void (Black Sabbath song)"Into the Void" is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. An early version of "Into the Void" called "Spanish Sid" was released on the deluxe edition of Master of Reality...
" – 8:05 (Black SabbathBlack SabbathBlack Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
cover, previously released on the tribute album Nativity in BlackNativity in BlackNativity in Black is the name of two Black Sabbath tribute albums that came out in the 1990s and 2000s. The albums were recorded with various heavy metal bands paying tribute to Black Sabbath for their influence on the heavy metal genre of rock music....
II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath) - "I Want More" – 3:51 (Previously released as a bonus track on the UK version of God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Space LordSpace Lord"Space Lord" is a 1998 single by the heavy metal band Monster Magnet, from the album Powertrip. It brought them mainstream success, with its accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and number twenty-nine on the...
" (VideoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
) (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Powertrip" (Video) (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "See You In Hell" (Video) (from PowertripPowertripPowertrip is a studio album by 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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell"...
) - "Heads Explode" (Video) (from God Says NoGod Says NoGod Says No is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released in 2000 in the UK and 2001 in the US . It was a commercial failure compared to their last 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...
) - "Twin Earth" (Video) (from SuperjudgeSuperjudgeSuperjudge is an album by Monster Magnet, released on April 6, 1993 .-Overview:Superjudge was Monster Magnet's second official album and also their debut for A&M Records. It was recorded and mixed by Steve Rosenthal at New York's "The Magic Shop" studio in October, 1992...
) - "Face Down" (Video) (from SuperjudgeSuperjudgeSuperjudge is an album by Monster Magnet, released on April 6, 1993 .-Overview:Superjudge was Monster Magnet's second official album and also their debut for A&M Records. It was recorded and mixed by Steve Rosenthal at New York's "The Magic Shop" studio in October, 1992...
) - "Negasonic Teenage WarheadNegasonic Teenage Warhead (song)"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" is the second track on Monster Magnet's 1995 album, Dopes to Infinity. It became the band's first successful single.-History:...
" (Video) (from Dopes to InfinityDopes to InfinityDopes to Infinity is the third album by New Jersey rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995 .-Overview:...
) - "Space Lord
[ Intergalactic 7 Remix] " (Video) (Previously unreleased)
Personnel
- Dave WyndorfDave WyndorfDavid "Dave" Albert Wyndorf is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, trombonist, and songwriter for the American stoner rock group Monster Magnet. He is the frontman and only original member of the band.-Early life:...
- Vocals, Guitar - Ed MundellEd MundellEd Mundell is a rock guitarist most notable for his work with stoner rock group Monster Magnet from 1992 to 2010. In 2011, it was announced that Mundell had formed a new project, 9 Chambers, with Greg Hampton , Jorgen Carlsson , and drummer Vinny Appice .-Bio:Mundell grew up in New Jersey and is a...
- Lead Guitar - Phil Caivano - Guitar on tracks 2, 4, 8, 12, and 15 on first disc, tracks 3 and 4 on second disc
- Joe Calandra - Bass
- Jon Kleiman - Drums