Powertrip

Infobox Album |
Name = Powertrip
Type = studio
Artist = Monster Magnet


Released = June 16 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Stoner rock
Hard rock
Space rock
Length = 60:42 (US Version)
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Matt Hyde
Dave Wyndorf
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3cfpxqqjldje link]
Last album = "Dopes to Infinity"
1995
This album = "Powertrip"
1998
Next album = "God Says No"
2000

"Powertrip" is a studio album by Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was a big success for the band, which launched them into the mainstream 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". The album itself, reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #65 in the UK Charts, and #97 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 251999.

Music videos were made for the songs "Space Lord", "Powertrip", and "See You In Hell".

Recording

After the Dopes to Infinity tour, Dave Wyndorf flew to Las Vegas to work on the group's next album. He got a hotel room convert|10|mi|lk=on out of the city, where he would write one song a day for twenty-one days. Most of the songs were based on the themes of Vegas, such as naked women and people losing their money. "See You In Hell" in particular, was written after an experience Wyndorf had on a bus ride from New York City, to his hometown of Red Bank, NJ. A hippie explained that he and his wife had killed their baby, and buried it in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Shocked, Wyndorf got out of the bus.

Track listing

Original CD

# "Crop Circle" (Wyndorf) – 5:32
# "Powertrip" (Wyndorf) – 3:31
# "Space Lord" (Wyndorf) – 5:55
# "Temple of Your Dreams" (Wyndorf) – 4:35
# "Bummer" (Wyndorf) – 7:35
# "Baby Götterdämerung" (Wyndorf) – 3:09
# "19 Witches" (Wyndorf) – 4:02
# "3rd Eye Landslide" (Wyndorf) – 5:10
# "See You in Hell" (Wyndorf) – 4:05
# "Tractor" (Wyndorf) – 3:26
# "Atomic Clock" (Wyndorf) – 5:06
# "Goliath and the Vampires" (Wyndorf) – 4:13
# "Your Lies Become You" (Wyndorf) – 4:18
# "Big God" (Wyndorf) – 5:58*
# "Kick out the Jams" (MC5 cover) – 2:35*
# "The Game" (Wyndorf) – 4:54*

* Denotes Japanese bonus track.

A Limited Tour Edition was also released with a bonus CD entitled "Viva Las Vegas (live in Las Vegas)". The Japanese version contains this bonus CD and 3 bonus tracks on the original.

Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)

# "Temple of Your Dreams" – 5:34
# "Dinosaur Vacuum" – 5:19
# "Baby Götterdämerung" – 4:00
# "Cage Around the Sun" – 8:18
# "Bummer" – 7:35
# "Space Lord" – 9:32

Charts

Personnel

* Dave Wyndorf - Vocals, guitar, songwriter, producer
* Ed Mundell - Guitar
* Philip Caivano - Guitar
* John Flannery - Guitar
* Matt Hyde - Guitar, producer, engineer, mixing
* Joe Calandra - Bass guitar
* Jon Kleiman - Drums
* Steve Mixdorf - Assistant engineer
* Jesse Fishman - Assistant engineer
* Cameron Webb - Assistant engineer
* Paul Silveira - Assistant engineer
* Randy Staub - Mixing
* John Travis - Mixing
* Ron Boustead - Digital editing
* Don C. Tyler - Digital editing
* Stephen Marcussen - Mastering