Dopes to Infinity

Studio album by Monster Magnet

Released

March 21, 1995

Recorded

1994 at The Magic Shop and Electric Lady Studios in New York

Genre

Stoner metal, space rock, psychedelic rock

Length

62:21

Label

A&M

Producer

Dave Wyndorf

Monster Magnet chronology

Superjudge
(1993)

Dopes to Infinity
(1995)

Powertrip
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)^[2]
Rock Hard (de)	10/10^[3]

Dopes to Infinity is the third album by New Jersey rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995.

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.^[4]

A shorter version of the song "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" appears in the soundtrack of the film The Matrix.

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

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.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	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
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

Vinyl release
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Forbidden Planet"	16:08
Total length:		78:29

Japan bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Eclipse This"	4:33
14.	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (live)	10:26
Total length:		77:20

Australian Tour edition bonus disc

Track listing
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

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
Dutch Albums Chart^[6]	77
German Albums Chart^[7]	30
Swedish Albums Chart^[6]	17
UK Albums Chart	51
US Top Heatseekers^[8]	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.
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

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Sinclair, Tom. "Dopes to Infinity". Entertainment Weekly. March 24, 1995, cited December 26, 2013
↑ Kress, Hanno. "Rock Hard review". issue 93. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ musicline.de (german, 10.07.2010)
↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 46. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
1 2 "Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity". australian-charts.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.
↑ musicline.de. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
↑ "Top Heatseekers". allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.

Monster Magnet

Dave Wyndorf Phil Caivano Bob Pantella Garrett Sweeny Chris Kosnick

Former members	Tim Cronin Tom Diello Joe Calandra Jon Kleiman John McBain Michael Wildwood Ed Mundell

Demos	Forget About Life, I'm High On Dope (1989) We're Stoned, What Are You Gonna Do About It? (1989) TAB Demos (1989)

Studio albums	Spine of God (1991) Superjudge (1993) Dopes to Infinity (1995) Powertrip (1998) God Says No (2000) Monolithic Baby! (2004) 4-Way Diablo (2007) Mastermind (2010) Last Patrol (2013) Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol (2014) Cobras and Fire (The Mastermind Redux) (2015)

EPs	Monster Magnet (1990) Tab (1991) Love Monster (2001)

Singles	"Medicine" "Twin Earth" "Face Down" "Dopes to Infinity" "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" "Dead Christmas" "Space Lord" "Powertrip" "Temple of Your Dreams" "See You in Hell" "Silver Future" "Heads Explode" "Unbroken (Hotel Baby)" "The Right Stuff" "Monolithic" "Wall of Fire" "Gods and Punks" "100 Million Miles" "Mindless Ones"

Compliation Albums:	Greatest Hits (2003) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Monster Magnet (2007) Space Lords (2012)

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