Dopes to Infinity

Dopes to Infinity
Studio album by Monster Magnet
Released	March 21, 1995 (1995-03-21)
Recorded	1994
Studio	Magic Shop, New York City Electric Lady, New York City
Genre	Space rock [1] stoner rock [2] heavy metal [2]
Length	62:21
Label	A&M
Producer	Dave Wyndorf
Monster Magnet chronology
Superjudge (1993) Dopes to Infinity (1995) Powertrip (1998)
Singles from Dopes to Infinity
"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" Released: 1995 "Dopes to Infinity" Released: 1995 "Dead Christmas" Released: 1995 "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" Released: 1995

Dopes to Infinity is the third album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on March 21, 1995. The album includes the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead", the band's first hit single.

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. ^[3]

A music video was made for the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead," directed by Gore Verbinski.

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10 [5]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [6]
Rock Hard	10/10 [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]

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. ^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written 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

UK/European release

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Vertigo" (contains a 3:34 edit of "Forbidden Planet" after 2 minutes of silence)	11:15
Total length:		68:04

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

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

Side A

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

Side B

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

Side C

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"King of Mars"		4:33
10.	"Dead Christmas"		3:54
11.	"Theme from "Masterburner""	Wyndorf, Joe Calandra	5:06
12.	"Vertigo"		5:41

Side D

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 (1995–1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10]	69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11]	77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13]	17
UK Albums (OCC) [14]	51
US Top Heatseekers ( Billboard ) [15]	22

Singles

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

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2. Terich, Jeff; Blyweiss, Adam (April 20, 2017). "10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums". Treblezine. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
3. Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010)
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5. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 286–287. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
6. Sinclair, Tom (March 24, 1995). "Dopes to Infinity". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 46. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
10. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 192.
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