God Says No

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God Says No
Cover godsaysno.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 12, 2000 (2000-11-12)
Genre
Length60:43
Label A&M
Producer Dave Wyndorf, Matt Hyde
Monster Magnet chronology
Powertrip
(1998)
God Says No
(2000)
Love Monster
(2001)
Singles from God Says No
  1. "Silver Future"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Heads Explode"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Melt"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

God Says No is the fifth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet. [5] It was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2000, [7] and in the United States on April 10, 2001. It was a commercial failure compared to their previous 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. [8] It would also be the last release with bassist Joe Calandra and drummer Jon Kleiman.

Contents

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. The former song was featured in the film Dracula 2000 and included on its soundtrack.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.

UK track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Melt"5:44
2."Heads Explode"3:48
3."Doomsday"3:48
4."God Says No"4:29
5."Kiss of the Scorpion"4:01
6."All Shook Out"4:16
7."Gravity Well"3:20
8."My Little Friend"4:12
9."Queen of You"7:02
10."Down in the Jungle"4:49
11."Cry"7:23
12."Take It"2:53
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Silver Future"4:59
14."I Want More" (Union Carbide Productions cover of "Financial Declaration")3:51

US track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Melt"5:44
2."Heads Explode"3:48
3."Doomsday"3:48
4."Medicine"3:52
5."God Says No"4:29
6."Kiss of the Scorpion"4:01
7."All Shook Out"4:16
8."Gravity Well"3:20
9."My Little Friend"4:12
10."Queen of You"6:30
11."Cry"7:23
12."Take It"2:53
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Silver Future"4:59

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
German Albums Charts [9] 17
Swedish Albums Chart [10] 17
US Billboard 200 153
YearSingle Mainstream Rock Tracks
2000"Silver Future"#15
2001"Heads Explode"#26

Album notes

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