Mindfucker (album)

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Mindfucker
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ReleasedMarch 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
RecordedShorefire Studios Long Branch, NJ & Studio 13 Red Bank, NJ
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Length49:58
Label Napalm Records
Producer Dave Wyndorf, Phil Caivano
Monster Magnet chronology
Cobras and Fire (The Mastermind Redux)
(2015)
Mindfucker
(2018)
A Better Dystopia
(2021)
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Mindfucker is the tenth studio album by the American rock band Monster Magnet. The album was released on March 23, 2018, by Napalm Records. The album swaps in their trademark hazy jams and bigger-than-life guitar solos for proto-punk and garage metal. [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Rocket Freak" – 3:30
  2. "Soul" – 5:27
  3. "Mindfucker" – 4:59
  4. "I'm God" – 6:16
  5. "Drowning" – 7:21
  6. "Ejection" – 3:27 (Robert Calvert cover)
  7. "Want Some" – 5:49
  8. "Brainwashed" – 3:22
  9. "All Day Midnight" – 3:59
  10. "When The Hammer Comes Down" – 5:47

Personnel

Credits

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