Superheroes (Racer X album)

Superheroes
Studio album by Racer X
Released	November 6, 2000 (Japan) February 27, 2001 (North America)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	51:20
Label	Universal Japan
Producer	Paul Gilbert
Racer X chronology
Technical Difficulties (1999) Superheroes (2000) Snowball of Doom (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Hammer	5/10 [2]

Superheroes is the fourth studio album by Racer X. It was released in Japan under the name "Adventure of Racer X-Men" ^[3] and distributed by Universal Japan. This album was released on Paul Gilbert's 34th birthday.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Superheroes"	Racer X	4:40
2.	"Let the Spirit Fly"	Racer X	3:47
3.	"Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult cover)	Donald Roeser	4:50
4.	"Dead Man's Shoes"	Racer X	4:07
5.	"King of the Monsters"	Racer X	4:49
6.	"Mad at the World"	Racer X	4:00
7.	"Evil Joe"	Racer X	3:59
8.	"That Hormone Thing"	Racer X	4:36
9.	"Viking Kong"	Racer X	5:02
10.	"Time Before the Sun"	Jeff Martin, Mike Onesko	7:14
Total length:			47:10

Japanese/European edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"O.H.B." (One Hot Bitch)	Racer X	4:10
Total length:			51:20

Personnel

• Jeff Martin – vocals
• Paul Gilbert – guitars
• John Alderete – bass
• Scott Travis – drums

Production

• William Hames – photography
• Bruce Bouillet – mixing
• Paul Gilbert – audio production, engineer

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4]	35

Trivia

• The song "Mad at the World" uses the same chord progression (but in a lower tuning) as "My Kinda Woman" by Mr. Big which was released on Lean into It .
• The song "Godzilla" is a cover of Blue Öyster Cult, and includes a brief interpolation of David Bowie's "Fame".
• The album was mixed by former Racer X guitar player Bruce Bouillet.
• The track "Evil Joe" contains samples from a prank call made by a friend of Gilbert's to Joe Aufricht of the black metal band Satanicon. The call in its entirety appears as a bonus track on Mushroomhead's 1999 album M3 under the title "Dark and Evil Joe".

References

1. O'Neill, Brian. "Superheroes - Racer X". AllMusic . Retrieved April 10, 2013.
2. Ewing, Jerry (February 2001). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer . No. 83. UK: Future plc. p. 85.
3. "Allmusic: Adventure of Racer X-Men"
4. "スーパー・ヒーローズ". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

External links

• Official Racer X website