God Says No
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{{Infobox album
| name = God Says No
| type = Album
| artist = Monster Magnet
| cover = Cover godsaysno.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2000|11|12}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *Stoner rock
| length = 60:43
| label = A&M
| producer = Dave Wyndorf, Matt Hyde
| prev_title = Powertrip
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Love Monster
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Singles
| name = God Says No
| type = studio
| single1 = Silver Future
| single1date = 2000
| single2 = Heads Explode
| single2date = 2001
| single3 = Melt
| single3date = 2001
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r525410|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev5 = Rolling Stone
|rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071217012915/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/monstermagnet/albums/album/113755/review/6212240/god_says_no Rolling Stone review]
|rev3 = Drowned in Sound
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Monster+Magnet "Monster Magnet"]. robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on December 26, 2013.
|rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=850}}
}}
God Says No is the fifth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet. It was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2000,{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date=September 23, 2000 |title=Upcoming {{!}} Albums |journal=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=820 |page=46}} 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.[http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/God+Says+No/longplay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211024853/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/God+Says+No/longplay|date=December 11, 2013}} musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010) It would also be the last release with bassist Joe Calandra and drummer Jon Kleiman.
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 =
{{Track listing
| title1 = Melt
| length1 = 5:44
| title2 = Heads Explode
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = Doomsday
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = God Says No
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = Kiss of the Scorpion
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = All Shook Out
| length6 = 4:16
| title7 = Gravity Well
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = My Little Friend
| length8 = 4:12
| title9 = Queen of You
| length9 = 7:02
| title10 = Down in the Jungle
| length10 = 4:49
| title11 = Cry
| length11 = 7:23
| title12 = Take It
| length12 = 2:53
| title13 =
| length13 =
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}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title13 = Silver Future
| length13 = 4:59
| title14 = I Want More
| length14 = 3:51
| note14 = cover of Union Carbide Productions "Financial Declaration"
}}
=US track listing=
{{Track listing
| title1 = Melt
| length1 = 5:44
| title2 = Heads Explode
| length2 = 3:48
| title3 = Doomsday
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Medicine
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = God Says No
| length5 = 4:29
| title6 = Kiss of the Scorpion
| length6 = 4:01
| title7 = All Shook Out
| length7 = 4:16
| title8 = Gravity Well
| length8 = 3:20
| title9 = My Little Friend
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = Queen of You
| length10 = 6:30
| title11 = Cry
| length11 = 7:23
| title12 = Take It
| length12 = 2:53
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Bonus track
| title13 = Silver Future
| length13 = 4:59
}}
Personnel
- Dave Wyndorf – vocals, guitar
- Ed Mundell – lead guitar
- Phil Caivano – guitar
- Joe Calandra – bass
- Jon Kleiman – drums
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Single |
|---|
| 2000
| "Silver Future" | #15 |
| 2001
| "Heads Explode" | #26 |
=Album notes=
- "Heads Explode" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Dracula 2000 and "Silver Future" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Heavy Metal 2000.
- The lyrics to "Melt" feature a reference to comic book pioneer Jack Kirby: "...I was thinking how the world should have cried // On the day Jack Kirby died..."