Powertrip
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{{Infobox album
| name = Powertrip
| type = studio
| artist = Monster Magnet
| cover = Monster Magnet Powertrip.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1998|6|16}}
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio = North Vine, NRG
| genre = *Stoner rock{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-16/10-essential-stoner-rock-albums|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|website=Metal Hammer|date=16 October 2016|accessdate=21 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/monster-magnet-powertrip/ |title=Monster Magnet Albums Ranked Worst to Best |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |date=June 13, 2018 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2022-06-15}}
- hard rock{{cite web|title=The Monster Magnet albums you should definitely own|date=June 30, 2022 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-monster-magnet-albums-you-should-definitely-own|website=Classic Rock|first=Ken|last=McIntrye|access-date=March 19, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://metalinjection.net/interviews/phil-caivanobreaks-down-his-new-solo-project-25-years-of-monster-magnets-powertrip-thats-a-special-record|title=PHIL CAIVANO Breaks Down His New Solo Project & 25 Years of MONSTER MAGNET's Powertrip: "That's A Special Record"|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=March 19, 2025|website=Metal Injection|first=Dillon|last=Collins}}
- heavy metal{{cite news|title=MONSTER MAGNET "Powertrip" A&M
|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/05/14/monster-magnet-powertrip-a38/4eedc8fe-0ccc-49d0-8ae1-2b49201f8dcb/|date=May 13, 1999|access-date=March 19, 2025|first=Mark|last=Jenkins}}
| length = 60:42
| label = A&M
| producer = Dave Wyndorf, Matt Hyde
| prev_title = Dopes to Infinity
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = God Says No
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Powertrip
| type = studio
| single1 = Space Lord
| single1date = 1998
| single2 = Powertrip
| single2date = 1998
| single3 = Temple of Your Dreams
| single3date = 1999
| single4 = See You in Hell
| single4date = 1999
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/powertrip-mw0000042604|title=Powertrip – Monster Magnet|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 26, 2013|last=Raggett|first=Ned}}
|rev2 = Chicago Sun-Times
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4437059.html|title=Monster Magnet, 'Powertrip' (A&M)|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=June 28, 1998|accessdate=January 29, 2018|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|author-link=Jim DeRogatis|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141139/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4437059.html|archivedate=January 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}
|rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide
|rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2450|chapter=Monster Magnet: Powertrip|accessdate=December 26, 2013|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=2000|isbn=0-312-24560-2}}
|rev4 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev4score = 9/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=287}}
|rev5 = Drowned in Sound
|rev5score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4753/reviews/2055--|title=Album Review: Monster Magnet – Powertrip|work=Drowned in Sound|date=September 5, 2001|accessdate=December 26, 2013|last=Marsh|first=Mark|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227120828/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4753/reviews/2055--|url-status=dead}}
|rev6 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev6score = A−{{cite magazine|title=Monster Magnet: Powertrip|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 10, 1998|page=76}}
|rev7 = Metal Hammer
|rev7Score = 10/10{{Cite journal |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=June 1998 |title=Under the Hammer |journal=Metal Hammer |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=51 |page=75 |issn=0955-1190}}
|rev8 = NME
|rev8score = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001030reviews.html|title=Monster Magnet – Powertrip|magazine=NME|date=May 30, 1998|accessdate=April 13, 2020|last=Wirth|first=Jim|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000420092816/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001030reviews.html|archivedate=April 20, 2000|url-status=dead}}
|rev9 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Monster Magnet|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/555 555]}}
}}
Powertrip is the fourth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single "Space Lord". Other hit songs on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell". The album reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #21 in the German Charts,[http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Powertrip/longplay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227115211/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Powertrip/longplay|date=2013-12-27}} musicline.de (german, 10.07.2010) #65 in the UK Charts, and #97 on the Billboard 200. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 25, 1999.{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=%22Monster%20Magnet%22 | title=American certifications – Monster Magnet | publisher=Recording Industry Association of America | accessdate=December 26, 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Dom |date=2020-07-08 |title=Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf: My Life Story |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/monster-magnets-dave-wyndorf-my-life-story |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Metal Hammer |language=en}} Music videos were made for the songs "Space Lord", "Powertrip", and "See You in Hell".
Recording
After the Dopes to Infinity tour, Dave Wyndorf flew to Las Vegas to work on the group's next album. He got a hotel room {{convert|10|mi}} outside the city, where he would write one song a day for twenty-one days.[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/jun/09/the-third-degree-with-monster-magnet/ "The Third Degree with Monster Magnet"]. lasvegassun.com. Retrieved on December 27, 2013. Most of the songs were based on the themes of Las Vegas, such as naked women and people losing their money. The song "Tractor" is a re-recorded version of the song originally released on the band's 1990 EP Monster Magnet.
In popular culture
- "Powertrip" is featured in the film Soldier, starring Kurt Russell, and was the official theme song for the WWE pay-per-view event No Way Out (2007).
- "Space Lord" is featured in the film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
- "Crop Circle" is featured in the film Urban Legend.
- "See you in Hell" is featured in the film Bride of Chucky.
- "Powertrip" was included on the soundtracks of the video games MotorStorm and Far Cry 5.
Track listing
{{Track list
| total_length = 60:42
| all_writing = Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.
| title1 = Crop Circle
| length1 = 5:32
| title2 = Powertrip
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Space Lord
| length3 = 5:55
| title4 = Temple of Your Dreams
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Bummer
| length5 = 7:35
| title6 = Baby Götterdämerung
| length6 = 3:09
| note6 = misspelling of Götterdämmerung
| title7 = 19 Witches
| length7 = 4:02
| title8 = 3rd Eye Landslide
| length8 = 5:10
| title9 = See You in Hell
| length9 = 4:05
| title10 = Tractor
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Atomic Clock
| length11 = 5:06
| title12 = Goliath and the Vampires
| length12 = 4:13
| title13 = Your Lies Become You
| length13 = 4:18
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Japanese bonus tracks
| title14 = Big God
| length14 = 5:58
| title15 = Kick Out the Jams
| note15 = MC5 cover
| length15 = 2:35
| title16 = The Game
| length16 = 4:54
}}
A Limited Tour Edition was also released with a bonus disc entitled Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas). The Japanese version contains this bonus disc and three bonus tracks on the original.
=''Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)''=
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Temple of Your Dreams
| length1 = 5:34
| title2 = Dinosaur Vacuum
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Baby Götterdämmerung
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Cage Around the Sun
| length4 = 8:18
| title5 = Bummer
| length5 = 7:35
| title6 = Space Lord
| length6 = 9:32
}}
Personnel
- Dave Wyndorf – vocals, guitar
- Ed Mundell – guitar
- Philip Caivano – guitar
- Joe Calandra – bass
- Jon Kleiman – drums
=Additional personnel=
- Matt Hyde – guitar, engineer, mixing
- John Flannery – guitar
- Scott Garrett – drums
- Tim Cronin – autovisuals, misinformation, herald of galactus
=Production=
- Steve Mixdorf – assistant engineer
- Jesse Fishman – assistant engineer
- Cameron Webb – assistant engineer
- Paul Silveira – assistant engineer
- Randy Staub – mixing
- John Travis – mixing
- Ron Boustead – digital editing
- Don C. Tyler – digital editing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Chart positions
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=Album=
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Single |
|---|
| 1997
| "Temple of Your Dreams" | – | #25 |
| 1998
| "Space Lord" | #29 | #3 |
| 1998
| "Powertrip" | – | #20 |
{{col-end}}
Certifications
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Country
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Provider ! scope="col"| Certification |
|---|
| scope="row"| United States
| RIAA |