Spine of God 1663280 224884890 2008-07-10T21:01:43Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = Spine of God | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Monster Magnet]] | Cover = Monster Magnet Spine of God.jpg | Released = 1992 | Recorded = 1991 | Genre = [[Stoner rock]]<BR>[[Space rock]]<br>[[Psychedelic rock]] | Length = 49:48 | Label = [[Caroline Records (U.S.)|Caroline Records]] | Producer = [[Dave Wyndorf]],<br>[[John McBain]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mlc8b5f4tsqh~T1 link] *[[Blabbermouth.net]] {{rating-10|9.5}} [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=697 link]| Last album = ''[[Monster Magnet (album)|Monster Magnet]]''<br />(1990) | This album = '''''Spine of God'''''<br />(1991) | Next album = ''[[Tab (album)|Tab]]''<br />(1992) | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Upper caption = 2006 reissue | Type = [[Album]] | Background = | Cover = Monster Magnet - Spine of God.jpg | Lower caption = Cover of the 2006 reissue }} }} '''''Spine of God''''' is the debut [[album]] by [[United States|American]] rock band [[Monster Magnet]], released in 1992. It is the band's first official full-length album. The album features elements of [[Punk rock|punk]], [[metal]], [[psychedelic rock]], and [[space rock]]. It has the caption "It's a Satanic Drug Thing, You Wouldn't Understand". The album is considered a classic of stoner rock, along with [[Kyuss]]'s [[Blues For The Red Sun]] and [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]'s [[Sleep's Holy Mountain]]. The album features a cover of [[Grand Funk Railroad]]'s "Sin's a Good Man's Brother". A music video was made for the song "Medicine". ==Track listing== # "Pill Shovel" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 4:00 # "Medicine" (Wyndorf) – 3:21 # "Nod Scene" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 6:46 # "Black Mastermind" (McBain/Wyndorf) – 8:13 # "Zodiac Lung" (Wyndorf) – 4:44 # "Spine of God" (Wyndorf) – 8:02 # "Snake Dance" (Wyndorf) – 3:10 # "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" ([[Mark Farner]]) – 3:31 # "Ozium" (Wyndorf) – 8:01 Spine of God was re-released in March [[2006]] with new artwork, new liner notes, [[Loudness war|compressed dynamic range]], and a demo version of "Ozium" as a [[bonus track]]. ==Reissue Track Listing== # "Pill Shovel" (McBain/Wyndorf) - 4:00 # "Medicine" (Wyndorf) - 3:21 # "Nod Scene" (McBain/Wyndorf) - 6:46 # "Black Mastermind" (McBain/Wyndorf) - 8:13 # "Zodiac Lung" (Wyndorf) - 4:44 # "Spine of God" (Wyndorf) - 8:02 # "Snake Dance" (Wyndorf) - 3:10 # "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" (Farner) - 3:31 # "Ozium" (Wyndorf) - 8:01 # "Ozium" [Demo] (Wyndorf) - 8:38 ==Personnel== * [[Dave Wyndorf]] – Guitar, Vocals, Producer * Joe Calandra – Bass * [[John McBain (musician)|John McBain]] – Guitar, Producer * Jon Kleiman - Drums * Tim Cronin –(Credited, in typical Monster Magnet style, as "[[Cannabis|Dope]]/Lights/Center Of The Universe") * Samantha Muccini – Photography * Stacy Phelon – Engineer * Rob Leecock – Bullgod design * Alexander von Wieding – Reissue artwork {{Monster Magnet}} [[Category:Monster Magnet albums]] [[Category:1991 albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[fr:Spine of God]] [[pl:Spine of God]] [[pt:Spine of God]]