Spine of God
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{{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
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