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Dopes to Infinity is the third album by American rock band Monster Magnet. It was released on March 21, 1995.

Dopes to Infinity

Studio album by

Monster Magnet

Released

March 21, 1995

Recorded

1994 at The Magic Shop and Electric Lady Studios in New York

Genre

Space rock[1]
stoner rock[2]
heavy metal[2]

Length

62:21

Label

A&M

Producer

Dave Wyndorf

Monster Magnet chronology

Superjudge
(1993)

Dopes to Infinity
(1995)

Powertrip
(1998)

Overview

The song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" became the band's first hit single, after having appeared the previous year in different form in the American movie S.F.W.. Other tracks, such as the title track and "Dead Christmas" however, received little or no airplay, resulting in sales of the album being only slightly better than their previous album, Superjudge. The album did reach #51 on the UK Charts and #30 in the German Charts.[3]

A music video was made for the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead," directed by Gore Verbinski.

In 2011, Monster Magnet revisited the album when they embarked on "Dopes To Infinity 2011: The European Tour", performing the album live in its entirety at several European locations.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[5]
Rock Hard	10/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

In 2005, Dopes to Infinity was ranked number 406 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Wyndorf, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dopes to Infinity"		5:43
2.	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead"		4:28
3.	"Look to Your Orb for the Warning"		6:32
4.	"All Friends and Kingdom Come"		5:38
5.	"Ego, the Living Planet"		5:07
6.	"Blow 'Em Off"		3:51
7.	"Third Alternative"		8:33
8.	"I Control, I Fly"	Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman	3:18
9.	"King of Mars"		4:33
10.	"Dead Christmas"		3:54
11.	"Theme from "Masterburner""	Wyndorf, Joe Calandra	5:06
12.	"Vertigo"		5:41
Total length:			62:21

UK/European release
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Vertigo" (contains a 3:34 edit of "Forbidden Planet" after 2 minutes of silence)	11:15
Total length:		68:04

Japan bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Eclipse This"	4:33
14.	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (live)	10:26
Total length:		77:20

Australian Tour edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro" (live)	0:36
2.	"Snake Dance" (live)	3:33
3.	"Twin Earth" (live)	3:59
4.	"Nod Scene" (live)	3:15
5.	"Evil" (live)	3:12
Total length:		14:25

Vinyl double-LP

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dopes to Infinity"	5:43
2.	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead"	4:28
3.	"Look to Your Orb for the Warning"	6:32
4.	"All Friends and Kingdom Come"	5:38

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Ego, the Living Planet"		5:07
6.	"Blow 'Em Off"		3:51
7.	"Third Alternative"		8:33
8.	"I Control, I Fly"	Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman	3:18

Side C
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"King of Mars"		4:33
10.	"Dead Christmas"		3:54
11.	"Theme from "Masterburner""	Wyndorf, Joe Calandra	5:06
12.	"Vertigo"		5:41

Side D
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Forbidden Planet"	16:08
Total length:		78:29

Personnel

Dave Wyndorf - vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, theremin, organ, bells, mellotron, producer
Ed Mundell - bass, guitar, background vocals
Joe Calandra - guitar, bass, background vocals
Jon Kleiman - percussion, drums, bass, background vocals

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	51
US Top Heatseekers (Billboard)[14]	22

Singles

Year	Single	Modern Rock Tracks	Mainstream Rock Tracks
1995	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead"	26	19

Miscellanea

Track 5 was inspired by the character Ego the Living Planet from the Marvel Comics universe.
During the early days of MTV2 (1998), in between music videos, a conversation in the woods of two stoner types was shown whereby one of the two mentions that Dopes to Infinity was one of the best albums of all time.
A shorter version of the track "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" was featured on The Matrix soundtrack.
The main guitar riff to the song Dopes To Infinity was lifted from the 1971 song "Woman Tamer" by the proto-heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore

References

Rivadavia, Eduardo (June 13, 2018). "Monster Magnet Albums Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
Terich, Jeff; Blyweiss, Adam (April 20, 2017). "10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums". Treblezine. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010)
Raggett, Ned. "Dopes to Infinity – Monster Magnet". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
Sinclair, Tom (March 24, 1995). "Dopes to Infinity". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
Kress, Hanno (January 25, 1995). "Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity". Rock Hard (in German). No. 93. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
Kot, Greg (2004). "Monster Magnet". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 555. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 46. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 192.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
"Swedishcharts.com – Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
"Top Heatseekers". allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.

v t e Monster Magnet
Dave Wyndorf Phil Caivano Bob Pantella Garrett Sweeny Alec Morton Tim Cronin Tom Diello Joe Calandra Jon Kleiman John McBain Michael Wildwood Ed Mundell Chris Kosnick
Studio albums	Spine of God (1991) Superjudge (1993) Dopes to Infinity (1995) Powertrip (1998) God Says No (2000) Monolithic Baby! (2004) 4-Way Diablo (2007) Mastermind (2010) Last Patrol (2013) Milking the Stars: A Re-Imagining of Last Patrol (2014) Cobras and Fire (The Mastermind Redux) (2015) Mindfucker (2018) A Better Dystopia (2021)
EPs	Monster Magnet (1990) Tab (1991) Love Monster (2001)
Singles	"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" "Space Lord"
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (2003) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Monster Magnet (2007) Space Lords (2012)
Tours	Beautiful Monsters Tour Rock Is Dead Tour

На других языках

[de] Dopes to Infinity

Dopes to Infinity (engl. sinngemäß: "Drogen bis zum Abwinken") ist das dritte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Rockband Monster Magnet. Es erschien im Februar 1995 bei A&M und gilt als zugänglicher als die vorangegangenen. Zugleich war es der erste größere Charterfolg für die Band und enthielt mit Negasonic Teenage Warhead eine erfolgreiche Single, deren zugehöriges, aufwändig produziertes Video auch auf MTV gespielt wurde.

- [en] Dopes to Infinity

[es] Dopes to Infinity

Dopes to Infinity es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda de hard rock de Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos, Monster Magnet, lanzado al mercado el 21 de marzo de 1995. "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" se convirtió en el primer sencillo exitoso de la banda, después de aparecer un año antes en la película S.F.W.. No obstante los sencillos "Dead Christmas" y "Dopes to Infinity", obtuvieron muy poca radiodifusión, haciendo que el álbum sólo vendiese ligeramente más que su predecesor, Superjudge. El álbum llegó al puesto número 51 de las listas británicas.

[ru] Dopes to Infinity

Dopes to Infinity (в пер. с англ. Бесконечный дурман) — третий студийный альбом американской стоунер-рок-группы Monster Magnet, выпущенный лейблом A&M Records 21 марта 1995 года.

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