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Amazon.comMonster Magnet's superhuman cartoon mindset becomes ever more grand with each album. Indeed, from the first chord of God Says No, you know you're in for a wild ride. "Melt" finds head Magnet Dave Wyndorf in his "world of pills." "Heads Explode" rolls along with the same mock Mod-fervor as "See You in Hell" (from 1998's Powertrip) before tumbling into absolute mayhem at the chorus. Wyndorf plays the devil's advocate throughout God Says No, switching between adulation toward--and a thirst for--the annihilation of his bitch/goddess foil on "Doomsday" and "Queen of You." The bare-bones, bluesy "Gravity Well" is as raw as it gets; it sounds like an updating of Son House's "John the Revelator." And Wyndorf faces his own judgment day on the sin-soaked title track, finally coming down on the side of the damned. --Chris Campion
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Matthew C. (CoopXL) from KENOSHA, WI Reviewed on 8/19/2009... A few years after this album came out I read a review that described it as "inaccessible". That was news to me. I remember being hooked on my first listen. But maybe there is something to the notion since they seemed to lose the momentum (popularity-wise) they had built from their last album, "Powertrip".
Regardless, if you liked "Powertrip", give this one a try. No, it's not "Powertrip II" but that's because Monster Magnet is a band that believes in growing and changing in pursuit of their art, rather than simply repeating a commercially successful formula.
Still, it wouldn't be MM if it didn't adhere to a certain theme: larger than life, cosmic, apocalyptic Rock N Roll. They may not be the biggest band in the world but you'd never know it by listening to them. Hell, they're not so much a band as a force of nature on a cosmic scale.
This import version contains the bonus track, "I Want More".
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Monster Magnet - 'God Says No' (Interscope Records) Mike Reed | USA | 04/27/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "Good 2001 stoner/psych metal CD release from Monster Magnet,have always dug this band.Old school fans shouldn't be too let down,as 'God Says No' is about as decently written,produced and put together as it possibly could be.Guess what I'm trying to say is,WHO could ask for more?Tracks that I found myself playing repeatedly were "Heads Explode","Doomsday",a reworking(?)of "Medicine"(off their 'Spine Of God' disc-see my review),"Kiss Of The Scorpion" and "Silver Future"(also featured on the 'Heavy Metal 2000' soundtrack).A should-have."
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