Monolithic Baby!
Monolithic Baby! is the sixth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on 25 May 2004. It follows God Says No from 2000 and sits in the hard rock and stoner rock camp that the band had made their own. It was the first record to feature bassist Jim Baglino. Michael Wildwood played the drums in the studio, and Bob Pantella was brought in on the kit once recording was finished.
Covers give the album some of its character. The band tackle "There's No Way Out of Here" by Unicorn and "The Right Stuff" by Robert Calvert, while the US edition also includes the Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs". "Master of Light" was written for the film Torque, in which the band perform it in a nightclub, though the film uses a remix with more electronic touches. The album charted in seven countries, reaching number 7 in Sweden and number 13 in Germany.
Monolithic Baby!: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 54:22Tracklist
- 1Slut Machine3:29
- 2Supercruel3:40
- 3On the Verge5:55
- 4Unbroken (Hotel Baby)3:42
- 5Radiation Day4:48
- 6Monolithic4:43
- 7The Right Stuff4:32
- 8There’s No Way Out of HereKen Baker4:10
- 9Master of Light4:45
- 10Too Bad3:34
- 11Ultimate Everything7:26
- 12CNN War Theme3:37
- Produced by
- Dave Wyndorf, Scott Humphrey
- Recorded
- September/October 2003
- Labels
- Steamhammer, SPV
- Length
- 54:22
Singles
- “Unbroken (Hotel Baby)” · 2004
- “Monolithic” · 2004
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Released the same week
Also released on 25 May
Every year →More from Monster Magnet
Full discography →The best of 2004
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 May 2004 | ignored lone early release dated 2004-02-16 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 May 2004 | |
| Wikidata | 2004 | |
| US release | 2004 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 16 February 2004 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723694320 | other |
| 2004 | US | Steamhammer | 693723694320 | other |
| 16 February 2004 | XE | Steamhammer | 693723007328 | original |
| 25 May 2004 | XE | Steamhammer | 693723007328 | other |
| 16 September 2022 | XW | Napalm Records | 840588171200 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 3000x3000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 3000×3000 | native: native 3000x3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |