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 · 54:22

Tracklist

  1. 1Slut Machine3:29
  2. 2Supercruel3:40
  3. 3On the Verge5:55
  4. 4Unbroken (Hotel Baby)3:42
  5. 5Radiation Day4:48
  6. 6Monolithic4:43
  7. 7The Right Stuff4:32
  8. 8There’s No Way Out of HereKen Baker4:10
  9. 9Master of Light4:45
  10. 10Too Bad3:34
  11. 11Ultimate Everything7:26
  12. 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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SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz25 May 2004ignored lone early release dated 2004-02-16
Wikipedia infobox25 May 2004
Wikidata2004
US release2004earliest US date
UK / Europe release16 February 2004earliest UK or European date
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DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
2004DESteamhammer693723694320other
2004USSteamhammer693723694320other
16 February 2004XESteamhammer693723007328original
25 May 2004XESteamhammer693723007328other
16 September 2022XWNapalm Records840588171200other
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