''God Says No'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. It was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2000, and in the United States on April 10, 2001. It was a commercial failure compared to their previous album, ''

Powertrip ''Powertrip'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Monster Magnet, released on June 16, 1998. The album was the band's commercial breakthrough, achieving mainstream success due largely to the hit single "Space Lord". Other hit songs ...

''. It was their last release recorded for

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, due to problems with promotion of the album but it reached #17 in Germany.
musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010) It would also be the last release with bassist Joe Calandra and drummer Jon Kleiman. The track "Medicine", which appears on the US release, is a re-recording of a track which originally appeared on the band's 1991 album ''

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''. A music video was made for the 1991 version. Two different music videos were produced for the song "Heads Explode" and one for "Melt", consisting mostly of live footage over the studio version of the track. The former song was featured in the film ''

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'' and included on its

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Track listing

All tracks written by

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, except where noted.

UK track listing

US track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *

Ed Mundell Edward Mundell is an American rock guitarist known for his space rock 1970's inspired sound. From 1992 to 2010, he was the lead guitarist for stoner rock band Monster Magnet, contributing to eight albums in total. As of 2024, Mundell contribut ...

– lead guitar *Phil Caivano – guitar *Joe Calandra – bass *Jon Kleiman – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Album notes

*"Heads Explode" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie ''

'' and "Silver Future" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie ''

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''. *The lyrics to "Melt" feature a reference to comic book pioneer

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: "...I was thinking how the world should have cried // On the day Jack Kirby died..."

References

{{Authority control Monster Magnet albums 2000 albums A&M Records albums