Superjudge

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Superjudge
Studio album by Monster Magnet

Publication
(s)

April 6, 1993 (USA)

admission

October 1992

Label (s) A&M Records

Genre (s)

Space rock , hard rock , psychedelic rock , stoner rock

Title (number)

11 (14 import version)

running time

53:43

occupation
  • Joe Calandra - bass

production

Dave Wyndorf

Studio (s)

The Magic Shop, New York City

chronology
Spine of God
(1991) 		Superjudge Dopes to Infinity
(1995)

Superjudge is the second studio album by the US band Monster Magnet and their major label debut. It was released on A&M Records in April 1993 . It is the first album with longtime guitarist Ed Mundell, who replaced founding member Jon McBain.

style

The album is described as being more structured than its predecessor Spine of God . Instead of sounds based on the Seattle sound , hard rock and space rock were now identified, which were compared with Hawkwind , Blue Cheer or Chrome . As before, however, influences from psychedelic rock or borrowings from Black Sabbath were seen. With Cage Around the Sun and Black Balloon , two acoustic pieces are included.

Emergence

For Superjudge , the band, reinforced by the new guitarist Ed Mundell, with sound engineer and mixer Steve Rosenthal, went to The Magic Shop in New York City . The album was produced by Dave Wyndorf himself. All songs, as far as no cover versions, were composed by Wyndorf. As cover songs were Willie Dixon Evil and Hawkwind Brainstorm on their album Doremi Fasol Latido played by 1,972th Music videos were shot for Twin Earth and Face Down .

reception

Superjudge was not granted any major commercial success despite passable to good reviews. In Rock Hard magazine , Marcus Schleutermann particularly highlighted the “huge” title track. The album is different from its predecessor, but not worse or “more commercial”. Schleutermann rated it nine out of ten points. At Allmusic , Ned Raggett awarded three out of five stars. He saw the Hawkwind cover Brainstorm as the real "signal mast" of the record. Lyrically one shouldn't take the album seriously, especially the song titles are partly "ridiculous enough in a crazy way". At Powermetal.de , Eike Schmitz wrote: “ Superjudge is a real mad trip into the world of psychedelic hard rock. Monster Magnet let themselves go really hungry, manic, nasty. "Schmitz closed his review without judgment, but with the recommendation:" Do not take drugs. Listen to them! "

Track list

  1. Cyclops Revolution - 5:43
  2. Twin Earth - 3:55
  3. Super Judge - 6:49
  4. Cage Around the Sun - 4:55
  5. Elephant Bell - 3:59
  6. Dinosaur Vacume - 6:02
  7. Evil (Is Going On) ( Dixon ) - 3:14
  8. Stage - 3:41
  9. Face Down - 4:11
  10. Brainstorm ( Turner ) - 8:04
  11. Black Balloon - 3:05

All songs were written by Dave Wyndorf unless otherwise noted. There is also a US import version with live bonus pieces:

Bonus pieces (import version)

  2. Nod Scene (Live) - 6:26
  3. Snake Dance (Live) - 3:33
  4. Medicine (Live) - 4:24

swell

  1. ^ A b www.rockhard.de: Review Superjudge by Marcus Schleutermann
  2. ↑ a b www.powermetal.de: Review Superjudge by Eike Schmitz
  3. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Superjude review by Ned Ragget

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