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{{Other uses|Power Trip (disambiguation){{!}}Power Trip}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Powertrip | type = studio | artist = [[Monster Magnet]] | cover = Monster Magnet Powertrip.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1998|6|16}} | recorded = 1997 | venue = | studio = North Vine, [[NRG Studios|NRG]] | genre = *[[Stoner rock]]<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-16/10-essential-stoner-rock-albums|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|website=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=16 October 2016|accessdate=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/monster-magnet-powertrip/ |title=Monster Magnet Albums Ranked Worst to Best |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |date=June 13, 2018 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> *[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Monster Magnet albums you should definitely own|date=June 30, 2022 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-monster-magnet-albums-you-should-definitely-own|website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|first=Ken|last=McIntrye|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://metalinjection.net/interviews/phil-caivanobreaks-down-his-new-solo-project-25-years-of-monster-magnets-powertrip-thats-a-special-record|title=PHIL CAIVANO Breaks Down His New Solo Project & 25 Years of MONSTER MAGNET's Powertrip: "That's A Special Record"|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=March 19, 2025|website=[[Metal Injection]]|first=Dillon|last=Collins}}</ref> *[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite news|title=MONSTER MAGNET "Powertrip" A&M |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/05/14/monster-magnet-powertrip-a38/4eedc8fe-0ccc-49d0-8ae1-2b49201f8dcb/|date=May 13, 1999|access-date=March 19, 2025|first=Mark|last=Jenkins}}</ref> | length = 60:42 | label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | producer = [[Dave Wyndorf]], [[Matt Hyde]] | prev_title = [[Dopes to Infinity]] | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = [[God Says No]] | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Powertrip | type = studio | single1 = [[Space Lord]] | single1date = 1998 | single2 = Powertrip | single2date = 1998 | single3 = Temple of Your Dreams | single3date = 1999 | single4 = See You in Hell | single4date = 1999 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/powertrip-mw0000042604|title=Powertrip β Monster Magnet|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=December 26, 2013|last=Raggett|first=Ned}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4437059.html|title=Monster Magnet, 'Powertrip' (A&M)|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=June 28, 1998|accessdate=January 29, 2018|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|author-link=Jim DeRogatis|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141139/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4437059.html|archivedate=January 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2450|chapter=Monster Magnet: Powertrip|accessdate=December 26, 2013|title=[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s]]|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|year=2000|isbn=0-312-24560-2}}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]'' |rev4score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=287}}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' |rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4753/reviews/2055--|title=Album Review: Monster Magnet β Powertrip|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=September 5, 2001|accessdate=December 26, 2013|last=Marsh|first=Mark|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227120828/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4753/reviews/2055--|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev6 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev6score = Aβ<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Monster Magnet: Powertrip|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=July 10, 1998|page=76}}</ref> |rev7 = ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' |rev7Score = 10/10<ref name="MetalHammerRev">{{Cite journal |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=June 1998 |title=Under the Hammer |journal=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |issue=51 |page=75 |issn=0955-1190}}</ref> |rev8 = ''[[NME]]'' |rev8score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001030reviews.html|title=Monster Magnet β Powertrip|magazine=[[NME]]|date=May 30, 1998|accessdate=April 13, 2020|last=Wirth|first=Jim|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000420092816/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001030reviews.html|archivedate=April 20, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Monster Magnet|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/555 555]}}</ref> }} '''''Powertrip''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[Rock music|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 on the album include "Powertrip", "Temple of Your Dreams", and "See You in Hell". The album reached #1 on the Heatseekers Charts, #21 in the German Charts,<ref>[http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Powertrip/longplay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227115211/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Powertrip/longplay|date=2013-12-27}} musicline.de (german, 10.07.2010)</ref> #65 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Charts]], and #97 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The album was [[certified gold]] by the [[RIAA]] on January 25, 1999.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=%22Monster%20Magnet%22 | title=American certifications β Monster Magnet | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Dom |date=2020-07-08 |title=Monster Magnetβs Dave Wyndorf: My Life Story |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/monster-magnets-dave-wyndorf-my-life-story |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |language=en}}</ref> Music videos were made for the songs "Space Lord", "Powertrip", and "See You in Hell".
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