Editing Powertrip

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{{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 – 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 – 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 = A−<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 – 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 – 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 Magnet’s 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".

==Recording==
After the [[Dopes to Infinity]] tour, [[Dave Wyndorf]] flew to Las Vegas to work on the group's next album. He got a hotel room {{convert|10|mi}} outside the city, where he would write one song a day for twenty-one days.<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/jun/09/the-third-degree-with-monster-magnet/ "The Third Degree with Monster Magnet"]. lasvegassun.com. Retrieved on December 27, 2013.</ref> Most of the songs were based on the themes of Las Vegas, such as naked women and people losing their money. The song "Tractor" is a re-recorded version of the song originally released on the band's 1990 [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Monster Magnet (EP)|Monster Magnet]]''.

==In popular culture==
* "Powertrip" is featured in the film ''[[Soldier (1998 American film)|Soldier]]'', starring [[Kurt Russell]], and was the official theme song for the WWE pay-per-view event [[No Way Out (2007)]].
* "Space Lord" is featured in the film ''[[Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby]]'', starring [[Will Ferrell]] and [[John C. Reilly]].
* "Crop Circle" is featured in the film ''[[Urban Legend (film)|Urban Legend]]''.
* "See you in Hell" is featured in the film ''[[Bride of Chucky]]''.
* "Powertrip" was included on the soundtracks of the video games ''[[MotorStorm (video game)|MotorStorm]]'' and ''[[Far Cry 5]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track list
| total_length  = 60:42
| all_writing   = [[Dave Wyndorf]], except where noted.
| title1        = Crop Circle
| length1       = 5:32
| title2        = Powertrip
| length2       = 3:31
| title3        = [[Space Lord]]
| length3       = 5:55
| title4        = Temple of Your Dreams
| length4       = 4:35
| title5        = Bummer
| length5       = 7:35
| title6        = Baby Götterdämerung
| length6       = 3:09
| note6         = misspelling of Götterdämmerung
| title7        = 19 Witches
| length7       = 4:02
| title8        = 3rd Eye Landslide
| length8       = 5:10
| title9        = See You in Hell
| length9       = 4:05
| title10       = Tractor
| length10      = 3:26
| title11       = Atomic Clock
| length11      = 5:06
| title12       = Goliath and the Vampires
| length12      = 4:13
| title13       = Your Lies Become You
| length13      = 4:18
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline      = Japanese bonus tracks
| title14       = Big God
| length14      = 5:58
| title15       = [[Kick Out the Jams (song)|Kick Out the Jams]]
| note15        = [[MC5]] cover
| length15      = 2:35
| title16       = The Game
| length16      = 4:54
}}

A Limited Tour Edition was also released with a bonus disc entitled ''Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)''. The Japanese version contains this bonus disc and three bonus tracks on the original.

===''Viva Las Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)''===
{{Tracklist
| title1  = Temple of Your Dreams
| length1 = 5:34
| title2 = Dinosaur Vacuum
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Baby Götterdämmerung
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Cage Around the Sun
| length4 = 8:18
| title5 = Bummer
| length5 = 7:35
| title6 = Space Lord
| length6 = 9:32
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Dave Wyndorf]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Ed Mundell]] – guitar
* Philip Caivano – guitar
* Joe Calandra – bass 
* Jon Kleiman – drums

===Additional personnel===
* [[Matt Hyde]] – guitar, engineer, mixing
* John Flannery – guitar
* Scott Garrett – drums
* Tim Cronin – autovisuals, misinformation, herald of galactus

===Production===
* Steve Mixdorf – assistant engineer
* Jesse Fishman – assistant engineer
* Cameron Webb – assistant engineer
* Paul Silveira – assistant engineer
* Randy Staub – mixing
* [[John Travis (producer)|John Travis]] – mixing
* Ron Boustead – digital editing
* Don C. Tyler – digital editing
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering

==Chart positions==
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===Album===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1998)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| [[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] (VL)<ref name="Monster Magnet - Powertrip">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Monster+Magnet&titel=Powertrip&cat=a |title=Monster Magnet – Powertrip |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-16}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 31
|-
| [[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<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. Retrieved November 16, 2013.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
|- 
| |[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref name="Monster Magnet - Powertrip"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
| [[UK Albums Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|65
|-
|[[Billboard Top 200|US Billboard 200]]<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/powertrip-mw0000042604/awards "Billboard Top 200"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 97
|-
| US [[Top Heatseekers]]<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/powertrip-mw0000042604/awards "Top Heatseekers"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Single
! [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
! [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|-
| 1997
| "Temple of Your Dreams"
| –
| #25
|-
| 1998
| "[[Space Lord]]"
| #29
| #3
|-
| 1998
| "Powertrip"
| –
| #20
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Provider
! scope="col"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certification]]
|-
!scope="row"| United States
| [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
| Gold<ref name="RIAA"/>
|}

==References==
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