The band did not do anything that was too different from what they had been doing. Except, the production became a lot cleaner, the grooves got friendlier and Wyndorf’s vocals were much more prominent in the mix.

The album starts with the mid tempo stoner groove of the title song sounding like a friendlier and more commercial Corrosion Of Conformity. The lo-fi fuzziness of previous releases has been discarded and the band manages to pull this off quite nicely. “Negasonic Teenage Warhead” was the single off the album and featured a video as well. The song benefits from a straight hard rock approach and a couple of memorable riffs. “Look To Your Orb For The Warning” has a heavy southern rock mixed with Black Sabbath riff that stays in your head long after the song is over. The album has some great mid-tempo rock songs particularly “All Friends And Kingdom Come” with its tinkling sitar effect and laid back guitar leads, “Ego, The Living Planet” inspired by the Marvel comic of the same name and featuring a heavy groove borrowed from Led Zeppelin and some weird sound effects buried in the back of the mix.

The rhythm section of Calandra (bass) and Kleinman (drums) is as tight as ever and hold these songs together. The guitar playing of Wyndorf and Mundell has become self assured and the duo come up with some very cool lead guitar parts right through the album. “I Control, I Fly” is another kickass song buried in the second half of the album sounding like a cross between Corrosion of Conformity on Deliverance and the bands own lo-fi stoner rock history. “Third Alternative” and the album closer “Vertigo” play out the roles of the mandatory epic length stoner rock songs. While “Third Alternative” is slow plodding and lo-fi in a good way, “Vertigo” is layered with distorted guitars and shows off another terrific performance from Joe Calandra and Jon Kleinman.

While it is apparent that the band has distilled their stoner rock sound in favour of a more accessible and radio friendly approach, the songs, don’t suffer from this. In fact on “Dopes To Infinity,” Monster Magnet refined everything that made “Superjudge” so damn good and channeled it towards a more commercial direction. In their quest to become a stadium rock act, the band hit the bulls eye on this album. “Dopes To Infinity” is the perfect synthesis of the bands early stoner rock sound and their leaning towards more accessible hard rock.

Label – A & M Records

Year Of Release – 1995