Tab

I've heard a lot of good and bad things about Monster Magnet. How their early albums are real psychadelic and acid-drenched, and that their late albums are more 70's rock. Well, I'm more of a Spine Of God fan than a Monolithic Baby fan, so I like the early stuff. Tab is a great song. 37 minutes of a bad acid trip. You can't go wrong. 25 is awesome. A fast rocker which turns into a slow burner. Another great tune. Longhair is a little less intense, but it's a good trippy song. Lord 13 is a little too typical sounding, so I don't care for it that much. There's a untitled 5th track too, which is actually called Tractor, and it is the same version that is on the Monster Magnet EP in 1990. It's alright, but nothing special. Buy this for the 1st 3 songs.

Holy mother of all creatures great and small! This is actually supposed to be an EP? Boy, you sure had me fooled, with '25...Tab' clocking in at over 45 minutes, Monster Magnet mainman Dave Wyndorf and crew go WAY above and beyond the call of duty to put this outstanding release together. When I first got this disc, I remember playing it about like every other night. Simply could not get nearly enough of the 32-minute title track, '25...Tab'. And to think that some thought psychedelia was dead. NO WAY!! This'd be great to play at a late nighter's bash. The other two tracks, the 12-minute tripping "Longhair" and "Lord 13" will provide the listener(s) with much aural pleasure as well. Nonetheless, a priceless psychedelic metallic (with much mayhem to offer) disc to own and treasure. If you can't hear Magnet's influences of Sabbath, Stooges, MC 5 and Hawkwind, you need to get your ears cleaned. Highly recommended.

if you appreciate music that is way out there or your a huge fan of magnet then this is for you, otherwise, stay away. the fist song is thirty plus minutes long. the amazing thing is how the band played the same riff for so long or did they loop it? it really is a good groove but it gets repititive. the second song is fifteen minutes long and can make you weary just listening. the next two songs are really good and not too long at all. there is also a hidden track which is another version of the song tractor. i love this band. amazing stuff. very black sabbath meets hawkwind. psychadelic rock with a heavy edge. good stuff if you have the ear for something different.

25...TAB is a strange, strange album from the guys of Monster Magnet. The absolutely over-the-top-length of the 32-minute-plus "25" is mind-bending with it's trippy, atmospheric jamming feel, and the 12-minute "Tab" seems just as strange. But "Longhair" and Lord 13" are absolutely fuzz rockers...and there's a hidden track, an early version of "Tractor" recorded here...with a more 60s-70s feel to it (it would later be re-recorded for POWERTRIP). Overall, 25...TAB is recommended for only hardcore fans, unless you really think you can take this truly druggy-acid trip, mind-bending rock.

Let me first let you know of the common mistake on people's take of TAB. People think they are buying an album from a rock band. If that is what you are looking for, buy Powertrip. Tab is a glimpse into the soul of Monster Magent that few bands have been brave enough (or had enough freedom from their record companies) to do. The opening track is a 32 minute ride through the darkest part of space in '69 GTO Judge.... the only concern is, the beast's Manifold is cracked and it is leaking toxic fumes into you breathing chamber! It is not a song, it is a psychedellic journey throuh the band's "altered" state. This album is 60's fuzz driven through a blown Leslie speaker the size of God. Creative... free.. and as psychedellic as that legendary Window Payne. This is an album you relax, get high, and float off to planets yet undiscovered by science. The way Magnet intended. Many won't get it. The one's who do will be saved.

This album is not an experimental ep to drift away from the average Monster Magnet sound, alot of people think so, but I disagree. I find the songs here to be just as rocking and melodic as any other Monster Magnet material on any of their other albums. The only throw here is the first track weighing in at a little over thirty minutes long, which I love by the way, more bands should write epics like that! Anyway, if you're a fan of Monster Magnet, this ep is a must, don't let it pass you by!

Monster Magnet is a great heavy psych band, but this is certainly not their best effort, yet still somewhat interesting. If you are a fan you must hear this at least once. I heard it once and sold my copy back to the used CD store. That's not a statement that this is totally awful either. Once is enough; maybe this was a piece of art created as a disposable listen ? I think it's an effective record in the sense that it actually scared me to death [...] one Saturday afternoon.

You can throw out all your other albums. This one's all you need. I got mine when it came out and have been listening to the same copy for over ten years on a very frequent basis. Guanteed to cause brain damange.Here's feedback in your ear.Seth Hexx

Monster Magnet fans for me, divide somewhere between SuperJudge and Dopes to Infinity. If you liked DTI and thought SuperJudge was ok then I think you will be hugely disappointed with this music.If you thought DTI was the start of the inexorable slide to MM's commercial-rock-sell out then I think will probably enjoy this.After Tab came screaming from the womb that was the mind of Wyndorf somewhere in the late 80's early 90's, Spine of God was the after-birth licked clean. This is nothing like anything you would have heard Monster Magnet play before. Unending riffs, screaming and wailing, virtually no discernible lyrics.This was a truly intensive labour.

If you like thirty two minute or so in length songs - get this. 25/Longhair and Lord 13 are also brilliant. if you enjoy long songs, prog rock, 70s rock, psych rock, stoner rock..... can't get enough of Sleep's Dopesmoker - heres another to throw in the pipe.

Good album

Love it.

El álbum más psicodélico de la banda. Ep de 5 canciones (esta edición incluye una versión en directo) con el que disfrutarás seas o no fan de la banda, siempre que quieras adentrarte en este extraño ambiente. La canción Tab tiene una duración de 32 minutos. Brutal.PD: Espero que esta vez no me censuren la review ... ;)