Supercharger (album)

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Supercharger
Machine Head - Supercharger.jpg
Studio album by
Machine Head
ReleasedOctober 2, 2001
RecordedIndigo Ranch Studios
GenreNu metal[1]
Length56:30
74:05 (digipak)
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerJohnny K
Machine Head chronology
The Burning Red
(1999) 		Supercharger
(2001) 		Hellalive
(2003)
Singles from Supercharger
  1. "Crashing Around You"
    Released: September 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2.5/5 stars[2]
Blabbermouth.net8/10[3]

Supercharger is the fourth album by the heavy metal band Machine Head. The release was ill-timed, and, as a result of little promotion, fell far short of the success of The Burning Red, which has sold about 134,000 copies in the US to date. Supercharger has sold about 45,000 copies in the US to date, making it a commercial failure. It is the band's last release to feature lead guitarist Ahrue Luster.

Album information[]

Supercharger was released in October, 2001, just weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The lead (and only) single "Crashing Around You", was pulled from MTV and rock radio just as soon as it was added despite being the "most added" track in the United States. The pull was a result of the metaphorical "crashing" lyric in the song and the burning San Francisco skyline in the video.

Machine Head's support tour for the album was done without help from their label Roadrunner Records, and after the release of Hellalive to fulfill their contract, led the band to a two-year hiatus from the label's American branch.

With The Burning Red, the band moved their sound more towards contemporary nu metal trends. Supercharger was darker and heavier than The Burning Red, but lacked as much groove metal sound as Burn My Eyes and The More Things Change.... Two years later, the band would release Through the Ashes of Empires and return to their groove metal roots.

The album was released in standard and digipak editions, the latter of which contains four previously released bonus tracks.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Machine Head except as noted below.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Declaration"  1:11
2."Bulldozer"Robert FlynnFlynn4:35
3."White-Knuckle Blackout!"Flynn, Adam DuceFlynn, Ahrue Luster3:15
4."Crashing Around You"FlynnFlynn3:14
5."Kick You When You're Down"FlynnFlynn, Luster4:01
6."Only the Names"FlynnFlynn6:08
7."All in Your Head"FlynnFlynn, Luster4:06
8."American High"FlynnFlynn, Dave McClain, Luster3:48
9."Brown Acid"  0:59
10."Nausea"Flynn, DuceFlynn, McClain, Luster4:24
11."Blank Generation"FlynnFlynn, Luster6:38
12."Trephination"FlynnFlynn, McClain, Luster4:59
13."Deafening Silence"FlynnFlynn, Luster5:33
14."Supercharger"Flynn, DuceFlynn, McClain3:48
Total length:56:39
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Hole in the Sky" (Black Sabbath cover)Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward3:33
Total length:60:12
Digipak release
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
15."The Blood, the Sweat, the Tears" (live)FlynnLuster, Flynn4:35
Total length:61:16
18 track digipak release[4]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
15."Hole in the Sky" (Black Sabbath cover) Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward3:33
16."Ten Fold" (from the Supercharger sessions)FlynnLuster4:53
17."The Blood, the Sweat, the Tears" (live)FlynnLuster, Flynn4:35
18."Desire to Fire" (live)FlynnFlynn4:37
Total length:74:17

The bonus track on several editions of Supercharger, "Hole in the Sky", originally appeared on Nativity in Black II. The two live tracks on the 18 track digipak were recorded on September 15, 1999 at Webster Hall, Hartford, Connecticut. These live tracks were previously released on the Year of the Dragon EP.

Personnel[]

Machine Head
Technical personnel
Hole in the Sky
Live tracks
  • Machine Head – production
  • Toby Wright – mixing

Chart positions[]

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 24
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[7] 46
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 88
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 25
French Albums Chart[10] 35
German Albums Chart[11] 25
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 42
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 82
UK Album Chart[14] 34
The Billboard 200[15] 115

References[]

  1. ^ "MACHINE HEAD - SUPERCHARGER". Metalreviews.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Supercharger - Machine Head". Allmusic.
  3. ^ "Machine Head Supercharger CD Review". Blabbermouth.net.
  4. ^ Supercharger, barcode 8714221009088
  5. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". australian-charts.com.
  6. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". austriancharts.at.
  7. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". ultratop.be.
  8. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". dutchcharts.nl.
  9. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". finnishcharts.com.
  10. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". lescharts.com.
  11. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Machine Head / Longplay" (in German). Musicline.de.
  12. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". swedishcharts.com.
  13. ^ "Machine Head - Supercharger". hitparade.ch.
  14. ^ "Machine Head UK Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  15. ^ "Supercharger - Machine Head". Billboard.
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