Supercharger is the fourth studio album by American 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 guitarist Ahrue Luster. The album continues the nu metal style first heard on The Burning Red.

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.

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

Track listing

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 Robb Flynn – vocals, guitar Ahrue Luster – guitar Adam Duce – bass Dave McClain – drums

Technical personnel Johnny K. – production Machine Head – co-production Colin Richardson – mixing Johnny K., Kevin Bosley – engineers Scott Oyster – assistant engineer Brett Nolan – assistant mix engineer Ted Jensen – mastering

"Hole in the Sky" Colin Richardson – production Toby Wright – mixing

Live tracks Machine Head – production Toby Wright – mixing

Chart positions Chart (2001)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart24Austrian Albums Chart33Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)46Dutch Albums Chart88Finnish Albums Chart25French Albums Chart35German Albums Chart25Italian Albums Chart48Swedish Albums Chart42Swiss Albums Chart82UK Album Chart34The Billboard 200115

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