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The second Queens of the Stone Age album, Rated R (as in the movie rating; its title was changed from II at the last minute before release), makes its stoner rock affiliations clear right from the opening track. The lyrics of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" consist entirely of a one-line list of recreational drugs that Josh Homme rattles off over and over, a gag that gets pretty tiresome by the end of the song (and certainly doesn't need the reprise that follows "In the Fade"). Fortunately, the rest of the material is up to snuff. R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns, and even the odd steel drum. That might alienate listeners who have come to expect a crunchier guitar attack, but even though it's not really aggro, R is still far heavier than the garage punk and grunge that inform much of the record. It's still got the vaunted California-desert vibes of Kyuss, but it evokes a more relaxed, spacious, twilight feel, as opposed to a high-noon meltdown. Mark Lanegan and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees both appear on multiple tracks, and their band's psychedelic grunge -- in its warmer, less noisy moments -- is actually not a bad point of comparison. Longtime Kyuss fans might be disappointed at the relative lack of heaviness, but R's direction was hinted at on the first QOTSA album, and Homme's experimentation really opens up the band's sound, pointing to exciting new directions for heavy guitar rock in the new millennium.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Lalli, ComposerLyricist - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catchings, ComposerLyricist - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alain Johannes, Producer - Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Interscope Records
Larry Carter, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Bossi, ComposerLyricist - Frank Zincavage, ComposerLyricist - Debora Iyall, ComposerLyricist - Alain Johannes, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Peter John Woods, ComposerLyricist - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alain Johannes, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Scott, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Homme, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Valentine, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Davies, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Szymanski, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, Drums, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - ADAM KASPER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Joe Marlett, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Adkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Interscope Records
Kevin Scott, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Homme, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Valentine, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Szymanski, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, Drums, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - ADAM KASPER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Joe Marlett, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Adkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marek, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Trina Shoemaker, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Lalli, ComposerLyricist - Chris Goss, Producer, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Brad Cook, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Allen Goss, Producer
℗ 2000 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Rob Halford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Goss, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Dave Catching, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Gaston, Producer - Gene Trautmann, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wendy Ray Moan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Eldorado, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Jose Alfredo Hernandez, ComposerLyricist - John Paul McBain, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Nick Oliveri, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Josh Homme, ComposerLyricist - Mario Lalli, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, MainArtist - Sarah Gaston, Producer
℗ 2000 BBC
Album review
The second Queens of the Stone Age album, Rated R (as in the movie rating; its title was changed from II at the last minute before release), makes its stoner rock affiliations clear right from the opening track. The lyrics of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" consist entirely of a one-line list of recreational drugs that Josh Homme rattles off over and over, a gag that gets pretty tiresome by the end of the song (and certainly doesn't need the reprise that follows "In the Fade"). Fortunately, the rest of the material is up to snuff. R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns, and even the odd steel drum. That might alienate listeners who have come to expect a crunchier guitar attack, but even though it's not really aggro, R is still far heavier than the garage punk and grunge that inform much of the record. It's still got the vaunted California-desert vibes of Kyuss, but it evokes a more relaxed, spacious, twilight feel, as opposed to a high-noon meltdown. Mark Lanegan and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees both appear on multiple tracks, and their band's psychedelic grunge -- in its warmer, less noisy moments -- is actually not a bad point of comparison. Longtime Kyuss fans might be disappointed at the relative lack of heaviness, but R's direction was hinted at on the first QOTSA album, and Homme's experimentation really opens up the band's sound, pointing to exciting new directions for heavy guitar rock in the new millennium.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:45:47
- Main artists: Queens Of The Stone Age
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 Interscope Records This Compilation ℗ 2010 Interscope Records
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