Favourite Queens of the Stone Age album.

Shallowed · 09-24-2008, 01:27 AM

Rated R.

Sonic Johnny · 09-24-2008, 05:37 AM

R is a brilliant album.

However, SFTD is probably amongst my 5 favourite albums of the decade. Immaculately produced, brilliantly written, totally consistent. Homme's best guitar work by miles. Probably Dave Grohl's best drum performance on record too. Not a riff or a lick or a fill out of place. And it fucking ROCKS in an age of soft-cock-rock made by douchebags in matching dinner jackets and pointy shoes.

Shapan · 09-24-2008, 06:49 AM

yeah songs for the deaf is my favorite album of the decade. i just, love this album.

that said queens of the stone age have the most steady & most impressive discography in rock for me. at the very least they blow practically every other mainstream artist out of the water.

as incredible as radiohead's last 6 records have been, pablo honey is good but a significant step below all their other records. queens have not had a single dud while they've been around.

shannon · 09-24-2008, 09:02 AM

all of them are great, but songs for the deaf is my favorite

??? · 09-24-2008, 11:38 AM

there are only two records that contend for 'best rock album of the decade' and they are Songs for the Deaf and My Vitriol's Finelines. i'd pick the latter.

MstrGhost · 09-24-2008, 11:52 AM

Rated X LP

Skradgee · 09-24-2008, 11:56 AM

Songs for the Deaf, with 'R' a close 2nd

Pizza Club · 09-24-2008, 12:33 PM

Rated R

Deadeyes · 09-24-2008, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???

there are only two records that contend for 'best rock album of the decade' and they are Songs for the Deaf and My Vitriol's Finelines. i'd pick the latter.

Wouldn't really classify Finelines under best rock album. Its best moments are where it transcends the boundaries of "rock" and mixes elements of shoegaze or should i say nugaze which they pretty much created. I guess you could get away with alternative rock, though I think that is cutting them thin. The band is way more interesting when they get out of the rock single routine.

Deadeyes · 09-24-2008, 12:47 PM

God fuck genres seriously. No debate to ensue on that, I just don't see the pairing of albums as appropriate in this case.

smashingjj · 09-24-2008, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RockLobster

not an album but a b-side compilation i believe

i believe that this was the LP version of rated R

??? · 09-24-2008, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deadeyes

Wouldn't really classify Finelines under best rock album. Its best moments are where it transcends the boundaries of "rock" and mixes elements of shoegaze or should i say nugaze which they pretty much created. I guess you could get away with alternative rock, though I think that is cutting them thin. The band is way more interesting when they get out of the rock single routine.

i'm not sure what you mean by the "rock single routine" because every song on that damn album has hit potential. their sound is basically punk-infused shoegaze with top-class songwriting and composition. it is fundamentally a rock album, just in a league of its own, like any sp or qotsa album.

frugalscotsman · 09-24-2008, 05:26 PM

love songs for the deaf, it's fucking relentless. rated r is even more impressive because of songs like better living through chemistry and quick and to the pointless (hilarious!). the debut was one of the strongest debuts ever. era vulgaris has some slick tunes, but i'm left with a bland taste. lullabies to paralyze was a better album, maybe that's why i wasn't impressed with ev.

that said, lullabies to paralyze is my favortie by far. it's the most cohesive album homme's released. the mood of the whole album is dark, dreamy, dirty, lost and on the brink of insanity. i don't care if castillo is not grohl, his drumming is totally in the pocket, letting the warm, blunted guitars propel the music. what can i say? medication, burn the witch, everybody knows that you're insane, the blood is love, you got a killer scene there man, long slow goodbye, skin on skin, in my head, tangled up in plaid...killer songs.

pale blue eyes · 09-24-2008, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smashingjj

i believe that this was the LP version of rated R

I'm pretty sure it is too, with some bonus tracks I think? I saw it in the record store the other day. I was tempted to pick it up but it was more than I would have spent on it.

Deadeyes · 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ???

i'm not sure what you mean by the "rock single routine" because every song on that damn album has hit potential. their sound is basically punk-infused shoegaze with top-class songwriting and composition. it is fundamentally a rock album, just in a league of its own, like any sp or qotsa album.

The first half of the album is more hit loaded than the second. I think critic orientated rock was kind of an in joke about that, the thing with My Vitriol, it starts off so accessible and weaves its way into some more experienced soundscapes. That is why I think Between The Lines is essential after Finelines, once you're hooked you get to see the other stuff which is better because under the skin they get more alternative. Anyway out of that deviation, punk-infused? oh come on everything alternative is punk infused in some way or another these days, that is just some cast off from the endless morphing of the genre. I get what you are saying but it is just semantics, like shoegaze, they use some guitar effects but are not "heavy shoegaze", they craft it into alternative rock and make a newer breed. Etc etc.

This was worthless to bring up, I guess it's an alternative rock album at heart with hits and adventure. Im just hesitant to make a rock assesment list with albums that are pretty different. It's like those greatest rock compilations or something, buh to the generalisation.

Shallowed · 09-24-2008, 06:37 PM

[quote=frugalscotsman;3346433]love songs for the deaf, it's fucking relentless. rated r is even more impressive because of songs like better living through chemistry and quick and to the pointless (hilarious!). the debut was one of the strongest debuts ever. era vulgaris has some slick tunes, but i'm left with a bland taste. lullabies to paralyze was a better album, maybe that's why i wasn't impressed with ev.QUOTE]

I probably have a bias towards Rated R because it was the first one I heard. Second was Era Vulgaris, which I like except it has a slump after "Make It wit Chu". I like it better than LtP. Again, I probably have a bias.

I could have sworn that Trent Reznor produced EV.

I think SftD is overrated, but I haven't listened to it much. No One Knows is made of

though

QotSA is one of those bands that did heaps of songs that I didn't know that I knew, like Keeping a Secret, Little Sister, Feel Good Hit..

Ironically EVERYONE knows "No One Knows"

DeadOpera · 09-24-2008, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smashingjj

i believe that this was the LP version of rated R

yeah

i know i dunno why i thought of compilations... anywho rated R is way better

DeadOpera · 09-24-2008, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pale blue eyes

I'm pretty sure it is too, with some bonus tracks I think? I saw it in the record store the other day. I was tempted to pick it up but it was more than I would have spent on it.

it has one i think ode to clarissa. btw you can buy rated R with bonus tracks too.

Sonic Johnny · 09-25-2008, 04:51 AM

reason SFTD wins:

Shallowed · 09-25-2008, 05:21 AM

I'm not that good with QOTSA history, who's that on drums?

It must be between SftD and LtP because Oliveri is still on bass, so I would of expected Dave on drums.

Sonic Johnny · 09-25-2008, 05:26 AM

Dave didn't really tour much with QOTSA cause the Foo Fighters shat something out not much later. That's Joey Castillo, who is still with em today. He's fucking great. At the 03 Big Day Out both Foos and Queens were on the bill but Dave didn't play with Queens even though he could have. sucks.

Rockin' Cherub · 09-25-2008, 06:57 AM

songs for the deaf is the qotsa album for people who don't like qotsa

Shapan · 09-25-2008, 07:07 AM

its also the album for qotsa fans whose favorite qotsa album is songs for the deaf

Sonic Johnny · 09-25-2008, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin' Cherub

songs for the deaf is the qotsa album for people who don't like qotsa

of all the ridiculous things you have ever said on this board, this is by far the most ridiculous.

Meat Is Murder is the Smiths album for people who thought INXS were better after they found a new vocalist on that reality TV show, but think that the guy who came second should have won.

Rockin' Cherub · 09-25-2008, 07:43 AM

i just meant it has a totally different feel from what i and every qotsa fan i know associate with qotsa

and i know a whole lot of people who only like that album

yoshinobu's revenge · 09-25-2008, 12:54 PM

kyuss

sweetanthony · 09-25-2008, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frugalscotsman

love songs for the deaf, it's fucking relentless. rated r is even more impressive because of songs like better living through chemistry and quick and to the pointless (hilarious!). the debut was one of the strongest debuts ever. era vulgaris has some slick tunes, but i'm left with a bland taste. lullabies to paralyze was a better album, maybe that's why i wasn't impressed with ev.

that said, lullabies to paralyze is my favortie by far. it's the most cohesive album homme's released. the mood of the whole album is dark, dreamy, dirty, lost and on the brink of insanity. i don't care if castillo is not grohl, his drumming is totally in the pocket, letting the warm, blunted guitars propel the music. what can i say? medication, burn the witch, everybody knows that you're insane, the blood is love, you got a killer scene there man, long slow goodbye, skin on skin, in my head, tangled up in plaid...killer songs.

L2P is highly under-rated. Many people don't like it at all, but it stands up to R, SftD, and S/T just fine. EV is good, but something about it, as you said, kinda left me feeling empty

bja1288 · 09-25-2008, 06:46 PM

i never came? how can you not mention that song

redbull · 09-25-2008, 06:48 PM

SFTD. not even a question here.

Catherine Wheel · 09-25-2008, 07:01 PM

Self Titled is my favorite followed closely by Lullabies to Paralyze. Every song on Self Titled is quality. No filler like on follow up albums. How To Handle A Rope has to be the best song they've ever done.

I love the first half of Rated R but it really drags after Better Living Through Chemistry. Songs For The Deaf is just boring. It has a been-there-done-that feeling to it. Dave is great on drums but even he can't save it.

View Poll Results: What is your Favourite album by Queens of the Stone Age?
Queens of the Stone Age	6	16.22%
Rated R	7	18.92%
Songs for the Deaf	18	48.65%
Lullabies to Paralyze	5	13.51%
Era Vulgaris	1	2.70%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

09-24-2008, 01:27 AM	#1
Shallowed Braindead Posts: 18,608	Favourite Queens of the Stone Age album. Rated R.

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09-24-2008, 05:37 AM	#2
Sonic Johnny Through Silver In Buds Location: Centralia Posts: 16,502	R is a brilliant album. However, SFTD is probably amongst my 5 favourite albums of the decade. Immaculately produced, brilliantly written, totally consistent. Homme's best guitar work by miles. Probably Dave Grohl's best drum performance on record too. Not a riff or a lick or a fill out of place. And it fucking *ROCKS* in an age of soft-cock-rock made by douchebags in matching dinner jackets and pointy shoes.

09-24-2008, 06:49 AM	#3
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,794	yeah songs for the deaf is my favorite album of the decade. i just, love this album. that said queens of the stone age have the most steady & most impressive discography in rock for me. at the very least they blow practically every other mainstream artist out of the water. as incredible as radiohead's last 6 records have been, pablo honey is good but a significant step below all their other records. queens have not had a single dud while they've been around.

09-24-2008, 09:02 AM	#4
shannon Minion of Satan Location: i am a reptile Posts: 7,231	all of them are great, but songs for the deaf is my favorite

09-24-2008, 11:38 AM	#5
??? Minion of Satan Location: ¯\(º_o)/¯ Posts: 8,658	there are only two records that contend for 'best rock album of the decade' and they are Songs for the Deaf and My Vitriol's Finelines. i'd pick the latter.

09-24-2008, 11:52 AM	#6
MstrGhost Apocalyptic Poster Location: Portugal Posts: 2,805	Rated X LP

09-24-2008, 11:56 AM	#7
Skradgee Boardcaster Location: reporting live Posts: 3,854	Songs for the Deaf, with 'R' a close 2nd

09-24-2008, 12:33 PM	#8
Pizza Club Apocalyptic Poster Location: you sound like a casual fan. Posts: 3,458	Rated R

09-24-2008, 12:47 PM	#10
Deadeyes Apocalyptic Poster Location: Robot Factory Posts: 1,491	God fuck genres seriously. No debate to ensue on that, I just don't see the pairing of albums as appropriate in this case.

09-24-2008, 05:26 PM	#13
frugalscotsman Demi-God Location: i admit i wasnt alive in the 80s but that doesnt mean i havent done research on what kinds of music there was back then Posts: 316	love songs for the deaf, it's fucking relentless. rated r is even more impressive because of songs like better living through chemistry and quick and to the pointless (hilarious!). the debut was one of the strongest debuts ever. era vulgaris has some slick tunes, but i'm left with a bland taste. lullabies to paralyze was a better album, maybe that's why i wasn't impressed with ev. that said, lullabies to paralyze is my favortie by far. it's the most cohesive album homme's released. the mood of the whole album is dark, dreamy, dirty, lost and on the brink of insanity. i don't care if castillo is not grohl, his drumming is totally in the pocket, letting the warm, blunted guitars propel the music. what can i say? medication, burn the witch, everybody knows that you're insane, the blood is love, you got a killer scene there man, long slow goodbye, skin on skin, in my head, tangled up in plaid...killer songs.

09-24-2008, 06:37 PM	#16
Shallowed Braindead Posts: 18,608	[quote=frugalscotsman;3346433]love songs for the deaf, it's fucking relentless. rated r is even more impressive because of songs like better living through chemistry and quick and to the pointless (hilarious!). the debut was one of the strongest debuts ever. era vulgaris has some slick tunes, but i'm left with a bland taste. lullabies to paralyze was a better album, maybe that's why i wasn't impressed with ev.QUOTE] I probably have a bias towards Rated R because it was the first one I heard. Second was Era Vulgaris, which I like except it has a slump after "Make It wit Chu". I like it better than LtP. Again, I probably have a bias. I could have sworn that Trent Reznor produced EV. I think SftD is overrated, but I haven't listened to it much. No One Knows is made of though QotSA is one of those bands that did heaps of songs that I didn't know that I knew, like Keeping a Secret, Little Sister, Feel Good Hit.. Ironically EVERYONE knows "No One Knows"

09-25-2008, 04:51 AM	#19
Sonic Johnny Through Silver In Buds Location: Centralia Posts: 16,502	reason SFTD wins:

09-25-2008, 05:21 AM	#20
Shallowed Braindead Posts: 18,608	I'm not that good with QOTSA history, who's that on drums? It must be between SftD and LtP because Oliveri is still on bass, so I would of expected Dave on drums.

09-25-2008, 05:26 AM	#21
Sonic Johnny Through Silver In Buds Location: Centralia Posts: 16,502	Dave didn't really tour much with QOTSA cause the Foo Fighters shat something out not much later. That's Joey Castillo, who is still with em today. He's fucking great. At the 03 Big Day Out both Foos and Queens were on the bill but Dave didn't play with Queens even though he could have. sucks.

09-25-2008, 06:57 AM	#22
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	songs for the deaf is the qotsa album for people who don't like qotsa

09-25-2008, 07:07 AM	#23
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,794	its also the album for qotsa fans whose favorite qotsa album is songs for the deaf

09-25-2008, 07:43 AM	#25
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	i just meant it has a totally different feel from what i and every qotsa fan i know associate with qotsa and i know a whole lot of people who only like that album

09-25-2008, 12:54 PM	#26
yoshinobu's revenge Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,588	kyuss

09-25-2008, 06:46 PM	#28
bja1288 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,206	i never came? how can you not mention that song

09-25-2008, 06:48 PM	#29
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,016	SFTD. not even a question here.

09-25-2008, 07:01 PM	#30
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,310	Self Titled is my favorite followed closely by Lullabies to Paralyze. Every song on Self Titled is quality. No filler like on follow up albums. How To Handle A Rope has to be the best song they've ever done. I love the first half of Rated R but it really drags after Better Living Through Chemistry. Songs For The Deaf is just boring. It has a been-there-done-that feeling to it. Dave is great on drums but even he can't save it.