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Songs For The Deaf |  | Artist: Queens Of The Stone Age
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 431
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 67 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.4
UPC: 606949343521
EAN: 0606949343521
ASIN: B00006IJXT
Release Date: August 22, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire | | • | No One Knows | | • | First It Giveth | | • | Song For The Dead | | • | The Sky Is Fallin' | | • | Six Shooter | | • | Hanging Tree | | • | Go With The Flow | | • | Gonna Leave You | | • | Do It Again | | • | God Is On The Radio | | • | Another Love Song | | • | Song For The Deaf | | • | Mosquito Song | | • | The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret | | • | Everybody's Gonna Be Happy |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
On iSongs for the Deaf/i, core Queens of the Stone Age members Nick Oliveri and Josh Homme, with the help of like-minded consorts Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan, balance pure guitar-induced carnage with more complex, though no less aggressive, speed rock that whips by so fast it creates its own breeze. The disc explodes with "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire", a toxic squall of power chords and now-classic Oliveri death howls. It's here the album's recurring concept/conceit is introduced, as a generic-sounding announcer from LA's "Clone" radio spits out some psychobabble reinforcing the tired if true cliché that commercial radio stinks. Similar mock broadcasts surface elsewhere, but they're easily forgivable, given the bounty on offer.pHomme-powered tracks dominate--the lurching, weirdly springy single "No One Knows" is a kind of "Monster Mash" for grown-ups; the vocal harmony-driven "The Sky Is Falling" is almost dreamy until a small army of guitars surge to the front lines to begin firing. And a lyrically winking hidden track, "Mosquito Song", is either an in-joke of ridiculous proportions or a declarative statement about the level of musicianship lurking just beneath the quaking veneer of the Queens' sound. Either way, genuine excitement comes early and often on iSongs for the Deaf/i. It's a remarkable achievement--a hard rock record so good that it immediately evokes a conspiratorial fervour that makes you want to tell everyone you can about it. Er, job done. i--Kim Hughes/i
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 Moving to the top of the pile... March 11, 2003
I. Bullen (Wigan, UK)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Queens Of The Stone Age have seen their stock rise steadily over the last few years and with 'Songs For The Deaf' it seems set to reach new heights, the steady increases multiplying into an unstoppable force.pRecruiting Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan certainly helps. What band wouldn't be improved by these two talents. Grohl is back doing what he does best, adding a light and shade to the overall sound that isn't witnessed often enough from the drumming in most rock groups (including his own, overrated, Foo Fighters). Lanegan adds his considerable songwriting talent to three of the tracks on offer, including the superb single, 'No One Knows' with its jaunty guitar motif and all-too-hummable refrain.p'No One Knows' forms the centrepiece of the opening triumvirate of tracks, all three swept along on the kind of riffs most bands would kill for. 'First It Giveth' in particular gets the pulse racing and some consideration to likely speeding fines should be given by anyone planning to play this song whilst driving.pThe album takes on many moods after its high voltage opening, evoking 60s surf music ('Another Love Song'), 70s glam ('Gonna Leave You' and 'Do It Again'), Zeppelin-esque mystique ('The Sky Is Falling' and the awesome 'Mosquito Song') and the obligatory Black Sabbath homage ('God Is In The Radio'). There's even a Kinks cover version in there ('Everybody's Gonna Be Happy').pThis may all make it sound like a record from another age. And in a way it is, no-one out there is making records like this at the moment. Yet there is still a very contemporary feel to the overall sound of the album. pIt's also refreshing to hear a band using influences to do just that - influence - rather than copying them wholesale. It adds a layer of texture to the sound that ensures you can't help but be drawn in. Nowhere is that more in evidence than on 'Mosquito Song', Josh Homme's warm yet weary vocal eating into your mind and soul with an intimacy most vocalists can't even imagine.pThe Queens Of The Stone Age: the kings of a new era.
Moments of genius hidden in a thundering rock record March 22, 2006
B. James (London)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
On the surface this is a very strong rock record, packed with memorable tracks bearing QOTSA#x27;s loud, chugging hallmark sound. The album flows smoothly from one song to the next, helped by short intermissions between tracks by spoof radio DJs. It#x27;s hard to find one duff moment on this CD. What makes it truly worthy of all five stars, however, is the moments of genius that stick in the mind after repeated listenings; a sound here, a chord there, that reveal attention to detail and diverse influences that lift the record into a class of its own.brI would recommend this CD to anybody who appreciates unique, engaging rock music.
Best rock album in years... October 26, 2002
Chris Russell
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've only recently started listening to 'Queens of the Stone Age'. After purchasing the exceptional 'Rated R', I thought I'd give their new album a listen... and I was amazed. This really is the best rock album in years. I don't mean nu-metal, i mean rock album. Queens of the stone age are tight, loud and catchy as hell. I read some reviews on this album which say the album needs a few listens, but I personally found this album instantly addictive, AND I'M NOT EVEN A 'ROCK' fan, prefering the likes of Jeff Buckley. Another thing to note is Dave Grohl's outstanding drumming. I always considered him to be 'average' but from this album you'll see he is far from. Finally, ignore reviews which say the album recording is 'flat' and 'compressed'. The first 10 seconds of track 1 sounds that way, but that soon changes... you'll see...
Forget other reviews, forget other bands... August 16, 2003
Daniel Vernon
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Songs for the deaf is quite frankly, the culmination of nearly a decade and a half of hard work and experience in the business, and a group of musicians fulfilling their exciting potentials. Josh Homme has never sounded more confident vocally, alot of the tracks on QOTSA's third album being all over his range - whilst combining genial riffs. With the support of Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame, Nick Oliveri supplies the meanacing, creeping bass sounds that linger in the air only to be pummled just in time by Daves agressive, hard-hitting yet complex drumming style. Mark Lanegan returns for this album adding vocals to 'A song for the dead' 'hanging tree'and 'a song gor the deaf'. Songs for the Deaf is an instant classic that, although taking a darker, more melodic twist from 'Rated R' (previous QOTSA album) fulfills all of its promise. Troy Van Leeuw from A Perfect Circle supplies rhythm guitar and some excellent mandolin work when the haunting wails of songs like 'No One KNows' and 'The Sky Is Falling' are put into play. The album uses alot of different instruments to create their unique sounds, such as the mandolin, keyboards, effects and even a backing orchestral set at times. Queens Of The Stone Age fans will not be dissapointed. This album has done very well without losing that drug-induced QOTSA vibe, and new listeners will surley be hooked for good. I was. Having taken Black Sabbaths formations of stoner rock, and developed it through Kyuss, it is this incarnation of Josh Homme and Nick Oliveris work that stands out abopve all others. With the rest of the band playing an important part, Queens Of The Stoneage is becoming a household name - if your household is the dark rock fortress on the corner of Rock st. and Drugs ave. This band have definatley made their name and will forever go down in alternative rock history for THIS album. if you dont own it, your record collection is null and void.
What else can i say... November 28, 2002
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Simply amazing. I was roped into buying the album from the basis of no one knows which i find an enthralling track which just makes me shake my head up and down and play the air guitar. I bought this expecting the album not to live up to no one knows. The first song comes in with a mind blowing intro and i was dancing round my room straight away to a superb track. The band keep up the standard all the way through. I own many superb rock albums and this is deffiantly one of the greats. Maybe the best album i have ever purchased. The guitar riffs are absolutely amazing. This is my album of the year maybe of the decade. A truly wonderful album which captures the heart like a cat capturing a mouse. This album lights up my day with Dave Grohl, simply a rock legend. A leading man at the foos and an excellant drummer with the all time greats... Nirvana. With him in any band they are bound to be great. Queens of the stone age are right up there with Nirvana as they both possess quality, and lots of it. This is really an album there for the taking. I suggest you grasp it firmly with two hands and clutch it into your chest. What an album. Buy it now.
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