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Universal acclaim- based on 441 Ratings
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Mixed: 16 out of 441
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Jan 15, 2011You like good rock, you like good music? How about a trip- how about a rolling, thundering blast of grit and rock- shot into your skull, still yeah? Then, do this album! Do it now!
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Aug 11, 2010
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May 10, 2011One of the best albums I've heard from the 2000s. A lot of classic material here with a lot of diversity and quality musicianship. Probably the best album of this bands career along with R.
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Dec 9, 2014
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Jul 1, 2013
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ventgasSep 13, 2002Insanely great band, insanely great cd.
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Sep 7, 2010this is queens of the stone age at there absolute best. almost every song is a revolution of modern hard rock; the key songs from their career: No one Knows, Go with the flow, Songs for the dead, the sky is falling, millionaire, are all found on this incredible album. Anyone wanting to get into QOTSA, this is the album to listen to...
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Sep 4, 2011Rock god's of a **** era of music. Rap-metal? Really? What the hell were we thinking. QOTSA, from this point, made everything from that time look like a high school's battle of the bands competition.
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Jan 2, 2014Really good album by Queens of the Stone Age, more or less on the same level of their previous, Rated R. No One Knows and Go With The Flow are great, and there many other good songs.
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Jun 17, 2014Excellent album, one of the best I've listened to.
The album starts with a bang, with 5 awesome tracks. It follows with the weak "Six Shooter" (IMO, of course), but then enter awesome tracks like Go With the Flow, Hangin' Tree, and one of the best tracks of the album, A Song for the Deaf. -
Jun 17, 2013There is not one weak song on this album, being QOTSA's finest effort to this day, and still a classic hard rock album that any music lover should have in their collection.
I can pick out 11 songs that are just awesome on this record. The combination of Grohl's excellent drumming and Homme's genius songwriting is a testament to the QOTSA we all know and love. -
Nov 15, 2013Anyone who says this album is bad is obviously an idiot. There is not a metal band that exists that can dish out these riffs and vocals. No One Knows has one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Maybe the best metal riff ever.
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Nov 22, 2013My favourite album (very, very closely followed by their Self-titled), every song is just brilliant. I would recommend this album to anyone, and have bought it for countless people. Please, if you haven't already, buy this album and all of QOTSA's discography.
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Feb 4, 2014this is rock .my favorite album. this album has its own feel. every song is important to the album. the intro of the album will stay in my head forever.
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Aug 5, 2014This is the most powerful record ever made. In Songs For The Deaf, Queens Of The Stone Age are at their best. There are just two or three songs that aren't unforgettable, but all the others are fists to your hears. An album for those interested in heavy guitars, low chords and intense strong drumming.
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Aug 17, 2014This is an amazing album. Probably one of the best of the 2000s (but in my personal opinion, White Blood Cells by the White Stripes is the best of that decade). If you like Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock or just wanna hear so good music of the new millennium, buy this album. It's on Vinyl, Cassette, CD & Digital Download. I plan to buy it on all 4.
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Oct 27, 2014
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Nov 27, 2014It goes without saying that damn near anything Dave Grohl touches turns to gold, and his presence on this album is no exception. This is a classic QOTSA album from start to finish. The bass is aggressive and chunky, guitars are haunting, the vocal delivery from Hommes is drawly and sleazy as always, the drums are kickin', and the riffs are instant classics.
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Apr 26, 2017A full throttle ride through the deserts of California that never slows down. Every riff from this masterpiece has managed to establish itself as an instant classic. The album always seemed a bit under-appreciated because of its besettling nature, so it was nice to see it recognized and praised like it deserves to be. One of the best albums of the century for me.
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Mar 26, 2018I was kid, confused and didn't know what I should listen. I was searching something new. I my music taste didn't form yet and I found what I want, I found many new albums, music ,singer and one of the albums was this. Thank for the memories. If you like rock, metal, if you brain can take loud music, this album will be treasure for you.
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Feb 16, 2011
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TimmyLOct 1, 2002Best album ever....just plain great
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BobS.Aug 28, 2002Wow.
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BobS.Aug 28, 2002Wow.
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ChillmanJan 5, 2003This is the album of the year and mayby next year, hard to ignore this band.
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brianchikerdoodleApr 3, 2003Thi is undoubtebly the best album I have heard in the past 3 years the mellow stoned out chords that drive the record are phenominal. The simplicity of no one knows is a welcome change to the music that is so intense you cant understand anything
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chrisgFeb 5, 2004
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HeinApr 30, 2006Intense rock with a perfect desert-atmosphere and strong songs full of alternation. Best rock-record in 25 years!
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conorboJun 26, 2006buy thats all buy it
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alalabebebeJul 5, 2006The best QOTSA album for me...
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FatbirdsDontflyDec 20, 2008This is the summer I've always wanted.
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DanielWJan 20, 2010Classic album. Better than any of their other stuff I've heard. Admittedly its one of those albums that takes a while to get into, bet your into it, its absolutely fantastic. It seems its a love it or leave it album x.
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GregB.Aug 30, 2002Absolutely superb. Is rare nowadays to hear such enthusiasm, creativity and sheer attitude [that is not purely market driven].
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MichaelE.Sep 1, 2002A few missteps here and there, and the radio spots can be more annoying than funny, but overall this is as good a hard rock as you're going to hear this year, or have heard in years.
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AngelO.Sep 17, 2002Fucking blow me away group ...
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novacaineSep 7, 2002The best rock album since.....well, their last album.
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AnthonyFeb 27, 2003Many hits and a handful misses. They should keep Dave Grohl (on drums) and loose Mark Lanegan. All in all though this is a really good record that could have been great.
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DaveI.Jul 9, 2003
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BenWSep 7, 2003Metal with a brain, and a soul as well.
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JJuneauOct 1, 2004Amazing! Best rock album of the year!
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JamesHNov 5, 2004phsycidelic stoner rock at its absolute best, every song a different jouney through the dark ages
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PeterCJun 11, 2004I completely agree with Jason C, this album has changed my views on rock altogether, after the one hundredth listen i became completely immersed in its tripped out, drug induced and beautifully atmospheric tones. Incredible.
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TomasZJun 3, 2004Great Album! 'Nuff said...
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genesJan 20, 2005best eva album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MBDec 6, 2005Totally kicks ass
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GarryLJun 30, 2005Thay `kick` arse, when we get the records ,down here in `AUSTRALIA`thay cost $30 clams in oz this sucks. Keep on Slamming.Thank `u`red white & blue.....
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RichardLSep 4, 2005Simple. The best CD I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.
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MithyusApr 5, 2007No One Knows just how good this album is. Dave Grohl and his magic.
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BenjaminG.May 19, 2007Great from start to finish
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DavidH.Apr 5, 2008
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CraigLAug 12, 2008One of my favourite albums ever and I've listened to many great albums. This is the album which first got me interested in rock music and ive never looked back. A bit sad theres no Kyuss reviews on here.
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StevieCSep 21, 2009
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Vatishi7Jan 4, 2010The beginning of a life long love affair. Better than brilliant.
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mattcNov 26, 2002This damn thing has taken up residence in my CD player and will bloody-well not leave. My ears are bleeding and I'm grinning like a horny gibbon. It's very very good. Punk most cerainly ain't dead, it just learnt to play it's instruments!!
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MikeCOct 5, 2002Great album. What the world needs today is a kick in the nuts.
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KenS.Aug 21, 2002This album has the sonic force of Fear of A Black Planet, Nevermind, or Appetite For Destruction. The writhing humanism of Go With The Flow, the darkness of Song For The Deaf, the power of Millionaire... every song has its own identity and the album can still stay cohesive. Put it in the top ten easily. This is rock and roll the way it is meant to be.
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calez1qAug 29, 2002Compared to the rest of the hard rock garbage out there, this album stands out like a beacon of welcome light.
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ErraietatikApr 14, 2003Feel Good Hit Of Our Life !
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DirkThrasherApr 24, 2003I never heard a better cd from a rock band then these fellows. They know how to play, they know what theyre doing and they keep doing it.
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davidkOct 13, 2004it just rulz
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buzzclikOct 3, 2004"Songs For The Deaf" manages to blend balls-to-the-wall rock, mystic arty flourishes and dark sardonic humour into perfect tunes. If God and Satan copulated and spawned a child made of music, this would be the sound of its voice. Listen to this album on acid and you'll understand. I did. So did the 10ft neon cowgirls who appeared in my loungeroom.
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SPANJFeb 8, 2004OH MYD GOOOOODD this CD is perfect
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JasonDMar 28, 2004Great album from a great band. Takes a while to get into but its worth it.
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JerradNMar 5, 2004Some good songs, powerful melodies, and overdriven guitar. Maybe a little too much of the overdriven guitar... Good driving music, too, but it gets a little repetitive. :D
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[Anonymous]Jan 27, 2005Some of the songs drag, and the radio skits are annoying, but nothing can better the drum into to Song For The Dead; the pop nous of Go With The Flow and No One Knows manage to mask their heaviness, and Mosquito (only available on some editions) is hauntingly brilliant, in the vein of Aerials by SOAD. Mark Lanegan could never better In The Fade (from Rated R), but he is well up to scratch here.
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SkeepsFeb 18, 2005One of my Fav's
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SebB.Apr 5, 2005It's probably the most surprised i've been when the first song explodes into a crazy, infectious thing called millionaire. I've listened to this album a lot of times and I love it more and more every time.
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JohnAJan 1, 2006This is a solid, entertaining album. The production does hamper it... at times it just lacks life. The song writing is good though not brilliant. I do give it an 8 because it rocks so hard. Songs for the Deaf is clearly inferior to QOTSA's self-titled debut, which is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. This is merely good. I can't decide between this one and Rated R.
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JamesTJan 30, 2006QOTSA are possibly one of the greatest rock bands ever and this album is incredible.
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DrewMMar 18, 2006Very, very entertaining album. Not as good as their debut album, as John stated before, but a great album nonetheless.
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graemerJun 23, 2006Infinitely better than anything Maynard Keenan could ever conceive of, despite what the idiot M-Stylez claims. Let's not even talk about System of a Down; they're not really musicians--and definitely not artists.
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AlexASep 13, 2006Just perfect!
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DimitriV.Dec 6, 2007
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ChrisR.Oct 6, 2007Good album but what's with all of the praise for dumbing down and depressing more hard rock kids? What the fuck is rock and roll about if not getting people moving. Forget this depressing sitting in corners mulling over your miserable little life shit. Rock and roll shouldn't be about this.
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DiosJ.Feb 17, 2007This albums kick asses! I love it! T_T Éste album patea culos, lo amo.
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SteveK.May 24, 2007truly life changing album
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IonA.Jun 12, 2007Wonderful !
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MikeTJan 23, 2008The best hard rock album since Ozzy became incomprehensible.
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MarkK.Feb 8, 2008Everything you could wish for in a rock album. This is the band at their best and indeed one album you must listen to before you die. Queens Of The Stone Age should be considered as one of the greatest rock bands of all time!
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KyleCJan 1, 2009One of the best hard rock albums that will ever grace your ears.
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Ikarus14Dec 5, 2009Simply awesome!
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JohnKJun 30, 2009Brutal. Melodic. Trance-inducing. Pounding rhythm. Pulsing guitars. And that is only Song for the Dead. If you listen to all the songs on this album you will discover that you no longer look at music the same way.
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ChrisKJul 20, 2009Quite possibly one of the greatest musical experiences ever crafted. You have to listen to the tracks in order to fully enjoy the wicked concept this album presents; tuning into various radio stations as you embark on your journey to the Mojave Desert.
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DennisMOct 11, 2002F+#@ing Rules!! Best ever!!!
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johnpasswordAug 21, 2002best album ive heard since Radioheads- Kid A
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JasonCNov 27, 2003Fucking incredible album. changed the way i thought about music. Hasn't left my cd player in months
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AaronTFeb 16, 2004great album, powerful songs, superb riffs, I new hope in heavy. thank GOD, this musical genre is in good shape, and very alive.
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JakeMNov 27, 2005
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JoriKDec 29, 2005You're left breathless.
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jamesrMar 29, 2005the greatest album realese in my lifetime, takes you on a magical journey from the entrancing mosquito song to the absolute brilliance of know one knows and millionaire
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EdDelApr 12, 2005The Best album of the band
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StuartVNov 21, 2006Amazing, an incredible follow up to 2002's Rated R. Almost flawless.
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AlLJul 25, 2009Why had I only heard the singles? Every track was given so very much love. If you like Saul Williams, you will like this.
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DaraghL.Nov 13, 2007Rocked my socks off...
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BrydenS.Nov 26, 2007
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snolarbearDec 17, 2007A slick and powerful album. music doesn't get much better than this!
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Apr 9, 2012this is by far Queens Of The Stone Ages best album. Each track rocks and Dave Grohl's drumming is fantastic. I recommend this album to any rocker. All In All, this album is pretty solid.
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Apr 22, 2012If God and Satan copulated to spawn a child made of music, Homme, Oliveri and Lanegan (on this album) would be the sound of its voice. A genre-defying - and career-defining - LP. A must-have for any rock fan. Find it, buy it and listen to it - again and again.
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Nov 23, 2011It was hard decide weather on not I should give this album a 10 or a 9, I going to go with a nine because the last few songs arn't that good. However what is here is some of the best hard rock you can listen to with a song for the dead being my personal pick, of possibly one of the best songs EVER. Not to metion the classic QUOTSA material. Pure excellence.
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Apr 16, 2012I gave this album a 7 because it's really a classic album in the rock scene. But not the best one. Most people will know it from the songs No One Knows And Go With The Flow. It's a album you will listen for 2 times and then a few months no more. well this is of course my opinion.
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'The Sky Is Fallin' is a beast.... 'God Is In The Radio' has got just such an awesome riff, like the Lord himself hotwired to a Marshall amp.
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BlenderWhile cliches abound... this huge music is delivered with panache. [#9, p.154]
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'Songs For The Deaf' is a triumph, a record forged with fire and sweat in the pits of Valhalla... It is the very essence of Rock.