Product Description

Fourth album from erstwhile stoner rock hero Josh Homme andhis motley crew follows up 2005's 'Lullabies To Paralyze' and is the first album following the departure of hellraisingbassist Nick Oliveri. Dividing fans and critics alike, it has been hailed as a further evolution of the band's sound, with some of the harshest, most grinding songs they have written to date sitting next to some of the poppiest. Includes the single '3's And 7's'.

Track Listing

1. Turnin On The Screw
2. Sick, Sick, Sick
3. I'm Designer
4. Into The Hollow
5. Misfit Love
6. Battery Acid
7. Make It Wit Chu
8. 3's & 7's
9. Suture Up Your Future
10. River In The Road
11. Run, Pig, Run
12. Running Joke
13. Era Vulgaris

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1104 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 55 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Latin for "common era," Era Vulgaris holds a pair of common threads with the four Queens of the Stone Age records that preceded it. One, it crosses colossal guitar chords with the most volatile of hard rock melodies. And second, it's as loud as loud gets, thanks to Josh Homme, the impatient instigator behind the ever-evolving cast of personalities that make up the band. Detonation comes with track one, as the jagged riffs of "Turning on the Screw" lead the listener into "Sick, Sick, Sick," where Julian Casablancas spews his vocals beneath a wall of multi-guitar catcalls. Although the head Stroke will likely garner the most attention, perpetual Queener Mark Lanegan's velvety pipes earmark two of Era's most booming selections: the funky "Make It Wit Chu" (complete with Temptations-like backing vocals) and the heart-racing three minutes of "River in the Road." Add the garage rock of Homme's "3's & 7's" and "Suture up Your Future," easy pickings for most likely crossover hit, and Era Vulgaris-- hypnotically and explosively common--holds its own with any in the QoTSA discography. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews

Awful
As the title of this review says this album is awful. The best song by a long way is Sick, Sick, Sick which I first heard them perform live on the TV and thought, "Well hopefully things will get better". QOTSA are all about the tunes and heavy tunes at that.

This album is missing something and that something is Nick Oliveri. The bass is non-existent. Yuck this is just terrible.

I loved all their previous albums, I love the Desert Sessions, I loved Kyuss. What has gone wrong? I hate this album and all QOTSA have become: bloated crap.

Don't buy this! Buy any of their other albums! If you have all their other albums still don't buy it! Spend your money on some Nebula or Fu Manchu or put it in the bank.

To repeat myself: awful!!

(3.5 stars) The fairest review, all things considered
Perplexing, bizarre, unique and striking- but be it for better or worse? This is the conundrum that is Era Vulgaris by QOTSA.
1)Turnin' on the screw- A song that seems to typify the rest of the album. At times it hints at Queens best work(the lyrics and the churning riff about halfway through) but it also seems bland and rather irritating and doesnt end on the big, loud note we've come to expect from Qotsa album openers. 7/10
2)Sick Sick Sick- A song made up of so many parts. The grinding one-note riff, the bloody awesome riff that follows that(seriously OMG stuff), the weak chorus and the exciting climax. Could be made into a classic but is quite good as it stands. 8/10
3)I'm Designer- It starts off awkward and stays that way for some time until the superb chorus kicks in. Lyrics are smart,witty and wonderful to listen to throughout which saves the song from being below average. 7/10
4)Into the Hollow- LTP-esque song that works really quite well and succeeds due to its sheer simplicity. 8/10
5)Misfit Love- This is what the rest of the album SHOULD have sounded like. A journey of a song that is great until it reaches the last minute where it becomes quite breathtaking. superb. 9/10
6)Battery Acid- A confused, awkard and(honestly) annoying song that lurches forward rather than flow. The airy "mini-chorus" saves it from being totally abject. 6/10
7)MAke it wit chu- THe thing that was great about the Desert Sessions version is that it had very little produciton, giveing it a raw feel to it that embodied the song's content(sex). Here it sounds superificial, but listenable nonetheless. 7/10
8)3s and 7s-Great riffs that hark back to the days of self-titled. Takes various twists and turns during the 3 and a half minutes, but is always enjoyable and sounds fresh on every listen. 9/10
9)Suture up your future- Excellent. Simple but very effective. Homme's voice is haunting and sounds better here than anywhere else on the album.
9/10
10)River in the Road-Bland, goes nowhere and truly frustrating after two excellent tracks. 5/10
11)Run Pig Run- Quite what the song is about im not sure but it powers its way into your head with various hypnotic guitar work. A curious piece but works as it is one of the few true rock tracks on the album.8/10

Overall, this album has a few highs and lows but sadly its the lows that you tend to remember rather than the highs. Could have been great

Josh Homme Is Always Amazing
at first i thought this just isnt qotsa, but suddenly i found my self singing 'River In A Road' and now i'm loving it! people says this albums pants, but its QOTSA and what ever josh homme does is AMAZING, so give it a good chance.