Track Listing

1. You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
2. No One Knows
3. First It Giveth
4. Song For The Dead
5. The Sky Is Fallin'
6. Six Shooter
7. Hanging Tree
8. Go With The Flow
9. Gonna Leave You
10. Do It Again
11. God Is On The Radio
12. Another Love Song
13. Song For The Deaf
14. Mosquito Song
15. The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
16. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108 in Music
• Released on: 2002-08-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 67 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
On Songs for the Deaf, 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.

Homme-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 Songs for the Deaf. 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. --Kim Hughes

CD Description
Third album from Queens Of The Stone Age, and the follow upto the critically acclaimed 'Rated R' which was released in2000. 'Songs For The Deaf' features amongst others, Mark Lanegan on vocals and Dave Grohl on drums. A concept album which fuses the heaviness and minimalism of their debut LP withthe diversity of their second, combining psychedelic desertrock with aggressive punk. Includes the single 'No One Knows'.

Customer Reviews

Moving to the top of the pile...
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.

Recruiting 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.

'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.

The 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').

This 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.

It'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.

The Queens Of The Stone Age: the kings of a new era.

Moments of genius hidden in a thundering rock record
On the surface this is a very strong rock record, packed with memorable tracks bearing QOTSA'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'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.
I would recommend this CD to anybody who appreciates unique, engaging rock music.

A now dated review based on the pre-release CD
After the demise of Kyuss, just as they were beginning to receive mainstream attention, I was thrilled when I first heard that Josh Homme was in a full-time band again. In my opinion, with each album QOTSA have released, they have vastly improved and matured their song. It really annoys me to think that many people wrote QOTSA off after hearing ‘Feel Good Hit Of The Summer’ and branding it a joke song. Yes, it was a joke song, and ‘proper’ singles like ‘Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret’ and ‘Monsters In The Parasol’ more than make up for it.

Highlights of this album are the rocktastic ‘No-one Knows’ (GOT to be a single) and ‘Millionare’, but QOTSA also show off their mellower side on songs like ‘Mosquito Song’ showing that there’s still life left in this mule. Although not an essential purchase (especially if you already own ‘Rated R’)