Product 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'.

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: #551 in Music
• Released on: 2002-08-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• 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

Customer Reviews

Excellent.
Having achieved moderate levels of success with their self-titled debut and Rated R, Queens Of The Stoneage finally hit the big leagues with their third album, Songs For The Deaf. The last album featuring the revolving door policy of old, the QOTSA group on this album features Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, ex-Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan and most notably, with the Foo Fighters in disarray, Dave Grohl making a welcome return to drums.

Songs For The Deaf finds Homme streamlining the sexy yet doom-laden groove of the previous two albums into something almost perfect. Mixed as a shift between radio stations from song to song, Homme covers more styles here than ever before. Big hit 'No One Knows' is a straight-out pop song; 'Hangin' Tree' is an unsettling, psychedelic groove; the band's trademark stoner metal is covered by the likes of 'First It Giveth' and 'The Sky Is Fallin'; and 'Mosquito Song,' a hidden track, is a completely bizarre, baroque psychedelic ballad, complete with timpani.

Completed by the unnerving, epic quasi-title track, Songs For The Deaf ensured Queens Of The Stoneage superstar status. Well worth a look for any fan of alt-rock or metal.

What an album!!!
I bought this album today after seeing the video for "Go with the flow" on YouTube.

I'm on my 2nd listen right now.
What a brilliant album.

Sorry that's all. Em, enjoying the album too much.

The album that got me into rock and its also the best of the century
wow what can i say, an amazing album,its flawless bar one song, 6 shooter. However every other song is 5 stars, mosquito song is the most diverse with an orchestral background this strange melody gives me shivers. The best song though has to be song for the dead , i love the way the guitar interupts the drums and bass to deliver an amazing riff each time, BUY IT NOW!