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Rating:  - What everyone has been missing
Queens of the Stone Age's new album Songs for the Deaf is perhaps the best album of 2002. It's loaded with good tracks from start to finish. The DJ bits get a little redundant, but they are there for a purpose. The truly interesting thing is how well the album is put together. It is rarely the case that one would have to listen to the album from start to finish to really get a feel for how good an album it is. All the songs flow into one and other. For example, their first single, "No One Knows" is a good song in it's own right. It has made a handful of fans with it's radio play, as well as a bunch of people who don't like the song. But when put in the context of the album the other songs make it better, and it makes the other songs better. I truly think that all fans of rock music should purchase this album. Not only will you enjoy it more and more every time you listen to it, but it can fit perfectly into any rock music collection and be a complete standout all at the same time.
Rating: - Excellent
This review is based solely on the music, not on the little 'comedic' DJ babble between songs.I originally only bought 'Songs for the Deaf' because the of the Dave Grohl aspect, but Queens of the Stone Age have quickly become one of my favorite bands ever, with or without Grohl. 'Songs for the Deaf' is a masterpiece of psychedelic punk/metal music, QOTSA are completely undefinable, and completely original. The music on 'Songs' is fast, melodic and best described as dreamy. Josh Homme (vox & geetar) has a great, I hate to say it, stoner-rock voice, he's mastered the high and low notes for an amazing performance. I've tried to play some of the bass parts on 'Songs for the Deaf,' but although it sounds fairly easy when you listen to it, I found it's really pretty hard, Nick Oliveri's very good, and is singing, although very strange, is good too. I shouldn't even have to comment on Dave Grohl because, I mean seriously, we all know that Grohl is an extremely talented musician. My personal favorite tracks are 'The Sky is Fallin',' 'No One Knows,' 'A song for the Dead,' 'Hangin' Tree,' 'God is in the Radio' and 'A Song for the Deaf.' What sets this apart from any other album I've ever heard is the backing vocals, they're dreamy 'ahhhh's and 'ooh's (you'll notice Dave Grohl kind of stole the concept for the Foo Fighters' new CD) This CD is great, I bought all of QOTSA's albums and thing that this one is by far the best, I've recommended it to all my friends. Also I would like to say I am not able to the Queens of the Stone Age enough, if it wasn't for them I would have never discovered Kyuss, one of the best bands I've ever heard. P.S. on the only 4 stars thing, one; it should be 4.5 and two; I did that because I'm truthful, I've never actually heard an album actually worthy of five stars.
Rating: - Buy This Album
Queens of the Stone Age might be the best rock band active today. "Songs For the Deaf," the group's third album, is their finest to date. That in and of itself is no small feat, as both of Queens' previous efforts were excellent in their own right. Dave Grohl (former Nirvana drummer, now Foo Fighters singer) plays drums on "Songs...," and his presence is most definitely felt. Homme and Oliveri, meanwhile, pieced together a record that works beginning to end.
"No One Knows" is the first single. The song is very unconventional underneath, with a guitar riff generally foreign to this genre, but rocks nevertheless. "First it Giveth" and "Go With the Flow" combine mainstream rock sensibilities with a powerful, live-sounding production. The overall song-writing quality here is phenomenal. "The Sky is Fallin," "Hangin' Tree," (from Desert Sessions 7/8), "Do It Again," and "Another Love Song" are all remarkable. Production is also very true to Queen's sound (I've seen them live). The end result is an album which in some ways reminds me of "In Utero," by Nirvana, not so much for its style, but its substance. Anyone who likes rock music, be it Staind, the Vines, Linkin Park or Nickelback, should buy "Songs for the Deaf." It may wind up being as essential as "Daydream Nation," "In Utero," and "OK Computer." At the very least, its among the best of 2002...
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