Rated R by Queens Of The Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age
Rated R
2000
Rock
Interscope

1. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
2. The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
3. Leg Of Lamb
4. Auto Pilot
5. Better Living Through Chemistry
6. Monsters In The Parasol
7. Quick And To The Pointless
8. In The Fade
9. Tension Head
10. Lightning Song
11. I Think I Lost My Headache
(Also included is a 592x592 album cover .bmp)

C-C-C-CO-CO-CO-CAAAAINNEEE!!!

"Feel Good Hit Of The Summer"

Rated R is an album that I always put on when I'm really stressed out or really ticked off. It has a huge, aggressive sound in a small package filled with pop hooks that just makes it a great hard rock album. Very rebellious, very upset, and very heavy, but the songs are all sing-a-longs. This is what I love about Queens Of The Stone Age. They can make a full album of songs that are just on the edge of being straight up metal, but they have a great sense of humor and melody that keeps them from being corny or taking themselves too seriously.

The record opens with "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer," which lyrics consist only of drug names. (The chorus, "Cocaine," has been written a few lines up) Rated R has an excellent flow, and each song just feels natural after the one before it. The drum fill that ends "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" cascades right into the beat that opens "The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret," the feedback at the end of "Auto Pilot" transitions perfectly into "Better Living Through Chemistry," and so on. You get the idea.

Like I said before, I love to put this album on when I'm upset. It's a huge stress reliever for me. Josh Homme's robotic, muffled guitar tone just scratches some itchy spot in my brain that makes me forget my worries and relax to the distorted sounds of Rated R.

Queens Of The Stone Age is one of my favorite bands of all time, and if you ask me while I'm listening to them I'll probably tell you that they're number 1. They have never put out a bad album, and each album is on the exact same level of greatness (at least for me) for different reasons. I could never pick a favorite, and I could never pick a least favorite Queens Of The Stone Age record. They just haven't done anything that I don't like. I've actually compiled a collection of B-sides and rare material that consists of 44 songs, and I enjoy it so much. Please listen to this band, they're so great.

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Rated R is a very good title for this album. Subject matter and language is not the most accessible.

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