Queens of the Stone Age (album)
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| Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age | |||||
| Released | September 22, 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | April 3, 1998 – April 21, 1998 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock Desert rock |
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| Length | 46:27 | ||||
| Label | Loose Groove Man's Ruin Records |
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Queens of the Stone Age is the self-titled debut album from Joshua Homme's eponymous project. The album was released on September 22nd 1998 on Loose Groove records, operated by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. The vinyl version was released in three limited editions on Frank Kozik's record label Man's Ruin Records. Recently different counterfeit versions of this album have shown up for sale on websites such as eBay.
The album features a monotonous riff-oriented songwriting style that Joshua Homme dubbed "robot rock", similar to the extended jam sessions of his previous band Kyuss.
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[edit] Songs
The track "If Only" is a re-recording of "If Only Everything" which Queens of the Stone Age originally recorded on the Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age split CD. The track "Avon" is also a re-recording, this time from the Desert Sessions Volumes 3 & 4. It is the first of six Desert Sessions songs to appear on a Queens of the Stone Age album. The song has been a staple of the majority of live sets since the albums release and is still occasionally played by the band on the Era Vulgaris tour. "Mexicola" is the seventh track. While not released as a single (If Only was the only one), the song remains a fan favorite and is frequently performed in a live setting. In 2007, it was released as a downloadable single on iTunes for people who had bought tickets for Queens of the Stone Age concerts through Ticketmaster. "Hispanic Impressions", the 8th track on the album, is an instrumental track; the song is jerky and influent, with abrupt halts and starts. The album's ninth track, "You Can't Quit Me Baby", can be somewhat considered as a fan favourite, having recently won a poll conducted on the official Rekords Rekords message board which asked for fan's favourite Queens of the Stone Age track.[citation needed] The song is still played infrequently live by the band today as part of the Era Vulgaris tour, often lasting longer than the album version due to extended jams. A good example of this is the 15 minute plus version from Rock in Rio in 2001, also known as the show in which bassist Nick Oliveri played a few tracks naked, besides his bass guitar. To date the song has made two appearances on the soundtracks for movies. These are the 2003 horror film, Wrong Turn (alongside "If Only"), and the 2002 comedy, Highway (alongside many bands similar to Queens of the Stone Age, including multiple tracks from the Desert Sessions).
[edit] Critical reception
Queens of the Stone Age was certified silver in the UK on February 06, 2006 with sales excessing 60,000 copies.[1] Critically, the album did very well. Both All Music Guide and Rolling Stone gave the album four stars.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Alfredo Hernández and Joshua Homme, except where noted.
- "Regular John" (Hernandez, Homme, John McBain) – 4:35
- "Avon" (Homme) – 3:22
- "If Only" – 3:20
- "Walkin' on the Sidewalks" – 5:03
- "You Would Know" – 4:16
- "How to Handle a Rope" – 3:30
- "Mexicola" (Homme) – 4:54
- "Hispanic Impressions" – 2:44
- "You Can't Quit Me Baby" – 6:33
- "Give the Mule What He Wants" – 3:09
- "I Was a Teenage Hand Model" – 5:01
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band
- Josh Homme – vocals, guitar
- Alfredo Hernández – drums
- Carlo Von Sexron (aka Joshua Homme) – bass, keyboard, piano
[edit] Additional appearances
- Chris Goss – bass and backing vocals on "You Would Know" and "Give the Mule What He Wants"
- Fred Drake – drums and vocals on "I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
- Hutch – piano on "I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
- Dave Catching – percussion on "I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
- Mike Johnson – 'Sofa' on "I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
- Nick Oliveri – appears on the album art and in a "phone message" at the end of the album but does not perform on the album
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