On their third album, Songs for the Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age are so concerned with pleasing themselves with what they play that they don't give a damn for the audience.
This extends to the production, with the entire album framed as a broadcast from a left-of-the-dial AM radio station, the sonics compressed so every instrument is flattened.
It’s a joke run wild, punctuated by an ironic mock DJ, and it fits an album where the players run wild.
As usual, Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri have brought in a number of guests, including Mark Lanegan on vocals and Dean Ween on guitar, but they’ve anchored themselves with the drumming of the mighty Dave Grohl, who helps give the band the muscle sorely missing from most guitar rock these days, whether it's indie rock or insipid alt-metal.
QOTSA may be a muso band -- a band for musicians and those who have listened to too much music; why else did the greatest drummer and greatest guitarist in '90s alt-rock (Grohl and Ween, respectively) anxiously join this ever-shifting collective? -- but that’s the pleasure of the band, and Songs for the Deaf in particular: it’s restless and pummeling in its imagination and power.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a MillionaireJosh Homme, Mario Lalli | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | No One KnowsJosh Homme, Mark Lanegan | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 3 | First It GivethJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | A Song for the DeadJosh Homme, Mark Lanegan | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 5 | The Sky Is Fallin'Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 06:15 | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | Six ShooterJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 01:19 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 7 | Hangin' TreeJosh Homme, Alain Johannes | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Go with the FlowJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Gonna Leave YouJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | Do It AgainJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | God Is in the RadioJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 06:04 | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| 12 | Another Love SongJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 13 | A Song for the DeafJosh Homme, Mark Lanegan, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 06:42 | 15 MB | 38 MB |
| 14 | Mosquito SongJosh Homme, Nick Oliveri | Queens of the Stone Age | Play | 05:37 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 15 | The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret | Queens Of The Stone Age | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 16 | Everybody's Gonna Be Happy | Queens Of The Stone Age | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 20 MB |
| 65 mins | 150 MB | |||||
| 65 mins | 449 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Alekel | Mixing |
| 2 | Blag Dahlia | DJ |
| 3 | C- | DJ |
| 4 | Dave Catching | DJ |
| 5 | Casey Chaos | DJ |
| 6 | Dan Druff | Guitar Technician |
| 7 | Gersh | Drum Technician |
| 8 | Chris Goss | DJ, Musician |
| 9 | John Gove | Musician |
| 10 | Dave Grohl | Guest Artist |
| 11 | Josh Homme | Composer, Producer |
| 12 | Hutch | Artwork, Assembly, Direction, Engineer |
| 13 | Alain Johannes | Composer, Musician |
| 14 | Adam Kasper | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 15 | Mario Lalli | Composer |
| 16 | Mark Lanegan | Composer, Guest Artist |
| 17 | Paz Lenchantin | Musician |
| 18 | Brendon McNichol | Musician |
| 19 | Nick Oliveri | Composer |
| 20 | Kevin Porter | Musician |
| 21 | Queens of the Stone Age | Primary Artist |
| 22 | Twiggy Ramirez | DJ |
| 23 | Nick Raskulinecz | Mixing |
| 24 | Natasha Shneider | Musician |
| 25 | Kevin Szymanski | Engineer |
| 26 | Gene Trautmann | Musician |
| 27 | Eric Valentine | Producer |
| 28 | Dean Ween | Musician |
| 29 | Trevor Whatever | Studio Assistant |
| 30 | Mark Williams | A&R |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |