What people search:
 | Title : Songs for the Deaf
Author : Queens of the Stone Age
Release Date : 20020827
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $13.49
(29
%)
VISIT AMAZON.COM'S PAGE |
Editorial Reviews :
Despite the advent of the '00s, thoroughly blunted longhairs wearing three-quarter-length T-shirts still boot around the suburbs in painted vans listening to roaring metal. Fittingly, a whole new crop of post-Dazed and Confused-era stoner rockers--Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet, and arguably the kings of them all, Queens of the Stone Age--provide a shredding contemporary score for righteous three-finger devil salutes. On Songs for the Deaf, core members bassist Nick Oliveri and singer-guitarist Josh Homme (also see Kyuss) balance pure guitar-induced carnage with more complex, though no less aggressive, speed rock that whips by so fast it creates its own breeze. Opening with the 90-second 'The Real Song for the Deaf'--a cheeky and amorphous bit of bloopy electronica quite possibly recorded at the bottom of a swimming pool--the disc explodes with track two, a toxic squall of power chords and now-classic Olivera death howls. It's here the album's recurring concept/conceit is introduced as a generic-sounding announcer from L.A.'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 'No One Knows' is a kind of 'Monster Mash' for grownups; the vocal harmony-driven 'The Sky Is Falling' is almost dreamy until a small army of guitars surges 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 fervor that makes you want to tell everyone you can about it. Er, job done.
Buyer Reviews :
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...
(by avon345)
back
What people search:
|
|
