FREE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: SONGS FOR THE DEAF PDF none | 128 pages | 05 Dec 2002 | Music Sales Ltd | 9780711997202 | English | London, United Kingdom Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf | Discogs It features Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on drums, [5] alongside other guest musicians, and was the last Queens album to feature Nick Oliveri on bass. Songs for the Deaf is a loose concept Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaftaking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Treetuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as Banning and Chino Hills. Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim, and earned the band their first gold certification in the United States. One million copies were sold in Europe, earning a platinum certification from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in He replaced drummer Gene Trautmannwho started working on other projects. Grohl had admired Queens of the Stone Age since they opened for Foo Fighters, and had wanted to appear on their previous album Rated R. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring". He returned to Foo Fighters soon after, with Danzig drummer Joey Castillo announced as his replacement in August The album also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes. Another change in personnel came with the arrival of producer Eric Valentinewho had previously worked on a pair of Dwarves albums with Oliveri. Lanegan joined the band as a full-time member in after having guested on the band's previous album, Rated Rand provided additional songwriting and lyrics to the group, in addition to lead vocals on several songs. I've been thinking of this album since the first album, not necessarily the radio thing, but to me that isn't the full concept, the full concept is the diversity of it all, I think we're supposed to be pushing buttons over the three records. I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think. In the same month, Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with retail company HMV :. We're still doin' the same thing we always did, which is play music that we wanna hear but we can't buy it in the stores so we have to make it. We're not trying to cater to anybody — I wouldn't know how to do that because I've never sold records, you know what I mean? Between them, Homme and Oliveri had different opinions on the usage of fake radio excerpts between tracks on the album, the former believing it gave the album "fluidity". According to Oliveri, they are a jibe at "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them. Several songs that appeared on the album were re-worked forms of tracks previously recorded and released in The Desert Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deafa side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. The album was initially planned for release on August 13,[23] but was eventually postponed for two weeks. The cover art for the US double LP version of the album is different from the CD version, featuring a red Q with a sperm cell as the line in the Q and an egg cell as the circle on a black background with no other text. It was Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf on red vinyl. The UK vinyl version Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf is the same as the CD cover. The person on the album disc is musician Dave Catchingwho performs on the album. Both the CD and LP cover have a Parental Advisory seal on most copies, due to the word " fuck " appearing in the title track "A Song for the Deaf" and "Six Shooter", as well as for the violent lyrics of the latter track. There were also three different album covers that were made for the CD version of Songs for the Deaf. All of the interior artwork for each of the three versions is the same, but there were covers printed in red, magenta, and orange. The most common copy of the album Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf is the red cover. Songs for the Deaf was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late Augustthe album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard album chart. Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim and is often cited as the band's greatest album to date. This is not your father's metal. It's better. The album met with great success earning the band's first gold certification in the US on January 27,shifting overcopies, as well as platinum certification in the UK on September 20,with sales exceedingof units sold. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest " poll, Australian radio station Triple J ran a "Hottest of the last 20 years" poll in June Songs that were released between and were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position. The information regarding accolades attributed to Songs for the Deaf is adapted from Acclaimed Music. All tracks written by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Joshua Homme except where noted. The following people contributed to Songs for the Deaf : [25]. The songs on Songs for the Deaf are interluded by staged bits of radio chatter with guest DJs. In order of appearance:. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Queens of the Stone Age. Stoner rock [1] hard rock [2] [3] desert rock [4]. The chorus of the second single taken from Songs for the Deaf. The opening of the third single from Songs for the Deaf. This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. March Retrieved December 6, Retrieved September 16, Retrieved October 29, May 31, Archived from the original on October 15, Retrieved June 19, Retrieved November 16, Retrieved July 10, July Archived from the original on November 16, Retrieved July Archived from the original on June 15, Archived from the original on June 10, August 24, Archived from the original on October 27, Retrieved June 20, August 29, Archived from the original on March 22, Kinda Muzik. 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Includes art print of the original LP release's "sperm" cover. USA Add Review kedzobj October 16, Report. I love this record and I'm glad to have a press of this but is it just me or is this version extremely upper mid-range heavy? I love the packaging and the sequencing of the the double12 of this but it does not sound as precise as the original CD pressing of this I grew up on. Perhaps the point is for this version to Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf like a Stooges Live pressing. Reply Notify me Helpful. Do yourself a favor and buy this pressing, you'll be blown away by the sound quality even if you're not a huge QOTSA fan. VMP really outdid themselves with this one. Reply Notify me 2 Helpful. Austintex3 March 1, Report. Reply Notify me 3 Helpful. This has to be last years finest reissue - superb remastering and cutting, pressing made by pallas Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf gatefold with embossed features I've cleaned the record and the problem replicates every single time. Anyone else having this issue or was I just unlucky? Otherwise a great sounding record. Superb Reissue! Since a long time I was trying to get this record, but this VMP edition satisfied me a lot. Worth the price!!! Reply Notify me 1 Helpful. Absolutely stunning package all the way around. Hits the needle hard, too. Scottyc January 9, Report. Sadly mine was damaged with a chip right in the opening track Disappointed to say the least. Email VMP, and they said they would send me a new one, that was the day I received it, back on 14 Nov If you didn't know, as their emails have stated, that they just changed over some system, and with all the holiday issues, they got slammed with a serious backlog of issues, going back into October I was worried after reading mixed reviews but nothing about this reissue sounds flat or muddy.