Queens of the Stone Age - Where to start?

pirlo21
pirlo21 Posts: 534
edited May 2007 in Other Music
Don't ask me why, but I've never bought a Queens of the Stone Age album!

I've always like the tracks I've heard, it's just there's always been something else around that I've spent my money on instead.
Big question is now, where do I start? Someone mentioned that maybe 'R' is the album to start off with! Help?!
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Rated R is my fav by them but i would suggest starting with Songs for the Deaf it is probalby the easiest to get into.
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  • pirlo21
    pirlo21 Posts: 534
    Cheers.
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • Bangers_n_mash
    Bangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=241247
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  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    songs for the deaf is the easiest to get into, after that i'd go with lullabyes to paralyze then rated r. the first album is probably their weakest imo.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    pjfan020 wrote:
    songs for the deaf is the easiest to get into, after that i'd go with lullabyes to paralyze then rated r. the first album is probably their weakest imo.

    I rank them like so:
    Rated R
    Song for the Deaf
    Self titled
    Lullabyes

    Lullabyes is not bad i just dig the others better. Their are monster riffs and jams on the self titled.

    Mexicola is a must listen for any fan of the band. Guaraunteed to make you bang your head or your money back :D
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I only got into them over the last week.
    Heard the song 'Medication' which a sound guy played between bands at a gig.
    I was like who is that song by?
    My friend urged me to check them out so I purchased Rated R, Songs for the Deaf and Lullabies to Paralyze. I like Rated R the best on first listen.
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 715
    Rated R was my first QOTSA album and still my fav. Start there.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Like Clockwork. Best LP in the last 5 yrs by any band, period.
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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Like Clockwork. Best LP in the last 5 yrs by any band, period.

    I just got into QOTSA the past half year and I agree Like Clockwork is absolutely phenomenal! So happy to discover them.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,702
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Like Clockwork. Best LP in the last 5 yrs by any band, period.

    Absolutely. I love all of their albums (and btw, I think that Era Vulgaris is underrated, plus the vinyl sounds great, with a neat 10" format), but ...Like Clockwork is their masterpiece for sure (so far!).
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    If any of you haven't seen this....watch it all.

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    kasedoug The Golden State Posts: 3,011
    Wanted to go to that KCRW Apogee session so bad.
  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,019
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Like Clockwork. Best LP in the last 5 yrs by any band, period.

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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    I am working my way through their discography and have been spinning Lullabies to Paralyze the last few weeks. I started with Songs years ago then discovered Like Clockwork just a few months back and have followed with Rated R/X and I have yet to be remotely disappointed. So I was eager to spend some time with Lullabies the past few weeks. It has a lot of really good songs, but I am having a hard time digesting the album. FWIW I am an album listener, I don't just listen to songs. But this album just doesn't flow very well...at all. Any thoughts?
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    Start with the first album....I started with Rated R because I had never heard of them before.

    Here is my album ranking...

    1. Lullabies
    2. Queens of the Stone Age
    3. Songs for the Deaf
    4. Like Clockwork
    5. Rated R
    6. Era Vulgaris
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    FrankY59 said:

    I am working my way through their discography and have been spinning Lullabies to Paralyze the last few weeks. I started with Songs years ago then discovered Like Clockwork just a few months back and have followed with Rated R/X and I have yet to be remotely disappointed. So I was eager to spend some time with Lullabies the past few weeks. It has a lot of really good songs, but I am having a hard time digesting the album. FWIW I am an album listener, I don't just listen to songs. But this album just doesn't flow very well...at all. Any thoughts?

    I have to disagree....I think that album is their masterpiece.

    I have a really hard time with Era Vulgaris...what are your thoughts on that one?
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    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHsXnLhXBAA
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    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

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    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
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    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    edited July 2016
    I personally love Era Vulgaris. There are some fabulous songs on there that I always kind of tend to forget about. I'm Designer is such a hot piece, for example! I also love Suture up your Future, Misfit Love (You gotta watch this performance of it, drool:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYw0KhwXdAY,
    and, last but not least amongst all the rest of the goodness... The Fun Machine Took a Shit And Died. One of my favourite songs in general. So many twists and turns in there. I lost my shit when they played that at PJ20 :lol:

    Also, I would like to recommend their unplugged show. Here is I Never Came from that one, another song that I absolutely adore. The whole show was out on youtube for a bit, no idea where it is now. I love that Josh talks dirty in German in there too haha Well, and overall the songs sound great in acoustic as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxLWIJYr-k

    Lullabies was the album that brought me to them. I think it flows fantastically. I must have listened to it a thousand times :blush: It was odd when they did the reissue that suddenly Skin on Skin was not at the end of a side but in the beginning. But god yeah, I love this album.
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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    Ahhhhh! What am I missing with Lullabies? Maybe I am getting over saturated with QOTSA since I basically rediscovered them just in the past half year and have been binging on their albums ever since. I have yet to hear their self titled album or Era Vulgaris just yet. Let me get back to spinning some Lullabies. By the way, is Like a Drug considered a Lullabies song because that song just screams coolness.
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    Hmmm, to me it is a Desert Sessions song, I guess. But Qotsa as well. Have you ever seen their concert movie? Great version sung by Josh at the beginning too :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NL9Oqupjyg
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