Queens of the Stone Age

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Rated R and Songs are available Nov. 22.

Lullabies and Era are available Dec. 20.

Already snagged the VMP thing but I’ll probably be in for Era Vulgaria on 12” and Lullabies if they’re as nice as it seems they should be.

the single disc Era will be nice. the triple 10" is too much work to bother with.

tempo_n_groove said:

So, spring for the red or wait for the black?

I'd love the red, but I don't want to join that club.  

Scored an original pressing of Lullabies To Paralyze from the QOTSA store when they posted some warehouse finds back in May, and just rejoined VMP for SFTD. Looking forward to picking up the Rated R and Era Vulgaris reissues to complete all the studio albums.

dankind said:

mrussel1 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

So, spring for the red or wait for the black?

I'd love the red, but I don't want to join that club.  

The other two albums made this one a no brainer for me. My three favorite albums by the respective artists. 

What I've been able to listen to of The Soft Bulletin so far is just beautiful. Plus the used copies I've bought of VMP titles in record stores have been top quality.

Edit: Oh, and did you see the 50th anniversary Let It Bleed Coke bottle clear pressing they have coming out? I have the Clearly Classic reissue, but this one looks nice as well. 

Answering my own question.  I just looked it up and it's the Bob Ludwig pressing so it should sound the same as the version you already have.  The difference is the place of pressing.  This one will be pressed at TMR which is awesome.  But being the same mix probably means a pass.  
It seems like they are doing what Newbury does.  They take existing stampers and put them to new pressings and drop in the colored pills for the color.  

So if you have to recommend a QOTSA song to someone, what is your go to song? 

I usually recommend "If I had a Tail".  

bootlegger10 said:

So if you have to recommend a QOTSA song to someone, what is your go to song? 

I usually recommend "If I had a Tail".  

Would've said Little Sister for a while but The Way You Used To Do may have overtaken it

Listened to Sessions 11&12.  Loved it!

Spartanacus said:

bootlegger10 said:

So if you have to recommend a QOTSA song to someone, what is your go to song? 

I usually recommend "If I had a Tail".  

I love all their albums equally, but for people who have never heard them, I start at the beginning...there aren't many (if any) debut albums that hit as beautifully hard from the start as the ST album does with Regular John and Avon.  QOTSA used to be my musical mistress (to my former favorites Pearl Jam)...but since PJ are basically retired (yet still taking my $20 a year), QOTSA are far and away my favorite band of all time.    

Pearl Jam still will always hold the top spot on my favorite bands of all time list, but I'm very much drawn to bands and musicians that I think are still passionate about the music and the craft.   With the exception of Mike and Jeff, I don't see the passion to create in the rest of the band.  I don't know what goes on behind closed doors, but that is my take. 

Nick Cave is making records that are different than his earlier stuff and then movie scores.  Trent Reznor is doing these concept albums and then doing these awesome movie scores.  Josh Homme shows up in a lot of different bands.  They are passionate about the music and it makes me like their stuff that much more.  I will give their music the benefit of the doubt and several listens because I know passion went into it.