Queens of the Stone Age (album)

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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age studio album

Publication
(s)

September 22, 1998 (first release)
March 7, 2011 (re-release)

admission

1. – 21. April 1998

Label (s) Roadrunner Records (first release)
Rekords Rekords (re-release)

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Stoner rock , alternative rock

Title (number)

11 (first release)
14 (re-release)

running time

46:29 (first release)
59:47 (re-release)

occupation Vocals , guitar , bass : Josh Homme,
drums : Alfredo Hernández

production

Josh Homme
Joe Barresi

Studio (s)

Studio Monkey ( Palm Springs ),
Rancho de la Luna ( Joshua Tree )

chronology
The Split CD
(1998) 		Queens of the Stone Age Rated R
(2000)

Queens of the Stone Age is the first studio album by the Californian rock band Queens of the Stone Age . It was recorded from April 3 to April 21, 1998 in various studios in California and was released on September 22 of the same year. In March 2011, singer Hommes own label Rekords Rekords released a remastered new edition including three additional titles that did not make it to the first edition.

Track list

Initial release

  1. Regular John (Homme, Hernández, John McBain ) - 4:35
  2. Avon (Homme) - 3:22
  3. If Only (Homme) - 3:20
  4. Walkin on the Sidewalks (Homme, Hernández) - 5:03
  5. You Would Know (Homme, Hernández) - 4:16
  6. How to Handle a Rope (Homme, Hernández) - 3:30
  7. Mexicola (Homme) - 4:54
  8. Hispanic Impressions (Homme, Hernández) - 2:44
  9. You Can't Quit Me Baby (Homme, Hernández) - 6:34
  10. Give the Mule What He Wants (Homme, Hernández) - 3:09
  11. I Was a Teenage Hand Model (Homme, Hernández) - 5:01

Republication

  1. Regular John (Homme, Hernández, McBain) - 4:35
  2. Avon (Homme) - 3:22
  3. If Only (Homme) - 3:20
  4. Walkin on the Sidewalks (Homme, Hernández) - 5:03
  5. You Would Know (Homme, Hernández) - 4:16
  6. The Bronze (Homme) - 3:45
  7. How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) (Homme, Hernández) - 3:30
  8. Mexicola (Homme) - 4:54
  9. Hispanic Impressions (Homme, Hernández) - 2:44
  10. You Can't Quit Me Baby (Homme, Hernández) - 6:34
  11. These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For (Homme) - 3:07
  12. Give the Mule What He Wants (Homme, Hernández) - 3:09
  13. Spiders and Vinegaroons (Homme) - 6:27
  14. I Was a Teenage Hand Model (Homme, Hernández) - 5:01

Participating musicians

In addition to Josh Homme and Alfredo Hernández, there are several guest musicians on the album.

  • Chris Goss - bass and backing vocals on You Would Know and Give the Mule What He Wants , as well as clavinet and percussion on Spiders and Vinegaroons
  • Fred Drake - drums and backing vocals on I Was a Teenage Hand Model
  • Patrick Hutchinson - Piano on I Was a Teenage Hand Model
  • Mike Johnson - "Sofa" on I Was a Teenage Hand Model
  • Dave Catching - Percussion on I Was a Teenage Hand Model
  • Victor Indrizzo - drums on Spiders and Vinegaroons

Special

  • Josh Hommes pseudonym , under which he appears as bass player in the booklet, is "Carlo von Sexron".
  • Avon comes from Homme's side project Desert Sessions .
  • If Only is a new recording of the song If Only Everything from the Kyuss / Queens-of-the-Stone-Age - Split- EP.
  • On the occasion of the re-release, Queens of the Stone Age went on tour from March to May 2011 and played the entire album in one go.
  • The song How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) was also released for the new edition with Avon as the B-side as a 7 ″ single with a limitation of 1000 copies.

Web links

Queens of the Stone Age
Alfredo Hernández • Nick Oliveri • Dave Catching • Gene Trautmann • Brendon McNichol • Dave Grohl • Mark Lanegan • Joey Castillo • Alain Johannes • Natasha Shneider


Studio albums

Queens of the Stone Age (1998) • Rated R (2000) • Songs for the Deaf (2002) • Lullabies to Paralyze (2005) • Era Vulgaris (2007) • … Like Clockwork (2013) • Villains (2017)

Extended plays

Stone Age Complication (2004)

Live albums

Over the Years and Through the Woods (2005) •… Like Cologne ( iTunes , 2013)

Singles

If Only Everything (Promo, 1996) • If Only (Promo, 1998) • I Was a Teenage Hand Model (Promo, 1998) • The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (2000) • Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2000) • Monsters in the Parasol (Promo, 2000) • Never Say Never (Romeo-Void-Cover, Promo, 2000) • No One Knows (2002) • Go with the Flow (2003) • First it Giveth (2003) • Little Sister ( 2005) • In My Head (2005) • Everybody Knows that You Are Insane (Promo, 2005) • The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died (Promo, 2005 and 2007) • Burn the Witch (2006) • Sick, Sick, Sick (2007) • 3's & 7's (2007) • Make it Wit Chu (2007) • How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) (2011) • My God is the Sun (2013) • I Sat by the Ocean ( 2013) • The Vampyre of Time and Memory (Promo, 2013) • Smooth Sailing (Promo, 2014) • The Way You Used to Do (2017)

Splits

Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age ( Split with Kyuss , 1997) • The Split CD (Split with Beaver, 1998)