Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)

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Rated R
Queens of the Stone Age studio album
Cover

Publication
(s)

June 6, 2000

admission

December 1999 – February 2000

Label (s) Interscope Records

Format (s)

Record , CD

Genre (s)

Alternative rock , hard rock , stoner rock

Title (number)

11

running time

42 min 16 s

occupation Vocals , guitar : Josh Homme
Vocals, bass , percussion : Nick Oliveri
Bass, background vocals: Chris Goss
Vocals: Mark Lanegan
drums , percussion: Nick Lucero
drums, percussion: Gene Trautmann

production

Chris Goss
Josh Homme

Studio (s)

Van Nuys , California

chronology
Queens of the Stone Age
(1998) 		Rated R Songs for the Deaf
(2002)
Alternative cover of the LP

Rated R or just R - titled Rated X or X in the vinyl version - is the second studio album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age . It was recorded between December 1999 and February 2000 in Van Nuys , California and released on June 6, 2000 via Interscope Records .

Success and reception

The album was largely positively received by music critics when it was released.

Steve Huey calls the album in his Allmusic - review as pioneering in the field of modern rock music of the new millennium and awarded five stars out of 5.

In his review of Rated R, Spence D. from IGN Entertainment particularly emphasizes the balance between fun and formality - "It's this expert balance of fun and formality is what makes the album damn near essential." - which makes the album seem almost essential .

Martin Mengele from laut.de describes Rated R as “… a colorful variety of songs that Chris Goss reconnects to a unity through his bluesy presence.” And awards 4 out of 5 possible points.

NME.com certifies that the major label - debut of the band big impact and awards for 9 out of 10 possible points.

Matthias Allstadt from Plattentests.de, on the other hand, attests to the Queens of the Stone Age having finally made it into the “Stoner Rock Olympus” with a Rated R and also awards 9 out of 10 possible points for it.

In his review for the Rolling Stone music magazine, Ben Ratliff awarded 3.5 out of 5 possible points. He emphasized the production quality and the variety of styles that was achieved for the album in cooperation with producer Chris Goss.

The American online music service Rhapsody put the album at number 1 on its list of the best rock albums of the decade (2000-2010).

Despite the good reviews, the album was not able to record any notable successes alongside number 35 in the Norwegian charts, number 54 in Great Britain and number 72 in Germany.

Single releases

The tracks Feel Good Hit of the Summer , Monsters in the Parasol and The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret were released as singles. Only The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, however, was able to record significant successes in the charts. A publication of the piece Never Say Never took place for promotional purposes .

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Rated R
  DE 72 06/19/2000 (1 week)
  UK 54 02.09.2000 (6 weeks)
Singles
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
  UK 31 08/26/2000 (2 weeks)
  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer ( Josh Homme , Nick Oliveri ) - 2:44
  2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (Homme, Oliveri) - 3:36
  3. Leg of Lamb (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:49
  4. Auto Pilot (Homme, Oliveri) - 4:01
  5. Better Living Through Chemistry (Homme, Oliveri) - 5:49
  6. Monsters in the Parasol (Homme, Mario Lalli ) - 3:28
  7. Quick and to the Pointless (Homme, Oliveri) - 1:42
  8. In the Fade / Feel Good Hit of the Summer ( Reprise ) (Homme, Mark Lanegan ) - 4:26
  9. Tension Head (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:53
  10. Lightning Song ( Dave Catching ) - 2:07
  11. I Think I Lost My Headache (Homme, Oliveri) - 8:40
  12. Ode to Clarissa (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:40 note
Note Bonus track of the Japanese edition - total playing time: 44 min 57 s.

limited edition

The limited edition released in the UK by Interscope Records contains four bonus tracks on a separate bonus CD, which corresponds exactly to the track list of the Feel Good Hit of the Summer single.

  1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:45
  2. Never Say Never (Benjamin Bossi, Debora Iyall, Frank Zincavage, Larry Carter, Pete Woods) - 4:23 ( Romeo-Void - Cover )
  3. You're So Vague (Homme, Oliveri) - 3:40
  4. Who'll Be the Next in Line ( Ray Davies ) - 2:29 ( The-Kinks- Cover)

Total playing time: 13 min 20 s

Re-release as a Deluxe Edition

Universal Music re-released the album on August 6, 2010 via its sub-label Interscope Records to mark the tenth anniversary of its initial release. The re-release took the form of a double CD, the first CD containing the regular album, the second CD containing B-sides and live recordings.

CD # 1

regular album

CD # 2

  1. Ode to Clarissa (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:41
  2. You're So Vague (Homme, Oliveri) - 3:41
  3. Never Say Never (Bossi, Iyall, Zincavage, Carter, Woods) - 4:24 (Romeo Void cover)
  4. Who'll Be the Next in Line (Davies) - 2:30 (The Kinks Cover)
  5. Born to Hula (Homme) - 5:54
  6. Monsters in the Parasol (Homme, Lalli) - 3:48 1
  7. Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Homme, Oliveri) - 3:00 2
  8. Regular John (Homme, Alfredo Hernández , John McBain ) - 5:13 2
  9. Avon (Homme) - 3:24 2nd
  10. Quick and to the Pointless (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:34 2
  11. Better Living Through Chemistry (Homme, Oliveri) - 5:20 2
  12. Ode to Clarissa (Homme, Oliveri) - 2:52 2
  13. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (Homme, Oliveri) - 3:33 2
  14. You Can't Quit Me Baby (Homme, Hernández) - 10:38 2
  15. Millionaire (Homme, Lalli) - 4:38 2
1Live at Showbox, Seattle , May 15, 2000
2Live at Reading Festival , August 26, 2000

Total playing time: 64 min 12 s

occupation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Huey: Rated R> Review . In: Allmusic , accessed July 25, 2010
  2. ↑ IGN.com : Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 25, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / uk.music.ign.com  
  3. ↑ Martin Mengele: Rated R - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer . In. laut.de , accessed on July 25, 2010
  4. ↑ NME.com: Queens Of The Stone Age - 'Rated R' - Desert rock grown up , accessed July 25, 2010
  5. ↑ Matthias Allstadt: Review: Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R - stoned Queens, part two . In: Plattentests.de , accessed on July 25, 2010
  6. ^ Rollingstone.com : R by Queens of the Stone Age , accessed July 25, 2010
  7. ↑ blog.rhapsody.com : Rock's Best Albums of the Decade ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 25, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.rhapsody.com
  8. ↑ Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R in the Norwegian charts on norwegiancharts.co
  9. ↑ The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret in the US American alternative songs chart of Billboard Magazine
  10. ↑ Discogs : Queens Of The Stone Age - Never Say Never , accessed August 30, 2010
  11. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK
  12. ↑ MusicBrainz : Release: R , accessed July 30, 2010
  13. ↑ allmusic.com: Rated R (UK) , accessed July 30, 2010
  14. ↑ universal-music.de: Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R - Deluxe Edition CD ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 30, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.universal-music.de
  15. ↑ allmusic.com: Rated R (Deluxe Edition) , accessed July 30, 2010
  16. ↑ MusicBrainz: Rated R (bonus disc) , accessed August 11, 2010

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)