Rated R (album)
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| Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age | ||
| Released | June 6, 2000 | |
| Recorded | December 1999 - February 2000 in Van Nuys, California | |
| Genre | Stoner Rock | |
| Length | 42:10 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Producer(s) | Chris Goss Joshua Homme (The Fiffiff Teeners) |
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| Queens of the Stone Age chronology | ||
| Queens of the Stone Age (1998) |
Rated R (2000) |
Songs for the Deaf (2002) |
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Rated R (sometimes also referred to as R or Restricted) is a 2000 album by Queens of the Stone Age, containing a brief guest vocal by Rob Halford and the first appearance of former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan on a Queens of the Stone Age record. It also features the first vocal performances on a Queens record by Nick Oliveri.
There has been some confusion regarding the name of the album, since the CD inlay reads "QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER", the MC version is labeled "RESTRICTED" and the All Music Guide calls it R [1]. However, the band's official homepage [2] (just like the Rolling Stone [3]) calls the album Rated R. The front cover reads "R - restricted to everyone, everywhere, all of the time" (where the "R" is replaced by the MPAA symbol for an R movie rating).
The album was originally to be called II, but was changed at the last minute. Promo and demo copies of the album are labelled Queens of the Stone Age II.
Rated R found the band experimenting with a more relaxed sound that was less riff-oriented than its predecessor, the self-titled Queens of the Stone Age. With the exception of the last track, entitled "I Think I Lost My Headache", the band abandoned their previous 'robot rock' style (so dubbed by their frontman Joshua Homme) characterized by extended 'jamming' over a single guitar riff.
Rated R received many accolades and favourable reviews. It was Metal Hammer album of the year in 2000. Rated R is certified silver in the UK meaning it has sold over 60,000 copies there.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" – 2:43 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" – 3:36 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "Leg of Lamb" – 2:48 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "Auto Pilot" – 4:01 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "Better Living Through Chemistry" – 5:49 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "Monsters in the Parasol" – 3:27 (Homme/Lalli)
- "Quick and to the Pointless" – 1:42 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "In the Fade" – 4:25 (Homme/Lanegan)
- Includes Hidden Track "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (Reprise)" on US copies, but separated into its own track in all other printings across the world. (Nevertheless, the track is not listed on these editions, so that the following songs got wrong track numbers, e.g. is "Tension Head" listed as track 9 but is track 10 on the disc.)
- "Tension Head" – 2:52 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "Lightning Song" – 2:07 (Homme/Oliveri)
- "I Think I Lost My Headache" – 8:40 (Homme/Oliveri)
In the Japanese version, the track "Ode to Clarissa" is included.
The special edition of the album included a bonus disc with the video to Feel Good Hit of the Summer along with the tracks Who'll Be The Next In Line (a Kinks cover), You're So Vague (a spoof of Carly Simon's hit You're So Vain) and Never Say Never (a Romeo Void cover). The bonus disc is entitled "Rated U".
[edit] Rated X
The Vinyl edition of the album is called Rated X and includes different art work. Homme himself was unhappy with the final artwork for Rated X. At the insistence of the record company, he had to remove hand drawn images of penises he had originally intended to include. The inner gatefold does include pornographic images, hence the "X" in the title. The cover art for Rated X is similar to the art for Rated R, only with a red background instead of blue, an "X" rating symbol instead of an "R", and without the "restricted" caption. Rated X also features bonus track "Ode to Clarissa" as track 12.
[edit] Personnel
- Robert Brunner -Pre-Production Assistant
- Dave Catching - Piano (Electric), Guitar (12 String), Lap Steel Guitar
- Bradley Cook - Engineer
- Dan Druff - Guitar Technician
- Nick Eldorado - Backing vocals
- Chris Goss - Bass, Percussion, Backing vocals, Producer, Piano (Grand)
- Rob Halford - Backing vocals
- Josh Homme - Composer, Producer, Mixing, Concept
- Mark Lanegan - Vocals, Backing vocals
- Marek - Mixing
- Barrett Martin - Percussion, Drums (Steel), Vibe Master
- Scott Mayo - Horn, Sax (Baritone)
- Nick Oliveri - Bass, Percussion, Composer, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Concept, Art Conception
- Fernando Pullum - Horn
- Francesca Restrepo - Art Direction
- Martin Schmelzle - Engineer, Sequencing, Assembly
- Trina Shoemaker - Engineer, Mixing
- Peter Stahl - Backing vocals
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | Top Heatseekers | 16 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 21 |
| 2000 | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | Modern Rock Tracks | 36 |
| Queens of the Stone Age |
| Joshua Homme | Joey Castillo | Troy Van Leeuwen | Alain Johannes |
| Dave Grohl | Nick Oliveri | Natasha Shneider | Dave Catching | Mark Lanegan | Alfredo Hernandez | Gene Trautmann | Brendon McNichol | John McBain |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Songs for the Deaf | Lullabies to Paralyze | Era Vulgaris |
| EPs: Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age | Stone Age Complications |
| Singles: "If Only" | "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" | "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" | "No One Knows" | "Go with the Flow" | "First It Giveth" | "Little Sister" | "In My Head" | "Burn the Witch" |
| DVDs: Over the Years and Through the Woods |
| Related articles |
| Kyuss | The Desert Sessions | Eagles of Death Metal | Mondo Generator | Screaming Trees | Rekords Rekords |
| Categories |
| Queens of the Stone Age Albums | Queens of the Stone Age Songs |
