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Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf cover
Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age
Released August 27, 2002
Recorded The Site in San Rafael, California, Conway Studios, Hollywood, California, Barefoot, Hollywood, California
Genre Stoner rock, Alternative rock
Length 59:19
Label Interscope Records
Producer(s) Adam Kasper,
Josh Homme,
Eric Valentine
Professional reviews
Queens of the Stone Age chronology
Rated R
(2000)		 Songs for the Deaf
(2002)		 Stone Age Complications
(2004)


Alternate cover
Cover of US vinyl release
Cover of US vinyl release

Songs for the Deaf is a 2002 album by Queens of the Stone Age and is notable for including Dave Grohl as a guest drummer. Like their previous album, Mark Lanegan and Nick Oliveri contributed vocals. This album is certified Gold in UK, which means it has sold over 100,000 copies there. Some songs on the album are played on a guitar tuned 2 steps down.

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[edit] Acclaim

Like its predecessor, Songs for the Deaf received very positive reviews, including a total score of 88 on Metacritic as of October 28, 2006 [1], making the album the 31st highest rated album on the site, and 3rd highest rated from 2002 [2]. Entertainment Weekly called it "The year's best hard-rock album." Splendid magazine said, "The bottom line is that QOTSA turns in another genre-demolishing, hard-as-titanium album in Songs for the Deaf. This is not your father's metal. It's better." Mojo listed the album as the year's 3rd best album, while Playlouder and Spin Magazine placed it at fourth. Kerrang! Magazine rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list. Dot Music gave the album 9 stars out of 10, with the review written as a letter to the band, jokingly adding, "So, I was just wondering…could I be your new drummer? I'm thinking of getting a tattoo soon, if it helps." [3]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" – 3:12 (Homme/Lalli)
    • Contains the hidden track "The Real Song For The Deaf" in the pregap of the track. This track is not available on all editions of the album, such as the LP versions.
  2. "No One Knows" – 4:38 (Homme/Lanegan)
  3. "First It Giveth" – 3:18 (Homme/Oliveri)
  4. "Song for the Dead" – 5:52 (Homme/Lanegan)
  5. "The Sky Is Fallin'" – 6:15 (Homme/Oliveri)
  6. "Six Shooter" – 1:19 (Homme/Oliveri)
  7. "Hangin' Tree" – 3:06 (Johannes/Homme)
  8. "Go With the Flow" – 3:07 (Homme/Oliveri)
  9. "Gonna Leave You" – 2:50 (Homme/Oliveri)
  10. "Do It Again" – 4:04 (Homme/Oliveri)
  11. "God Is in the Radio" – 6:04 (Homme/Oliveri)
  12. "Another Love Song" – 3:15 (Homme/Oliveri)
  13. "Song for the Deaf" – 6:42 (Homme/Lanegan)
    • Contains an incomplete version of "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer", that features all of the lyrics replaced with rhythmic laughing, toward the end of the track.
  14. "Mosquito Song" – 5:37 (Homme/Oliveri)

[edit] Variations

  1. ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") – 2:35 (Davies)
    • originally written and performed by The Kinks
  2. "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 7, 2002)
  3. "Bloody Hammer" (Erickson)

The first two songs are available on the UK and Japanese version of the Limited Edition album only. The third song is only available on the US double LP on Ipecac Recordings.

[edit] Miscellanea

  • A second version of "Gonna Leave You" was recorded with Nick Oliveri singing in Spanish.
  • The video for the song "Go With the Flow" was filmed in England by Shynola. [4]
  • This album's theme was supposedly inspired by Josh Homme's tedious drive through the desert with only a few Spanish channels.
  • Future full time Queens of the Stone Age members, Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider, guest on this album. They would not be fully integrated into the band until 2005. Johannes also wrote the song "Hangin' Tree" alongside Homme.
  • A hidden track can be found on this CD by rewinding the first track. Starting at 0:00 on Track 01, rewind the track roughly 1:30 and listen. A voice says: "Huh? What?" and a pattern of bass kicks in. This is widely known as "The Real Song For The Deaf" because a deaf person could "feel" the song if using the right subwoofer. This track, as well as being omitted from some pressings of the album (see track listing), is difficult to listen to on all but coventional CD players - most software CD players do not allow rewinding of this nature, and most MP3 "ripping" software will not include the data.
  • The cover art for the US double LP version of the album is quite different, featuring a red Q (with a sperm cell as the line in the Q) on a black background with no other text. It was released on red vinyl. The UK vinyl version cover is the same as the CD cover.
  • The intro to the track "Song for the Dead" is an homage Black Flag; the drums in that segment are lifted directly from the Black Flag song "Slip It In."[5]
  • The US LP version was released by Ipecac Recordings (Mike Patton's label.) and contains a bonus cover track, "Bloody Hammer", originally by Roky Erickson.
  • Their next studio album, Lullabies to Paralyze, got its name from a line in "Mosquito Song".
  • "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "Hangin' Tree" were originally recorded during The Desert Sessions, a Homme side project.
  • The person on the album disc is fellow musician Dave Catching (who performs on the album).

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Alain Johannes - e-bow, organ on "Another Love Song", piano on "Mosquito Song", flamenco guitar on "Mosquito Song" and "First It Giveth", theremin on "Six Shooter", lap steel guitar
  • Natasha Shneider - e-bow, organ on "Another Love Song", piano on "Mosquito Song", theremin on "Six Shooter"
  • Gene Trautmann - Drums on "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "Go With The Flow"
  • Dean Ween - guitar on "Six Shooter", "Gonna Leave You", and "Mosquito Song"
  • Paz Lenchantin - strings on "Mosquito Song"
  • Anna Lenchantin - strings on "Mosquito Song"
  • Molly McGuire - accordion on "Mosquito Song"
  • Brendon McNichol - lap steel on "Go with the Flow" (this is currently unconfirmed)
  • Chris Goss - (it is unknown which songs Goss has contributed to)
  • John Gove - horns on "Mosquito Song"
  • Kevin Porter - horns on "Mosquito Song"
  • Brad Kintscher - horns on "Mosquito Song"

[edit] Radio DJs

(Note: The songs on Songs for the Deaf are often interluded by staged bits of radio chatter.)

[edit] Producers

[edit] Recording personnel

  • Mixing - Adam Kasper at Conway Recording Studio
  • Recording - Alain Johannes ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") at Sound City Recording Studio, Van Nuys, CA.
  • Mastering - Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood CA.
  • Guitar technician - Dan Druff
  • Sound technician - Hutch
  • Pre-production - Bob Brunner "Mates"

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2002 The Billboard 200 17
2002 Top Internet Albums 17
2002 UK Album Chart 4

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2002 "No One Knows" Mainstream Rock Tracks 5
2002 "No One Knows" Modern Rock Tracks 1
2002 "No One Knows" The Billboard Hot 100 51
2003 "Go With the Flow" Mainstream Rock Tracks 24
2003 "Go With the Flow" Modern Rock Tracks 7
v • d • e
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
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
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