Songs for the Deaf

by Queens of the Stone Age

Overview

On their third album, Songs for the Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age are so concerned with pleasing themselves with what they play that they don't give a damn for the audience. This extends to the production, with the entire album framed as a broadcast from a left-of-the-dial AM radio station, the sonics compressed so every instrument is flattened. It's a joke run wild, punctuated by an ironic mock DJ, and it fits an album where the players run wild. As usual, Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri have brought in a number of guests, including Mark Lanegan on vocals and Dean Ween on guitar, but they've anchored themselves with the drumming of the mighty Dave Grohl, who helps give the band the muscle sorely missing from most guitar rock these days, whether it's indie rock or insipid alt-metal. QOTSA may be a muso band -- a band for musicians and those who have listened to too much music; why else did the greatest drummer and greatest guitarist in '90s alt-rock (Grohl and Ween, respectively) anxiously join this ever-shifting collective? -- but that's the pleasure of the band, and Songs for the Deaf in particular: it's restless and pummeling in its imagination and power. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/27/2002
Label:	Helicon Records / Interscope
UPC:	0606949342524
Rank:	3557

Tracks

1. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire
2. No One Knows
3. First It Giveth
4. A Song for the Dead
5. The Sky Is Fallin'
6. Six Shooter
7. Hangin' Tree
8. Go with the Flow
9. Gonna Leave You
10. Do It Again
11. God Is in the Radio
12. Another Love Song
13. A Song for the Deaf
14. Mosquito Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Queens of the Stone Age   Primary Artist
Mark Lanegan   Guest Artist,Lead Vocals
Dave Grohl   Guest Artist,Drums
Nick Oliveri   Lead Vocals,Guitar
Alain Johannes   E-Bow,Organ,Piano,Theremin,Flamenco Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Dean Ween   Guitar
Josh Homme   Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Ana Lenchantin   Strings
Brendon McNichol   Guitar
Gene Trautmann   Drums
Paz Lenchantin   Strings
Chris Goss   Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Natasha Shneider   E-Bow,Organ,Piano,Theremin

Technical Credits

Adam Kasper   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Nick Raskulinecz   Mixing
Alain Johannes   Composer,Musician
Gersh   Drum Technician
Casey Chaos   DJ
Twiggy Ramirez   DJ
Dean Ween   Musician
Hutch   Artwork,Assembly,Engineer,Direction
Josh Homme   Composer,Producer
Kevin Porter   Musician
Brendon McNichol   Musician
Gene Trautmann   Musician
Michael Melchiondo   Composer
C-   DJ
Dan Druff   Guitar Technician
Mark Williams   A&R
Andrew Alekel   Mixing
Paz Lenchantin   Musician
Blag Dahlia   DJ
Mario Lalli   Composer
Dave Catching   DJ
Chris Goss   DJ,Musician
Trevor Whatever   Studio Assistant
Eric Valentine   Producer
Mark Lanegan   Composer
John Gove   Musician
Natasha Shneider   Musician
Ray Davies   Composer
Kevin Szymanski   Engineer
Nick Oliveri   Composer