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{{short description|2002 studio album by Queens of the Stone Age}}
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
| Name = Songs for the Deaf
{{Infobox album
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
| name = Songs for the Deaf
| type = studio
| Cover = Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf.png
| artist = [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
| Released = August 27, 2002
| cover = Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf.png
| Recorded = March 2002–June 2002 at The Site ([[San Rafael, California]]), [[Conway Recording Studios]] and Barefoot ([[Hollywood, California]])
| alt =
| Genre = [[Alternative metal]], [[hard rock]], [[stoner rock]]<ref name="allmusic">[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r598904|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
| released = {{Start date|2002|08|27}}
| Length = 63:36
| recorded = October 2001 – June 2002
| Label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Josh Homme]], [[Adam Kasper]], [[Eric Valentine]]
* The Site ([[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]])
| Last album = ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]''<br />(2000)
* [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway]] (Los Angeles)
| This album = '''''Songs for the Deaf'''''<br />(2002)
* Barefoot (Hollywood)
| Next album = ''[[Stone Age Complication]]''<br />(2004)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| genre =
* [[Stoner rock]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fopp.com/qotsa/ |title=Queens of the Stone Age - Villains |last=Pinnock |first=Tom |date=August 22, 2017 |website=[[Fopp (retailer)|Fopp]] |access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
* [[hard rock]]<ref name="popmatters">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/queensofthestoneage-songs/ | title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf | magazine=[[PopMatters]] | date=September 11, 2002 | access-date=September 16, 2014 | author=Begrand, Adrien}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/2012/08/queens-of-the-stone-age-songs-for-the-deaf-turns-10/ | title=Gone With the Flow: QOTSA's 'Songs for the Deaf' Turns 10 | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=August 27, 2012 | access-date=October 29, 2015 | author=Marchese, David}}</ref>
| Type = studio
* {{nowrap|[[Palm Desert Scene|desert rock]]}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/queens-of-the-stone-age-you-work-first-then-party-later-22469 | title=Queens Of The Stone Age: "You work first, then party later…" | work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | date=May 31, 2013 | access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
| Cover = Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (LP).png
* [[Progressive rock|progressive]] [[grunge]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/songs-for-the-deaf-20020814 |title=Songs For The Deaf |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 14, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Berger |first=Arion |quote="Anointed as the new Nirvana in 1998, the California quartet was actually proof of how much the pop scene missed Nirvana. With Songs for the Deaf, the Queens get louder and weirder and let their bone-bred artiness run loose. This is prog grunge for the unpretentious..."}}</ref>
| Lower caption = Cover of U.S. vinyl release
| length = 60:53
}}
| label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| producer =
* [[Josh Homme]]
* [[Adam Kasper]]
* {{nowrap|[[Eric Valentine]]}}
| prev_title = [[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Stone Age Complication]]
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (LP).png
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Cover of U.S. vinyl release
}}
{{Singles
{{Singles
| Name = Songs for the Deaf
| name = Songs for the Deaf
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| single 1 = [[No One Knows]]
| single1 = [[No One Knows]]
| Single 1 date = November 26, 2002
| single1date = November 26, 2002
| single 2 = [[Go with the Flow]]
| single2 = [[Go with the Flow]]
| Single 2 date = April 7, 2003
| single2date = April 7, 2003
| single 3 = [[First It Giveth]]
| single3 = [[First It Giveth]]
| single 3 date = 2003
| single3date = August 18, 2003
}}}}
}}
}}
'''''Songs for the Deaf''''' is the third [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Queens of the Stone Age]]. Released on August 27, 2002, the album features [[Foo Fighters]] and former [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] member [[Dave Grohl]] as a guest drummer.<ref name="HOOK"/> Like their other albums, ''Songs for the Deaf'' has a large number of guest musicians, a signature of the band's releases. Following the breakthrough ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]'', this album is widely regarded as Queens of the Stone Age's best work, garnering near-universal acclaim from critics,<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web
'''''Songs for the Deaf''''' is the third studio album by the American rock band [[Queens of the Stone Age]], released on August 27, 2002, by [[Interscope Records]]. It features guest musicians including [[Dave Grohl]] on drums, and was the last Queens of the Stone Age album to feature [[Nick Oliveri]] on bass. ''Songs for the Deaf'' is a loose [[concept album]], taking the listener on a drive through the [[California]] desert from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree]], tuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as [[Banning, California|Banning]] and [[Chino Hills, California|Chino Hills]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/articles/gos0209xx.html| title = Gallery of Sound: The Modern Stone Age Family| author = Albert Mudrian| publisher = thefade.net| date = August 2002| access-date = November 16, 2016}}</ref>
| url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/queensofthestoneage/songsforthedeaf
| title = Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
| publisher = Metacritic
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref> whilst earning the band's first gold record certification in the United States, having sold 986,000 copies in the country and 1.000.000 in Europe platinum certification IFPI in 2008.<ref name="Updates">{{cite web
| url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2007-06/02/content_885807.htm
| title = Queens of the Stone Age enter new "Era"
| author = Jonathan Cohen
| publisher = Billboard
| date = 2007-06-02
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref> Today, it is generally considered to be one of the greatest rock albums of the 2000s. ''Songs for the Deaf'' is loosely considered as a [[concept album]], taking the listener on a drive from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree]] while tuning into radio stations from towns on the way such as [[Banning, California|Banning]] and the "Bible Belt" on "God Is In The Radio" and [[Chino Hills, California|Chino Hills]], California.


''Songs for the Deaf'' received critical acclaim and earned Queens of the Stone Age their first [[gold certification]] in the United States. One million copies were sold in Europe, earning a platinum certification from the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] in 2008.<ref name="Updates">{{cite magazine| url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2007-06/02/content_885807.htm| title = Queens of the Stone Age enter new "Era"| author = Jonathan Cohen| magazine = Billboard| date = June 2, 2007| access-date = July 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20080717.html |title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q2 2008 |publisher=IFPI |date=July 2008 |access-date=1 July 2008 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116193639/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20080717.html |archive-date=November 16, 2008 }}</ref> Three singles were released: "[[No One Knows]]", "[[Go with the Flow]]", and "[[First It Giveth]]".
==Overview and background==


===Contributors===
==Contributors==
''Songs for the Deaf'' was the first Queens of the Stone Age album that featured [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]] on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced the previous drummer, [[Gene Trautmann]], who started working on other projects. Grohl had been a keen admirer of Queens of the Stone Age since the band opened for Foo Fighters on tour and originally wanted to appear on ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]''.<ref name="HOOK">{{cite web
''Songs for the Deaf'' was the first Queens of the Stone Age album that featured [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]] on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced drummer [[Gene Trautmann]], who started working on other projects. Grohl had admired Queens of the Stone Age since they opened for Foo Fighters, and had wanted to appear on their previous album ''[[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|Rated R]]''.<ref name="HOOK">{{cite web| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml| title = Queens of the Stone Age Hook Up With Foo Fighters| author = Robert Mancini| publisher = MTV| date = September 21, 2000| access-date = June 19, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015054659/http://mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> Guitarist [[Joshua Homme|Josh Homme]], with whom he had been friends since 1992, while Homme was the guitarist for [[Kyuss]], invited him to join in October 2000. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring".<ref name="MTV 1">{{cite web| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454981/20020604/queens_stone_age.jhtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020804004928/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454981/20020604/queens_stone_age.jhtml| url-status = dead| archive-date = August 4, 2002| title = Queens of the Stone Age Flex Their Star Power| author = Jon Wiederhorn| publisher = MTV| date = June 4, 2002| access-date = June 19, 2007}}</ref>
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml
| title = Queens of the Stone Age Hook Up With Foo Fighters
| author = Robert Mancini
| publisher = MTV
| date = 2000-09-21
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071015054659/http://mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-15}}</ref> He joined Queens of the Stone Age in October 2001 when he received a phone call from [[Joshua Homme|Josh Homme]] with whom he had been friends since 1992, while Homme was the guitarist for [[Kyuss]]. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring".<ref name="MTV 1">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454981/20020604/queens_stone_age.jhtml
| title = Queens of the Stone Age Flex Their Star Power
| author = Jon Wiederhorn
| publisher = MTV
| date = 2002-06-04
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> Grohl put Foo Fighters on temporary hiatus,<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453485/20020418/foo_fighters.jhtml
| title = Grohl Puts Foos On Hold, Returns To Drumkit With Queens
| author = Joe D'Angelo
| publisher = MTV
| date = 2002-04-18
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026142
| title = Grohl Drums For Queens of the Stone Age, Foos Take A Break
| author = Matt Ashare
| publisher = Yahoo
| date = 2002-04-19
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> delaying their upcoming album ''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]'' to October 22, 2002<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046145
| title = Foo Fighters' New Release Set For October 22
| author = Brett Anderson
| publisher = Yahoo
| date = 2002-07-10
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> because of touring duties with Queens of the Stone Age in support of the album. Grohl's first performance with the band occurred at March 7, 2002 in [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]], [[Los Angeles]], and his last performance was at the [[Fuji Rock Festival]] on July 28, 2002. He returned to the Foo Fighters soon after, initially being replaced by former [[Blinker the Star]] drummer and with [[Troy Van Leeuwen]] ex-[[Failure (band)|Failure]] band mate Kellii Scott before [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] drummer [[Joey Castillo]] was eventually announced as his long-term replacement in August 2002.<ref name="Grohl">{{cite web
| url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5621
| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Announce Touring Drummer
| publisher = Blabbermouth
| date = 2002-08-24
| accessdate = 2007-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5736
| title = Former DANZIG Drummer Lands In QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
| publisher = Blabbermouth
| date = 2002-08-29
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref>


''Songs for the Deaf'' marks the last appearances on a Queens of the Stone Age record of former members [[Brendon McNichol]] (lap steel), and [[Gene Trautmann]] (drums). The album also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists [[Natasha Shneider]] and [[Alain Johannes]]. [[Jeordie White]] (of [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] fame) reportedly auditioned for the band in 2002 but lost out to Van Leeuwen,<ref>{{cite web
''Songs for the Deaf'' was the last appearance on a Queens of the Stone Age record by [[Brendon McNichol]] (lap steel) and [[Gene Trautmann]] (drums). It was also the last album to feature bassist and vocalist [[Nick Oliveri]] as a full-time member, as he was fired following the tour. The album also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists [[Natasha Shneider]] and [[Alain Johannes]]. Shneider and Johannes, alongside Songs for the Deaf touring recruits Castillo and [[Troy Van Leeuwen]] of [[Failure (band)|Failure]] and [[A Perfect Circle]] would subsequently become full-time Queens of the Stone Age members and contribute to the follow-up album ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'', released in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=6/18/2002
| title = TWIGGY RAMIREZ Auditions For QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
| publisher = Blabbermouth
| date = 2002-06-18
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> who joined the band as a touring member in support of ''Songs for the Deaf''. White did appear on the album, however, making a brief [[cameo appearance]] as a radio [[DJ]]. Shneider, Johannes, and Van Leeuwen would subsequently become full-time Queens of the Stone Age members and contribute to the follow-up album ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'', released in 2005.


Another change in personnel came with the arrival of producer [[Eric Valentine]], who had previously worked on a pair of [[The Dwarves|Dwarves]] albums with [[Nick Oliveri]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/queens-of-the-stone-age/queens-of-the-stone-age
| title = Kinda Muzik interview
| author = Martijn ter Haar
| publisher = Kinda Muzik
| date = 2002-10-19
| accessdate = 2007-06-21
}}</ref> Valentine was actually a requirement by [[Interscope]] and did not do his job according to Homme, who commented that "[Valentine] just recorded it actually, it says production, he was only there to record the beginning of it."<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://thefade.net/oldsite/transcripts/0208xxjoshinterview.html
| title = Interview with Nick Anderson
| author = Nick Anderson
| publisher = thefade.net
| date = 2002-8
| accessdate = 2007-06-21
}}</ref>
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Rounding out the lineup was singer/songwriter [[Mark Lanegan]], formerly of [[Screaming Trees]], a band that Homme had toured with previously.
Rounding out the core recording lineup of Homme, Oliveri, and Grohl, was singer/songwriter [[Mark Lanegan]], formerly of [[Screaming Trees]], a band that Homme had toured with previously. Lanegan joined the band as a full-time member in 2001 after having guested on the band's previous album, ''Rated R'', and provided additional songwriting and lyrics, in addition to lead vocals on several songs.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}


== Production ==
===Production and release===
Several songs on the album are reworked versions of tracks previously recorded and released in [[the Desert Sessions]], a side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" was the opening track of ''[[Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (Sea Shed Shit Head by the She Sore)]]'', with vocals originally performed by [[Fatso Jetson|Mario Lalli]] instead of Oliveri. "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on ''[[Volume 7: Gypsy Marches]]''.<ref name="Ipecac">{{cite web|title=Ipecac Recordings: Desert Sessions|url=http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=23|access-date=June 19, 2007|publisher=Ipecac Recordings}}</ref> "Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having very different lyrics and vocals completely by [[Mark Lanegan]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2001|title=Queens perform "Song for the Deaf" at the Bizarre Festival.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBk49JXDQHE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uBk49JXDQHE| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=June 20, 2007|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The main riff for "No One Knows" comes from another Desert Sessions track, "Cold Sore Superstars".<ref>{{Cite web|last=NME.COM|title=50 Greatest Guitar Riffs Of All Time {{!}} NME.COM|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/50-greatest-guitar-riffs-of-all-time/289593#/photo/32|access-date=February 9, 2016|website=NME.COM|date=October 25, 2012 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In September 2002, Josh Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:


Grohl's drums were recorded in a small, "dead"-sounding [[isolation booth]], to create a "tight, focused, punchy and kind of claustrophobic" sound. To allow for greater flexibility in positioning microphones, the [[cymbal]]s were recorded separately. To achieve this, Grohl performed each song twice; for the initial pass without cymbals, he hit [[Electronic drum|electronic cymbal pads]], then repeated the performance with real cymbals but a dummy [[Snare drum|snare]] and padded [[Tom-tom drum|toms]], so only the cymbals made noise. The takes were then blended. The engineer [[Eric Valentine]] credited Grohl for his patience in the process, which he described as "very difficult".<ref>{{Cite web|last=January 2014|first=Rhythm 14|title=Classic drum sounds: No One Knows|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/classic-drum-sounds-no-one-knows-590923|access-date=2021-04-30|website=MusicRadar|language=en}}</ref>
{{cquote|I've been thinking of this album since the first album, not necessarily the radio thing, but to me that isn't the full concept, the full concept is the diversity of it all, I think we're supposed to be pushing buttons over the three records. I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/articles/gos0209xx.html
| title = Gallery of Sound: The Modern Stone Age Family
| author = Albert Mudrian
| publisher = thefade.net
| date = 2002-08
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref> }}


Between them, Homme and Oliveri had different opinions on the usage of fake radio excerpts between tracks on the album, the former believing it gave the album "fluidity". According to Oliveri, they are a jibe at "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 3, 2002|title=QOTSA Enjoying Life With Dave|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/articles/story/5933801/qotsa_enjoying_life_with_dave|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011030/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/articles/story/5933801/qotsa_enjoying_life_with_dave|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>
In the same month, Nick Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with retail company [[HMV]]:


== Artwork ==
{{cquote|We're still doin' the same thing we always did, which is play music that we wanna hear but we can't buy it in the stores so we have to make it. We're not trying to cater to anybody — I wouldn't know how to do that because I've never sold records, you know what I mean? 'Let's write a single!' I don't know what that is — I've never had one.<ref>{{cite web
The cover art for the US double [[Gramophone record|LP]] version of the album is different from the CD version, featuring a red Q (with a [[sperm cell]] as the line in the Q and an [[egg cell]] as the circle) 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 except with the colors reversed. The person on the album disc is musician [[Dave Catching]], who performs on the album.<ref name="thefade">{{cite web |author=Daniel Yuri |title=Songs for the Deaf Overview |url=http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/discography/deaf.html |access-date=July 10, 2008}}</ref>
| url = http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/articles/hmv0209xx.html
| title = HMV: Killer Queens
| author = Barry Walsh
| publisher = thefade.net
| date = 2002-08
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref> }}


Both the CD and LP cover have a [[Parental Advisory]] seal on most copies, due to the word "[[fuck]]" appearing in the tracks "Song for the Dead", "Song for the Deaf" and "Six Shooter", as well as for the [[Explicit lyrics|violent lyrics]] of the latter track.
Between them, Homme and Oliveri had different opinions on the usage of fake radio excerpts between tracks on the album, the former believing it gave the album "fluidity". According to Oliveri, they are a jibe at "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them."<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/articles/story/5933801/qotsa_enjoying_life_with_dave
| title = QOTSA Enjoying Life With Dave
| publisher = Rolling Stone
| date = 2002-05-03
| accessdate = 2007-06-21
}}</ref>


There were also three different album covers that were made for the CD version of ''Songs for the Deaf''. All of the interior artwork for each of the three versions is the same, but there were covers printed in red, magenta, and orange. The most common copy of the album sleeve is the red cover.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
Several songs that appeared on the album were re-worked forms of tracks previously recorded and released in the [[Desert Sessions]], a side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" was the opening track of ''[[Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (Sea Shed Shit Head by the She Sore)]]'', with vocals originally performed by [[Fatso Jetson|Mario Lalli]] instead of Oliveri. "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on ''[[Volume 7: Gypsy Marches]]''.<ref name="Ipecac">{{cite web
| url = http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=23
| title = Ipecac Recordings: Desert Sessions
| publisher = Ipecac Recordings
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref>
Also, both "A Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having very different lyrics and vocals completely by [[Mark Lanegan]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=uBk49JXDQHE
| title = Queens perform "A Song for the Dead" at the Bizzare Festival.
| publisher = YouTube
| year = 2001
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref>


== Release and promotion ==
The album was initially planned for release on August 13, 2002,<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4021
| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Finalize Release Date, Track Listing For "Songs for the Deaf"
| publisher = Blabbermouth
| date = 2002-06-09
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref> but was eventually postponed for two weeks.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4359
| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Push Back Album Release Date
| publisher = Blabbermouth
| date = 2002-06-25
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref>


In September 2002, Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:
==Release and reception==

{{Album reviews
{{cquote|I've been thinking of this album since the first album, not necessarily the radio thing, but to me that isn't the full concept, the full concept is the diversity of it all, I think we're supposed to be pushing buttons over the three records. I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/articles/gos0209xx.html| title = Gallery of Sound: The Modern Stone Age Family| author = Albert Mudrian| publisher = thefade.net| date = August 2002| access-date = 2007-06-20}}</ref>}}
| MC = 89/100<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/songs-for-the-deaf/queens-of-the-stone-age</ref>

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
{{multiple image
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r598904|pure_url=yes}}|title=Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age|publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
| direction = vertical
| rev2 = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| image1 = Nick Oliveri V Festival 2003.jpg
| rev2Score = A<ref>http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,345717,00.html</ref>
| caption1 =
| rev3 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
| image2 = Josh Homme--2003 August.jpg
| rev3Score = B+<ref>http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/songs-for-the-deaf.htm</ref>
| caption2 =
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| footer = [[Nick Oliveri]] (above) and [[Josh Homme]] performing with the band at [[V Festival|V2003]] in support of the album
| rev4Score = 7.9/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/6606-songs-for-the-deaf/ Pitchfork Media Review]</ref>
| total_width = 100
| rev5 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
}}
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>Q (9/02, p. 104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "... This album mixes melancholy and might to a rare degree..."</ref>

| rev6 =[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]
The album was planned for release on August 13, 2002,<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4021| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Finalize Release Date, Track Listing For "Songs for the Deaf"| work = Blabbermouth| date = June 9, 2002| access-date = June 20, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020827172721/http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4021| archive-date = August 27, 2002}}</ref> but was postponed for two weeks.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4359| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Push Back Album Release Date| work = Blabbermouth| date = June 25, 2002| access-date = June 20, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195521/http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4359| archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref> Grohl put Foo Fighters on hiatus<ref>{{cite web |author=Joe D'Angelo |date=April 18, 2002 |title=Grohl Puts Foos On Hold, Returns To Drumkit With Queens |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453485/20020418/foo_fighters.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804143815/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453485/20020418/foo_fighters.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2002 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=MTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Matt Ashare |date=April 19, 2002 |title=Grohl Drums For Queens of the Stone Age, Foos Take A Break |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026142 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615063827/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026142 |archive-date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> and delayed their upcoming album ''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]'' to October 2002<ref>{{cite web |author=Brett Anderson |date=July 10, 2002 |title=Foo Fighters' New Release Set For October 22 |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046145 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610013736/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046145 |archive-date=June 10, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref> to tour for ''Songs For the Deaf''. His first performance with the band was at March 7, 2002 at the [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|Troubadour]], Los Angeles, and his last was at the [[Fuji Rock Festival]] on July 28. He returned to Foo Fighters, with [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] drummer [[Joey Castillo]] announced as his replacement in August 2002.<ref name="Grohl">{{cite news |date=August 24, 2002 |title=QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Announce Touring Drummer |work=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5621 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021027114001/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5621 |archive-date=October 27, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 29, 2002 |title=Former DANZIG Drummer Lands In QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE |work=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5736 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030322170608/http://roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5736 |archive-date=March 22, 2003}}</ref>
| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>All the elements which made its predecessor so great are here, but in excelsis, and occasionally excess. [Sep 2002, p.95]</ref>

| rev7 = [[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]
==Reception==
| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>While cliches abound... this huge music is delivered with panache. [#9, p.154]</ref>
{{Music ratings
| rev8 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| MC = 89/100<ref name=Metacritic/>
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,778962,00.html|title=Pop CD releases: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | location=London|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=2002-08-23}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-the-deaf-mw0000223645 |title=Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev9Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>[A] breathtaking, virtually flawless album. [Sep 2002, p.104]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631|title=Queens Of The Stone Age : Songs For The Deaf|publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=9 |date=September 2002 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |last=Leonard |first=Michael |page=154 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211151448/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |archive-date=February 11, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev11 = [[Drowned in Sound]]
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = A<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf |title=Songs for the Deaf |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 6, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164806/http://ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf/ |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev11Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref>http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3044/reviews/4671-</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/23/popandrock.artsfeatures2 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=August 23, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-25-ca-rack25-story.html |title=Queens of the Stone Age, 'Songs for the Deaf', Interscope |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 25, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Cromelin |first=Richard}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = 9/10<ref name=NME>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |title=Queens Of The Stone Age : Songs For The Deaf |journal=[[NME]] |date=August 17, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Robinson |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232220/http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 7.9/10<ref name="PitchforkReview">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6606-songs-for-the-deaf/ |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 10, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Carr |first=Eric}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=194 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/songs-for-the-deaf-20020814 |title=Songs For The Deaf |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 14, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Berger |first=Arion}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=64 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}</ref>
}}
}}
[[Image:Nick Oliveri V Festival 2003.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Nick Oliveri]] performing with Queens at [[V Festival|V2003]] in support of ''Songs for the Deaf'']]
''Songs for the Deaf'' was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late August 2002, the album would peak at the top twenty on most of the charts it appeared on, reaching the top ten in [[Australia]], [[Belgium]], [[Norway]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the top twenty [[Finland]], [[Italy]], [[Sweden]] and the [[United States|US]] (number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart), as well as the top thirty in [[Denmark]], [[France]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].


''Songs for the Deaf'' was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late August 2002, the album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277247/queens-stone-age/chart?f=305 |title=Queens of the Stone Age - Chart history |website=www.billboard.com |language=en |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>
Like its [[Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)|predecessor]], ''Songs for the Deaf'' received very positive reviews, aggregated as a total score of 89 out of 100 ("universal acclaim") on [[Metacritic]],<ref name="Metacritic" /> making the album the third highest rated on the site from 2002.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml
| title = Best of 2002: The 30 best reviewed albums of the year
| publisher = Metacritic
| accessdate = 2007-06-18
}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.<ref>{{cite journal
| url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,345717,00.html
| title = Entertainment Weekly review of Songs for the Deaf
| journal = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> ''Splendid'' 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 (magazine)|Mojo]]'' listed the album as the year's third best, while [[Playlouder]] and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' placed it at fourth. ''[[NME]]'' placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear
| title = NME Albums of the Year
| publisher = NME
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002
| title = Kerrang! End of year lists
| publisher = Kerrang!
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>
Music critic [[Steven Hyden]] called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/54670/former-queens-of-the-stone-age-bassist-somehow-avoids-jail-after-four-hour-standoff
| title = Former Queens of the Stone Age Bassist Somehow Avoids Jail After Four-Hour Standoff
| publisher = Grantland
| accessdate = 2012-08-06
}}</ref>


''Songs for the Deaf'' received critical acclaim and is often cited as the band's greatest album to date.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2012/08/queens-of-the-stone-age-songs-for-the-deaf-turns-10/ |title=Gone With the Flow: QOTSA's 'Songs for the Deaf' Turns 10 |last=Marchese |first=David |date=August 27, 2012 |website=Spin |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating out of 100 from aggregated critic reviews, ''Songs for the Deaf'' is assigned a score of 89, indicating "universal acclaim",<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/songs-for-the-deaf/queens-of-the-stone-age |title=Reviews for Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 10, 2008}}</ref> making the album the third highest-rated on the site from 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml |title=Best of 2002: The 30 best reviewed albums of the year |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=June 18, 2007}}</ref> [[Josh Tyrangiel]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.<ref name="EW"/> ''Splendid'' 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."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thefade.net/oldsite/articles/splendid020805.html |title=Splendid: Songs for the Deaf Review |last=Kelly |first=Jennifer |date=August 5, 2002 |website=thefade.net |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' listed the album as the year's third best. ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' ranked it at number six on their list of best albums of 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Best of 2002|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004721/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061209104947/http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| url-status = dead| archive-date = December 9, 2006| title = NME Albums of the Year| magazine = NME| access-date = June 19, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| title = Kerrang! End of year lists| magazine = Kerrang!| access-date = July 10, 2008| archive-date = May 26, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| url-status = dead}}</ref>
The album met with great success earning the band's first [[gold record|gold certification]] in the US on January 27, 2003, shifting over 500,000 copies, as well as platinum certification in the UK on September 20, 2002, with sales exceeding 100,000 of units sold.<ref>{{cite web
Music critic [[Steven Hyden]] called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/54670/former-queens-of-the-stone-age-bassist-somehow-avoids-jail-after-four-hour-standoff| title = Former Queens of the Stone Age Bassist Somehow Avoids Jail After Four-Hour Standoff| publisher = Grantland| access-date = August 6, 2012}}</ref> In October 2001, while the album was being recorded, Dave Grohl stated that ''Songs for the Deaf'' was his favorite album that he had ever played drums on.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grohl to drum on new QOTSA album|url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsF/foo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111220055/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsF/foo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2002|last=Grant|first=Kieran|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>
| url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372
| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE , SONGS FOR THE DEAF , Gold , Fri Sep 20 2002
| publisher = British Phonographic Industry
| date = 2002-09-20
| accessdate = 2007-06-11 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070930235310/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-30}}</ref> and platinum status in [[Canada]].<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web
| url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php
| title=CRIA Certifications
| publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.<ref name="Updates" />


The album met with great success earning the band's first [[Music recording sales certification|gold certification]] in the US on January 27, 2003, shifting over 500,000 copies, as well as platinum certification in the UK on September 20, 2002, with sales exceeding 100,000 of units sold.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Gold, Fri Sep 20 2002| publisher = British Phonographic Industry| date = September 20, 2002| access-date = June 11, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235310/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 30, 2007}}</ref> and platinum status in [[Canada]].<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web| url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207020137/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 7, 2005| title=CRIA Certifications| publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]| access-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref> As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.<ref name="Updates" />
The album received two [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations for singles "[[No One Knows]]" (2002),<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm
| title = 45th Grammy Awards
| publisher = Rockonthenet
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref> and "[[Go with the Flow]]" (2003).<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm
| title = 46th Grammy Awards
| publisher = Rockonthenet
| accessdate = 2007-06-20
}}</ref>


The album received two [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations for singles "[[No One Knows]]" (2002),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm| title = 45th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}}</ref> and "[[Go with the Flow]]" (2003).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm| title = 46th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}}</ref>
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest 100" poll, Australian radio station [[Triple J]] ran a "Hottest 100 of the last 20 years" poll in June 2013. Songs that were released between 1994 and 2000 were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day two|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35907/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-two|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|accessdate=10 June 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=9 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day one|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35906/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-one|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|accessdate=10 June 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=8 June 2013}}</ref>


To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest 100" poll, Australian radio station [[Triple J]] ran a "Hottest 100 of the last 20 years" poll in June 2013. Songs that were released between 1994 and 2013 were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day two|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35907/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-two|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day one|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35906/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-one|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 8, 2013}}</ref>
=== Accolades ===
The information regarding accolades attributed to ''Songs for the Deaf'' is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/Queens%20of%20the%20Stone%20Age.htm|title=Songs for the Deaf's accolades|accessdate=2007-11-04|publisher=Acclaimed Music}}</ref>


===Accolades===
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| The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/580261 | title=Dagsavisen: The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century | accessdate=2008-07-22 | publisher=''Dagsavisen''}}</ref>
| The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Bernt Erik |date=2005-12-27 |title=Det 21. århundrets 21 beste plater |work=[[Dagsavisen]] |pages=36-39 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
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| 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time<ref>{{cite web
| 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/VPROWatishetallerbestealbumMei2006.htm
| url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/VPROWatishetallerbestealbumMei2006.htm
| title=299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) | accessdate=2008-07-22 | publisher=''VPRO''}}</ref>
| title=299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) | access-date=July 22, 2008 | publisher=VPRO}}</ref>
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| ''[[Harp (magazine)|HARP]]''
| ''[[Harp (magazine)|HARP]]''
| [[United States]]
| United States
| 50 Most Essential Albums since 2001"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php | title=50 Most Essential Albums since 2001 | accessdate=2008-07-22 | publisher=''HARP'' |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080323103625/http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-23}}</ref>
| 50 Most Essential Albums since 2001<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php | title=50 Most Essential Albums since 2001 | access-date=July 22, 2008 | publisher=HARP |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323103625/http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = March 23, 2008}}</ref>
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| ''[[NME]]''
| ''[[NME]]''
| [[United Kingdom]]
| United Kingdom
| The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049| title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade| accessdate=2009-12-01 | publisher=NME.com}}</ref>
| The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049| title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade| date=November 11, 2009| access-date=December 1, 2009 | publisher=NME.com}}</ref>
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| ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| [[United Kingdom]]
| United Kingdom
| Uncut's Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/special_features/13807| title=Uncut's Albums of the Decade|accessdate=2010-04-04 | publisher=Uncut.co.uk}}</ref>
| Uncut's Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/special_features/13807| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205042427/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/special_features/13807| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 5, 2010| title=Uncut's Albums of the Decade|access-date=April 4, 2010 | publisher=Uncut.co.uk}}</ref>
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| ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| [[United States]]
| United States
| The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/2/|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]|author=Pitchfork staff|title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151|date=September 28, 2009|accessdate=October 1, 2009}}</ref>
| The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/2/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|author=''Pitchfork'' staff|title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151|date=September 28, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref>
| 2009
| 2009
| 134
| 134
|-
|-
| ''[[Decibel Magazine]]''
| ''[[Decibel Magazine]]''
| [[United States]]
| United States
| The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade<ref>[http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/enwiki/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1021337&cmd=show Acclaimed Music Forum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade{{CN|date=December 2023}}
| 2009
| 2009
|7
|7
|-
|-
| ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| [[Germany]]
| Germany
| The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time<ref>{{cite book|last=[...]|first=Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund]|title=Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Heel|location=Königswinter|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=57}}</ref>
| The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=57}}</ref>
| 2005
| 2005
| 380
| 380
|}
|}

==Artwork==
The cover art for the [[United States|U.S.]] double [[Gramophone record|LP]] version of the album is quite different from the CD version, featuring a red Q (with a [[sperm cell]] as the line in the Q and an [[egg cell]] as the circle) 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 dashboard/interior with superimposed logos is that of a [[Fiat 124 Sport Spider]], a 1960s&ndash;1980s mass market Italian sports car. The person on the album disc is musician [[Dave Catching]], who performs on the album.<ref name="thefade">{{cite web
| url = http://www.thefade.net/discography/songsforthedeaf.php
| title = Songs for the Deaf Overview
| author = Daniel Yuri
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>

There were also three different album covers that were made for the CD version of ''Songs for the Deaf''. All of the interior artwork for each of the three versions is the same, but there were covers printed in red, magenta, and orange. The most common copy of the album sleeve is the red cover.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


{{Track listing
[[Image:Josh Homme.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Josh Homme]] performing with Queens at [[V Festival|V2003]] in support of ''Songs for the Deaf'']]
| all_writing = [[Josh Homme]] and [[Nick Oliveri]], except where noted.

| extra_column = Lead vocals
All tracks written by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Joshua Homme except where noted.
| title0 = The Real Song for the Deaf

| note0 = [[Pregap|pregap track]]
{{tracklist
| total_length = 60:53
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| writing_credits = yes
| length0 = 1:32
| extra0 = (instrumental)
| title0 = The Real Song for the Deaf
| title1 = You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
| total_length = 1:03:36
| writer1 = [[Josh Homme]], [[Mario Lalli]]
| length0 = 1:33
| length1 = 3:12
| title1 = You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
| extra1 = [[Nick Oliveri]]<ref name="Ipecac" />
| writer1 = Homme, Mario Lalli
| title2 = [[No One Knows]]
| length1 = 3:12
| extra1 = [[Nick Oliveri]]
| writer2 = Homme, [[Mark Lanegan]]
| length2 = 4:38
| title2 = [[No One Knows]]
| writer2 = Homme, [[Mark Lanegan]]
| extra2 = [[Josh Homme]]
| title3 = [[First It Giveth]]
| length2 = 4:38
| extra2 =
| length3 = 3:18
| extra3 = Homme
| title3 = [[First It Giveth]]
| title4 = Song for the Dead
| length3 = 3:18
| writer4 = Homme, Lanegan
| extra3 =
| length4 = 5:52
| title4 = A Song for the Dead
| writer4 = Homme, Lanegan
| extra4 = Lanegan
| title5 = The Sky Is Fallin{{'-}}
| length4 = 5:52
| length5 = 6:15
| extra4 = Mark Lanegan
| extra5 = Homme
| title5 = The Sky Is Fallin'
| title6 = Six Shooter
| length5 = 6:15
| extra5 =
| length6 = 1:19
| extra6 = Oliveri
| title6 = Six Shooter
| title7 = Hangin' Tree
| length6 = 1:19
| writer7 = Homme, [[Alain Johannes]]
| extra6 = Nick Oliveri
| extra7 = Lanegan
| title7 = Hangin' Tree
| length7 = 3:06
| writer7 = Homme, [[Alain Johannes]]
| title8 = [[Go with the Flow]]
| extra7 = Mark Lanegan
| length7 = 3:06
| length8 = 3:07
| extra8 = Homme
| title8 = [[Go with the Flow]]
| title9 = Gonna Leave You
| length8 = 3:09
| extra8 =
| length9 = 2:50
| extra9 = Oliveri
| title9 = Gonna Leave You
| length9 = 2:50
| title10 = Do It Again
| length10 = 4:04
| extra9 = Nick Oliveri
| extra10 = Homme
| title10 = Do It Again
| length10 = 4:04
| title11 = God Is in the Radio
| extra10 =
| length11 = 6:04
| extra11 = Lanegan
| title11 = God Is in the Radio
| title12 = Another Love Song
| length11 = 6:04
| length12 = 3:16
| extra11 = Mark Lanegan
| extra12 = Oliveri
| title12 = Another Love Song
| title13 = Song for the Deaf
| length12 = 3:16
| extra12 = Nick Oliveri
| writer13 = Homme, Oliveri, Lanegan
| length13 = 6:42
| title13 = A Song for the Deaf
| extra13 = Homme, Lanegan
| note13 = Contains an incomplete version of "[[Feel Good Hit of the Summer]]", that features all of the lyrics replaced with rhythmic laughing.
| note13 = Contains a [[Hidden track|hidden]] [[outtake]] version of "[[Feel Good Hit of the Summer]]" with all lyrics replaced with manic laughter.
| writer13 = Homme, Oliveri, Lanegan
| title14 = Mosquito Song
| length13 = 6:42
| note14 = [[hidden track]]
| extra13 = Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan
| length14 = 5:37
| title14 = Mosquito Song
| extra14 = Homme
| note14 =
| length14 = 5:37
| extra14 =

}}
}}

===Limited-edition bonus DVD track listing===
#"Monsters in the Parasol" (Live at The Troubadour)
#"No One Knows (Live at The Troubadour)
#"Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (Live at The Troubadour)
#"Quick and to The Pointless" (Live at Vintage Vinyl)
#"Queens of the Fucking Stone Age"

===The Real Song for the Deaf===
"The Real Song for the Deaf", which is essentially Track 0, is located in the [[pregap]] of Track 1 as a [[hidden track]]. The hidden track can be found by rewinding the first track to roughly -1:33. A voice comes on and says: "Huh? What?" and a pattern of low-frequency bass plays and modulates for the rest of the song.

This track, as well as being omitted from some pressings of the album (see track listing), is difficult to listen to on all but conventional CD players. Most software CD players do not allow rewinding of this nature, and most MP3 "ripping" software will not include the data.

The [[iTunes Store]] includes this track as part of the entire album, with the US store including it as a separate track, and the UK store including it as part of "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire".

The track was not hidden on the album's [[cassette tape]] release, playing before "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire".

==Notes==
* The intro to track #4, "A Song for the Dead", is an homage to [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]; the drum rhythm that takes off after the intro solo is lifted directly from the Black Flag song "Slip It In."<ref>[http://www.fooarchive.com/features/visionsprobot03.htm Foo Archive article]</ref>
* A second version of "Gonna Leave You" dubbed "Te Voy a Dejar" was recorded with Nick Oliveri singing in Spanish, and is available as a [[B-side]] on the UK version of the "No One Knows" CD single.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-One-Knows-CD-2/dp/B000077DVZ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1215687774&sr=8-2
| title = No One Knows CD Single
| publisher = Amazon.co.uk
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>
* A cover of [[Roky Erickson]]'s "Bloody Hammer" appears on the [[United States|U.S.]] double LP released by [[Ipecac Recordings]].
* Initial pressings of the album came with a bonus [[DVD]], which featured behind the scenes footage of the group recording album, live performances (many of which were taken from the Troubador live show), and interview footage.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456407/20020801/jay_z.jhtml
| title = For The Record: Quick News On Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Cam'ron, Brandy, QOTSA, Ludacris, Björk, Pavement & More
| publisher = MTV.com
| date = 2002-08-01
| accessdate = 2007-06-19
}}</ref>
* The [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Japan]]ese version of the limited edition album includes the cover "[[Everybody's Gonna Be Happy]]" (2:35, [[Ray Davies|Davies]]), originally written and performed by [[The Kinks]], and a live version of "[[The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret]]" recorded at [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]] in [[Los Angeles]] on March 7, 2002.
* A limited tour edition of the album was released on June 2, 2007, with a second disc of five songs recorded live at the [[Ancienne Belgique]] in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-Deaf-Queens-Stone-Age/dp/B00009OKOC
| title = Songs for the Deaf: Tour Edition
| publisher= Amazon.co.uk
| accessdate = 2008-07-13
}}</ref>
* The band's subsequent studio album, ''[[Lullabies to Paralyze]]'', got its name from a line in "Mosquito Song".<ref name="Vertigo">{{cite web
| url=http://www.vertigo.fm/main.php?site=artist_texte&artist_id=1639
| publisher=Vertigo
| title=Queens of the Stone Age Interview
| accessdate=2005-05-18
| quote =I also like that the title bridges this record and the last record in that it's a lyric from "Mosquito Song". (Homme)}}</ref>
*The song "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire", often shortened to "Millionaire", has been featured in the video game ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]'', the single-player trailer for ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'', the movie ''[[Project X (2012 film)|Project X]]'', The film XXX (pronounced "Triple X"), and commercials for [[T-Mobile]].
*The songs "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "Song For The Dead" were featured in the intro of the video game ''[[Jak X]]''.
* The song No One Knows was featured in [[Guitar Hero Smash Hits]] and [[Guitar Hero (video game)|Guitar Hero]]. The latter being a cover. It also appears in ''[[Rock Band 3]]''.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
The following people contributed to ''Songs for the Deaf'':<ref name="thefade"/>
The following people contributed to ''Songs for the Deaf'':<ref name="thefade"/>


{{col-begin}}
===Band===
{{col-2}}
* [[Josh Homme]] – [[vocals]], [[guitar]]

* [[Nick Oliveri]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[vocals]]
===Queens of the Stone Age===
* [[Mark Lanegan]] – [[vocals]], [[keyboards]], [[lap steel guitar]], [[guitar]]
* [[Dave Grohl]] – [[drums]], [[percussion]], [[backing vocals]]
* [[Josh Homme]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Nick Oliveri]] – bass guitar, vocals
* [[Dave Grohl]] – drums <small> (all tracks except 1 and 8)</small>
* [[Mark Lanegan]] – vocals


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
* [[Alain Johannes]] – [[e-bow]], [[organ (music)|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]]
* [[Alain Johannes]] – [[lap steel guitar]], [[e-bow]], [[organ (music)|organ]], piano, [[flamenco guitar]], [[theremin]] (Tracks 3, 6, 7 and 12)
* [[Natasha Shneider]] – e-bow, organ on "Another Love Song", piano on "Mosquito Song", theremin on "Six Shooter"
* [[Natasha Shneider]] – e-bow, organ, piano, theremin (Tracks 4, 6, 12 and 14)
* [[Gene Trautmann]] – drums on "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "Go With The Flow"
* [[Gene Trautmann]] – drums (Tracks 1 and 8)
* [[Dean Ween]] – guitar on "Six Shooter", "Gonna Leave You", and "Mosquito Song"
* [[Dean Ween]] – guitar (Tracks 6, 9 and 14)
* [[Brendon McNichol]] – lead guitar on "Go with the Flow"
* [[Brendon McNichol]] – guitar (Track 8)
* [[Chris Goss]] – keyboard on "The Sky Is Fallin'"
* [[Chris Goss]] – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (Tracks 5 and 10)
* [[Paz Lenchantin]] – strings on "Mosquito Song"
* [[Paz Lenchantin]] – strings (Tracks 2 and 14)
* [[Ana Lenchantin]] – strings on "Mosquito Song"
* [[Ana Lenchantin]] – strings (Tracks 2 and 14)
* [[Molly McGuire]] – [[accordion]] on "Mosquito Song"
* [[Molly McGuire]] – [[accordion]] (Track 14)
* John Gove – [[horn (instrument)|horns]] on "Mosquito Song"
* John Gove – [[French horn|horns]] (Track 14)
* Kevin Porter – horns on "Mosquito Song"
* Kevin Porter – horns (Track 14)
* Brad Kintscher – horns on "Mosquito Song"
* Brad Kintscher – horns (Track 14)
{{col-2}}


===Radio DJs===
===Radio DJs===
The songs on ''Songs for the Deaf'' are often interluded by staged bits of radio chatter.
The songs on ''Songs for the Deaf'' are interluded by staged bits of radio chatter with guest DJs.
In order of appearance:
* [[Blag Dahlia]]
* [[Blag Dahlia]] as DJ "Kip Kasper" of KLON - KLONE Radio of Los Angeles
* [[Alain Johannes]]
* [[Alain Johannes]] as DJ "Héctor Bonifacio Echeverría Cervantes de la Cruz Arroyo Rojas"
* C-Minus
* [[Chris Goss]] as DJ "Elastic Ass" of KRDL - Kurdle 109 of Chino Hills
* [[David Catching|Dave Catching]]
* C-Minus as DJ for KOOL
* [[Casey Chaos]]
* [[Casey Chaos]] as station ad promoting "All Death Metal, all the time."
* [[Chris Goss]]
* [[Twiggy Ramirez]] as DJ Tom Sherman of Banning College Radio
* [[Jeordie White]]
* [[Lux Interior]] as DJ for AM580
* [[Natasha Shneider]]
* [[Jesse Hughes (musician)|Jesse Hughes]] as Preacher
* [[Lux Interior]]
* [[Natasha Shneider]] as DJ for WOMB - The Womb
* [[David Catching|Dave Catching]] as DJ for WANT of Wonder Valley


===Producers===
===Technical personnel===
* [[Josh Homme]]
* [[Josh Homme]] – production
* [[Eric Valentine]]
* [[Eric Valentine]] – production, recording, mixing
* [[Chris Goss]] – recording, assisting production
* [[Adam Kasper]] – production on "The Sky Is Fallin'" and "Do It Again"
* [[Adam Kasper]] – production ("The Sky Is Fallin'" and "Do It Again"), mixing (at [[Conway Recording Studios]])

* [[Alain Johannes]] – recording ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", at [[Sound City Studios]], Van Nuys, CA)
===Recording personnel===
* Brian Gardner – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA)
* Mixing – [[Adam Kasper]] at [[Conway Recording Studios]]
* [[Dan Druff (musician)|Dan Druff]] – guitar technician
* Recording – [[Alain Johannes]] ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") at Sound City Recording Studio, Van Nuys, CA.
* Hutch – sound technician
* Mastering – Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood CA.
* Bob Brunner "Mates" – pre-production
* Guitar technician – [[Dan Druff (musician)|Dan Druff]]
{{col-end}}
* Sound technician – [[Hutch (sound engineer)|Hutch]]
* Pre-production – Bob Brunner "Mates"


==Chart positions==
==Chart positions==
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{|
{{col-2}}
| width="auto" valign="top" |


===Album===
=== Weekly charts ===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Songs for the Deaf''
! Year
! Chart
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
! Peak
! Ref.
|-
|-
{{album chart|Australia|7|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| rowspan="14"|2002
| [[Billboard 200|US Billboard 200]]
|align="center"| 17
| <ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,358274,00.html
| title = Romancing the Stone Age
| publisher = ew.com
| date = 2002-08-11
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|19|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Albums Charts]]
|align="center"| 7
|<ref name="charts">{{cite web
| url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queens+Of+The+Stone+Age&titel=Songs+For+The+Deaf&cat=a
| title = Songs for the Deaf Australian Charts
| publisher = Australian-charts.com
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|9|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| Belgian Albums Chart
|align="center"| 9
|<ref name="charts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|32|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| [[Canadian Albums Chart]]
|align="center"| 1
|<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.chartattack.com/charts/10042002-general-top-50
| title = Canadian Music Charts
| publisher = Chartattack.com
| date = 2002-10-04
| accessdate = 2009-10-11
}}</ref>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|33|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| Denmark Albums Chart
|align="center"| 33
|<ref name="charts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|17|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| Dutch Albums Chart
|align="center"| 17
|<ref name="acharts">{{cite web
| url = http://acharts.us/album/12702
| title = Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf - Music Charts
| publisher = αCharts.us
| accessdate = 2008-07-10
}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope="row"|[[European Top 100 Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-09-14.pdf|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums - September 14, 2002|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=20|issue=38|page=16|date=September 14, 2002|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Finnish Albums Chart]]
| 6
|align="center"| 11
|<ref name="acharts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Finland|11|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| French Albums Chart
|align="center"| 32
|<ref name="charts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|France|32|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| German Albums Chart
|align="center"| 9
|<ref name="GER">{{cite web
| url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php
| title=German Chart
| publisher=Charts-Surfer
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|9|id=4175|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| Irish Albums Chart
|align="center"| 32
|<ref name="acharts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|32|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart]]
|align="center"| 13
|<ref name="charts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Italy|23|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| [[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]
|align="center"| 2
|<ref name="acharts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|13|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| Swedish Albums Chart
|align="center"| 18
|<ref name="acharts"/>
|-
|-
{{album chart|Norway|2|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| [[UK Album Chart]]
|-
|align="center"| 4
{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20020907|rowheader=true|access-date=November 15, 2021}}
|<ref name="hit">{{cite web
|-
| url = http://www.everyhit.com/
{{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| title = Queens of the Stone Age UK Chart placings
|-
| publisher = everyHit.com
{{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|album=Songs for the Deaf|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
| accessdate = 2008-07-11
|-
}}</ref>
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20020907|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=20020907|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Queens Of The Stone Age|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2020}}
|}
|}

{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Songs for the Deaf''
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2002|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 72
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2002&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2002|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 43
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 135
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name = "CANALTYE02">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 43
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archivedate=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 22
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2002&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2002|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 93
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20020106/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2002|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 92
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 UK Year-End Chart|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|publisher=ChartsPlus|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 178
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 120
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
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| US [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| US [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
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==References==
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Songs for the Deaf
Studio album by
Queens of the Stone Age
ReleasedAugust 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)
RecordedOctober 2001 – June 2002
Studio
Genre
Length60:53
LabelInterscope
Producer
Queens of the Stone Age chronology
Rated R
(2000) 		Songs for the Deaf
(2002) 		Stone Age Complication
(2004)
Alternative cover
Cover of U.S. vinyl release
Singles from Songs for the Deaf
  1. "No One Knows"
    Released: November 26, 2002
  2. "Go with the Flow"
    Released: April 7, 2003
  3. "First It Giveth"
    Released: August 18, 2003

Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 27, 2002, by Interscope Records. It features guest musicians including Dave Grohl on drums, and was the last Queens of the Stone Age album to feature Nick Oliveri on bass. Songs for the Deaf is a loose concept album, taking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, tuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as Banning and Chino Hills.[6]

Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim and earned Queens of the Stone Age their first gold certification in the United States. One million copies were sold in Europe, earning a platinum certification from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 2008.[7][8] Three singles were released: "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth".

Contributors

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Songs for the Deaf was the first Queens of the Stone Age album that featured Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced drummer Gene Trautmann, who started working on other projects. Grohl had admired Queens of the Stone Age since they opened for Foo Fighters, and had wanted to appear on their previous album Rated R.[9] Guitarist Josh Homme, with whom he had been friends since 1992, while Homme was the guitarist for Kyuss, invited him to join in October 2000. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring".[10]

Songs for the Deaf was the last appearance on a Queens of the Stone Age record by Brendon McNichol (lap steel) and Gene Trautmann (drums). It was also the last album to feature bassist and vocalist Nick Oliveri as a full-time member, as he was fired following the tour. The album also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes. Shneider and Johannes, alongside Songs for the Deaf touring recruits Castillo and Troy Van Leeuwen of Failure and A Perfect Circle would subsequently become full-time Queens of the Stone Age members and contribute to the follow-up album Lullabies to Paralyze, released in 2005.[citation needed]

"No One Knows"
The opening of the album's lead single.
"Go with the Flow"
The chorus of the second single taken from Songs for the Deaf.
"First It Giveth"
The opening of the third single from Songs for the Deaf.
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Rounding out the core recording lineup of Homme, Oliveri, and Grohl, was singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan, formerly of Screaming Trees, a band that Homme had toured with previously. Lanegan joined the band as a full-time member in 2001 after having guested on the band's previous album, Rated R, and provided additional songwriting and lyrics, in addition to lead vocals on several songs.[citation needed]

Production

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Several songs on the album are reworked versions of tracks previously recorded and released in the Desert Sessions, a side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" was the opening track of Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (Sea Shed Shit Head by the She Sore), with vocals originally performed by Mario Lalli instead of Oliveri. "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on Volume 7: Gypsy Marches.[11] "Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having very different lyrics and vocals completely by Mark Lanegan.[12] The main riff for "No One Knows" comes from another Desert Sessions track, "Cold Sore Superstars".[13]

Grohl's drums were recorded in a small, "dead"-sounding isolation booth, to create a "tight, focused, punchy and kind of claustrophobic" sound. To allow for greater flexibility in positioning microphones, the cymbals were recorded separately. To achieve this, Grohl performed each song twice; for the initial pass without cymbals, he hit electronic cymbal pads, then repeated the performance with real cymbals but a dummy snare and padded toms, so only the cymbals made noise. The takes were then blended. The engineer Eric Valentine credited Grohl for his patience in the process, which he described as "very difficult".[14]

Between them, Homme and Oliveri had different opinions on the usage of fake radio excerpts between tracks on the album, the former believing it gave the album "fluidity". According to Oliveri, they are a jibe at "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them."[15]

Artwork

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The cover art for the US double LP version of the album is different from the CD version, featuring a red Q (with a sperm cell as the line in the Q and an egg cell as the circle) 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 except with the colors reversed. The person on the album disc is musician Dave Catching, who performs on the album.[16]

Both the CD and LP cover have a Parental Advisory seal on most copies, due to the word "fuck" appearing in the tracks "Song for the Dead", "Song for the Deaf" and "Six Shooter", as well as for the violent lyrics of the latter track.

There were also three different album covers that were made for the CD version of Songs for the Deaf. All of the interior artwork for each of the three versions is the same, but there were covers printed in red, magenta, and orange. The most common copy of the album sleeve is the red cover.[citation needed]

Release and promotion

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In September 2002, Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:

I've been thinking of this album since the first album, not necessarily the radio thing, but to me that isn't the full concept, the full concept is the diversity of it all, I think we're supposed to be pushing buttons over the three records. I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think.[17]

Nick Oliveri (above) and Josh Homme performing with the band at V2003 in support of the album

The album was planned for release on August 13, 2002,[18] but was postponed for two weeks.[19] Grohl put Foo Fighters on hiatus[20][21] and delayed their upcoming album One by One to October 2002[22] to tour for Songs For the Deaf. His first performance with the band was at March 7, 2002 at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, and his last was at the Fuji Rock Festival on July 28. He returned to Foo Fighters, with Danzig drummer Joey Castillo announced as his replacement in August 2002.[23][24]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100[25]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[26]
Blender[27]
Entertainment WeeklyA[28]
The Guardian[29]
Los Angeles Times[30]
NME9/10[31]
Pitchfork7.9/10[32]
Q[33]
Rolling Stone[34]
Uncut[35]

Songs for the Deaf was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late August 2002, the album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[36]

Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim and is often cited as the band's greatest album to date.[37] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 from aggregated critic reviews, Songs for the Deaf is assigned a score of 89, indicating "universal acclaim",[25] making the album the third highest-rated on the site from 2002.[38] Josh Tyrangiel of Entertainment Weekly called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.[28] Splendid 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."[39] Mojo listed the album as the year's third best. Kludge ranked it at number six on their list of best albums of 2002.[40] NME placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.[41] Kerrang! rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.[42] Music critic Steven Hyden called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.[43] In October 2001, while the album was being recorded, Dave Grohl stated that Songs for the Deaf was his favorite album that he had ever played drums on.[44]

The album met with great success earning the band's first gold certification in the US on January 27, 2003, shifting over 500,000 copies, as well as platinum certification in the UK on September 20, 2002, with sales exceeding 100,000 of units sold.[45] and platinum status in Canada.[46] As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.[7]

The album received two Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy nominations for singles "No One Knows" (2002),[47] and "Go with the Flow" (2003).[48]

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest 100" poll, Australian radio station Triple J ran a "Hottest 100 of the last 20 years" poll in June 2013. Songs that were released between 1994 and 2013 were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position.[49][50]

Accolades

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Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Dagsavisen Norway The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century[51] 2005 16
VPRO Netherlands 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time[52] 2006 33
HARP United States 50 Most Essential Albums since 2001[53] 2006 48
NME United Kingdom The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade[54] 2009 15
Uncut United Kingdom Uncut's Albums of the Decade[55] 2009 28
Pitchfork United States The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s[56] 2009 134
Decibel Magazine United States The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade[citation needed] 2009 7
Rock Hard Germany The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time[57] 2005 380

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
0."The Real Song for the Deaf" (pregap track) (instrumental)1:32
1."You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire"Josh Homme, Mario LalliNick Oliveri[11]3:12
2."No One Knows"Homme, Mark LaneganJosh Homme4:38
3."First It Giveth" Homme3:18
4."Song for the Dead"Homme, LaneganLanegan5:52
5."The Sky Is Fallin'" Homme6:15
6."Six Shooter" Oliveri1:19
7."Hangin' Tree"Homme, Alain JohannesLanegan3:06
8."Go with the Flow" Homme3:07
9."Gonna Leave You" Oliveri2:50
10."Do It Again" Homme4:04
11."God Is in the Radio" Lanegan6:04
12."Another Love Song" Oliveri3:16
13."Song for the Deaf" (Contains a hidden outtake version of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" with all lyrics replaced with manic laughter.)Homme, Oliveri, LaneganHomme, Lanegan6:42
14."Mosquito Song" (hidden track) Homme5:37
Total length:60:53

Personnel

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The following people contributed to Songs for the Deaf:[16]

Chart positions

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for Songs for the Deaf

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[92] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[93] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[94] Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[95] Gold 150,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[96]
sales since 2009 		Gold 25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[97] Gold 7,500^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[98] Platinum 40,000*
Sweden (GLF)[99] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[100] 2× Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[101] Gold 500,000^ / 1,186,000[7]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[102] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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