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Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age. Released on August 27, 2002, the album features Foo Fighters and former Nirvana member Dave Grohl as a guest drummer.[2] 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, this album is widely regarded as Queens of the Stone Age's best work, garnering near-universal acclaim from critics,[3] 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.[4] 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 while tuning into radio stations from towns on the way such as Banning and the "Bible Belt" on "God Is In The Radio" and Chino Hills, California.

Overview and background

Contributors

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 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.[2] He joined Queens of the Stone Age in October 2001 when he received a phone call from 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".[5] Grohl put Foo Fighters on temporary hiatus,[6][7] delaying their upcoming album One by One to October 22, 2002[8] 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, 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 mate Kellii Scott before Danzig drummer Joey Castillo was eventually announced as his long-term replacement in August 2002.[9][10]

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 fame) reportedly auditioned for the band in 2002 but lost out to Van Leeuwen,[11] 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 Dwarves albums with Nick Oliveri.[12] 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."[13]

"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 lineup was singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan, formerly of Screaming Trees, a band that Homme had toured with previously.

Production and release

In September 2002, Josh 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.[14]

In the same month, Nick Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with retail company HMV:

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.[15]

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."[16]

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 Mario Lalli instead of Oliveri. "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on Volume 7: Gypsy Marches.[17] 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.[18]

The album was initially planned for release on August 13, 2002,[19] but was eventually postponed for two weeks.[20]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100[21]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[22]
Entertainment WeeklyA[23]
Stylus MagazineB+[24]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[25]
Q[26]
Mojo[27]
Blender[28]
The Guardian[29]
Uncut[30]
NME[31]
Drowned in Sound[32]
Nick Oliveri performing with Queens at 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 UK, the top twenty Finland, Italy, Sweden and the US (number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart), as well as the top thirty in Denmark, France and Ireland.

Like its predecessor, Songs for the Deaf received very positive reviews, aggregated as a total score of 89 out of 100 ("universal acclaim") on Metacritic,[3] making the album the third highest rated on the site from 2002.[33] Entertainment Weekly called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.[34] 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 listed the album as the year's third best, while Playlouder and 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.[35] Kerrang! rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.[36] Music critic Steven Hyden called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.[37]

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.[38] and platinum status in Canada.[39] As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.[4]

The album received two Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy nominations for singles "No One Knows" (2002),[40] and "Go with the Flow" (2003).[41]

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.[42][43]

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to Songs for the Deaf is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net.[44]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Dagsavisen Norway The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century[45] 2005 16
VPRO Netherlands 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time[46] 2006 33
HARP United States 50 Most Essential Albums since 2001"[47] 2006 48
NME United Kingdom The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade[48] 2009 15
Uncut United Kingdom Uncut's Albums of the Decade[49] 2009 28
Pitchfork Media United States The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s[50] 2009 134
Decibel Magazine United States The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade[51] 2009 7
Rock Hard Germany The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time[52] 2005 380

Artwork

The cover art for the U.S. double 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–1980s mass market Italian sports car. The person on the album disc is musician Dave Catching, who performs on the album.[53]

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

Josh Homme performing with Queens at V2003 in support of Songs for the Deaf

All tracks written by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Joshua Homme except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
0."The Real Song for the Deaf"  1:33
1."You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire"Homme, Mario LalliNick Oliveri3:12
2."No One Knows"Homme, Mark Lanegan 4:38
3."First It Giveth"  3:18
4."A Song for the Dead"Homme, LaneganMark Lanegan5:52
5."The Sky Is Fallin'"  6:15
6."Six Shooter" Nick Oliveri1:19
7."Hangin' Tree"Homme, Alain JohannesMark Lanegan3:06
8."Go with the Flow"  3:09
9."Gonna Leave You" Nick Oliveri2:50
10."Do It Again"  4:04
11."God Is in the Radio" Mark Lanegan6:04
12."Another Love Song" Nick Oliveri3:16
13."A Song for the Deaf" (Contains an incomplete version of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer", that features all of the lyrics replaced with rhythmic laughing.)Homme, Oliveri, LaneganJosh Homme and Mark Lanegan6:42
14."Mosquito Song"  5:37
Total length:1:03:36

Limited-edition bonus DVD track listing

  1. "Monsters in the Parasol" (Live at The Troubadour)
  2. "No One Knows (Live at The Troubadour)
  3. "Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (Live at The Troubadour)
  4. "Quick and to The Pointless" (Live at Vintage Vinyl)
  5. "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; the drum rhythm that takes off after the intro solo is lifted directly from the Black Flag song "Slip It In."[54]
  • 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.[55]
  • A cover of Roky Erickson's "Bloody Hammer" appears on the 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.[56]
  • The UK and Japanese version of the limited edition album includes the cover "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (2:35, Davies), originally written and performed by The Kinks, and a live version of "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" recorded at 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.[57]
  • The band's subsequent studio album, Lullabies to Paralyze, got its name from a line in "Mosquito Song".[58]
  • 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, 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. The latter being a cover. It also appears in Rock Band 3.

Personnel

The following people contributed to Songs for the Deaf:[53]

Band

Additional musicians

Radio DJs

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

Producers

Recording personnel

  • Mixing – Adam Kasper at Conway Recording Studios
  • 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"

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Peak Ref.
2002 US Billboard 200 17 [59]
Australian ARIA Albums Charts 7 [60]
Belgian Albums Chart 9 [60]
Canadian Albums Chart 1 [61]
Denmark Albums Chart 33 [60]
Dutch Albums Chart 17 [62]
Finnish Albums Chart 11 [62]
French Albums Chart 32 [60]
German Albums Chart 9 [63]
Irish Albums Chart 32 [62]
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 13 [60]
Norwegian Albums Chart 2 [62]
Swedish Albums Chart 18 [62]
UK Album Chart 4 [64]


Singles

Year Single Chart Peak Ref.
2002 "No One Knows" US Mainstream Rock Tracks 5 [65]
US Modern Rock Tracks 1 [65]
US Billboard Hot 100 51 [65]
Dutch Singles Chart 39 [66]
UK Singles Chart 15 [67]
2003 "Go with the Flow" US Mainstream Rock Tracks 24 [65]
US Modern Rock Tracks 7 [65]
US Billboard Hot 100 116 [65]
Australian Singles Chart 39 [68]
Irish Singles Chart 26 [69]
Dutch Singles Chart 50 [66]
UK Singles Chart 21 [67]
"First It Giveth" UK Singles Chart 33 [67]

Certifications

Country Provider Certification
Australia ARIA Platinum[70]
Canada Music Canada Platinum[71]
Norway IFPI NOR Platinum[72]
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[73]
United States RIAA Gold[74]

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