For my first album review, I thought I'd do a favorite of mine from legendary desert rockers Queens of the Stone Age. This is their second album, released in 2000 on Interscope Records, and they still retain a fuzzed out desert sound that frontman/guitarist Joshua Homme (of Kyuss fame) has all but perfected. Rated R is a pretty straight forward hard rocker, kicking off with the mesmerizing Feel Good Hit Of The Summer, an ode to recreational drugs that follows Homme's philosophy of "robot rock", saying that he wanted to "create a song based on a solid riff and pound it into your skull." Feel Good Hit Of The Summer gives way to The Lost Art Of Keeping a Secret, a catchy song about deception, that happens to be my favorite track on the album. It features Homme's talents as a vocalist prominently, with a freaky solo that honestly gives me chills every time I hear it. (I hate doing track-by-track reviews, so I'll just finish out with this.)With a few exceptions (Leg of Lamb, Tension Head), this album is all but perfect, and is certainly in my opinion Queens of the Stone Age's best work. Rated R is a great album, and if you're at all into stoner rock you should definitely check it out.
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