Reviews (page 10 of 10)
Very groovy stuff
There are some really strong tracks here; I really enjoyed things like "Regular John." "I Was A Teenage Hand Model" was... interesting, but it kind of meandered a bit. I listened to the reissue, and I think if I listened to the original I would have liked it more. It would have been tighter, and not all the chaff. I obviously had heard of QOTSA before (particularly the stuff from the radio and such) but the stuff on the album I liked I REALLY liked. I just wish the electronica stuff wasn't so noodle-y. So yeah, I will give 4 stars. Definitely a band I want to check more of.
So until about 2 years ago I thought Queens of the Stone Age started with No One Knows off of Songs for the Deaf. But it turns out they had two albums prior to that and this one (their debut) is really good. It's a shame no singles were ever released - the first three tracks alone are smashes in my opinion. Regular John and If Only are what got me into finding out more about the Queens. I guess these guys (or them in their former bands) were too off the beaten path (too nu metal?) prior to this. But the pounding melodies are great - i.e., buzz from backing guitar & bass plus intermittent lead guitar intricacy and high fret change of pace. To me, this was one of the best examples of post-grunge alternative creativity, even though few went in its direction. I wish it had more staying power or influence. Very cool album, though it dragged a bit at the end.
Basic 90s rock with way too many crappy sounding moments. I'm going to talk about songs that had moments I couldn't stand: You Would Know, Hispanic Impressions, You Can't Quit Me Baby, These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For, I Was a Teenage Hand Model. Annoying album. I'll give it a 2 because there were a few cool moments. I'm very sparing about giving an album a 1, but this one was up there. Or do I mean "down there"? Who cares. Next.
Je pensais que je n'allais pas trop aimer, je n'ai pas trop aimé.
Des bangers et des morceaux moins fous. Pas leur meilleur album imo.
je sais pas c’était pas ouf quand même
brutal y sexy.
"Spider and Vinegaroons" <3. 8.5/10
As a newer QOTSA fan, this is enjoyable and has the sound I was expecting and a lot of nice guitar riffs. However, for me this is not as good as their newer albums such as "Villains" and "Like Clockwork"
OK
I haven't listened to this one before. I'm surprised an album like Rated R or Like Clockwork is not on here, but it makes sense that the debut makes the cut, considering that the QOTSA sound is pretty consistent. If anything, one of my gripes is that the album can get a little too samey. Also, on the Spotify version of the album, it sprinkled the bonus tracks within the original track list, which is bizarre in general, and especially for the sake of reviewing. Hispanic Impressions is a solid track, as are the other instrumentals. My other favorite song is You Can't Quit Me Baby, with a solid buildup at the end, and even a Radiohead reference. A lot of the Kyuss sound is still there, and that is probably why this record is so enjoyable to me. Just wish that Welcome to Sky Valley made the cut.
Slightly repetitive but some good tunes on the front half.
Okay -- prefer "Songs for the Deaf"
somewhat grungy, not really impressive nor energetic enough, kind-of depressive
Awesome album. Some incredibly good songs. Doesn't get boring at all.
não sou fã do gênero rock tradicional mas de fato reconheço que não tinha conhecimento da banda até então. não ouvi o album inteiro mas pelas faixas que pude escutar, claramente trata-se de sons com muitas camadas bem construídas. quem sabe retorne a ouvir mas pelo fato de não ser muito o gênero que me interessa, deixo uma contemplação singela de que trata-se de outro album atemporal.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Regular John, If only, You would know, Mexicola
It's alright. Sounds a little dated. But some fun tracks.
I like QOTSA, but I don't fully get why this album was chosen for this list instead of "Songs for the Deaf". This album is just mostly them trying to find their footing. You can still hear the iconic "QOTSA sound", but it's not as refined as their later works. Still pretty good, but I'd rather be listening to Songs for the Deaf or Era Vulgaris.
This stoner rock album blew my expectations away. Somewhat competent and I vibe with it heavy.
Occassionally brilliant, occassionally interesting, often just another 90's US rock band. If I'd discovered them at the time and no other 90's US rock bands ever existed then I'd have been a fan, but I didn't and they did. Nice try QOTSA, nice try.
stone it up, fuzzball
Ekki besta QOTSA platan en ég hef gaman af henni.
Rätt bra faktiskt
Inte lyssnat på den här förut! Inte QotSA:s bästa kanske men tycker det är gött gung ändå
Det var så oinspirerande. tråkigt och dåligt. visste inte alls att de var såhär dåliga?
These may not be the droids I'm looking for, and this ins't the album that I'm looking for, either. I didn't get the purpose of this song. Maybe I'm searching for too much. Who knows?
This was really close to hitting 3 stars, but it's just a bit too experimental at times and there's nothing that just find a great groove and energy i was able to get into. There are much more interesting QOTSA albums to listen to.
já curtia demais esse som, essa fase inicial deles que vai até o songs for the deaf é maravilhosa, aqui o josh ainda tá com sequelas do kyuss então as riffaradas são bem violentas, os hitszinhos radiofônicos que caracterizaram a banda ainda não estão tão marcantes, apesar de já ter um apelo mais comercial na pegada do som. gosto MUITO de mexicola e de avon, que é um contender forte para minha musica favorita desses caras.
Quite some good rock there I think.
Decent rock album. They sound better than I expected. They call it "stoner rock," but that doesn't sound like a fair comparison. They sound a little more technical and together than that. Still, nothing special overall.
Surprisingly well put together, but the lyrics could use some work.
Brilliant
Yes. Hell fucking yes. This wasn't my first Queens album, but it was certainly the first album to permanently drag me into the fray of fuzzed-out, lo-fi garage rock that pulled no punches and took no prisoners. The lack of polish on this LP is a feature, not a bug - the grimy guitar, punchy drums, and absolutely sinful growl of the bass unify to form some sort of primal roar, a sound dwarfing the expected output of a usual rock threesome. Already the vestiges of future QotSA albums are present in the straightforward rock charts augmented with off-kilter, skittering accents that suggest something is not quite right, that perhaps the sex, drugs, and rock n' roll this song describes belies some greater horror. An unbelievably deep first outing for a band (thanks in part to Homme's time with Kyuss) and an album I return to whenever there's the need to kick some metaphorical teeth in.
Not really in my taste. The last songs are a bit too weird and psychedelic for me
Ikkje heilt min smak
Solid enough album.
Not their best, heavy sabbath influence.
Cool rock album. Nothing super special but some solid rock tunes.
Heerlijk, wat een lekker album!!
Cool! Paar hele toffe tracks maar niet hun beste werk.
Niet hun beste album. Dat zijn wat mij betreft de twee daarop volgende platen. Je hoort heel goed waar het allemaal toe ging leiden, maar de plaat is nog wat wisselend en Josh zong hier ook nog niet zo goed. Maar nog steeds top.
He he eindelijk weer iets uit mijn lijst van favorieten🤘
The best thing about this album is that I will have forgotten about it by this time tomorrow!
It was fine
Pretty good Reminds me of the early Radiohead actually. I take it back, this sucks balls Second half of "Spiders and Vinegaroons" is the only good thing on this album.
Meh
3.5 moody
Really liked the production sound of this.
Still as good as I remember it - and still holds up well. Not their best album but it’s a good one.
Vocals are like David Bowie if he had a Vegas crooner era. Great catchy riffs and hard charging guitar parts so fuzzy they can put you into a trance.
Huge QOTSA fan,so obviously biased here
Love Mexicola especially
This was a great listen. Way “sludge-ier” than their later work. Oddly Homme played the bass on this album so it was before even Olivieri joined the band. I dug it overall. Fav tracks: “Regular John” “These Aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For”
Some nice but generic 2000s rock. Honestly, it feels more like a promising demo than a complete album. I liked it, but really not a ton draws me back. (Also, Josh Homme always feels like a dollar store Chris Cornell to me lol)
I like the dusty desert sluggishness of the album, and think with a bit more refinement this could be an excellent album.
Very inconsistent album, some of the songs were great and some very pretty trash.
their early sound is great, really raw guitar sound
Pretty good rock and roller.
Expected something much better. The last song is very good, tho.
good rock album, I liked it.
It was fine, nothing really stood out to me but I didn't think anything was that bad on it.
Would this band have been better named Stone Age Monarchists, or just Stone Age Monarchy? Rock band debut albums tend to be a bit rough, and this is no exception, minus one, and that it is a good one. Josh Homme has a benign vocal style, and QotSA in general showed early on that they had technical prowess to go with their musical talent. This much is evident on "Walkin' On The Sidewalks" with its repetitive bass and rhythm guitar line, screeching guitars that join rather than interrupt, so much so that it is noticeably intentional. Benign vocals for this listener is sort of what gives QotSA its charm. The band, in spite of revolving members over the years, manages to keep QotSA as their branding. Credit should rightfully go to frontman/founder Josh Homme for managing that in spite of the inevitable controversies that plague frontpersons. This is a solid rock album, as though it were recorded in an actual garage and then being mastered in a studio. It carries a 'real, genuine article' feel that precedes QotSA's eventually steady rise in the mainstream.
The best of this album IMO: - If Only - You Would Know - How to Handle A Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) - These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For - I Was a Teenage Hand Model It's very good. Some chord progressions are unexpected, which I like. Many catchy songs. Some tunes are a bit on the weird side. 3.7/5
Could feel the early 2000s/90s vibe from ot
Grooves along well, then gets a bit repetitive and tuneless. A pick n mix band. Very cool man, that Josh.
Good upbeat album. With QOTS you know what you’re going to get
Great stoner
really? top albums?
I thought it was alright but then there came some songs that were too repettive and some that actually hurt my ears with the sound effects. Overall a background music kind of album, not really in a hurry to listen to it again. 4/10
Honestly, I keep mixing up these guys with Kings of Leon or (even worse?) System of a Down. I can't find anything groundbreaking or even memorable here. An album to forget the instant it stops playing.
It's not my styl.
Alright!
Queens of the Stone Age had better albums than this, and while I don't mind it I attribute its inclusion in this list to the "look at me, I knew Queens of the Stone Age would be great way before anybody else noticed its existence" hubris factor.
Okay
Love the sound of the distortion but the songs are pretty aggressively average
I like the sound but no song really impressed me.
With this acid guitar riffs I would say is stoner-rock for the masses. (7/10) FT: If Only, Regular John
I wish I liked this one more
There's just something about the way this sounds that's so pleasing to my ears
As their debut studio album, Queens of the Stone Age took on a stern yet explorative form of hard rock. Through creative use of psychedelic tools in the form of fuzz-guitars, repetitive bars, and an assortment of arrangement styles, 'Queens of the Stone Age' (album) manages to manifest the 'stoner culture' in their direction of sound. Systematic yet colorful, direct yet thought-inducing, this record has its fair share of CHBs therefore earning its credit.
Not a bad rocker for Friday drivetime
Dull and repetitive
Really good at first, but got a bit much
Generic
The songs blended together. Nice for something to not pay attention to.
QOTSA is a popular band but this album is a curious choice for inclusion on this list since it didn't have any of their hit singles or do as well commercially. It's sort of a grunge/stoner rock album with shades of Soundgarden and Black Sabbath and the opening track was a bit Radiohead-esque.
I didn't really dig it. A little heavy for my tastes, and TOO LONG. I liked the cohesion though. I feel like each song managed to sound like the same band, while not all sounding like the same song. That was well done, but overall I just didn't really care for it.
kind of heavy grungy. If only is a cool song. simple fuzzy rock. you would know. You can't quit me baby, great song.
3 låtar in: Inte min genre men inte så dumt ändå. Som en mix av The Doors och Nirvana, gillar det mer än förväntat. 6 låtar in: Är det inte lite väl mörkt? 9 låtar in: Kommer de någonsin hitta ut ur heroin-dimman? 12 låtar in: Lyssnar jag mer kommer jag hoppa från Västerbron
Ett band jag har usel koll på, trots att jag vid den tiden lyssnade på en del liknande. Gillade den, överlag. Kändes nostalgiskt, även om jag inte hört skivan förut i sin helhet. Kul att den inte bara var hård och skramlig utan kände som att de experimenterat lite med roliga ljud.
Flum-album som i och för sig inte är dåligt men som kanske skulle behövt en producent som styrde upp saker och ting.
piss shit cum
Not to my liking
Queens of the Stone Age debut album, 1998. Desert rock / Stoner rock / Hard rock. Album received generally positive reviews from the critics. Homme remarked that he "just wanted to start a band that within three seconds of listening, people knew what band it was". And it is really damn good! Please generate me more stoner rock albums in this list! :)
It was okay, but didn’t really do much for me
Interesting use of dissonance. all rock, no roll. solid.
Not bad not bad
You can’t trust someone that doesn’t like QOTSA
Probably my second favorite QOTSA album, but goddamn it gets me pumped. A near perfect combo of simple and repetitive structures with complex and intricate arrangements and rhythms and great melodies. The instrumental bonus tracks are unnecessary though and it’s weird that the reissue is the only version on streaming
decent stoner rock, but nothing special.
After a brief flirtation with liking Queens of the Stone Age in my late teens, I quickly grew tired of Josh Homme's songwriting, guitar tone, and personality. There are a ton of genre adjacent bands like Melvins or Sleep or Clutch or Mastodon who I would take over QotSA. I guess QotSA are a little catchier, a little more radio friendly, but I'm just not impressed. This album isn't terrible, it worked fine as background music while I played video games, but it's just kind of blah to me. Low three.
Classic rock sound that mostly blended together for me
Couple good tracks.
I consider myself a fan, but I must not be a true fan because I have to admit I started at Songs for the Deaf and never looked backward in their discography. This sounds fantastic. Weird to think that Josh Homme was only like, 25 when he made this. The QOTSA sound was already fully formed.
Brings together some of my favorite musical pleasures: stoner metal heaviness and krautrock grooves. Sprinkled with an almost poppy melodic flourish in the vocals. Hypnotic and catchy.
It's fine... but I find this sort of rock to be quite boring and sterile. Reminds me of listening to the "hard rock" radio and thinking this was the best shit ever.
Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I got ABBA right before this one and this is the perfect palate cleanser after that slick, syrupy pop so maybe that's part of it... But this is an easy win for me. I'm already a QOTSA fan. I've seen them live at PJ20 and I actually just re-purchased Rated R on vinyl. Wouldn't call myself a huge fan though. I actually haven't listened to this one much before. I really liked Rated R and Songs for the Deaf. I kind of lost track of them after Lullabies but a few weeks ago I spent some time catching up with their more recent work. But for some reason I always kind of skipped this one (maybe I listened to it once and wasn't impressed, maybe it's the kind of terrible album art... not sure.) This is great! I think I'd still rate Rated R and Songs for the Deaf above it but it's clearly QOTSA. Love Homme's guitar sound and the big stoner riffs. Great stuff.
I get what they are doing. Never dug super deep into QOTSA but I'm familiar enough and I think I like them in smaller doses, in fact if this album had been, I don't know, fifteen minutes shorter I think I would've liked it a lttle more, it just gets a little too samey after a while.
The first song has an indie / garage sound which I'm sometimes good with but it reminds me of songs CFNY would play after it went downhill. While the first song was nothing to write home about, things quickly got worse. They sound like boring metal from over a decade earlier. To be sure, there is decent guitar playing but the "ham sandwich" comment from my Hüsker Dü review applies equally in this case.
1998 eh? A very riff-oriented, 70s feel. The singer sounds a bit like Ozzy at times. I was thinking after the first few songs they weren't as depressing and gloomy as the Seattle Bands, but then I changed my mind once I hit the one-hour mark. A 36 minute vinyl offering might have garnered an extra point.
This was much better than expected. I really liked the Kraut rock influence of the driving guitars on Regular John, and just when it starts to get samey sounding they really mix it up with I was a teenage hand model. Very creative writing and arrangements for a debut album and their post grunge sound is much more appealing to me than the bigger and more popular Grunge bands out there.
First Listen. After listening to it several times, none of the songs stand out to me. Doesn't mean it is bad, it just needs more time for me. For now, I'll give it a 2/5.
Un bon album rock, j'aime bien le style. C'est un bon band et un bon album. 4.0
Have a hard time listening to grungier stuff
I dug this, would go back and listen. Good post-Nirvana grungy ish sound
Starts off great, but got more monotonous and boring to me as it went on.
bored i think.
Soft 4 stars. Never heard this debut and I consider myself a QotSA fan. Their roots with Kyuss are definitely evident, but with more musical diversity on this one.
Absolute sludge and I say that as someone who has quite liked QOTSA in the past.
I like some of Foo Fighters' stuff, and "No One Knows" by QotSA. This album didn't strike a chord with me though
Weirdly had QotSA grouped with a bunch of forgettable post-grunge bands without really having listened to much. Turns out this is a actually a really good lo-fi garage rock album. Pleasantly surprising.
Not so bad,
Queens of the Stone Age explore rhythm as a defining characteristic of rock music in greater depth than just about any band out there. In fact, there are times where it seems like rhythm is all they’re interested in. It makes for a whole host of riffs that get you bouncing, but songs that don’t live long in the memory. I guess it makes sense why they call it “desert rock”: it’s as samey and featureless as a desert landscape.
Too serious to make a virtue of their dumbness, too dumb to conceive of seriousness as anything other than vocal lassitude and fuzzy guitars. More proof that whoever wrote this book used spin the bottle to choose albums from the 90's.
so close to being a great album :/ if everything was more interesting and like, 15 min shorter, id give it a 5
That was okay. Not brilliant though. I might give this one last shot.
Spotify only had the 2011 re-issue album in their catalogue, I believe the omission of some of the added songs may have made the album flow a little better. Might have given it a slightly higher rating if it was the original track-list. Overall I thought it was a good intro to QOTSA being their debut album. Best: Regular John Worst: These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For
Really good rock album. Just solid
Wasn't amazing, wasn't bad. Right down the middle. Didn't realise it had ended, which usually means I didn't hate it haha
Still can't vibe with the Queens.
I'd be lying if I didn't say it's a generous 4. I like this album fine but I can't help compare it to some of their later works which are some of my favorite albums. it's lacking a bit of punch
I was already thinking I should get into QotSA before this, so it was nice to see the generator spit out something I can cross off my backlog, and even nicer that I enjoyed it. I really like the heavy yet borderline radio-friendly sound the band has (and even the hazy, jaded-about-everything-and-nothing-in-particular lyricism fits the bill well), but Josh Homme's vocals are as vital an instrument as anything else, so it's hard to treat the instrumental wankery included between many of the vocal tracks as anything more than an obstruction. Even so, the majority of that is added through the bonus tracks, and it's worth putting up with considering said tracks include "The Bronze," a highlight of the 2011 reissue that I listened to. I'm definitely digging deeper into the band after this, and maybe even checking Kyuss out. Key Tracks: Walkin' on the Sidewalks, How to Handle a Rope, You Can't Quit Me Baby
it's no Kyuss but it's still some damn good desert rock.
This is better walking than driving music. It comes across as a bridge between 20th-century hard rock and the garage sound of the oughts, with QOTSA flair (I hope my lack of knowledge of Kyuss is as clear as it is deep). It could have come out in 2008, which suggests that songwriting has advanced unfortunately little since its release. Except for a few tracks at the end, the recording seems like one of an exciting if long session. There's rockstar swagger but not a whole lot of boundary pushing.
Deec
QOTSA before they hit the big time. Songs are all pretty good, but very similar.
There is absolutely no way this album should be on here ahead of "songs for the deaf". Having said that, this album did kind of invent "stoner metal" and for that we should be eternally grateful
I used to own this album, but sold it as I rarely listened beyond track 3 and Mexicola. It's interesting to revisit it 20 years later, and now that QOTSA are a big festival headlining band. As it turns out, I still really enjoy the first three tracks (Regular John, Avon and If Only), and although I'm still not keen on Walkin' on the Sidewalks (track 4), the rest of the album is a really enjoyable listen. It gets into a groove and chugs along nicely. I guess this is at a point somewhere between Desert Sessions and the later, more mainstream, QOTSA albums. This is more subtle than the next two QOTSA albums, Rater R and Songs for the Deaf, but stands up with them in terms of quality and is very much a single and consistent piece. 3.5/5.
The first two tracks are soooooo boorrrrrring. This is the simplified song structures of punk, but slowed down and all the fun or edge taken out. its like a masonry wall or a piece of concrete that is just there. How To Handle A Rope connected with me. What the hell this sucked.
It wasn't bad, but I don't think I'd revisit this album again. My favourite song was Regular John. 3/5 stars.
Pretty standard stoner rock. Not much as a whole stuck out. The guitar is good the rest meh. Dislike this style drums.
Listened while working and it was a good album for that. Not my favorite qotsa but has some bangers.
Literally this rocks
Was always a fan, but these guys blew me away live. This album doesn't really do it for me, but I'm a huge fan of the band.
Meh.
rainhas da era da preda
I really like this album. It's distinctively stoner rock, staying true to roots like Black Sabbath for slower tempo metal combined with kraut and modern hard rock. However, their music tries to sound too much like other people. Too much like their former band Kyuss. Too much like Black Sabbath. Someone pointed out how the beginning of "If Only" sounds just like The Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog." The singer sounds too much like someone... but I can't pick out who it is... Eddie Vedder? I don't know what's up with the other reviews saying they have a distinctive sound... I raise an eyebrow. Either way, I immediately liked it because it sounds like what I'm used to. The album doesn't really go in any general direction. I'll listen to their other albums, but I'm expecting just to stick to their hits.
Queens of the Stone Age's debut album comes tantalizingly close to being good. Unfortunately, in almost every area, from songwriting to vocals to lead guitar playing, they fall just short. Unlike most contemporary rockers, QOTSA can actually play their instruments. Josh Homme is clearly capable of writing interesting chord sequences and rhythmic hooks, but he stops short of where he needs to go. These tunes are screaming for a little more instrumental interplay and a little more melodicism, but Homme insists on keeping everything skeletal and basic. Again, the songs demand a charismatic frontman with vocal chops, like Gavin Rossdale, but Homme's vocals are flat and thin. Finally, these songs cry out for a guitarist on the level of someone like Metallica's James Hetfield, but instead we get barely adequate solos. I mean, I wouldn't turn this off if I heard it on the radio, but listening to an entire album's worth of what sounds like unfinished demos that have the potential to be great with two or three more revisions and a better vocalist and guitarist is just frustrating.
We fuck to QOTSA
Rock bastante monótono.
Always been an album I've loved. Stand out tracks - How to handle a rope, If only
Probably the first albums of this challenge that I actually enjoyed. Rating: Sick Guitar Riffs/10
I do absolutely love some QOTSA, but I'm not sure this was so up my street. I love the newer stuff I guess, more poppy and less heavy
Not bad but not great. All felt a bit simple and based off one sound. I think they got better as a band but this wasn't the best.
This was pretty good, not as great as their later stuff -some of it was very simple and similar, but enjoyed it a lot
It's fine. I don't mind if I hear it again, but I don't mind if I never hear it again either.
This started strong, but the middle was weak. Weirdly liked the last track though.
Nota: 1/5. Se m'ha fet insopprtable. Potser tenia mal dia.
I know the queens of the stone age, but never actually listened to any of their work. Regular John - It's a fairly neat one, It's for sure about a prostitute, or well the relationship between them and the John. I like it, Song writing solid, Production is sweet, some guitars noises I'm pretty unfamiliar with, Vocals are great. This one is good for sure. Was gonna do a track to track review on this, but nah, I don't think I have anything to intelligent to say, atleast not anything really interesting to add. It's just good stuff. Albums long but not in a boring way. Decent way to spend my afternoon. Some real neat sounds on this one.
Yeh was alright. Good indie guitar vibes for a bit.
Pretty good album, I would give an 8/10 because it's very clean and yet feels very jagged at the same time.
It's a good sound, but it gets boring pretty quick
Some good songs. Some musical nerd stuff. Some duds.
Not sure why this one was picked as every other album they've produced is better than this.
Good punky album, uniform feel, liked the vibe. Nothing special
Album art: 1
Not bad.
A cracker! I always thought they were very, very stoner rock but this has elements of keeping one eye on the dance floor. I think I'd kinda avoided it because everything I'd heard from Kyuss courtesy of Bennett didn't do much for me and incorrectly assumed the apple hadn't fallen far from the tree.
stoned and sleepy on you would know. I'm asher burns and I approve this album
4/5
Love it.
This is the best Queens of the Stone Age album because it sounds the most like a Kyuss album.
Queens was pretty well fleshed out from the beginning, this record sounds like it could have come out next to their most recent. For a stoner rock record it has a pretty unique sound, it’s so dry that at times it seems like the band members are playing in different rooms. This does allow the listener to pick out each instrument individually at any given time, which is a neat trick. Has some of their best songs: “Regular John,” “Mexicola,” “How to Handle a Rope,” the record can drag a bit towards the end but overall worthwhile.
I've never understood the hype here. It's fine, but not mind blowing stuff.
Hyped me up to get some work done
I liked it for the first few tracks but it just keeps going on forever and it’s so repetitive. This album could be so much better if they cut 4-5 tracks and got it under 40 minutes.
Decent overall sound. Lots of crunchy guitars and bassy tones. Vocally there's not much there and it's a bit too long for my liking. Not bad though.
Brilliant
Never liked QOTSA and this hasn’t changed my mind
Good
Didnt really get into this one. It all sounded the same to me. I did enjoy the last 3 tracks though. I would pass on listening to it again.
Crunchy.
Listened for the first time in years. Still a meh.
Wooooow
Очень стоунер)
cool
I had their second album as a teenager, and went through a phase with it. Never checked out their other stuff. This one has firmer roots in stoner & psych rock. But it's stripped back to the rock basics. Guitar sounds good. I always liked his voice and what I can hear of the lyrics sound intriguing. I prefer the bigger sound of the follow-up personally. Also massively not a fan of this trash album cover, but I won't factor that in.
Good stuff.
First song has a garage-type feel to it that I really like. Other songs starting to sound a bit more metal, but like pop metal you would hear on a mainstream alternative station. Not really something I’m totally into. Actually like the last song as well. It’s a bit more mellow.
3.7
Some decent tunes. Others a bit naff
Begint zeer sterk, maet mijn favoriete nummer van hen. Blijft eigenlijk tamelijk sterk, tot "These aren't the droids you're looking for" (love de Star Wars referentie tho) vanaf daar word het wat experimenteler. Heel bevreemdend einde, al bij al een goede plaat. 4.25/5
Van eentonig tot zelfs vreemd. Objectief gezien doen ze wel coole dingen met geluid. Één nummer apart luisteren zou ze misschien meer eer aangedaan hebben dan een heel album.
Steengoed album met vettig gitaarwerk. Nogal vreemd einde. Maar I like it.
Not my cup of tea; I like the general sound of QotSA, but this album feels boring, like the same bass and drums lines continue throughout the album. Meh.
I'm honestly not sure what to say or rate. Overall, it's likeable, nothing more.
Bigger fan of their later work, but still a great album.
Too repetitive and stonery for me. Unpleasant sounds at the end of the last song.
Good
meh
It's decent but nothing special. The 2 albums they did after this were much better I thought
Worth listening to more. Just for the song titles.
2.7 - Really nothing special. It's got a straightforward, commercial hard rock sound. Vocals never grabbed me. Uninteresting guitar parts - just a generic high gain drone with the same patterns: power chord-power chord-riff. Songs don't land anywhere emotionally. I'd hear this at a head shop and not give it a second thought. Chuck this album and listen to Superunknown instead.
Eléctrico. Rock stone en ocasiones. Bien producido
“Queens of the Stone Age” by Queens of the Stone Age (1998) Marginally competent stoner rock, but this ain’t Nirvana. Composition needlessly repetitive. Too much l/r separation and hanky-panky in the mix. Pathetic vocals. Senseless lyrics. I preferred the original vinyl LP cover art. 2/5
I like QOSA, but this album is not excptional
👍👍👍
CTE opened for them when they were starting out, good listen overall
I consider "...like clockwork" to be one of my formative albums and myself as a QOTSA fan but I had never listen to this one. Maybe I'm biased but this was excellent. strong and meaningful although that last track was confusing and uncomfortable with the headphones lol
At first I thought "this isn't the QotSA album I'd pick", but I guess I haven't listened to it in a long time, as it's a banger. Lot of great tracks! Fave track - "Avon", maybe? "How To Handle a Rope" and "You Can't Quit Me Baby" are great too!
It's fine. 5/10
Not my favorite album of theirs
Meh
Pretty repetitive. Not very impressed
good stuff
A good listen. I hadn't heard of singer Josh Homme before his venture into QOTSA but I found his music good to listen to. Though they're not as heavy a sound as I would prefer it still had an almost metal edge to it and I didn't mind that about half the songs on the album were under 3.5 mins in length. But I found the singing was a little underwhelming and soft at times. But the guitar work was pretty good and I enjoyed it for the most part.
I didn’t enjoy this at all but I could tell it was competent.
Too lengthy rock
What a cracker of a first album. Still lots of Kyuss vibes but completely Josh starting something fresh.
An unknown band to me. The music did not tough me. I only liked one song a little bit. 'Spiders and Vinegaroons'. It had a nice bild up.
Solid album, in regular rotation for me already.
not really my thing
Not like their later albums
Not my favorite mellow punk-grunge rock. Just not that entertaining.
Distinctive sound. Good album
I wonder if I'd like this without knowing what comes after it, because they get so very much better in subsequent albums. There's so much promise here, they just weren't quite there yet but you can hear it coming over the horizon. They already had such a distinctive sound. The potential is an interesting listen.
QOTSA is always awesome, and has always been awesome. I had never confirmed it by listening to their debut, but I'm very happy I did now.
Nice one! Lots of quality songs; not the massive hits as other albums, but very solid overall!
Early QOTSA. Before the record I know, but still legit. They’ve always sounded very earthy and organic to me.
It’s ok- they weren’t on my radar til No One Knows. I can see why.
Skulle kunna få ett ännu högre betyg men för långt album och vissa låtar som inte håller måttet.
not my style
O.K.!
Stoner “robot” rock, langsom tung metal, Josh Homme
I was really into this type of music back in the day, but listening to it now, it's clear that I just didn't know any better. This was okay. Best track: Regular John
Real solid and shows the potential this band has, but not my favorite QotSA. The Josh Homme guitar tone is sick
Honestly way way better than expected. Groovy licks and energetic vocal delivery put me in a good mood.
6/10. Very early qotsa FT: Regular John
Don't mind a bit of QOTSA, couldn't say they'll ever be my favourite band or anything but I always enjoy it. I don't think I've heard this album before, but so far sounds pretty cool. I want to give it a 4, but it'll probably just be a 3.
This is rockin…. Much better than expected. Weird, yet familiar! Enjoyed!!
Otroligt menlöst. Kassa vocals, långa tråkiga låtar. Våga släppa loss, grabbar!