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Couple good tracks.
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.
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.
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.
Starts off great, but got more monotonous and boring to me as it went on.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Rock bastante monótono.
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.
It's fine. I don't mind if I hear it again, but I don't mind if I never hear it again either.
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.
It's a good sound, but it gets boring pretty quick
Some good songs. Some musical nerd stuff. Some duds.
Good punky album, uniform feel, liked the vibe. Nothing special
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.
Crunchy.
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
I'm honestly not sure what to say or rate. Overall, it's likeable, nothing more.
Good
I like QOSA, but this album is not excptional
CTE opened for them when they were starting out, good listen overall
Not my favorite album of theirs
Meh
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.
Too lengthy rock
Solid album, in regular rotation for me already.
not really my thing
Not like their later albums
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.
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.
O.K.!
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
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.
I found it kind of boring and forgettable. At the same time, I could see myself getting used to the tracks if I heard them again and again, and coming around to enjoy it, like, if I grew up listening to this I'd probably love it. As it stands right now I just don't care Regular John ★★⯪✩✩ Avon ★★⯪✩✩ If Only ★★⯪✩✩ Walkin' on the Sidewalks ★★⯪✩✩ You Would Know ★★✩✩✩ How to Handle a Rope ★★⯪✩✩ Mexicola ★★✩✩✩ Hispanic Impressions ★★✩✩✩ You Can't Quit Me Baby ★★⯪✩✩ Give the Mule What He Wants ★★✩✩✩ I Was a Teenage Hand Model ★★⯪✩✩
This album is where good grooves go to die… Seriously, it seems like the Queens had one nice idea per song and drove it into the ground. These songs are way too long for the amount of repetition that comes with the length. And what they repeat isn‘t really remarkable to my ears. Nice guitar riffs, paired with an uninspired vocal performance. It‘s all so uneventful and dull after a while. I could vibe with a best of mash-up that combinws the actually good moments on here. Maybe they developed on the following albums…
As positive as I am, I have a bit of a habit of giving albums pretty low scores despite being pretty forgiving in my track ratings. This is one of those cases, because I don't like this album very much, even if some of the songs are pretty alright. The vocals are just annoying, the soundscapes are kinda trash, and at 46 minutes it's still WAY too long. Maybe 6 songs off of this could make it onto an acceptable album, but it's so monotonous and I can't say I enjoy most of it. Songs to latch on to? I enjoyed the opener. The vocals were pretty cool and the riffs were alright. The best song here is track 2, "Avon," just because of the tune and everything. Memorable and nice to listen to. From there it's kind of a stream of unlikeable boring stoner riffs. "Mexicola" is another memorable one, I just really can't stand the vocals a lot of the time. 4.6/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: NO REASON: it sucks dawg
Had some bangers, but overall not particularly memorable for me. I liked the guitar that was very much present throughout the album and some of my highlights were “Spiders and Vinegaroons” and “You Would Know” as the only songs that really caught my attention. So, in my humble opinion not bad, just neutral.
I didn’t love this. I thought I would do that disappointing. I wonder if I just need to hear it a few times because I do like their other stuff. I hadn’t heard any of these songs before.
2 and a half. Bumped up because I love the live versions of some of the tunes. But fairly weak album for them
Adequate but dull.
All felt a bit samey and really lost itself in the middle. Very strange album but then again, I only Know a couple of their songs before this album.
I do quite enjoy QOTSA so I was excited for this listen. As it continued it began wearing on me. Too much of a good thing maybe, or much of a muchness. Some interesting things here for sure but I just didn't have the stomach for it today.
I kinda forgot I was listening to this
a mostly boring bridge between 90s grunge & 2000s pop punk, but liked the psychedelic jam band vibes in the second half.
WAY TOO HEAVY
Meh, następne albumy dużo lepsze
No me gustó absolutamente nada, creo que hasta me altero, me gustó la portada
Some sick riffs but idk or c really.
Just never liked em. Very boring
It definetely falls into the realm of generic 90s rock, but there are some good moments here. At points the album drags, nothing really stands out, but it's not a bad listen overall.
The album opens interestingly enough but soon it turns into a slog to get through. Almost all the songs sound way too repetitive, which is why I nearly fell asleep several times. I listened to the album twice, and the same thing happened both times. So the music is pretty soporific and on top of that the lyrics seem to be nothing more than a stream of thought, without any deeper meaning. Not my cuppa tea.
hey chatgpt make me a rock album
Not bad but a bit interminable
These all sound the same. Sorta dark, sorta plodding along, nothing that stands out to recommend or any need to re-listen. Feels like what emos would dig? I painted my nails black but was only a poser. Sorry, I got nothing on this. 2, not even a decent 3.
It's bizzare to me that this is the same group that would go on to do Songs For The Deaf. I often baulk at the Josh Homme hero worship you see a lot these days but I'd never deny the fact that he's made some damn good rocks songs. This album doesn't contain any of them though - I can barely remember a single track.
Is a rock band suppose to send you to sleep? As I’m pretty sure I could have to this drivel to start with. I got to track 7 ‘how to handle a rope’ before I finally felt like we had a track worthy of a rock band and as soon as that finished it was like a lightbulb moment in the band (unless I just came round to the idea of what sound they wanted to make!) As before that track It felt to me like a band not knowing who they are, are they trying to be a soundgarden/pearl jam or do they want to be Nirvana? Unfortunately they are stuck between the two and it sounded terribly boring until that half way point and then the sound started making more sense to me. Although not in a way which made me really enjoy it. It still just felt average. Fave track- ‘how to handle a rope’ Worst track- ‘regular John’ 5/10 and that’s maybe a little to generous. I’m off for another listen later to see if that needs an edit.
Ein super Album, wenn man es in der Gesamtheit der Diskografie betrachtet. Als Debut finde ich nicht so recht Zugang dazu. Es sind schon klar die Strukturen und Wege für die späteren Werke gelegt, aber hier finde ich die Gesamtheit noch zu wild und anstrengend. 2 Sterne
Naaaah, det her kan jeg ikke mærke
Dimery’s affinity for an artist’s subpar debut over their most impactful album strikes again.
Meathead riffs and buried timeless vocals!
Solid stoner rock album I need to revisit 07/13/26
I cannot believe this album is on the list and Rated R is not!? This is surely madness - although not a massive fan of Rated R or stoner metal this record is just so … meh? Whereas at least Rated R has the brilliant tracks The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret and Feel Good Hit of the Summer! This record has nothing … no standout tracks just complete [shrugs shoulders]. Anyway back to the record itself - It felt like a transition album for Homme, you can still hear the Kyuss vibes very heavily in most of the tracks. For me, the second half was much better than the first but may have just been because I had got used to it by then.
Can't stand the dude's voice, nor whenever they start wailing about on the guitar (or anyone decides to solo on anything), it's a boring trudge through the same song 11 times. First track is the best because the motorik thing going on was good. The whole record sort of sounds like home demos for an album that isn't finished. Also, apparently Rated R isn't on the list - I am by no means a particularly big fan of this band, but I'd love to understand how anyone rates this over that.
Fine didn't think this would be the first QOTSA album I would listen to. 2.5
2 because skepta sampled the first 2 seconds
Ну ок. Альтернативный рок. Таких миллионы
Eh this was fine. Early 2000s rock core
Aika ankeeta menoa ja äänimaailma kävi paikoin korville. Parissa biisissä jotain yritystä mutta laulu pilas senkin.
Nah
Not very memorable
Homme’s music works best for me when someone else is singing. I mostly just don’t buy him as a singer and his melodies have never done much for me, but, throw in Oliveri or Lanegan and that pops the champagne bottle. Alas, while I admire the instrumental concepts here (and on Rated R), it’s not until Deaf that the style yields anything worthwhile.
Inoffensive, but utterly boring.
This is one of those bands that seem like I should like them, but then I listen to them and am decidedly underwhelmed. None of the songs grab....they're just Meh.
The grunge sound isn’t my favorite unless it’s accompanied by some killer melodies and instrumentation. Unfortunately I didn’t really find that here. Kind of droned on. Not an unpleasant listen but it didn’t really pop
This is a paradox in that it's a slog to get through yet I'm intrigued enough to consider exploring some of their other stuff.
I didn't like this one. On one hand it's well made, I guess, but i just don't find it interesting in anyway. It actually beggins quit good with good guitar and voice by Josh Homme. 2 or 3 songs in I had hope, but it all went downhill from there. It all felt to repetitive and lacks good ideas. Even trying to shake it with a long instrumental thing makes one of the worst tracks here. The last one is pretty nasty as well. Sorry, I'm on the verge of 1, but it's not quite there Flat 2.very flat
ok
Yeah, this just ain’t for me.
Es un rock bastante más pesadito que lo que me gusta escuchar a mi, no me disgusta tanto igual pero si se que no me gusta. No me parece nada wow. 4/10
Boring. Not a fan. It wasn't the worst thing I ever heard, but I never need to hear it again.
Very Bassey, so I like the deep vibes.
I don’t know I don’t really like this one. 5/10
Sunday, 10 May, 2026 Not one track stood out above the rest. The most interesting part was the end of the last track. Other QotSA albums are more interesting. Them Crooked Vultures is also more interesting.
Queens of the Stone Age has some good songs, but this is the first of their entire records I sat through. Must say I'm a bit disappointed. Their guitar tone is on point. But these songs seriously lacks hooks and can get quite monotonous. And I think the singing is mixed weirdly or something as it sounds much more weak than it should. As this wasn't enough, it's way too long in my opinion. After reading on Wikipedia, I realized I might've gotten the 2011 reissue ,though, which is longer than the original by 15 minutes. It doesn't seem like their Songs for the Dead album is on this list, which feels criminal as that is miles better than this.
I had no idea they had been around this long. Most of this wasn’t terrible, but a lot of it did sound like them just practicing guitar riffs over and over and over.
Trop râpeux pour moi, alors que je peux me laisser convaincre par des titres d'autres albums
Atonal vocals made this hard to listen to. DNF.
A bit too slow and samey
I liked the part where every song repeats the 5 second sound clip
- More DV. - I like the last song best! - The rest didn't really reel me in - I think it just kind of ends up feeling typical "alternative" 90s/2000s. There are definitely Queens of the Stone Age albums that I like(d) better than this one. I listened to it twice, but that was enough.
These vocals are horrific, this is like a milk toast nirvana. In general this does very little for me. Sounds like generic 2000s rock that is neither sufficiently grunge or shoegaze, some unfortunate in between. It's not godawful in net but just not doing much for me
Decent, nothing special or memorable.
I found this rather boring.
I didn't particularly like the last instrumental tracks, and some of them seemed a bit long. But overall, good album.
Regular, straight ahead rock. I just feel like this band has much better music and even that music isn’t really for me.
hm, mag ja Metal/Rock an sich schon ganz gerne, aber dieses Album hat mich nicht wirklich mitgerissen.
Hab mir mehr erwartet von QotSA
Not their best by a long shot. Too repetitive in places.
Nothing special, not bad though.
Pretty forgettable middle of the road hard Rock. Not feeling it much. 2 out of 5 stars.
These guys are unique - They may go somewhere
I assumed Queens of the Stone Age had more personality to them, but this was pretty bland and generic early 2000s rock
Number: 98 Date: 04/11/2026 Artist: Queens Of The Stone Age Album: Queens Of The Stone Age Year: 1998 Genre: 90s Alternative Rock Rating: 2 Notes: Before: ======= I've heard of them, obviously, but never intentionally listened to them. During: ======= Not too bad. It has a nice energy about it. So they are a stoner band? This should have been right up my alley back in the day, but I probably dismissed them as they were somewhat popular. 4 songs in now. It's OK, but I had much better stuff to listen to back then, or so I thought. Anyways, it's not really my favorite type of music. I guess it's a little too mainstream. I Was A Teenage Hand Model is interesting. It would have been nice if they had explored that path a little more. After : ======= Didn't Nirvana already do this, so what's the point? 4 Regular John 3 Avon 3 If Only 4 Walkin' On The Sidewalks 2 You Would Know 3 The Bronze 3 How To Handle A Rope 3 Mexicola 3 Hispanic Impressions 3 You Can't Quit Me Baby 3 These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For 3 Give The Mule What He Wants 2 Spiders and Vinegaroons 4 I Was A Teenage Hand Model ----------------------------------------------------- 3.07 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= 3 my personal rating 1 suitability for this list 2 impact ----------------------------------------------- 2 composite rating
1. The Bronze 2. Regular John Only 2 because it was kinda mid
Was never a fan of Queens Of The Stone Age. Though there are some bangers. “If Only” is great.
Thought I was getting into this, starting to get a Smashing Pumpkins vibe, but on the second listen I lost it and couldn't find anything to hang onto.
A real chore of an album to get through. I know QOTSA from the singles but was never inticed to listen to a full album before. I get that they are a highly rated band and live act but I just can't find the will the enjoy this.
This was fine - nothing particularly stood out - straightforward rock. I’m not against it - it just didn’t grab me.
Jeez could they find any bass lines and rhythms more monotonous if they tried. Have to admit it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting given the tasteless album cover but I remain unimpressed - some songs started off promising but just trailed into bleh.
Saw them open for the foo fighters in like 1999, good times but never really got into these guys.
This album is really boring, I wanted to like it after hearing some of their later work. The tracks with vocals are ok and inoffensive but the instrumentals are really boring with no changes throughout and I had to skip them.
A band I normally enjoy listening to whenever I take a notion but never seek out too often. The opener, Regular John, was really good but it went steadily downhill after that. I hated Hispanic Impressions and it was really hard to get back into it after that. I definitely think Songs For The Deaf should’ve been on the list instead or even Era Vulgaris.
mid et -1 pour la cover
Favorite tracks: If Only, You Would Know, Spiders and Vinegaroons This one was disappointing. A couple good tracks but most of them were just a little too muddy for me to enjoy.
Its ok. But it is objectively repetitive.
Totalno nezanimljivo, nisu mi nikad sjeli, baš ravna crta. Igrom slučaja slušat ću ih live ove godine, sve me strah 😄 2/5, 3/10
This is another debut effort, from that heavy metal band from the west coast. I listened to the remastered version, as I was too lazy to determine which of the added tracks to skip. The chatter and sounds at the end of the last track did not add anything in my opinion. The music was crisp, and I enjoyed the harmonies, otherwise everything else was forgettable.
teils langwilig, langatmig; nervigi musig, wieso schribt mer so öppis spiders and vinegaroons ganz geile groove
2 1/2
Meh. I'm sure it was great when it came out but it didn't grab me then and it's doesn't now either.
Jadu, antingen var jag inte in the mood idag men det här var så tråkigt. Tyckte inte om. Spolade igenom låtarna. Snark. Mitt fika tog slut på en sekund. Inte bra tecken. Inte katastrof dock. 3,5/10
Ok but a bit 'poor man's Nirvana' If this had been a book it would have needed editing .
Found this a bit dull and boring if I'm honest. There's much better mediocre rock on this list.
Boring
Some cool riffs
Not great. Each song seemed to have its own relatively simple rhythm/guitar theme that just repeated alongside droning vocals. Then it was time to change the rhythm/guitar a bit for the next track for some droning vocals. Not one I'll go back to.
Didn't love it.
Too chaotic
meni skroz bezvezno na svakoj razini. jedino zadnja stvar malo zanimljivija i drugačija od ostalih, ali tada je već prekasno...
This was disappointing as I like their later stuff. The opening track has a bit about it, but little else caught my attention.
Few artists have been more disappointing in living up to my prior perception of what they sound like than this band. Boring AF. And I love guitar riffage, but maybe that's why - this is just not that good or clever as it is made out to be.
Wasn't really into this. Sounded like exactly what it was, a debut album where a band are trying to figure out their sound. Some of the riffs and guitar work were impressive but I didn't feel as though any track stood out. Knowing how much cleaner they sound a few years later, I was a bit disappointed with this one. 2.5/5
Grungy to start, glorpy at the end. Fun electronic influence on rock, industrial and moody. Sounded a lot like some influential Nine Inch Nails tracks.
This didn’t land for me overall, which was disappointing because I had high hopes. I liked the instrumental groove on Regular John, but the vocals really turned me off. Spiders and Vinegaroons was especially annoying, and that feeling carried across much of the album. There are a couple of decent tracks scattered throughout, but not enough to make this one a real win for me.
Muy de Seattle. Me gusta lo bien que se complementa una voz limpia con un sonido distorsionado, pero igualmente, no hay nada particular que me haya atrapado porque no hay variaciones, y justamente eso hace que cuando el tempo baja de a ratos parezca algo innovador, cuando en realidad no lo es. Walkin on the Sidewalks y Mexicola son lo que más interesante me pareció del álbum.
I'm not consider myself to be a QOTSA fan by any means. I know their 2-3 most famous songs because they were basically everywhere, but although I liked these, I never bothered to have a look at their albums. Honestly, it's hard to believe that these are the same guys. Never in my life have I heard such a boring and uninspiring album. Neither the guitar riffs, nor the weak lyrics could catch me, leaving me with an overall bad impression of this album. I really hope their newer albums are better.
From a modern perspective, this could be the play-along soundtrack to a how-to play rock music for beginners coursebook. Very standard, good execution, not-quite-boring but nothing special, for the most part. With Walkin on the Sidewalks, the album starts to exhibit a handful of interesting moments.
Variera mellan för monotont och för knäppt! En tvåa
You have to like it. This is not my style. maybe it’s useful as workout music, but it’s too repetitive for my taste.
Mid
Cba
Your dad loves track number 2
p834. 1998. 2 stars. Derivative, noisy Nirvana wannabes but without the songs.
Too basic. Too stoned. 5/10
Not into it. Don't like his voice, everything sounds dull/blurry. I think I would like this if I was very drunk....
Kinda sucks. Bass sounds muddy. Some tracks were pretty upbeat, and some had a decent sound to them, but I never got the message. Will never understand stoner culture (probably 'cause I have no plans of doing psychedelics any time soon), and this album doesn't really do anything to hype it for me.
While I like this album I believe the later albums from them with lannegan singing are better. Solid album but not the pinnacle.
This album confuses me. I honestly knew nothing about this band, other than their name. Were they from the 70s? Oh, no from the 90s, ok. That makes a little more sense. But the music is still confusing to me. I won't say I hate it, but I'm not going to ever choose to listen to this album again.
Not a patch on later stuff
A+ cover art damn. heavy rock is a hit or miss for me and this was sadly a miss.
I thought I was going to like this but it ended up sounding like it was made in their garage and they ran out of ideas so they just kept playing music
Cannot get into this band. Do not like the vocals or the tempo.
2 - liked a few things but most of it wasn’t great
Much powerchord. Such strumming. Very 4/4. First 2 tracks, multiple guitars, but all playing in harmony with a bland 4/4 time signature in 4 bar patterns? Drums just playing a simple rock beat. Repetitive and droll. "If Only" goes down to a 2 bar repeat. Still 4/4. Rest of the album is more of the same... find a riff, play riff for 2 minutes with no variation... switch to a very slightly different riff for the final minute, maybe sneak in a generic guitar solo if you're feeling a bit naughty. "Hispanic Impressions" managed some non-4/4 time signatures for the first 30 seconds at least, then back to 4/4 obviously, but at least it tried. The latter half of the album arguably got a bit more creative, but it wasn't good, it somehow got worse to listen to. This is probably the genre of music I spend most time listening to but I think there's a reason Queens of the Stone Age are a band I've never really bothered with. The only thing saving this from a 1 rating is the fact that it's not actively unpleasant to listen to, it's just boring. There's the odd bit of interest but everything is repeated to the point of irritation - maybe if I listened in 5-10 second bursts I'd think they were incredible.
Every song seems to find a riff that it refuses to move from for the next 2 minutes. Some riffs are cool, some are 1 Chord over and over, every single riff get boring after 2 minutes. This is like purgatory in album form You Would Know actually experimented with their sound at the end rather having the guitars copy each other I feel like the album starts getting better around half way through but I still feel like I'm going insane sometimes. The ending of the last song was atrocious, it's like they listened to some experimental music and thought "Oh it's a bunch of random sounds I can do that" High 2
I’ve been meaning to listen to QOTSA for a while and shocked it’s not their well known one. I got my hopes up a bit too much seeing references to Can to describe their music. It was fine and feels like something that would click better once I see the heights they reach later. The 45 minutes felt like 90 unfortunately. A bizarre choice. Just put the album where they fully realize the style instead of them working to it. An essential listen for fans of the band, not the music world as a whole. Rating: 2.1
This seems like an album I SHOULD like but I absolutely do not. Probably released just a year or more too late for me.
Not as good as their more famous album
interesting album, will not come back to it anytime soon. some of the songs were good but the separation in the ears was fucking me up too much
Viagra was approved by the FDA for erectile dysfunction in the U.S. in 1998, and also for limp dicked repetitive and fucking boring “rock” albums debuts. The 90’s had so much innovative and great music. This wasn’t apart of that. This album is mid at best, but it’s not even mid.
Ikke fan.
2/5 favorite song : mexicola
Poeh ja dit is absoluut een rock album. Was hier heel erg benieuwd naar gezien de ongelooflijke hype die om deze band heen hangt. Ze spelen veel op festivals en elke keer moet ik weer horen dat dit een absolute headliner is en dat het bizar is dat ze in Nederland spelen. Ok, ik kende ze dus eigenlijk niet. Het voelt inderdaad heel erg alsof de blauwdruk van de klassieke rock albums tot op de letter is gevolgd, dus als je daar van houdt dan kun je je lol op. 2e helft van het album met You cant quit me baby en These arent the droids you are looking for is wel echt ongelooflijke eigenpijperij met lange gitaarsolos die niet echt ergens naartoe lijken te gaan? En dit is wel een beetje het punt dat het hele album is voor mij. Queens of the stone age, ik was er al een beetje bang voor, maar het voelt heel erg als de band die continue klaagt dat er Tegenwoordig geen ECHTE muziek meer word gemaakt met GITAAR en DRUMS en dan dus besluit om dat het absolute focuspunt van hun muziek te maken. Misschien zit ik volledig er naast hoor, maar ik vind het album gewoon niet heel erg spannend, het voelt vooral alsof ik naar een muur van gitaren aan het luisteren ben.
I like the sound of the music but the vocals arent my favorite</3 favorite is you cant quit me baby
I was excited to finally listen to Queens of the Stone Age. My excitement surely and steadily dropped as I listened more. Maybe they are doing something clever but in the end it's pretty dang boring.
I’m going into this very blind as I have literally never heard of this band in my life Regular John- 6/10 Aron- 5/10 If only- 5.5/10 Walk-in on the sidewalks- 5/10 You would know- 5.5/10 The bronze- 6.5/10 only banger so far How to handle a rope- 6.5/10 ok defo getting better Mexicola- 6.5/10 all three have been added to my rock playlist Hispanic impressions- 2/10 really jus not a big fan of music with no words ( the only people who can get away with it are pink Floyd) You can’t quit me baby- 4/10 These aren’t the droids you’re looking for- 3/10 again?! Give the mule what he wants- 4/10 Spiders and vinegaroons- 1/10 I was a teenage hand model-2/10 probably the weirdest song I’ve ever heard Really not a big fan of this album at all, there were 2/3 songs that I enjoyed but really nothing special
I have heard this record and multiple other Queens of the Stone Age records before, so I am biased on this one. Decent record. Parts that are pretty cool. But a lot of it is pretty musically simplistic, the songwriting is a little weak at times and the production is fine, but is missing something. Feels like a demo for what they would become. It’s weird that this is the album from this band that they chose. It’s very immature, but gives you an idea of where their sound is going to end up. I think they have far better records. 2.75/5.
A little boring? Not sure why this album over the much more popular and impactful one
Not for me
não curti tanto, mas gostei da vibe das musicas
Not interested in this at all
I was disappointed by this one, I was looking forward to listening to more songs of QOTSA, but I felt I listened to the same thing the entire album.
A QotSA album with none of their songs that are worth caring about. Parts of the first track made me think of Lavender Town which is perfect because after an hour of this you might wish you were attending a funeral for a Marowak instead.
Stoner rock album from the late 1990s. It's pretty generic, typical alternative rock from the end of that decade, quite boring overall, but it's well played nonetheless. I can't give this 3 stars because there are better 3 star albums than this and many 4 star albums are brilliant compared to this! So it gets a 2.
Don't see the hype.
"The music is not in the notes but the silence between them".....in which case this album feels like it needs more room to make the overall sound less noisy/messy. Not a lot of range to the songs on this album (unlike later work)
wahrscheinlich eben nicht ein album der „besseren“ hälfte. sound OK, aber alles tönt gleich.
Did not enjoy this. Not my thing.
Are you sure this isn't late career Alice in Chains after they had run out of good song ideas and rebranded? That Rooster song is twice as good as all the songs on this album combined. Or it could be City and Colour trying to play rock music? Wait a moment...it is City and Colour, not Color...that can only mean one thing...that there is a chance the torturous experience of listening to Save your Scissors is uniquely Canadian? Go look it up, you will probably regret it.
The sound is Great... but there are no hits i recognize and no new songs i can remember. Some of the instrumental noodelings can be a bit much. It is just the first album.
If I could give this negative stars I would
It’s all just a bit luke warm
Not my favorite type of music but can respect it. Couple songs that I liked. Thought I’d like it more than I did. Last couple songs almost dropped it to 1 star.
Got To Get You Into My Life Eleanor Rigby Here There and Everywhere
Not too bad, but a lot of the songs sounded similar with similar guitar sounds.
People around me who like the same type of music I do seem to love Queens of the Stone Age, but I have never really been a fan. There are a few tracks from their discography that I am quite fond of, but unfortunately none of them put in an appearance here. There isn't much unique about this album, but it's still good-just not something I will come back to often. Or maybe ever. 2.5/5, but I am rounding down. Favorite track: "Mexicola"
1, la la lala la la 2. la lala la la3. la la lala.repeat.. c
This band is epically boring.
Meh
Pleasant uncomplicated rock
Trying to be Nirvana and not succeeding.
Nine years before this album, Masters of Reality released their first album. I'd understand why that album would be on this list but not this one. QotSA are a cool band and have cool songs but a whole album of this music? Meh.
This is #day427 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I've always overlooked this band. Not sure why. I've been aware of their existence, but I've never felt the urge to dive in. I had a brief infatuation with stoner/desert rock about ten years ago (think Get Your Gun), and that was that. Now that I've heard this record, there's little that draws me back. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day428.
Another one that I wanted to enjoy more than I did but to be honest, I found it quite boring.
The most damning thing about this record is that I hadn't even clocked that I was halfway done with this until I went to check the tracklisting. It's all so one note and monotonous, but not in a way that allows you to lock in and just be taken along by it like a motorik rock record. Did enjoy You Can't Quit Me Baby, maybe they just needed to dial down the scuzzy sound a bit and let the music and vocals have a bit of room to breathe
Kind of boring
This feels pretty generic. Like, with my eyes closed I could assume this is Foo Fighters.
This is an obviously important album, but it doesn't fully click with me. Queens of the Stone Age don't really fit in with their contemporaries. They're harder than the Chili Peppers, but not as hard as actual metal bands. This makes their niche weirdly small. Anyway, I didn't hate the album, but it's not something I think I'll really revisit. Best Songs: Regular John, How to Handle a Rope, Mexicola Worst Songs: These Aren't the Droids..., Spiders and Vinegaroons
Background music...
Didn't really enjoy this but not awful enough for 1*
I'm not sure I'll ever quite understand why so many people hold QotSA in such high regard. There is something about the sound / mix that never sits right with me and makes everything sound not quite so good as it could have. There are a couple of good tracks on this album but it's mostly unremarkable fare that goes on too long.
Fine.
Oh cool, my like fifth or sixth favorite QOTSA album. This list is often lame. Rated R, Era Vulgaris, Songs for the Deaf…all like twice as good as this album.
Mmmm albums like these make me lose faith in this list...Not by far best or most influantial QOTSA album...for me no place in this list...unless you make a 1001 stoner album list....
I can't say it better than this random Redditor: "They suck. Their shit is buttock trying to be 10 different genres at the same time. At the end of the day it's boring ass shit."
Meh, not as good as songs for the deaf. Later songs seem too long for what they are. Not too bad to listen to in the background though
I'm not one for hard rock even though I like heavy music. It just reminds me of every lame stoner kid in high school and feels just as generic. This is a solid debut but so weird that Songs for the Deaf or ... Like Clockwork or not included instead. Nothing on this project rises above the genre in any meaningful manner.
Really not a great album if I'm honest
Nothing special. Another, “Why is this here?”
This sucked so much I’m surprised anyone let them make another album
I actually like Rock, but this got pretty annoying.
Josh Homme is a known to be a garbage human, but with that aside, my observation is… his voice doesn’t match the energy of the music. It rocks pretty hard, though.
Just could not get into this album. I like rock and guitar driven music, but this one left me saying, "So what?" after many songs. No real rockers that grabbed me. I feel like I should have liked it more given the band's wide fan base. Maybe later albums are better>
This is the first time I've ever listened to QotSA consciously. I can't see the reason why it is on this list. The song structure is simple and, in most cases, nearly the same. It gets boring pretty fast, and the singing doesn't help, either. Bland, boring, repetitive.
Never listened to a QOTS album. To me it sounds like Soundgarden lost tapes. This isn't their best album (Songs for the Deaf) - why is it even on this list. Best Songs How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)
One, six, two, seven, eight... Two, six, three, seven, eight, nine... Where's your record label, Pearl Jam? Josh Homme cuelga el teléfono en la primera mitad de los noventa mientras recuerda, con una nostalgia extraña, por qué se fue de Kyuss. Mira la carpeta en su compu que dice “Gamma Ray”. Como un recuerdo cíclico, repetitivamente denso pero con un pulso melódico e hipnótico. Una y otra vez. Una y otra vez, como granos de arena cayendo en un reloj. Los cuervos se enteraron del nombre del proyecto, así que se tuvieron que mover rapido para llegar a enterrarlo en un desierto que conocían como su propia casa. En la lápida, el epitafio: “Aquí yace The Queen of the Stone Age”. En medio del desierto, por falta de agua, todo se racionaliza. Las afinaciones bajan y la voz se vuelve más suave. Las canciones se reestructuran, los riffs empiezan a parecerse a espejismos de ecuaciones. Las que se volverán oasis en medio de las dunas son Regular John, If Only, You Can’t Quit Me Baby, Walkin’ on the Sidewalks y, por supuesto, Mexicola. Por las noches, cuando toque acampar, la construcción de Spiders and Vinegaroons será lo único que te arrope. Y al único que podemos culpar de eso es a Joe Barresi en la producción. Aguantá todas las noches que puedas, hasta que se vaya a molestar a la cuarta dimensión de Tool. El único ex Kyuss que también conocerá Loosegroove Records será Alfredo Hernández, para grabar unas baterías. El resto de los sonidos están casi todos ejecutados por Homme. Seco, sin reverberaciones, directo. Acá no te van a vender un espejismo: en este desierto, se sobrevive huyendo. Las arenas movedizas son las ironías y el humor negro entre las letras. Si te quedás quieto, es mejor. Mientras más te movés, más vas a pensar que son mensajes políticos o épicas racionalistas. Los críticos especializados, desde sus escritorios, anhelaron perderse en el desierto. Pero al ser un disco de culto, no suelen decirlo en voz alta. Desde sus escritorios están demasiado cómodos como para arriesgarse. Homme se abre camino dejando huellas hundidas en la arena, para que los que se pierdan sepan por qué sendero no hay clichés ni del metal ni del grunge. En tu primera experiencia en el desierto, hay que ser cerebral, refinado y cíclico. Entre las dunas, te sentirás contenido, pero en las desoladas noches, las arenas pedirán que cambies de piel y les dejes tu crudeza enterrada. El reinado del rock pesado es aristocrático, pero no olvida cómo usar una guillotina. La culpa del corazón de piedra son años de institución. Cuando la monarquía necesita afilarse y ser un mandato exitoso, Josh Homme se sienta en su despacho, juega con una púa entre los dedos, levanta el teléfono… y el riff cíclico vuelve a sonar como tono de espera: One, six, two, seven, eight... Two, six, three, seven, eight, nine...Where’s your record label, Pearl Jam? I want to be Rated R.
Not really for me.
There were a couple that caught my ear for a minute, but largely forgettable.
This is some pretty generic power chord middle of the road rock. It’s not bad. But it definitely did not standout as memorable. There were some interesting drum dynamics on songs, but the guitar work and vocal delivery is pretty bland. A band trying to be like other bands that are better.
No character, no split second sense of pop profundity, just a droned out mashup of Radiohead and Jane's Addiction: the bad philosophizing, the bad hard rock. It's not stoner rock - it's not even pointless pop - it's bland and entirely burnt out: I like stoners who're still getting something out of it. Besides, in '98, hip-hop was the thing: Big Pun's Capital Punishment, anyone? Worse than Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains: those guys are in a rut they're trying to escape; these braindeads are in a rut they think is a groove: 'Hispanic Impressions.' Some interesting instrumental moments towards the end, but mostly a yard-age of gar-bage.
Every song felt like an eternity. Way too repetitive and boring for my taste. A couple tracks don't suck.
I don’t really care for this type of music.
Day 9 First listen- I really liked the gritty guitar in the songs. The album felt quite long and boring at times though. I guess I will appreciate it more with repeated listening but for now its 2.5/5.
I don’t need to listen to this again
Otra huevada que se fue a la damier. Algo tendré que dar por su tiempo
I don't get it; I could think about it and get it but I don't think I would enjoy it still
Yep. Definitely stoner rock. This album made me think of sitting on a musty couch in a dank basement playing Killer Instinct on SNES trying to escape the humid July heat before my evening shift of flipping burgers and twisting soft serve at the miniature golf course. I'll give it a bonus star for somehow managing to evoke that nightmare.
Ugh ... more 90s drek. Please see my review on the 90s just picking up leftover scraps of prior decades, Queens of the Stone Age sound like they were the last to show up at that proverbial scrap pile. I know nothing about the author of "1,001 Albums to Hear Before You Die" ... but it feels like they were born in the 80s, so they completey ignore the good stuff from the 80s. They probably learned about the late 60s and 70s from their parents. They most likely spent their teenage years in the 90s, and wanted a source to share all their favorites here. Granted I have only hit 80 albums on the list at this point, but 20 of them are 90s albums. So does that mean I have to listen to 230 more 90s albums?
The first track “Regular John” was awesome. After that it got less propulsive and more sludgy which I liked quite a bit less
Harsh instrumentals and monotone vocals. Lots of repetition. Not particularly memorable.
It “rocks” but is just not for me
I dunno. It wasn't as bad as I remembered but still pretty bad.
Kinda felt like watered down Foo Fighters/RHCP - not for me, maybe
I guess I can understand the appeal to someone who liked this sort of thing but this was not for me.
There are two versions of this album. The original 1998 recording makes a lot more sense to me genre-wise, than the remaster with added guitar tracks and additional songs. I like the aggressive guitar work and the interplay with the drums is awesome. The vocals don't do much for me. Docking an additional star because Josh Homme seems like an abusive shithead
Never a huge fan of Queens of the Stone Age, but I like there later stuff better.
Not for me
First half is great. Acid rock/stoner rock/whatever you want to call it. Second half drags a bit.
Didn’t like it
Heard it before. I'm not the biggest QotSA fan but I do really enjoy them whenever I listen to their albums. This album though really suffers from being so long. I kinda got bored of all the filler material halfway through 2/5
I have learned I’m not a fan of stoner rock. This album was too specifically that for me. I heard a couple songs I liked by them after this album played, but I couldn’t tell one song from the next
QOTSA can fuck off
Not for me
I like the grunginess but the album at large didn't really wow me
Overly repetitive sounds with not great music playing, it’s amazing to me when talented musicians actively try to make their instruments sound bad, that takes an extraordinary amount of skill.
Some dirty riffs but no particularly memorable songs. Surprisingly grunge inspired.
I actually enjoyed this more than some of the later QOTSA albums. A little more raw sounding.
They get a lot of mileage out of one chord rave-ups. Or at least a mile - give or take. A band I have always felt should be better for both obvious reasons (employing the greatest rock drummer of his generation) and less so (their highs are awesome but buried under mediocre tracks casting infinite permutations of brown). When they cut loose and go searching a bit - ala the last two tracks - things get a little more interesting. A little. This happens on every album - but not enough.
I know anecdotally that there are a bunch of Queens of the Stone Age fans. But I’ve never really got them. It’s fine, I guess. A whole album is too much for me. 2/5
The most interesting part of this album was discovering a sample used by Skepta. QOTSA are best in small doses in my opinion, an album feels too long.
Not my genre.
My original review back in January still stands: “I like QotSA, but this album seemed a little repetitive. I really like the overall sound, but the repetition is not for me. Sometimes it's bearable, other times just not at all! I think other albums are better.”
First half of the album was really strong but they lost me on the second half. Got a bit boring but as a whole thing its still a solid tape. (2.5/5.0)
It began to drag at the end. I also preferred the songs with no vocals.
What a weird cover. Not my jam at all.
Not really my thing and I likely won't choose to listen to it again. So, two stars.
Totally boring and unoriginal. Terrible album. 3/10
The fact this came out in 98 is crazy. There is almost nothing going on. It's just a wall of hard rock (derogatory). It doesn't even have context to help support lackluster and uninteresting musicianship. You had decades of rock music to work off of and this is what you come up with? As for the vocals, has Josh Homme considered adding any life to his delivery? I'm not even sure if drugs would help this one. Rating: 4/10 Favorite Song: Avon
Varenda låt låter ju likadant.
This might be the most repetitive album I've had the displeasure of listening to
The last track is unforgivable. Imagine listening to those god damn bleep bloops with earphones. Just annoying as fuck. Ruined the whole thing Pretentious boring dross
Like every other QOTSA album I’ve listened to, this is largely uninteresting rock moments with a few great moments over far too long of a run time. Doesn’t have one high that comes even close to some of their other albums, and the lows are generally lower. I do not like this band very much! The stereo output on this thing is kinda cool tho.
Like every other QOTSA album, some interesting highs but too much meandering music that goes nowhere. Josh Hommes voice can get very grating.
Ik vind de queens normaal wel goed maar dit is matig 2.4
I mean, sure. Why not? I guess. Never been a huge Queens of the Stone Age fan. I understand this album being on the list, but I still don’t like it much.
I don't like the frontman of this nor the album cover ig 2 stars I could listen to other stoner rock I like the frontperson for
Very ok meh Grunge rock
not bad but not for me
Mostly okay, but not something I would normally listen to. It was fine for background noise
fine but i was bored there's better options out there if you want this kind of thing
Ehhhh....nothing really got my attention here at all. The vocals here never grabbed me and I found the guitar parts to be quite uninteresting. There were some songs here I "liked" but nothing here I really "loved." There are plenty of QOTSA songs that I enjoy, but none were here. Liked Songs: "Avon" , "If Only" , "The Bronze"
Singing words at different speeds over the same music.
boring rock
Dirge. Never did see what the fuss was about and album doesn't even have That One Song.
I started this a few times and then gave up sorry. It wasn’t horrible I just didn’t feel like listening to that
Meget groovy! Håber ikke det er den eneste qotsa plade, jeg kan altså bedre lide de to der kommer efter
Kyllähän Queens of the Stone Age venyttää osaa, mutta tämä oli jo lähes extremeä: aivan liian pitkä, turhaa kilistelyä, kyllästyin. Bändin oma soundikaan ei päässyt oikeuksiinsa.
He aloittavat albumin todellisella, no, energialla - vähän kuin grungempi Hellacopters. Kokonaisuus on kuitenkin pitkä, junnaava ja raskas. Ai kutsutaanko tätä "stoner rockiksi"? Okei.