Songs for the Deaf

by Queens of the Stone Age

Songs for the Deaf cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 27, 2002
  • Label: Interscope
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:51
  • Community rating: 4.29/5 from 166 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Lanegan, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, Nick Oliveri

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Songs for the Deaf' is a loose concept album framed as a car journey through the California desert, with the tracklist punctuated by faux radio station segments that satirize commercial rock radio. The album's famously dense and driving sound is anchored by the powerful, punchy drumming of guest Dave Grohl—achieved through a unique recording process where drums and cymbals were tracked separately—and features a dynamic range of vocal performances from Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, and Mark Lanegan. This lineup, on what would be bassist Oliveri's final full-time studio recording with the group, created a critically and commercially successful work that became a hard rock touchstone of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: desert, riff-heavy, radio, groove-heavy, hard

Tracklist

  1. The Real Song For The Deaf (1:31)
  2. You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire (3:12)
  3. No One Knows (4:38)
  4. First It Giveth (3:18)
  5. Song For The Dead (5:52)
  6. The Sky Is Fallin' (6:15)
  7. Six Shooter (1:19)
  8. Hanging Tree (3:06)
  9. Go With The Flow (3:07)
  10. Gonna Leave You (2:50)
  11. Do It Again (4:04)
  12. God Is In The Radio (6:04)
  13. Another Love Song (3:15)
  14. Song For The Deaf (5:52)
  15. Mosquito Song (5:38)

Credits

  • Josh Homme - vocals, guitar, producer
  • Nick Oliveri - bass guitar, vocals
  • Dave Grohl - drums
  • Mark Lanegan - vocals, additional songwriting, lyrics
  • Gene Trautmann - drums
  • Brendon McNichol - lap steel
  • Natasha Shneider - multi-instrumentalist
  • Alain Johannes - multi-instrumentalist
  • Dean Ween - guitar
  • Dave Catching - musician, radio d.j.
  • Twiggy Ramirez - radio d.j.
  • Blag Dahlia - radio d.j.
  • C-Minus - radio d.j.
  • Casey Chaos - radio d.j.
  • Chris Goss - radio d.j.
  • Adam Kasper - producer
  • Eric Valentine - producer, engineer
  • Hutch - art direction
  • Joe Marlett - 2nd engineer
  • Kevin Szymanski - 2nd engineer
  • Andrew Alekel - radio broadcast 2nd engineer
  • Debbie Southwood-Smith - a&r
  • Mark Williams - a&r
  • Lisa Ballard - a&r assistance
  • Sherry Kunkel - a&r assistance
  • Robby Fraser - booking
  • Steve Strange - european bookings
  • Rebel Roy Steiner - legal

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