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Queens of the Stone Age
Rock · 1998 · 11 tracks

Queens of the Stone Age

'robot rock' where hypnotic, desert-bleached riffs meet a velvet-smooth croon. Dry, heavy, and unmistakably mechanical.

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It's like a heavy metal machine that learned how to swing and then drove into the desert.

A cool, detached swagger that masks a heavy, mechanical intensity.

Queens of the Stone Age · vs · Queens of the Stone Age
Desert+1.4σ

Desert saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Regular John
4:35
02
Avon
3:23
03
If Only
3:21
04
Walkin on the Sidewalks
5:03
05
You Would Know
4:16
06
How to Handle a Rope
3:31
07
Mexicola
4:54
08
Hispanic Impressions
2:45
09
You Can’t Quit Me Baby
6:34
10
Give the Mule What He Wants
3:10
11
I Was a Teenage Hand Model
5:01
Moments Worth Waiting For
the mechanical, locked-in guitar chug that opens Regular John
the sudden, crushing bass weight that anchors the chorus of Mexicola
the unsettling, detuned piano outro of I Was a Teenage Hand Model
the slow-burn psychedelic tension that breaks into the groove of You Can't Quit Me Baby
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