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Universal acclaim- based on 233 Ratings
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Positive: 205 out of 233
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Mixed: 19 out of 233
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Negative: 9 out of 233
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Sep 1, 2017After listening to Villains, this album has gone up in my estimations. Always enjoyed it but never fully appreciated it. Some of the B Sides on this album are brilliant. I would definitely recommend scoping them out. This albums user score needs pushing up, villains deserves to be the worst reviewed album by users.
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Jan 12, 2015
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Feb 6, 2014It pains me to say that this is "my least favourite QOTSA album", but it probably is. I say this as if it's a bad album, but it really isn't, it's a brilliant album, it's just not as good as their old stuff, which is a pretty stupid insult to be honest.
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Jul 1, 2013
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May 28, 2013
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Sep 4, 2011Good album from a great band. I was blown away by their earlier work (QOTSA, Rated R, and Songs for the Deaf), nothing has been nearly as good since then. This feels like they're trying to reinvent themselves and I'll be interested to hear where they go from here.
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Ikarus14Dec 5, 2009The sound and direction are questionable, but it's still a great album.
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TomBNov 30, 2009The best album of the decade. I know it's a weak decade but I would rank this album along side Surfer Rosa, Siamese Dream, and Daydream Nation. The riff for 3s and 7s reminisces of the lone, cutting perfection of the opening seconds of Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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ChrisKJul 20, 2009QOTSA probably couldn't make a bad album even if they tried! This album is great, as you'd expect, just let down a bit by 1 or 2 of the songs...but with tunes like '3's and 7's' and 'Sick, Sick, Sick', you've got yourself a good deal. Also, the album's artwork is so cool!
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StevenS.Apr 3, 2008I love this album, it's better than lullabies (which was great) and it's equal with songs for the deaf, it's absolutely addictive... kinda hard to explain what it sounds like... it's still QOTSA, but it's definitely unique, sometimes i even hear a little core-era STP influence, anyway, just buy it, it's awesome
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SarahMar 30, 2008Every song has a hook, line has a catch-Homme has rewarded loyal Queens fans with snarky eyeroll aimed at corruption in the music industry and an openmouthed kiss fill with tongue, sweat, saliva, and a heap of good cranking tunes.
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MarkK.Feb 8, 2008At times, the album seems to wonder away from it's path a little, but this is still Queens Of The Stone Age at their best.
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AnonymousJan 10, 2008A pretty much decent album from Qotsa. Although I do miss the guitar riffs from the previous albums, the sounds sound just good enough. Mostly every song on this album is pretty average to decent. But still, a good Queens of the stone age album that I wouldn't mind buying.
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HectorA.Jan 10, 2008Not their most strongest album, but it is addicting and it grows on you. Pretty much a decent QOTSA album.
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WillR.Jan 8, 2008Homme's best work yet!
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JohnH.Dec 31, 2007Era Vulgaris is a totally different sound than any other QOTSA album, it sounds almost industrial, a bit like Nine Inch Nails. A fun cd to crank up in your car.
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VincentV.Dec 23, 2007Great album, QOTSA can still do it. I like 'Make it with Chu' the best song. The best rock album released in 2007.
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JorisDec 1, 2007
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TtKKjjNov 8, 2007It's really f*cking good. Most powerful drums since In Utero.
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stunnastunAug 24, 2007They always find a way to top their last album great work.
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BLAug 14, 2007Another different album from QOTSA containing great, occasionally weird songs. I have the Canadian version, that ends with Run Pig Run so I downloaded Running Joke and the title track which add on perfectly to the end of the album. This album is definitely not Songs for the Deaf part 2, so I can see why someone wanting that would be disappointed. That said, I think this album is excellent.
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LucasCJul 31, 2007Amazing!
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seandJul 29, 2007personally i thought this one was a huge improvement over the bloated and slow lullabies. that record is still pretty awesome but this just has the energy put back into queens
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MartinusBJul 26, 2007kick ass album. qotsa and josh homme kicks ass!!!!!!
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JamesAJul 22, 2007It is very difficult to describe this album. This is not easy listening, or grabbing music. This is their most difficult record to get into. But once the melodies cycle themselves in your head a few times it becomes like an unstoppable force. "I'm Designer" is my personal favourite. Highly recommended if you are patient and don't rely on hooks to take the bait.
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SpinJul 18, 2007This shit grows on you. its creepy.
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ligv.Jul 13, 2007Hated the record on first listen....... 4th listen made it hit with ridiculous force. This is by far the best rock record release of 2007. favourite track.....Misfit Love. Australian release has all the tracks unlike US version. Rock N Roll!! Where's the next installment of the Desert Sessions?
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RichR.Jul 13, 2007Josh is one of the great all-time American rockers, just like Jack White is. Instantly recognizable as obviously QOTSA, this record just shreds, and the riffs can be hilarious. People who don't like this just plain don't like to rock!
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Awards & Rankings
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If Lullabies To Paralyze was a strange forest fairytale dusted with desert blues courtesy of Billy Gibbons, Era Vulgaris finds the band holed up in an abandoned funkhouse in the centre of a shady copse, waiting for some strange sexually-contracted fever to pass.
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Homme's ever-catchy formula remains, but the mood is uneasy and brooding, with tracks such as 'Sick, Sick, Sick' revealing a venomous new band that's finally learned to separate business and pleasure.
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Era Vulgaris is Homme's fifth Queens album, and like the others, it's intricately crafted, meticulously polished and ruthlessly efficient in its pursuit of depraved rock thrills.