• Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Jun 4, 2013
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 447 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 33 out of 447
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  1. Jun 5, 2013
    5
    Too many jerky tempo changes and slow rhythms bog this album down. When it does start to sound like vintage Queens it lacks the gusto, fuzz, and dimension, the reckless abandon. It's still unique in it's old Homme way and the is ever-present, it just seems stripped down and lonesome instead of heart-pumping and creepy. I Appear Missing is the gem here.
  2. Jun 6, 2013
    6
    Pretty good album overall, it starts a bit slowly but it picks up and goes to its apex with “Smooth Sailing” which is a really solid song, one of their best in my opinion.
  3. Dec 17, 2013
    5
    Overcooked production kills what could have been a good album, almost unbeareable to listen to more than a couple songs at once. Whats the point of printing vinyls again whith this kind of mastering?
  4. Aug 5, 2014
    6
    Once again the Queens of the Stone age deliver another good album and continue to impress. Several guest musicians are featured in ....Like Clockwork but nothing sounds recycled. Just an overall good album.
  5. Sep 13, 2017
    5
    Five stars because it's about half good; the other half — piano balladry and pseudo-important, overblown mega-compositions — feel like they are trying to be big statements. They are not. Josh Homme and QOTSA will always be best when they truly go with the flow instead of targeting a feel ... a tactic that really let them down on "Villains."
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 46
  2. Negative: 1 out of 46
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 23, 2013
    90
    Their rejuvenating effects make this the most rounded and melodic QOTSA album in a decade, a triumph snatched from the mortuary doors. [Summer 2013, p.88]
  2. 90
    It’s the kind of album we critics tritely refer to as a return to form but with the massively remarkable beast that ...Like Clockwork royally is, never has the phrase been more fitting.
  3. Magnet
    Jul 17, 2013
    35
    Queens Of The Stone Age lumbers its way through a series of increasingly skronky, sludge-by-numbers jams and sound. [No. 100, p.57]