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Universal acclaim- based on 447 Ratings
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Positive: 401 out of 447
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Mixed: 13 out of 447
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Negative: 33 out of 447
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013This is actually a really solid and varied album. I liked 'Era Vulgaris' but found myself skipping nearly half of the songs on it. For me, '...Like Clockwork' is one of those albums you need to listen to in its entirety rather than a song at a time.
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jul 5, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013One of the best albums Josh Homme has put his name on. On the same level as Rated R and Songs for the Deaf. If I had a tail is wonderfully catchy arena rock type stuff. Most of the melodies stick and don't wear thin like on Era Vulgaris.
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Jun 4, 2013
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Oct 31, 2013This is a very good rock album and may very well be the rock album of the year. Not only is the rock intense, but many of the songs contain catchy hooks and solos. I especially love the solo of I Sat by The Ocean. Would definitely recommend this album.
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Jun 20, 2013While I don't think this is the best QOTSA ever, it is a refreshingly new sound. It was a risky move that QUOTSA pulled off brilliantly. The slow to fast mix in this album is incredible. Almost all of the songs have taken their place in my heart. This is true rock, welcome back!
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Jun 28, 2013
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Sep 11, 2013This is definitely one of the greatest albums made for years, it has no "greatest song", every single song is a hit, and the more you listen to it, the more it grows on you.
Queens of the Stone Age has a completely unique feel to it, and this album, as well as "Era Vulgaris" are perfect examples of this, which is why it deserves a 10/10. This album is perfect! -
Oct 7, 2013
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 31, 2013
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Nov 15, 2013Love this cd just like Arctic Monkey's AM, I was happy to enjoy a few pure rock cd releases this year. This cd hooked me from the start and I enjoyed every track. Love that they are from Palm Desert as well, since I am also a desert dweller, not too far away from them, in Las Vegas!
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Jun 5, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jan 8, 2014Great rock music. I haven't listened to any of their albums before this. I'm an idiot, i know. I'm looking forward to rectify that mistake. I do hope their older work has the same blend of loud and calm.
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jul 3, 2013Being a long time listener of the band, I was happy to say it was similar in all the right ways, different in all the right ways, and generally just a great album. However, my viewpoint would be biased as I have enjoyed all their efforts to date. So good to have a new album turn out well for us!
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Feb 15, 2014
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Jun 6, 2013
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Jun 12, 2014
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Jun 15, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013If Songs for the Deaf was the definitive record of QOTSA as a collaborative project born in the desert sessions, ...Like Clockwork is the definitive record of QOTSA as Josh Homme's band. Quite possibly the best (and certainly the most focused) album of their career, and a strong AOTY contender in an impossibly good year for music.
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Nov 29, 2013
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Oct 19, 2013Best queens album in years, yes i enjoyed El Vagus or what ever its called but this new entire just feels so unique and the tracks are so moody, 9/10, gets a bit repetitive yet because of key tracks, my fav track being the last it deserves more like a Solid 9.8/10, so should probably round to a 10 but because of the repetitiveness and the fact that users are rating so high i gives it a 9
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Jun 6, 2013Not quite as good as the albums "from the good old days", but an appropriate comeback. QotSA have taken on a heavier, almost progressive-like direction in their music while still retaining their edginess.
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Jun 4, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013These guys are back and better than ever So many highlights on this album top to bottom. Easily one of the best albums so far in 2013. Josh Homme has elevated his music to a different level.
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Jul 14, 2023Best album right up there with Songs for the Deaf!!! I look at Queens of the Stone Age in two different time periods. There first two albums built up to Songs for the Deaf and then the next two albums built up to like Clockwork.
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Jun 4, 2013Going to keep it short, this is a really good album. Its one of those that grows on you the more you listen. Personally really liking "if I had a tail". Probably going to be one of the better albums of the year, welcome back guys you have been missed.
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Jun 5, 2013
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Oct 13, 2013
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Jun 23, 2013
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Dec 8, 2013
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Jun 24, 2013
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Jun 6, 2013What to even say? This record is like a gut punch in every way that music ought to be. Catchy as all get out and lyrical depth beyond any prior QOTSA release or anything in recent memory. Current frontrunner for album of the year, no exaggeration, IMHO.
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Jun 4, 2013This is one of the best albums I've ever heard! Every song is so great, I have to listen to the album completely. Never have I had an experience similar to this, where I liked all the songs on the album. And the journey this album takes you on, is simply astounding! I could listen to this album hours and hours, day for day. Defenitely a 10/10! LISTEN IT!
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Jun 6, 2013
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Jun 3, 2016
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Jul 4, 2013
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Jul 18, 2013
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Jul 18, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013If deeply-affecting personal experiences produce music this good, then Josh Homme should have near-death experiences more often. Imagine the trademark QotSA sonic boom flavored with hints of Bowie and Nine Inch Nails while indulging in Pink Floyd or Radiohead-style experimentation...all distilled down into a compact (~45 minutes) package that gets better with each listen.
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013Brilliant album from Queens of the stone age, the only criticism i could offer is that its only 10 songs long, but that wouldn't be a problem if every song wasn't fantastic. The album manages to be completely different from anything that they have done before but remain classic Queens.
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Jun 11, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 16, 2013Let me just say that this album is amazing down to the core. This is rock like I have not heard in a while. QOTSA have done good this time around. I will be disapointed if this album is not at the very least nominated for Album of the Year. This album is a classic.
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Jun 28, 2013
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Aug 2, 2013
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Oct 5, 2013har fan inte hört så här jävla krallig rock musik på jävligt länge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sep 14, 2013
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Jul 12, 2018The most melodic band's album. Brings again a killer cast to play with Homme (Old band members,to be exact). Songs are memorable and has something epic in it.
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Oct 3, 2013
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Oct 3, 2013Best album of this decade. It's a different alubm, i'd say. This time Josh gets more sentimental on the music. The best album since Songs for the Deaf.
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Oct 5, 2013
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Oct 22, 2013
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Jun 20, 2014Perfect from start to finish. In my opinion the very best of 2013. "Fairweather Friends", "I Appear Missing", and "Like Clockwork" are all tracks that will be memorable for a long time. This could go down as a modern classic
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Nov 17, 2013I'm not really a big fan of the band, but this album is solid; as expected from a band as prolific as them. "My God Is the Sun" has this unique sound that makes me want to repeat it over and over again.
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Nov 22, 2013Very nearly a 10, I'd been waiting 6 years for this album and couldn't have asked for better. It's not on the same level as Songs for the Deaf, Rated R or their Self-titled (then again, what is) however it lived up to the hype that I built up over the years I waited. If I Had a Tail is a personal favourite, but every song on the album is great.
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Dec 8, 2013
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Apr 16, 2014
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Apr 16, 2014This is indeed what we can call a bold album. There's character and tenderness in it. A master piece that mixes brilliant song writing, production and incredible musicianship.
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May 20, 2014this album is a classic i have bought it twice one on cd and one on record thats how much i love this it is there best work since songs for the deaf 10/10
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Sep 9, 2014
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Dec 8, 2014
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Jan 12, 2015
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Aug 11, 2015In my opinion this is their best album (just ahead of Rated R). I don't see how people didn't like this theres so many catchy riffs, great vocals, amazing features, etc. I think they're gonna find it difficult to follow this up.
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Jan 19, 2015
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Mar 9, 2015
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Dec 10, 2015
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Feb 13, 2016
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Aug 15, 2016
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Apr 26, 2017After a long hiatus, QOTSA returned... ambitious as ever. ...Like Clockwork is a bit different than the QOTSA we were used to, but this album gets better by each go and in my opinion goes head to head with their every other album except Songs For the Deaf.
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Dec 27, 2018Like Clockwork es un album muy integral, oscuro y pesado, destaca en todas las dimensiones, sonido, lirica, tempos, es uno de los mejores de la decada del rock de los 2000, sin duda un disco que hay que considerar si te gusta el rock
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Feb 24, 2022Their best since Songs For the Deaf. It's on par with SFTD and Rated R in my eyes.
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Jul 23, 2022Great overall. I Appear Missing, Smooth Sailing and I Sat by the Ocean are all masterpieces.
Like Clockwork is a pearl of modern rock.
Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 23, 2013Their 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]
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Jul 23, 2013It’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.
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MagnetJul 17, 2013Queens Of The Stone Age lumbers its way through a series of increasingly skronky, sludge-by-numbers jams and sound. [No. 100, p.57]