Queens of the Stone Age [Reissue]
by Queens of the Stone Age
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 89 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 89
  3. Negative: 1 out of 89
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  1. clem666
    Jan 10, 2021
    6
    First listenings were totally uninteresting. I had trouble to understand why this record were so famous, so important for some people. All the album felt so grey, so flat, inintelligible and unimpressive. It felt like there were no chorus and no rhythm. Singer's voice didn't evoke any emotion to me.

    But from thread to needle I managed to get in the mood of 'Queens of the Stone Age'. I    First listenings were totally uninteresting. I had trouble to understand why this record were so famous, so important for some people. All the album felt so grey, so flat, inintelligible and unimpressive. It felt like there were no chorus and no rhythm. Singer's voice didn't evoke any emotion to me.

    But from thread to needle I managed to get in the mood of 'Queens of the Stone Age'. I surprised myself to nod in rhythm during some songs. So I shaped my expectations to stop waiting for a guitar or drum solo that would sign an impressive flight that would never come. In the end I managed to get some satisfaction from riffs and some lyrics. But I will not lie; it wasn't an easy listening. This album rhymes with first steps of stoner rock genre.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Uncut
    Apr 20, 2011
    80
    Now reissued and remastered, those principals are still sound: classic riffs and also more toothsome and unswinging structures, what ch are nice, especially when they stop. [Apr 2011, p.94]
  2. Mojo
    Apr 20, 2011
    80
    Homme has gone on to make sexier records, but for sheer creepy sensuality QOTSA is the definitive article. [Apr 2011, p.112]
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 14, 2011
    60
    The newly remastered version is also bolstered by three additional track as reclaimed from the vaults. [Apr 2011, p.114]
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