There is a lot to like in this album, and it is by far the best work of the band. The guitar riffs are simple but cool, and the drums are just awesome. Most of the songs sound similar to your standard grunge rock, but the lyrics are self-aware and smart, making it more than simple head-banging music. On a side note, Mosquito Song is probably the most musically ambitious of the tracks here. I was pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of the different instruments used on it.… Expand

Best album ever....just plain great

Wow.

Wow.

This is the album of the year and mayby next year, hard to ignore this band.

this rocks like nothing i've ever heard before!

Thi is undoubtebly the best album I have heard in the past 3 years the mellow stoned out chords that drive the record are phenominal. The simplicity of no one knows is a welcome change to the music that is so intense you cant understand anything

Love it

i loved this cd, i dont know if i like R more or songs for the deaf... but both are awesome and i havent heard there selftitle, but i dont understand how all the critics seem to like the strokes and white stripes more than qotsa. i mean the suck in comparison to me. so eveyone go and but this cd now, and if u like qotsa then kyuss is the band for u because they kick ass. So smoke a bowl and enjoy.… Expand

Intense rock with a perfect desert-atmosphere and strong songs full of alternation. Best rock-record in 25 years!

buy thats all buy it

The best QOTSA album for me...

This is the summer I've always wanted.

Classic album. Better than any of their other stuff I've heard. Admittedly its one of those albums that takes a while to get into, bet your into it, its absolutely fantastic. It seems its a love it or leave it album x.

I don't understand the hype. I have listened to the album, I have tried to like it....but it is just another mediocre album released by a mediocre band.

I'm from the Netherlands and I can tell you that rock is DEAD in Holland. I'ts so fucking sad... But rock isn't dead for me. I bought "Songs For The Deaf" last week and when I heard it I had an orgasm of 62 minutes and 3 seconds...that's the total playing time of this album. Especially "First It Giveth" is a frickin' great song!!! QOTSA rules as hell! They're are not going to be big in Holland, but for me it's one of the best bands ever. … Expand

Absolutely superb. Is rare nowadays to hear such enthusiasm, creativity and sheer attitude [that is not purely market driven].

A few missteps here and there, and the radio spots can be more annoying than funny, but overall this is as good a hard rock as you're going to hear this year, or have heard in years.

Fucking blow me away group ...

The best rock album since.....well, their last album.

Best hard-rock album of the year. Rolling stone must be joking, like when they put "6" to nevermind in 1991

Many hits and a handful misses. They should keep Dave Grohl (on drums) and loose Mark Lanegan. All in all though this is a really good record that could have been great.

absolutely brilliant...enough said

i'm in awe...i can't stop listening to it...its everything i love in music and then some..if i was in a band these are the types of songs i would wanna write..i'm blown away by these guys...great album

Actually, if you are into true rock n' roll art with good rock musicianship, then this is the album for you. I enjoy it alot, and most rock fans of today should enjoy it too. There are not alot of good bands out there now (Good Charlotte, Avril, New found glory..etc = thumbs down). Luckily, this band was still able to stick around to create more good old-time rock tunes. I think this band have some true potentials to their music, and I admired that, and hopefully will continue to do so in the future to come. And for those who rated this album as way below average, you guys failed to give your descriptive and valid points on why this album should not be live up to expectation (not just a small paragraph or one sentence to prove your point; that's not a review, people). … Expand

Metal with a brain, and a soul as well.

Amazing! Best rock album of the year!

phsycidelic stoner rock at its absolute best, every song a different jouney through the dark ages

I completely agree with Jason C, this album has changed my views on rock altogether, after the one hundredth listen i became completely immersed in its tripped out, drug induced and beautifully atmospheric tones. Incredible.

Great Album! 'Nuff said...

best eva album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Totally kicks ass

Thay `kick` arse, when we get the records ,down here in `AUSTRALIA`thay cost $30 clams in oz this sucks. Keep on Slamming.Thank `u`red white & blue.....

Simple. The best CD I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

3/10 because the only good songs on "Songs For the Deaf" are "Mosquito Song (Hidden Track)," "No One Knows," and maybe the opening track, but other than that, this is way too repetitive and impossible to listen to from start to finish. If you like heavy music with some variety and depth, then listen to Tool's "Lateralus" or System of a Down's "Mezmerize."

No One Knows just how good this album is. Dave Grohl and his magic.

Great from start to finish

Highly overrated album. The only decent tracks are Hangin Tree & No one knows. The majority of it is just noise..and the vocalist isn't good at all.

Without a doubt one of my favourite albums ever made. Queens of the Stone Age absolutely rock! Hard! The best rock album ever! Track rating- millionaire 8.9/10, no one knows 9.5/10, first it giveth 8.3/10, song for the deaf 8.0/10, sky is falling 9.1/10, six shooter 7.6/10, hanging tree 8.7/10, go with the flow 9.3/10, i'm gonna leave you 7.6/10, do it again 9.0/10, god is in the radio 9.6/10, another love song 9.3/10, song for the dead 8.1/10, mosquito song 9.7/10, lost art of keeping a secret 8.7/10, everybody gonna be happy 8.9/10. a very high 8.8/10… Expand

One of my favourite albums ever and I've listened to many great albums. This is the album which first got me interested in rock music and ive never looked back. A bit sad theres no Kyuss reviews on here.

Definitely the best rock album of the decade and possibly one of the best albums of all time. When i first listened to it, i thought it was a bit repetitive, i liked a few songs; but within a month i started to realize how different and colorful each track was. There is not a single bad song on this album and i love the concept of the album being set in the Californian desert. It will take a while to grasp how brilliant it is but have patience. Anyone who gives this album a negative review has not really listened to it as far as i'm concerned. This album deserves to (AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE) be looked back upon in 10-20 years as one of the all time classics.… Expand

The beginning of a life long love affair. Better than brilliant.

This damn thing has taken up residence in my CD player and will bloody-well not leave. My ears are bleeding and I'm grinning like a horny gibbon. It's very very good. Punk most cerainly ain't dead, it just learnt to play it's instruments!!

These guys knows what music is!! They just keep doing awesome stuff!!

Great album. What the world needs today is a kick in the nuts.

This album has the sonic force of Fear of A Black Planet, Nevermind, or Appetite For Destruction. The writhing humanism of Go With The Flow, the darkness of Song For The Deaf, the power of Millionaire... every song has its own identity and the album can still stay cohesive. Put it in the top ten easily. This is rock and roll the way it is meant to be.

Fuck yall fucking posers!! PUNK NOT DEAD!!!!!!!

Compared to the rest of the hard rock garbage out there, this album stands out like a beacon of welcome light.

You won't be dissapointed

Feel Good Hit Of Our Life !

I never heard a better cd from a rock band then these fellows. They know how to play, they know what theyre doing and they keep doing it.

My god, does this album SUCK. Pathetic overdriven structures mixed with a diagonal lack of inspiration. This is worse than Phil Collins. Worse than anything I have ever heard in my life. People who think this is great music should be executed.

This album rocks!

it just rulz

"Songs For The Deaf" manages to blend balls-to-the-wall rock, mystic arty flourishes and dark sardonic humour into perfect tunes. If God and Satan copulated and spawned a child made of music, this would be the sound of its voice. Listen to this album on acid and you'll understand. I did. So did the 10ft neon cowgirls who appeared in my loungeroom.

OH MYD GOOOOODD this CD is perfect

Great album from a great band. Takes a while to get into but its worth it.

Some good songs, powerful melodies, and overdriven guitar. Maybe a little too much of the overdriven guitar... Good driving music, too, but it gets a little repetitive. :D

i can't understand why everyone votes so high this album. In my opinion it's the worst album of them and i give you some reasons: 1. the production is horrible (why do they sound better live than in the album?). 2. The drums are soooo hiiiigh and so simples!(i hope grohl plays with them nevermore). 3. Only have 4 o 5 great songs, the other songs are just mediocre.(if we just compare this album with the older ones) I think the album at the first sight it's awesome, but then it become plain. … Expand

Some of the songs drag, and the radio skits are annoying, but nothing can better the drum into to Song For The Dead; the pop nous of Go With The Flow and No One Knows manage to mask their heaviness, and Mosquito (only available on some editions) is hauntingly brilliant, in the vein of Aerials by SOAD. Mark Lanegan could never better In The Fade (from Rated R), but he is well up to scratch here.

One of my Fav's

It's probably the most surprised i've been when the first song explodes into a crazy, infectious thing called millionaire. I've listened to this album a lot of times and I love it more and more every time.

This is a solid, entertaining album. The production does hamper it... at times it just lacks life. The song writing is good though not brilliant. I do give it an 8 because it rocks so hard. Songs for the Deaf is clearly inferior to QOTSA's self-titled debut, which is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. This is merely good. I can't decide between this one and Rated R.

QOTSA are possibly one of the greatest rock bands ever and this album is incredible.

Very, very entertaining album. Not as good as their debut album, as John stated before, but a great album nonetheless.

Infinitely better than anything Maynard Keenan could ever conceive of, despite what the idiot M-Stylez claims. Let's not even talk about System of a Down; they're not really musicians--and definitely not artists.

Just perfect!

This is a great album and was the first album I got to know by QOTSA. This is, in my opinion, one of their best albums because its a mix of diverse rock songs though not one of them is bad. In fact, they are all good and some have even made it already as classics you just want to hear if you go to a concert of QOTSA. It has a nice groove only Oliveri could have laid down and the drums are magnificent. Josh Homme performs vocally at his best reaching from the bottom end of his voice to a decent falsetto. The reason i did not give this album a clear 10 is that, though the interludes are sometimes really funny, they sometimes get the drive out of the album. Maybe a few cuts here and there would make this album perfect.… Expand

Good album but what's with all of the praise for dumbing down and depressing more hard rock kids? What the fuck is rock and roll about if not getting people moving. Forget this depressing sitting in corners mulling over your miserable little life shit. Rock and roll shouldn't be about this.

This albums kick asses! I love it! T_T Éste album patea culos, lo amo.

truly life changing album

Wonderful !

The best hard rock album since Ozzy became incomprehensible.

Everything you could wish for in a rock album. This is the band at their best and indeed one album you must listen to before you die. Queens Of The Stone Age should be considered as one of the greatest rock bands of all time!

One of the best hard rock albums that will ever grace your ears.

Simply awesome!

Brutal. Melodic. Trance-inducing. Pounding rhythm. Pulsing guitars. And that is only Song for the Dead. If you listen to all the songs on this album you will discover that you no longer look at music the same way.

Quite possibly one of the greatest musical experiences ever crafted. You have to listen to the tracks in order to fully enjoy the wicked concept this album presents; tuning into various radio stations as you embark on your journey to the Mojave Desert.

F+#@ing Rules!! Best ever!!!

superb awesome sensational loud

ahahah, "PUNK NOT DEAD", ahahaha. Please, go rate a crappy Blink-182 CD isntead of hanging out on the raters for Queens.

best album ive heard since Radioheads- Kid A

Insanely great band, insanely great cd.

Fucking incredible album. changed the way i thought about music. Hasn't left my cd player in months

no doubt there are are a couple winner but over all can't make it through most this album but it did help make a great mix tape, i'll give it that

great album, powerful songs, superb riffs, I new hope in heavy. thank GOD, this musical genre is in good shape, and very alive.

If you were to douse your head in gasoline, light it on fire and slam your face repeatedly onto your keyboard right this very second... maybe, just MAYBE, you would catch a small glimpse of what it is to hear these songs for the deaf. Possibly one of the finest albums of the new mellennium... though, since the new mellennium in music generally sucks a righteous set of polo socks at the moment, I suppose that isn't the greatest compliment of all time. But, it IS a large achievement nonetheless, and deserves your ownership. Pick it up or pick your NOSE!… Expand

You're left breathless.

the greatest album realese in my lifetime, takes you on a magical journey from the entrancing mosquito song to the absolute brilliance of know one knows and millionaire

The Best album of the band

Amazing, an incredible follow up to 2002's Rated R. Almost flawless.

Why had I only heard the singles? Every track was given so very much love. If you like Saul Williams, you will like this.

Rocked my socks off...

Best metal album of the 00's. Even Dave Grohl admitted it was the best album he had ever played on. The fact that it is a loose concept album and flows cohesively is the icing on top of the fact that it rocks harder than any of the other crap currently plaguing modern rock radio. Anyone who doesn't give this album at least an 8 doesn't know anything about hard rock and should stick to the Adult Alternative section of the record store.… Expand

A slick and powerful album. music doesn't get much better than this!

One of the best albums I've heard from the 2000s. A lot of classic material here with a lot of diversity and quality musicianship. Probably the best album of this bands career along with R.

this is queens of the stone age at there absolute best. almost every song is a revolution of modern hard rock; the key songs from their career: No one Knows, Go with the flow, Songs for the dead, the sky is falling, millionaire, are all found on this incredible album. Anyone wanting to get into QOTSA, this is the album to listen to...

Couldnt help but enjoy this album, with its flawless riffs and kick ass drums. The sarcastic radio parts only add to this wonderfull album that is sure to be heard still in thirty years. The guitar was put to good use in songs like 'gonna leave you' and 'go with the flow' . Another album that manages tp be commercialy successful and a rock marvel at the same time, dave ghrol really toar up his set on this one and it payed off… Expand