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In isolation you can imagine any of these songs may have appeared over the last 10 years giving a warm comforting feel, but listened in its entirety the effect is strangely soporific, a steady morphine drip running from start to end.
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Entertainment WeeklyAll the beefy guitar playing in the world can't change the reality that there isn't a single song here that you'll remember, or what to return to, two summers hence. [15 Jun 2007, p.78]
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BlenderA downer. [Jul 2007, p.116]
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Under The RadarAt best, the songs give you a brief QOTSA kick, and at worst, the album sounds like warmed up Eagles. [Summer 2007, p.84]
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There has always been a slightly tricksy, proggy side to Queens of the Stone Age, but here the more episodic songs such as Run Pig Run lurch distractingly rather than flow. The result is more of a trudge than Queens of the Stone Age albums are supposed to be, not helped by the fact that Homme seems to have mislaid his lyrical wit.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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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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TomBNov 30, 2009
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Oct 8, 2017
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Sep 13, 2017