Rated R (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rated R
Type = Album
Artist = Queens of the Stone Age


Released = June 6, 2000
Recorded = December 1999 - February 2000 in Van Nuys, California
Genre = Hard rock, Psychedelic rock
Length = 42:10
Label = Interscope Records
Producer = Chris Goss
Joshua Homme
(The Fififf Teeners)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8bjxlfgekcqr~T1 link]
*Playlouder (Positive) [http://playlouder.com/review/+107queensofthestoneage/ link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/albums/album/233746/review/5943680/rated_r link]
*Review-Christgau|hm3|artist=2125
*Stylus Magazine (B-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/rated-r.htm link]
*The Guardian Rating|4|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,,355525,00.html 8/18/2000]
*NME 9/10 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/2357.htm link]

Last album = "The Split CD"
(1998)
This album = "Rated R"
(2000)
Next album = "Songs for the Deaf"
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = "Rated X" cover
Type = Album
Background =


Lower caption = Cover of vinyl version

"Rated R" also called "R" is the second album by the American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. It was released on June 6, 2000 through Interscope Records. The band began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, "Queens of the Stone Age", released in 1998. "Rated R" captured the heaviness of the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences.

"Rated R" was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It peaked at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers and reached high positions on charts worldwide. Three singles were released from the album: "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret", "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" and "Monsters in the Parasol", the first single helped Queens of the Stone Age reach mainstream popularity. The album has been certified silver in the United Kingdom.

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Release and reception

"Rated R" was the band's breakout album in the United Kingdom. Upon its release in June 2000, "Rated R" peaked at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers album chart. The album granted Queens of the Stone Age recognition in the United Kingdom and has been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

Steve Huey from allmusic said "Fortunately, the rest of the material is up to snuff. R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns, and even the odd steel drum. That might alienate listeners who have come to expect a crunchier guitar attack, but even though it's not really aggro, R is still far heavier than the garage punk and grunge that inform much of the record. It's still got the vaunted Arizona-desert vibes of Kyuss, but it evokes a more relaxed, spacious, twilight feel, as opposed to a high-noon meltdown. Mark Lanegan and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees both appear on multiple tracks, and their band's psychedelic grunge -- in its warmer, less noisy moments -- is actually not a bad point of comparison."cite web
url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8bjxlfgekcqr~T1
title=Allmusic - Rated R Review
publisher=Allmusic
accessdate=2008-06-24 ]

"Rated R" included the hit single "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret", which had an accompanying music video. The only single to get a chart position from the album was "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" on the Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock and the UK Singles Chart. "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" was the most successful song from "Rated R" on the rock charts, reaching number 21 on the Mainstream Rock charts and number 36 on the Modern Rock charts. "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" was released in the summer of 2000 and became arguably the band's most recognizable and popular song at its time of release. Its music video received mid airplay on music television.

Track listing

#"Feel Good Hit of the Summer" (Homme/Oliveri) – 2:43
#"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (Homme/Oliveri) – 3:36
#"Leg of Lamb" (Homme/Oliveri) – 2:48
#"Auto Pilot" (Oliveri/Homme) – 4:01
#"Better Living through Chemistry" (Homme/Oliveri) – 5:49
#"Monsters in the Parasol" (Homme/Lalli) – 3:27
#"Quick and to the Pointless" (Oliveri/Homme) – 1:42
#"In the Fade" (Homme/Lanegan) – 4:25
#"Tension Head" (Oliveri/Homme) – 2:52
#"Lightning Song" (Catching) – 2:07
#"I Think I Lost My Headache" (Homme/Oliveri) – 8:40

Personnel

*Josh Homme – vocals, guitar, percussion (tracks 3, 8), drums (track 4), piano (track 10), backing vocals (track 4), producer, mixing, concept
*Nick Oliveri – bass, percussion (track 8), guitar (track 4), vocals (tracks 4, 7, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11), concept, art conception
*Nick Lucero – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11), percussion (track 3)
*Gene Trautmann – drums (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9)
*Chris Goss – bass (track 4), percussion (track 1), backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 6), producer, grand piano (track 1), noise piano (track 2)
*Dave Catching – electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 8), piano (track 5), B3 (track 4), guitar (tracks 6, 7), 12-string guitar (track 10), lap steel (tracks 1, 11)
*Mark Lanegan – vocals (track 8), backing vocals (tracks 4, 11)
*Barrett Martin – percussion (tracks 5, 10), steel drum (track 11), vibes (tracks 2, 5)
*Mike Johnson – backing vocals (track 3)
*Rob Halford – backing vocals (track 1)
*Nick Eldorado – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)
*Scott Mayo – horn (track 11), baritone sax (track 2)
*Fernando Pullum – horn (tracks 7, 11)
*Wendy Ray Moan – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)
*Peter Stahl – backing vocals (track 2)
*Reggie Young – horn (track 11)
*Bradley Cook – engineer
*Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
*Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
*Dan Druff – guitar technician
*Marek – noise (track 8), mixing
*Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
*Francesca Restrepo – art direction

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