Queens 0f The Stone Age Rated R

Rated R is the album by the American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 6, 2000, by Interscope Records.

Rated R was the breakout album of Queens of The Stone Age in the UK. It peaked at number 54 there and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2001 and later certified gold in 2013.

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Queens 0f The Stone Age Rated R

As the title of the album is Rated R, the album includes a lot of drug references and alcohol. These are so prominent in the opening track. Track consist entirely of the repeated words Nicotine, valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol followed by a chorus of “c-c-c-c-c-cocaine in “Feel Good Hit of the Summer”

The interesting fact about these lyrics is Josh Homme has said that there is no endorsement or condemnation behind these lyrics. He has said that after a New Year’s party he was trying to remember that what exactly he had consumed that evening leaving him so intoxicated. That time he that he came up with the lyrics.

Rated R Track List

• Feel Good Hit of the Summer (2:43) – Vocals: Josh Homme
• The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (3:36) – Vocals: Josh Homme
• Leg of Lamb (2:48) – Vocals: Josh Homme
• AutoPilot (4:01) – Vocals: Nick Oliveri
• Better Living Through Chemistry (5:49) – Vocals: Josh Homme
• Monsters in the Parasol (3:27) – Vocals: Josh Homme
• Quick and to the Pointless (1:42) – Vocals: Nick Oliveri
• In the Fade (4:25) – Vocals: Mark Lanegan (includes Feel Good Hit of the Summer reprise)
• Tension Head (2:52) – Vocals: Nick Oliveri
• Lightning Song (2:07) – Instrumental
• I Think I Lost My Headache (8:40) – Vocals: Josh Homme

Full length: 42:10

• Rhapsody ( an online music store and subscription service ) called it the best rock album of the decade on its “Rock’s Best Albums of the Decade” list.
• Rolling Stone ( is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture) named it the 82nd best album of the decade.