also 2 pictures here on discogs one with (first picture) and the second front cover picture (which is the real I think) without. The musical cast includes guest drummer Dave Grohl, who put his own band Foo Fighters on temporary hold to record and tour with Queens of the Stone Age. Although I wish I had that version I was pretty stoked to get a copy of this pressing which sounds just as good.

Unlike most edited versions, the edited version of Songs for the Deaf uses loud " bleeps" to censor lyrics, as if it were a live radio broadcast, as opposed to quietly muting the audio track.I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think.

Could have made more money now from the looks of it, but vinyl is made for listening, not for investing, after all. Lacquer was cut by Chris Bellman’s assistant while he was on vacation, per his posting on Steve Hoffman Forum.Several songs on the album are reworked versions of tracks previously recorded and released in the Desert Sessions, a side project of Josh Homme with various guest collaborators. NME placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.

Lacquers Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (actually cut by Bellman’s assistant using his notes, while he was on vacation. Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having very different lyrics and vocals completely by Mark Lanegan. Songs for the Deaf was the last appearance on a Queens of the Stone Age record by Brendon McNichol (lap steel) and Gene Trautmann (drums). Songs for the Deaf is a loose concept album, taking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, tuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as Banning and Chino Hills. This is four-to-the-floor slime of the highest quality, folks, and it's the second installment in this album's triad of genius, completed subsequently by the next track, "First It Giveth".Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. In October 2001, while the album was being recorded, Dave Grohl stated that Songs for the Deaf was his favorite album that he had ever played drums on. All Ipecac Recordings copies on vinyl and the counterfeits which emulated them have the wrong catalogue number of "IPC-41" printed on the release which belongs to Mondo Generator. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. His full length debut on Daptone Records is equal parts raw feeling and elegance and exudes confidence and charm.

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