Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)

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Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R

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1. "Feel Good Hit of the Summer"   2:43

2. "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"   3:36

3. "Leg of Lamb"   2:48

4. "Auto Pilot"   4:01

5. "Better Living Through Chemistry"   5:49

6. "Monsters in the Parasol"   3:27

7. "Quick and to the Pointless"   1:42

8. "In the Fade" (Includes a reprise of the first track "Feel Good Hit of the Summer")   4:25

9. "Tension Head"   2:52

10. "Lightning Song"   (Instrumental)   2:07

11. "I Think I Lost My Headache"   8:40

Total length:   42:10

Queens of the Stone Age Band Members / Musicians

Josh Homme – guitars (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), lead vocals (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 6, 11), percussion (tracks 3, 8), lead guitar (tracks 4, 7), backing vocals (tracks 4, 8), drums (track 4), piano (track 10), producer, mixing, concept

Nick Oliveri – bass (tracks 1 - 3, 5 - 11), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11), lead vocals (tracks 4, 7, 9), guitar (track 4), percussion (track 8), concept, art conception

Dave Catching – electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 8), lap steel guitar (tracks 1, 11), guitar (tracks 6, 7), B3 (track 4), piano (track 5), 12-string guitar (track 10)

Nick Lucero – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11), percussion (tracks 3, 4)

Gene Trautmann – drums (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9)

Chris Goss – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 6), grand piano (track 1), percussion (track 1), noise piano (track 2), bass (track 4), producer

Mark Lanegan – backing vocals (tracks 4, 11), lead vocals (track 8)

Barrett Martin – vibes (tracks 2, 5), percussion (tracks 5, 10), steel drum (track 11)

Mike Johnson – backing vocals (track 3)

Peter Stahl – backing vocals (track 2)

Rob Halford – backing vocals (track 1)

Nick Eldorado – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)

Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)

Scott Mayo – baritone sax (track 2), horns (track 11)

Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn (track 7), horns (track 11)

Reggie Young – horns (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

Rated R (also known on vinyl as Rated X and Rated RX on 2010 deluxe edition) is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 6, 2000 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first album for the label, as well as their first to feature bassist Nick Oliveri and vocalist Mark Lanegan.

Rated R was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album, peaking at number 54 in the UK and eventually being certified gold by the BPI. Two singles were released from the album: "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" and "Feel Good Hit of the Summer", with the former helping the band reach mainstream popularity.