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[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age.

...like clockwork (the previous album) is too 3 for me and may be my all time favorite at any given moment. But the follow-up was just not what I was looking for.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes!! Exactly this one for me too. I love Clockwork so much, this was weird.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

So glad to not be alone on this. It felt unfocused. I think working with Mark Ronson gave Homme a bit too much leeway to make an album that tried to hard to be cool.

It somehow went over the ironic/unironic line that Queens has always danced around.

Like Clockwork has moments that veered towards camp and cheese but never felt insincere or cloying.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Every other queens of the stone age record is an instant classic. They're probably my favorite band and I genuinely dislike half their stuff.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I only like the albums they did with dave grohl on drums, the rest just don't seem to hit for me.

I'm pretty sure that's only songs for the deaf and a few songs on like clockwork. I can't get into any of their other stuff.