On June 6, 2000, “Interscope” label released “Rated R”, the second Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded December 1999 – March 2000, at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Chris Goss and Joshua Homme.
Personnel:
- Josh Homme – lead and backing vocals, guitars, piano, lead guitar, drums, percussion, mixing, concept
- Nick Oliveri – lead and backing vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, concept, art conception
- Gene Trautmann – drums
- Dave Catching – piano, electric piano, lap steel guitar, guitar, 12-string guitar
- Chris Goss – grand piano, noise piano, bass, percussion, backing vocals
- Nick Lucero – drums, percussion
- Barrett Martin – vibes, percussion, steel drum
- Scott Mayo – baritone sax, horns
- Fernando Pullum – flugelhorn, horns
- Reggie Young – horns
- Mark Lanegan – lead and backing vocals
- Mike Johnson – backing vocals
- Pete Stahl – backing vocals
- Rob Halford – backing vocals
- Nick Eldorado – backing vocals
- Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals
- Bradley Cook – engineer
- Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
- Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
- Dan Druff – guitar technician
- Marek – noise, mixing
- Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
- Francesca Restrepo – art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri.
- Feel Good Hit of the Summer
- The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
- Leg of Lamb
- Auto Pilot
- Better Living Through Chemistry
- Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
- Quick and to the Pointless
- In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
- Tension Head
- Lightning Song – Dave Catching
- I Think I Lost My Headache
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