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.

1. Feel Good Hit of the Summer
2. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
3. Leg of Lamb
4. Auto Pilot
5. Better Living Through Chemistry
6. Monsters in the Parasol – Josh Homme, Mario Lalli
7. Quick and to the Pointless
8. In the Fade (includes a reprise of Feel Good Hit of the Summer) – Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan
9. Tension Head
10. Lightning Song – Dave Catching
11. I Think I Lost My Headache