This is a great album, very personal as well when you consider Josh's struggles with his divorce, sobriety and his fight with cancer. It's a 8/10 for me.
Come on a 6/10 is insane. Especially considering Villains got it, and this is much better than that album (a 6/10 was fair for that one). I think this is also one of your laziest reviews. No mention of Sicily, basically one sentence per song comments, didn't really talk about the lyrics, the context of the album. The deaths of Josh's friends, his divorce, his battle with cancer, isolation during COVID and basically one of the worst periods of his life... No mentions in this review. A guy who doesn't even know the band watches this review and he basically gets nothing about what this album is about. You can do much better than this honestly, and if this is the way you're going to review albums from now on... Well, it doesn't look promising.
First time I listened to this album, I was pretty underwhelmed and found nothing too immediate or memorable about it, but after a few more spins, something clicked and now I can't get enough of it. I had a similar experience with Era Vulgaris.
But era vulgaris had some instant classics such as 3's & 7's or sick sick sick. This album doesn't seem to have those sort of track in my honest opinion.
@@astr0sauce each to their own. I think it's definitely more solid. Both have dud tracks but the production on Villains is so stale that even the good tracks are sort of underwhelming (great live though)
@@astr0sauce I guess people expected more based off the lofty standards that Queens have set themselves through their consistency. Credit where credits due as Fantano says - even at their worst they produce decent quality albums. For me there aren't too many highlights on this one, but nothing god awful at the same time. I'd say its a more consistent album overall than Villains, even Lullabies and Era Vulgaris tbh (all of which I love too though)
It speaks volumes that everyone seems to have a different favorite on the album. And yes, it's got that magical QOTSA thing where a song you that is "meh" at first listen becomes your obsession all of the sudden after you listen to it a few more times. In my experience, the ones I instantly loved faded out quickly, and the ones that took work to enjoy actually remained a favorite for a long time
That's what I'm saying, so much of my favorite music I didn't dig on my first listen. The ones that grow on you take a lot of listens to get boring. Interpol is another great example
They have the same effect on me. I think it's because they have some really strange songs that are hard to absorb, but because they are so different, with time their strangeness finally makes sense. Also the weird songs have more to figure out which with time i think creates a personal connection with the songs. Obscenery, Turning On the screw, i'm Designer, leg of lamb, for example
You got it all wrong with Straight Jacket Fitting. Epic closer. Easily my fave of the album. While this album certainly doesnt reach the peaks of their amazingness, its still a solid album and a definitely step up from Villains.
"We'll piss on the clergy, the new age heathens The old guard, avant-garde, technolojesus The hand-made jury, cage-free corporate raiders Patriotic, probiotic, delete us, erase us The world, yeah, she don't need saving 'Cept from you and me and our misbehaving." -Straight Jacket Fitting by Queens Of The Stone Age. That is S-tier writing.
@@pervertedalchemist9944 a solid 7 from me, but I'm also having a hard time saying that it's better than any of their previous albums. Didn't like Villains much at first, but it grew on me a lot.
I strongly disagree. I think that this is a phenomenal project with a ton of lyrical depth to it. I love that cathartic anger that pulses through it and Josh is as charismatic as always
Right? It’s insane Anthony didn’t touch on the fact that this entire record is a scathing indictment of his ex wife. This is easily their most emotional album.
@joshtuk I don't even see it as an attack on his ex. I see it as Josh letting all the frustration out at how shit these past couple years have been personally and globally. I feel like the cancer was a bigger thing in the lyrics if anything
@@thenoose9800 Paper Machete might as well have been called "I don't very much like Brody Dalle anymore" Or something a little more scathing than that. Little Sister, off of Lullabies to Paralyse, used a riff very similar to Drain The Blood by The Distillers. Paper Machete sounds a lot like Little Sister, and I don't think it was an accident.
I had similar first impressions on this record, but after multiple listens through it's grown on me more and more. I actually really dig Carnavoyeur and I think Sicily is a really underrated track too. There's some great melodies on here and Josh's vocals are on point all the way through.
I was also pretty disappointed on the first listen, the only song that stood out to me was Straight Jacket Fitting. After a few listens it has grown on a me a lot. I don't what's up with Straight Jacket but I tear up every time I listen to it.
Feel like fantano doesn't always wait to see if an album can grow and just goes off first impressions. Don't forget the power of the grower. This happens with so many QOTSA albums. Upon first listen I'm not so sure and then boom...it creeps up on you. I even got that with ...Like Clockwork and I agree that's one of their best. I don't know how they do it. It's black magic. Give this album time. Give it a chance. It's more understated. There's a lot to digest. But over time you start to realise it's beauty.
nah i agree with most of what melon says, imo truly great albums dont need multiple listens.. SFTD , rated r, like clockwork didnt need multiple listens…
@@aqilmuqri5777 Like Clockwork did for me. Now it's my second fave album them behind Songs For The Deaf. Some of my favorite albums ever (like albums that are in my top ten of all time) were growers. Are you saying you've never grown to love an album?
@@unholyaxegrinder yes there are albums that grew on me, but top tier albums seldom need to… era vulgaris really grew on me but i still dont think its on par with SFTD or rated r in terms of quality
@@aqilmuqri5777LC took multiple listens and I think it's more than truly great, one of the best of all time. I see what you mean but it isn't so black and white.
Villains has some good songs imo. Fortress, the evil has landed, feet don't fail me, domesticated animals, villains of circumstance. As an album though it's alright. Def my least favorite album of queens of the stone age.
ITNR is their least cohesive record to date - certainly no classic tracks that they’ll be playing live in 5 years time. The drums are really off too, I agree with the comment that he sounds like he’s playing with a gun to his head. Lots of interesting ideas but they don’t really go anywhere..
I really enjoy the production of Negative Space. It's a track about Josh Homme likening the circumstances of his divorce and the void in his life that was created to him feeling like he's floating out in space, facing certain death. I feel the odd ambient sounds of their instruments rattling between notes really helps highlight the space between the notes, while the riff is half heartedly aggressive in a way that feels deliberate. I'll admit my fondness for Made To Parade was how "Them Crooked Vultures" it sounded. I love that album front to back, and there's a lot of that vibe present on In Times New Roman...
No. He listens objectively. Totally neutral that way he can truly be moved or not. You can't listen to records with a bias if you're a critic. I actually would've given it a lower score. I think it was so incredibly underwhelming. This is where we're at with the queens.
Terrible take. This is why you shouldn't review noisey rock based on a few listens. It gets better with every listen and what previously seemed muddy or hard to decipher is crystal clear. 9/10
Everyone is saying you have to let it grow on you, but this is one of the rare Queens albums that I loved almost immediately upon first listen. Maybe because my expectations were so low after Villains
I'm right there with you. I don't think ITNR is the best Queens record but it certainly blew my low expectations away. It took years for Villains to grow on me. Besides a few mixing choices I liked this album right off the bat.
It floored me with my first listen. I enjoyed it more all the way through my first time listening to it than with Era Vulgaris on its first spin. And in the end after it's 8 listen now, I'd actually tie it evenly with Era Vulgaris. Which is my 5th ranked QOTSA album
Speaking of Villains, I went back and listened to it before this new album came out, and I think it's way better than I initially gave it credit for. I think every song is good, and that opener is phenomenal. But as far as INTR is concerned, I really like it. I haven't listened to it enough to know exactly where I stand, but after a few days with it, I can say I enjoy it quite a lot.
Same. For me, it's the perfect followup to Like Clockwork, although Villains was a necessary step in between. If you look at these last 3 albums as the end of a long relationship, which they pretty much are, Clockwork is the realization of betrayal, love lost, and the knockout punch of your entire world shattering to pieces around you. Villains is forgiveness and the desperate attempt to go back to the beginning, to better times, to better memories and moments. In Times is accepting the relationship is over and moving on and being able to look back with a different set of eyes and realize that this was the best option from the start and it was foolish to even try to save it. So while Villains just didn't land for me, it did have some songs that are some of my favorite Queens songs, like Feet Don't Fail Me and The Evil Has Landed, Like Clockwork and In Times are both wickedly solid all the way through for me. I know Josh isn't going to hang it up anytime soon, but if for whatever reason he actually did, this is a wonderful place to do so. I honestly don't see how they follow up this album in my opinion, which is how I felt with Like Clockwork and as we saw, it's a very hard task to do. But who knows? He's on a different walk in his life now, so maybe whatever comes his way now will inspire another great album.
@SpaghettiYOLOKing That's an interesting way to look at it. Villains has some really cool musical ideas, as with all of Homme's music, but in my opinion (and I know it's been said to death already) Ronson's production sucks all the life out of it. I think Qotsa's usual production style would have done the songs more justice. It would've been cool if perhaps they had written more pop-oriented songs but kept the usual Qotsa sound/production rather than the other way around. In any case I respect them for taking a risk and trying something different, even if the end result didn't quite land for me
That “sloppiness” you are hearing is syncopation. This album really is quite brilliant, I can’t get enough of the dynamic changes, melodies and harmonies. All of this complexity and yet it’s still catchy as hell. A+ work from Josh & co
It’s a light 7. Better than villains but not measurable to anything that came before it! That’s the problem when your first five albums are all 11’s…it sets the bar impossibly hard to top!
I think In Times New Roman is a record that came out of a long meditation on Homme’s personal struggles and losses that came out in the past 6 years since Villains. While sure, …Like Clockwork is one of the best rock albums of the ‘10s, it also introduced the melancholy that Josh was struggling with. As artists we tend to write some of our most prolific work when working through some of the most turbulent times in our lives (especially with something as near perfect as clockwork), and with this album, coming a decade after that, feels like the purest catharsis that one can hold: Life happens, and it’s our job to find the joy that we can get from this world, and I think with this record, it’s the acceptance of this fact
thats a lot of cringey nonsense. you write good music when you happen to be lucky to come up with some catchy tunes. and then put in some work. theres no magical fuel in misery or whatever get real boyo.
@@andro.5678 I’m not saying misery is the end all be all of great songwriting, I’m just saying it’s pretty common, and given the shit that Homme went through the past 6 years it makes sense. Fuck, if you can write a song riding the high of a good day then more power to ya. Also “good” music is extremely subjective, and while there are examples of how to engineer a good song (scroll the billboard top 100 and you can find an extreme amount of similarities in structure, reliance on a strong melody, popular subjects like love, flexing, and breakups (a form of misery!), and so on), it’s not gonna be the main defining thing of what the collective consciousness is gonna call great. Just look back at the DJ Khalid v. Tyler, the Creator situation
personally, i loved this album, thought the band killed it on this one, especially with the raw production and chilling atmosphere throughout this thing, especially songs like time and place, carnavoyeur, and straight jacket fitting, probably one of my favourite albums this year
I watched like three videos of this guy reviewing albums. Question to anyone who listen to him regularly- does he like any album he reviews? In times new roman is a fantastic album and one of the most surprising releases of 2023.
I respect your opinion Anthony, however, there is a pretty amazing appeal for this album to me. Maybe is just all the things I'm going through or idk. Emotion Sickness is one of my favorite QOTSA songs of all time and hell, Made to Parade worst track? The last minute is amazing. Get your point. Still loving it. An 8 for me.
As a new QOTSA listener, this was an easy 8 for me. Very groovy, danceable, fun guitar work, lyrically dense, very interesting song titles and concepts Need to listen to the rest of their discography first though, lol
@@pervertedalchemist9944 Honestly, those first three albums in order are a solid way to start. You can hear the evolution of a sound begin to form... And then hear it get deconstructed on Lullabies To Paralyse.
i find the song structures and general writing on this to honestly be extremely unique, refreshing, and stellar, may be their best record since songs for the deaf imo
Honestly, this review feels a little rushed given the length and lack of regard for things like the lyrical content (some of Josh's best lyrics to date IMO) or the personal context surrounding the album and its meanings. I get this is just his opinion, but his other QOTSA reviews felt like they had a lot more effort put into them.
I can't get over how you think Negative Space is slow and clunky. I feel like it's one of the most accessible tracks on the album. That chorus hits, I don't care who you are. On first listen I wasn't sure how I felt about the album but that's always been my relationship with Queens ever since I heard No One Knows for the first time. Then some small part of me wants to listen to it again and then I love it. No one else at their level is making music like this right now. The lyrical work on this one alone is so good and fulfilling to listen to. 9/10
The production on this album is unbelievable if it lands with you - so many songs where they just get a cool sounding riff or melody and go 'yeah, just listen to this for 2 minutes'. If you like it, it's the bee's knees - I can see why the songwriting might not land here if you don't, though, because it's produced to highlight the sounds rather than the songs.
This album after easily 30 plus listens, continues to get better. I think that the lyrics throughout convey an appropriate disgust with people, corporations, his ex, conspiracies and idiots without being condescending. I love this album from start to finish. 9 out of 10.
That was my immediate thought too! Sure we can disagree on rating but sicily might be my favorite song. He probably hates it, since i loved made to parade too lol
Actually surprised, i can't see this album not being at least an 8, and i fuckin love how loose and goofy made to parade is, it sounded like a ween gem, also the writing is so good... But ok, i had to listen like 7 times to finally love this, maybe you'll change your mind sometime
No mention of the song Sicily? Might be one of the most ambitious songs Homme has ever recorded and it didn't even get a mention here. Makes me wonder if he actually listened to the record I agree that this isn't the best QOTSA album but it's waaaaaaaay better than Villains was/is. I personally hear hints of A LOT of Homme's prior work. It's this big melting pot of prior songs but with a new production and with greater emphasis on the lyrical content. The bass guitar is the standout instrument on the album for me Mikey Shoes' bass lines and backing vocals are key to this album. ...it's a solid album.
I think this record is truly one of their best. I’m not surprised Fantano wasn’t impressed. I think the more I listen to it the more I love it. I thought straight jacket fitting was extremely honest and brutal. Most of this record is. Josh homme didn’t play his normal “character” on this one. He played himself
@@steverainingagain7956there’s so much stuff he didn’t talk about. Sometimes he does reviews and they feel a little half baked. Obviously it’s his channel and his opinion- if he didn’t like it he didn’t like it, but again I was excited for this review and it was a little disappointing
I almost never agree with fantano and his scores but I am on the same page with this. I had a very mid reaction to this record even after listening to it about a dozen times I'm not really getting a different impression from it
@littleredhen8205 yeah just alright is how I would describe it. Maybe it's just extra disappointing because I've come to expect a lot from a QOTSA record but it is what it is.
Personally I loved the record. I felt as a huge leap in comparison with Villains. I'm really happy to se QOTSA and Foo Fighters coming back with good releases after almost a decade of uninteresting material (I've been a fan for almost 25 years of both). Having said thart, In Times New Roman is a solid 8/10 for me.
This album deserves a later review, since this band is great at making grower songs. There are instant classics, but there are songs that grow inside you over time.
For me personally, I give it a 10. In a lot of ways, it feels like a returning to roots. I loved every track on this album, and the only other album they've released that's done that was lullabies. Overall, like clockwork.. was my favorite, but even that had one song on it that I didn't like. I don't find that with this album
I love this album, especially taken in context what the band has been through. It's between an 8 and 9 for me. Have listened to it multiple times already!
Man, I'm totally fine disagreeing with melon but every once in a while I see a review where I really don't understand what he's talking about and this is one of them. I think this album is fantastic, I've had it playing a ton since it came out and it keeps getting better. Also I find it really strange to not go into the lyrical content at all with regards to how much Josh Homme has been going through the last while with friends dying, a very messy divorce, a cancer scare. Like that is ripe for discussion. There's a ton of music coming out so I'm sure he's busy, but this feels super rushed and just thrown out there so he can get to something else.
Rushed is definitely what this review was. It’s an album that grows on you and needs a few listens to really get the full scope of it, wasn’t a big fan at first but found myself listening to it constantly and now I love it and think it’s an 8+.
It’s rushed because he just doesn’t care for the album that much. If he enjoyed the music more he would probably be more interested to go deeper into the lyrics and stuff, but it didn’t connect with him enough.
@@anthonycowan3481 Definitely, it grabbed me faster than Villains did but its grown even more since then. Mikey and Jon get to shine way more on this album than the last one too they're doing great work.
Maybe I'm a little malicious, but I remember he jumped straight into the Dalle bandwagon back in 2018, calling Homme a dick. Now that it's proven that she falsified court documents, that Homme got full custody of the kids and a restraining order against Dalle, it's clear that the situation is far more complex than it seemed. Fantano hasn't commented on Homme's situation since then. It's impossible to talk about this album without speaking about the divorce, and he just did that with one of his laziest reviews to date.
QOTSA has been my favorite band since Rated R came out, and I feel like In Times New Roman is actually one of their best albums. Very heartfelt and not a bad song on it. Some of the songs I liked best were the ones this reviewer felt had the most problems, so we obviously have different tastes. But take it from a long time fan, this album is incredible.
I'm glad they got their mixing under control since Villians. Not sure what Mark Ronson was doing. This I would put on par with Lullabies or their Self Titled. Solid.
@pervertedalchemist9944 yeah I get that. And Mark said he was a huge Queens fan. But he seemed to fundamentally misu derstand the Queens sound and forgot to add bass.
Before I watch this, I’d like to give my score, but often with other QOTSA projects, they grow on me over time so this score isn’t concrete. It’s a solid 7. Has solid grooves and definitely sounds like it’s own thing with call backs to other albums sprinkled within. And I love Josh’s Bowie esc delivery on this. However, the track listing is a little hit or miss for me. I’ll be so into the groove of one track (Paper Machete), and then the next one kind of blends in for me (Time and Place). Still a solid listen and definitely not their worst.
@BJAdamBarry Even Villains isn't even a bad album, there's like 4 or 5 legit bangers on there. The problem is that it has to compete with rest of their discography.
@@kfdyy this. Villains just falls the shortest among the rest. And it has my least favorite guitar tone from Homme (I’m a guitarist so that’s my fav part of Queen’s music for me).
I agree with most of your review of this album, minus the complaints about Carnavoyeur. Like all of QOTSA albums, there isn't anything I dislike about it. I feel like it just blends into itself too much and nothing stands out enough for me to pick this album up over another in the long term. I do relisten to it every few days because I feel like there is just something I am missing and if I can catch one of these songs in the right mood, time or place, it will become something more than it is. Like most things, time will tell where it falls in my ranking of QOTSA albums but overall I am happy with it.
@@caseyepicstyle8491 Do you feel that the bass drum is a little bit to weak? I cranked the bass up and it was really good. Pretty sure the songs slap live.
It's a solid 8 for me. Personally, I found the songs that he hated to be my favourites. 🤔 It's nice to hear them jam again and not just punch out, trying to find the next chart topper single. To me, it feels like a record that as a band this is what they wanted to do, not felt obligated to do, unlike the previous album.
I liken being a music critic to being a child star. It's very difficult to not lose the plot as you get more popular. With one, you're in a ditch in designer clothes asking paparazzi why they're filming you while you're on drugs, and the other...you're incapable of not overanalyzing, knit-picking, overthinking, and overlooking what makes the music great. You are armed and ready to go with your criteria that seem to change with the wind, and then we get to see where it falls in the flawless 1 outta 10 rating system. Brilliant.
The wrongness is intentional. I love how it condensed and force fed to us. The tones are QOTSA through and through. I’m so tired of the monotony in most rock records these days. This was thankfully a curve ball.
I think the context of what Josh is writing about in the lyrics are key to the album and it’s not even really even glanced over. It’s very much Rated R in its sound but I think it’s got a lot more to say than that record(in my opinion anyway). I think you’ve kinda missed the point here Melon
Been waiting but I have to highly disagree. Album's a solid 8.5 to a light 9 for me. I wasn't blown away at first but with each listen I got hooked and everything got more layered. The musicianship is incredible, the lyrics are so raw and personal. This album has elements of Queens old and new. It's an incredible album. I agre that Made To Parade is the worst song on the album. It just doesn't work. Not horrible but not very good
i didnt like in clockwork. it was too pop and kinda boring. i liked QOTSA when they where grunge/desert punk and a tad more edgy. the modern stuff is just too safe and not why i like QOTSA
Queens fan here, thought it was just ok. Better than villains but pretty samey, groovy as fuck when it wants to be like on paper machete and what the peephole say though.
In my opinion this album is my second-least favorite. The majority of it just feels uninspired and bland. There are some great moments, but they don’t make up for the dullness of the album in its entirety. Emotion Sickness is the best track for sure, but I think overall this album is a 5.5.
So nice that Queen Elizabeth II (born in the Stone Age) was kind enough to come back to life to give us this album. Long live the Queen of the Stone Age
Better than Villains for sure; I’m enjoying the rawer sound. And I do agree that this is weirder, though not to the extent of Era Vulgaris. Not their weakest album for sure, but also not one of my favorites. It may very well grow on me with time. I’d give it a decent 7.
Anthony hates on MM’s Mechanical Animals album. I love that album. Hahaha! It took a couple listens. I rate In Times New Roman as a high 7 or low 8. It’s way better than Villains. It has some simpler grooves in tracks like Negative Space and Time & Place. Simpler, but not boring. Time & Place has an infectious, syncopated rhythm. Give it a couple of listens!
you would've given this a 10 if it was in helvetica
If it was in Papyrus (don't tell Ryan Gosling)
Comic Sans ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
If it was in impact
I think you mean HELLvetica! 😈🤘
If it was in Cooper
This is a great album, very personal as well when you consider Josh's struggles with his divorce, sobriety and his fight with cancer. It's a 8/10 for me.
Dude...8...lol...........lol
I’d also go with an 8
i wish he would've acknowledged those things in the review
Strong 8
I thought it will get 4 or 5, the worst Queens album by far
Come on a 6/10 is insane. Especially considering Villains got it, and this is much better than that album (a 6/10 was fair for that one).
I think this is also one of your laziest reviews. No mention of Sicily, basically one sentence per song comments, didn't really talk about the lyrics, the context of the album. The deaths of Josh's friends, his divorce, his battle with cancer, isolation during COVID and basically one of the worst periods of his life... No mentions in this review. A guy who doesn't even know the band watches this review and he basically gets nothing about what this album is about. You can do much better than this honestly, and if this is the way you're going to review albums from now on... Well, it doesn't look promising.
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Maybe they should've made a more interesting album lol
@@man4437 wow such a nice catchphrase! Well done Pirlo
Agreed
@man4437 the fuck? Better than villains by far Jesus fucking christ
First time I listened to this album, I was pretty underwhelmed and found nothing too immediate or memorable about it, but after a few more spins, something clicked and now I can't get enough of it. I had a similar experience with Era Vulgaris.
I have the same feeling when I bought "Era Vulgaris" on vinyl. I guess it had to do with it being rather short.
I've listened to it a few times now and it's OK. Their weakest album to date.
But era vulgaris had some instant classics such as 3's & 7's or sick sick sick. This album doesn't seem to have those sort of track in my honest opinion.
@@frafrafrafrafra Era Vulgaris had some great songs and even Villains had Fortress which is better than anything on here.
Agreed
Giving this the same score as Villains is truly underrating it.
not rlly
@@astr0sauce each to their own. I think it's definitely more solid. Both have dud tracks but the production on Villains is so stale that even the good tracks are sort of underwhelming (great live though)
@@steverainingagain7956 fair point. this just left me feeling the exact same way villains did. you’d think they could improve more since villains
@@astr0sauce I guess people expected more based off the lofty standards that Queens have set themselves through their consistency. Credit where credits due as Fantano says - even at their worst they produce decent quality albums.
For me there aren't too many highlights on this one, but nothing god awful at the same time. I'd say its a more consistent album overall than Villains, even Lullabies and Era Vulgaris tbh (all of which I love too though)
@@steverainingagain7956 fair again. villains definitely had harder duds. i was just disappointed with this album. but you're right, it's not awful
If the album was titled In Comic Sans, you would’ve given it a 10
LMAO
if the album was titled In Papyrus, it'd be the avatar soundtrack
Ok well “ZZ Top at the goth club” is my personal aesthetic so I love the project
QOTSA release LC - Melon Reviews LC.
QOTSA release Villains - Melon reviews LC again.
QOTSA release ITNR - Melon reviews LC again.
In Times New Roman is not Like Clockwork, it's more focused Era Vulgaris. 9/10 album right here!
It speaks volumes that everyone seems to have a different favorite on the album. And yes, it's got that magical QOTSA thing where a song you that is "meh" at first listen becomes your obsession all of the sudden after you listen to it a few more times. In my experience, the ones I instantly loved faded out quickly, and the ones that took work to enjoy actually remained a favorite for a long time
It's kinda crazy how their songs seem to do that. Some of my favorites by them were songs I didn't like my first time or two listening to it.
@@Lux_Ferox Same, like Fairweather Friends
So true. Thought Paper Machete was average at first, now I’m totally obsessed with it
That's what I'm saying, so much of my favorite music I didn't dig on my first listen. The ones that grow on you take a lot of listens to get boring. Interpol is another great example
They have the same effect on me. I think it's because they have some really strange songs that are hard to absorb, but because they are so different, with time their strangeness finally makes sense. Also the weird songs have more to figure out which with time i think creates a personal connection with the songs. Obscenery, Turning On the screw, i'm Designer, leg of lamb, for example
You got it all wrong with Straight Jacket Fitting. Epic closer. Easily my fave of the album. While this album certainly doesnt reach the peaks of their amazingness, its still a solid album and a definitely step up from Villains.
Completely agreed on all points. When "Straight Jacket Fitting" comes on I'm just like "yeah, this is tasty."
There's a part in Straight Jacket Fitting where it sounds like Josh is aiming for a Nick Cave impression and I love every second of it.
@@wayneivers732 Technolojesus
I gave it a mid 7
"We'll piss on the clergy, the new age heathens
The old guard, avant-garde, technolojesus
The hand-made jury, cage-free corporate raiders
Patriotic, probiotic, delete us, erase us
The world, yeah, she don't need saving
'Cept from you and me and our misbehaving." -Straight Jacket Fitting by Queens Of The Stone Age. That is S-tier writing.
Man …Like Clockwork is such a classic. Keep revisiting that album and everything keeps sounding fresh.
The production quality alone is outstanding on that album. Odd how it sounds newer than their most recent albums.
i appear missing is their best song to date
Didn't think this would continue the yellow flannel trend, but I'm just glad we have new Queens. Time and Place is song of the year so far for me.
It should have been a 7, at the very least.
It does. Melon is on crack
@@pervertedalchemist9944 a solid 7 from me, but I'm also having a hard time saying that it's better than any of their previous albums. Didn't like Villains much at first, but it grew on me a lot.
yeah great track, also negative space is a banger
Time and Place and Made to Parade are the ones for me
What a terribly wrong take. This album is awesome.
if his opinion is invalid, then so is yours.
if your opinion is valid, then so is his.
it's an opinion.
@@blarghblargh Yep. People in comment sections lately seem to believe their opinions are facts. So many oversized egos.
@@prosperoeaton8201 your comment is a decent 6/10
It's Fantano. Did you really expect anything else lol
@@prosperoeaton8201 I was literally expressing my opinion.
No mention of Sicily? Easily my favorite off of the whole project
IKR
Same here, that one was maybe the biggest risk on here and it was amazingly sleazy
sicily is mid i’m sorry. i don’t get the hype at all.
@@CloverLovesTTYou don't have to be sorry for being wrong.
That’s my least favorite song off the record, which I actually like a fair bit.
I strongly disagree. I think that this is a phenomenal project with a ton of lyrical depth to it.
I love that cathartic anger that pulses through it and Josh is as charismatic as always
Right? It’s insane Anthony didn’t touch on the fact that this entire record is a scathing indictment of his ex wife. This is easily their most emotional album.
@joshtuk I don't even see it as an attack on his ex. I see it as Josh letting all the frustration out at how shit these past couple years have been personally and globally. I feel like the cancer was a bigger thing in the lyrics if anything
@@thenoose9800 idk, man. Most of these songs are about his ex lol. It’s pretty obvious. She did horrible shit, and lied, fucked up his life.
@@thenoose9800 Paper Machete might as well have been called "I don't very much like Brody Dalle anymore" Or something a little more scathing than that.
Little Sister, off of Lullabies to Paralyse, used a riff very similar to Drain The Blood by The Distillers. Paper Machete sounds a lot like Little Sister, and I don't think it was an accident.
I had similar first impressions on this record, but after multiple listens through it's grown on me more and more. I actually really dig Carnavoyeur and I think Sicily is a really underrated track too. There's some great melodies on here and Josh's vocals are on point all the way through.
sicily is so sick
I was also pretty disappointed on the first listen, the only song that stood out to me was Straight Jacket Fitting. After a few listens it has grown on a me a lot. I don't what's up with Straight Jacket but I tear up every time I listen to it.
Yeah it's such a grower and now it's honestly close to like clockwork for me. It's actually drenched in atmosphere
It’s such a beautiful amalgamation of QOTSA
@@iomar90 It's a brutal profiling of modern life, makes sense.
Feel like fantano doesn't always wait to see if an album can grow and just goes off first impressions. Don't forget the power of the grower. This happens with so many QOTSA albums. Upon first listen I'm not so sure and then boom...it creeps up on you. I even got that with ...Like Clockwork and I agree that's one of their best. I don't know how they do it. It's black magic. Give this album time. Give it a chance. It's more understated. There's a lot to digest. But over time you start to realise it's beauty.
nah i agree with most of what melon says, imo truly great albums dont need multiple listens.. SFTD , rated r, like clockwork didnt need multiple listens…
@@aqilmuqri5777 Like Clockwork did for me. Now it's my second fave album them behind Songs For The Deaf. Some of my favorite albums ever (like albums that are in my top ten of all time) were growers. Are you saying you've never grown to love an album?
@@unholyaxegrinder yes there are albums that grew on me, but top tier albums seldom need to… era vulgaris really grew on me but i still dont think its on par with SFTD or rated r in terms of quality
@@aqilmuqri5777LC took multiple listens and I think it's more than truly great, one of the best of all time. I see what you mean but it isn't so black and white.
most albums can be growers if you listen to it enough because you have become more familiar with it
There is no way ITNR outscores villans by only one score
wdym? He gave villains decent 6 too
@@yungarson7631 wow that’s even more outrageous, anthony has lost all credibility as a music critic
Villains has some good songs imo. Fortress, the evil has landed, feet don't fail me, domesticated animals, villains of circumstance. As an album though it's alright. Def my least favorite album of queens of the stone age.
It actually doesn't outscore Villains, that's the funny thing
ITNR is their least cohesive record to date - certainly no classic tracks that they’ll be playing live in 5 years time.
The drums are really off too, I agree with the comment that he sounds like he’s playing with a gun to his head. Lots of interesting ideas but they don’t really go anywhere..
I really enjoy the production of Negative Space. It's a track about Josh Homme likening the circumstances of his divorce and the void in his life that was created to him feeling like he's floating out in space, facing certain death. I feel the odd ambient sounds of their instruments rattling between notes really helps highlight the space between the notes, while the riff is half heartedly aggressive in a way that feels deliberate.
I'll admit my fondness for Made To Parade was how "Them Crooked Vultures" it sounded. I love that album front to back, and there's a lot of that vibe present on In Times New Roman...
Straight jacket fitting is a hidden gem
It's great, an apocalyptic riff filled song that ends in a dark yet hopeful setting
sometimes i feel like you miss major themes and lyrics on albums. like the soul of a record goes over your head.
honestly he gets so many albums wrong.
not if it's about social injustice and it's on some hip hop album
@@NTNG13spot on
@@NTNG13like finding a billboard with a magnifying glass
No. He listens objectively. Totally neutral that way he can truly be moved or not. You can't listen to records with a bias if you're a critic. I actually would've given it a lower score. I think it was so incredibly underwhelming. This is where we're at with the queens.
Terrible take. This is why you shouldn't review noisey rock based on a few listens. It gets better with every listen and what previously seemed muddy or hard to decipher is crystal clear. 9/10
Really liked the album. I'm sure it'll sound even better live.
Agreed - for me, QOTSA's live performances always exceed their studio recordings. They don't get reinvented, yet somehow they're just better.
I saw them play a few tracks from it in person the other night. Can confirm - their live performance right now is the best it's been in years.
Can confirm the new tracks slap live
It does
Everyone is saying you have to let it grow on you, but this is one of the rare Queens albums that I loved almost immediately upon first listen. Maybe because my expectations were so low after Villains
I'm right there with you. I don't think ITNR is the best Queens record but it certainly blew my low expectations away. It took years for Villains to grow on me. Besides a few mixing choices I liked this album right off the bat.
It floored me with my first listen. I enjoyed it more all the way through my first time listening to it than with Era Vulgaris on its first spin. And in the end after it's 8 listen now, I'd actually tie it evenly with Era Vulgaris. Which is my 5th ranked QOTSA album
Speaking of Villains, I went back and listened to it before this new album came out, and I think it's way better than I initially gave it credit for. I think every song is good, and that opener is phenomenal. But as far as INTR is concerned, I really like it. I haven't listened to it enough to know exactly where I stand, but after a few days with it, I can say I enjoy it quite a lot.
Same. For me, it's the perfect followup to Like Clockwork, although Villains was a necessary step in between.
If you look at these last 3 albums as the end of a long relationship, which they pretty much are, Clockwork is the realization of betrayal, love lost, and the knockout punch of your entire world shattering to pieces around you. Villains is forgiveness and the desperate attempt to go back to the beginning, to better times, to better memories and moments. In Times is accepting the relationship is over and moving on and being able to look back with a different set of eyes and realize that this was the best option from the start and it was foolish to even try to save it.
So while Villains just didn't land for me, it did have some songs that are some of my favorite Queens songs, like Feet Don't Fail Me and The Evil Has Landed, Like Clockwork and In Times are both wickedly solid all the way through for me. I know Josh isn't going to hang it up anytime soon, but if for whatever reason he actually did, this is a wonderful place to do so. I honestly don't see how they follow up this album in my opinion, which is how I felt with Like Clockwork and as we saw, it's a very hard task to do. But who knows? He's on a different walk in his life now, so maybe whatever comes his way now will inspire another great album.
@SpaghettiYOLOKing That's an interesting way to look at it. Villains has some really cool musical ideas, as with all of Homme's music, but in my opinion (and I know it's been said to death already) Ronson's production sucks all the life out of it. I think Qotsa's usual production style would have done the songs more justice. It would've been cool if perhaps they had written more pop-oriented songs but kept the usual Qotsa sound/production rather than the other way around. In any case I respect them for taking a risk and trying something different, even if the end result didn't quite land for me
That “sloppiness” you are hearing is syncopation. This album really is quite brilliant, I can’t get enough of the dynamic changes, melodies and harmonies. All of this complexity and yet it’s still catchy as hell. A+ work from Josh & co
Bro, how does anyone not get down with Sicily?! That song fucks.
You mean the track that Anthony didn't even mention in his review? Yeah, I know. It's a fantastic song.
It's incredible.
It’s a light 7. Better than villains but not measurable to anything that came before it! That’s the problem when your first five albums are all 11’s…it sets the bar impossibly hard to top!
I think In Times New Roman is a record that came out of a long meditation on Homme’s personal struggles and losses that came out in the past 6 years since Villains. While sure, …Like Clockwork is one of the best rock albums of the ‘10s, it also introduced the melancholy that Josh was struggling with. As artists we tend to write some of our most prolific work when working through some of the most turbulent times in our lives (especially with something as near perfect as clockwork), and with this album, coming a decade after that, feels like the purest catharsis that one can hold: Life happens, and it’s our job to find the joy that we can get from this world, and I think with this record, it’s the acceptance of this fact
As did Dave Grohl regarding the Foo Fighters album, "But Here We Are"
@@pervertedalchemist9944 exactly!
thats a lot of cringey nonsense. you write good music when you happen to be lucky to come up with some catchy tunes. and then put in some work. theres no magical fuel in misery or whatever get real boyo.
@@andro.5678I knew I wasn’t the only one thinking this 😂
@@andro.5678 I’m not saying misery is the end all be all of great songwriting, I’m just saying it’s pretty common, and given the shit that Homme went through the past 6 years it makes sense. Fuck, if you can write a song riding the high of a good day then more power to ya.
Also “good” music is extremely subjective, and while there are examples of how to engineer a good song (scroll the billboard top 100 and you can find an extreme amount of similarities in structure, reliance on a strong melody, popular subjects like love, flexing, and breakups (a form of misery!), and so on), it’s not gonna be the main defining thing of what the collective consciousness is gonna call great. Just look back at the DJ Khalid v. Tyler, the Creator situation
personally, i loved this album, thought the band killed it on this one, especially with the raw production and chilling atmosphere throughout this thing, especially songs like time and place, carnavoyeur, and straight jacket fitting, probably one of my favourite albums this year
Just a question. What album of theirs do you think didn't "kill it"?
The man straight up skipped Sicily 😱
Killing me
sicily is one of the sexiest songs i have ever heard and you not even mentioning it tells me a lot about you
I watched like three videos of this guy reviewing albums. Question to anyone who listen to him regularly- does he like any album he reviews? In times new roman is a fantastic album and one of the most surprising releases of 2023.
Very groovy and in line with Like Clockwork in terms of sound. Great record. One of my favorites of the year so far.
And like that album, it was self produced.
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Hell no. This is their worse album! Very dull, Talks about nothing and album goes nowhere.
Zero mention of the lyrical content which is pretty deep and personal? How unFantano.
I respect your opinion Anthony, however, there is a pretty amazing appeal for this album to me. Maybe is just all the things I'm going through or idk. Emotion Sickness is one of my favorite QOTSA songs of all time and hell, Made to Parade worst track? The last minute is amazing.
Get your point. Still loving it. An 8 for me.
Yeah but the first 2 minutes? The first half of that song is awful.
@@duhlikeit's one of my favorite songs on the album.
@@duhlike nah
As a new QOTSA listener, this was an easy 8 for me. Very groovy, danceable, fun guitar work, lyrically dense, very interesting song titles and concepts
Need to listen to the rest of their discography first though, lol
Start with "Songs For The Deaf" and thank me later...
@@pervertedalchemist9944 Honestly, those first three albums in order are a solid way to start. You can hear the evolution of a sound begin to form... And then hear it get deconstructed on Lullabies To Paralyse.
You can start anywhere, honestly.
But I would go chronologically.
Any QOTSA album other than Villains and this one is great. Era Vulgaris and Lullabies are both really underrated.
God how i envy you, what i would give to discover qotsa's discography anew..
These guys just don’t miss. Josh Homme the 🐐 for real.
Fuck man I wanted the yellow flannel so bad for this😭
Carnavoyeur has an instrumental chorus but two prechorus’ with vocals. It’s actually an interesting arrangement.
i find the song structures and general writing on this to honestly be extremely unique, refreshing, and stellar, may be their best record since songs for the deaf imo
I’d say next up to Like Clockwork, but otherwise I agree
Honestly, this review feels a little rushed given the length and lack of regard for things like the lyrical content (some of Josh's best lyrics to date IMO) or the personal context surrounding the album and its meanings. I get this is just his opinion, but his other QOTSA reviews felt like they had a lot more effort put into them.
I can't get over how you think Negative Space is slow and clunky. I feel like it's one of the most accessible tracks on the album. That chorus hits, I don't care who you are.
On first listen I wasn't sure how I felt about the album but that's always been my relationship with Queens ever since I heard No One Knows for the first time. Then some small part of me wants to listen to it again and then I love it. No one else at their level is making music like this right now. The lyrical work on this one alone is so good and fulfilling to listen to. 9/10
Your review is hard to understand. I have a feeling you didnt listen to the whole album and you dont seem to know their back cataloge that well.
His qotsa tier list would suggest otherwise
The production on this album is unbelievable if it lands with you - so many songs where they just get a cool sounding riff or melody and go 'yeah, just listen to this for 2 minutes'. If you like it, it's the bee's knees - I can see why the songwriting might not land here if you don't, though, because it's produced to highlight the sounds rather than the songs.
This album after easily 30 plus listens, continues to get better. I think that the lyrics throughout convey an appropriate disgust with people, corporations, his ex, conspiracies and idiots without being condescending. I love this album from start to finish. 9 out of 10.
Never knew about QOTSA til 2022 and I'm glad I found them cuz I listen to them everyday and they're fuckin great. I thought this album was 10/10
surprised you didnt talk about sicily, such an amazing track!
That was my immediate thought too! Sure we can disagree on rating but sicily might be my favorite song. He probably hates it, since i loved made to parade too lol
Actually surprised, i can't see this album not being at least an 8, and i fuckin love how loose and goofy made to parade is, it sounded like a ween gem, also the writing is so good...
But ok, i had to listen like 7 times to finally love this, maybe you'll change your mind sometime
No mention of the song Sicily? Might be one of the most ambitious songs Homme has ever recorded and it didn't even get a mention here. Makes me wonder if he actually listened to the record I agree that this isn't the best QOTSA album but it's waaaaaaaay better than Villains was/is. I personally hear hints of A LOT of Homme's prior work. It's this big melting pot of prior songs but with a new production and with greater emphasis on the lyrical content. The bass guitar is the standout instrument on the album for me Mikey Shoes' bass lines and backing vocals are key to this album.
...it's a solid album.
times new roman has never disappointed me in doing my papers, incredible font.
I think this record is truly one of their best. I’m not surprised Fantano wasn’t impressed. I think the more I listen to it the more I love it. I thought straight jacket fitting was extremely honest and brutal. Most of this record is. Josh homme didn’t play his normal “character” on this one. He played himself
Im surprised by his take on Straight Jacket Fitting. Production is brilliant, acoustic outro is sublime too
@@steverainingagain7956there’s so much stuff he didn’t talk about. Sometimes he does reviews and they feel a little half baked. Obviously it’s his channel and his opinion- if he didn’t like it he didn’t like it, but again I was excited for this review and it was a little disappointing
@@MyersJMark yeah before even watching I saw the length and thought it might be underwhelming. Was pretty brief and vague in his analysis
Idk man. I honestly felt this album was an 8.5/10
I was struggling on the first few listens but this album really is a banger for me now
After 4 non-stop listens it's a 10. Every track is awesome with a great start, middle and finale. Same goes for Era Vulgaris
no mention of Sicily even though that ones easily the hardest hitting track on the album lol
Like a lot of Queens stuff, this one is a grower, not a shower. Solid 8 from me after listening on repeat all week. Definite upgrade from Villains.
It's a 7 minimum, not even a fan but it's a solid album.
I almost never agree with fantano and his scores but I am on the same page with this. I had a very mid reaction to this record even after listening to it about a dozen times I'm not really getting a different impression from it
Same. I'm not loving it the way I wanted to, even after repeated listens. It's just . . . alright.
@littleredhen8205 yeah just alright is how I would describe it. Maybe it's just extra disappointing because I've come to expect a lot from a QOTSA record but it is what it is.
Personally I loved the record. I felt as a huge leap in comparison with Villains. I'm really happy to se QOTSA and Foo Fighters coming back with good releases after almost a decade of uninteresting material (I've been a fan for almost 25 years of both). Having said thart, In Times New Roman is a solid 8/10 for me.
This review was good but you didn’t have to kick that camerawoman in the face
This album deserves a later review, since this band is great at making grower songs. There are instant classics, but there are songs that grow inside you over time.
“Sounds like ZZ Top playing at the goth club”… what part of that doesn’t sound incredible??
For me personally, I give it a 10. In a lot of ways, it feels like a returning to roots. I loved every track on this album, and the only other album they've released that's done that was lullabies. Overall, like clockwork.. was my favorite, but even that had one song on it that I didn't like. I don't find that with this album
This is the album of the choruses. Josh Homme is a master at building choruses and even in the weirdest songs that was what got me in.
no way this is just a 6/10.
It’s an 8.
Mheee its a 6/10. Josh is too happy to make good music. Compared to what they've already done, it's well whatever
It’s a 5
@@joaoaw say what? Lol
@@joaoaw this is his angriest album. The early ones were amazing but goofy drug lyrics. This album is super emotional.
I love this album, especially taken in context what the band has been through. It's between an 8 and 9 for me. Have listened to it multiple times already!
Maaaannnnn 6/10??? Easily 8/10. This guy and his 6’s.
They just played safe in this album. A solid 6 the most.
Man, I'm totally fine disagreeing with melon but every once in a while I see a review where I really don't understand what he's talking about and this is one of them. I think this album is fantastic, I've had it playing a ton since it came out and it keeps getting better. Also I find it really strange to not go into the lyrical content at all with regards to how much Josh Homme has been going through the last while with friends dying, a very messy divorce, a cancer scare. Like that is ripe for discussion. There's a ton of music coming out so I'm sure he's busy, but this feels super rushed and just thrown out there so he can get to something else.
Rushed is definitely what this review was. It’s an album that grows on you and needs a few listens to really get the full scope of it, wasn’t a big fan at first but found myself listening to it constantly and now I love it and think it’s an 8+.
It’s rushed because he just doesn’t care for the album that much. If he enjoyed the music more he would probably be more interested to go deeper into the lyrics and stuff, but it didn’t connect with him enough.
@@ronpudding9598 I think thats a fair point.
@@anthonycowan3481 Definitely, it grabbed me faster than Villains did but its grown even more since then. Mikey and Jon get to shine way more on this album than the last one too they're doing great work.
Maybe I'm a little malicious, but I remember he jumped straight into the Dalle bandwagon back in 2018, calling Homme a dick. Now that it's proven that she falsified court documents, that Homme got full custody of the kids and a restraining order against Dalle, it's clear that the situation is far more complex than it seemed. Fantano hasn't commented on Homme's situation since then. It's impossible to talk about this album without speaking about the divorce, and he just did that with one of his laziest reviews to date.
8 is the proper score IMO. The last song and Sicily are just so damn good.
Music is subjective and clearly you seem to just not be a fan.
This is one of their best. It was an unreal album and any fan of QOTSA love it.
QOTSA has been my favorite band since Rated R came out, and I feel like In Times New Roman is actually one of their best albums. Very heartfelt and not a bad song on it. Some of the songs I liked best were the ones this reviewer felt had the most problems, so we obviously have different tastes. But take it from a long time fan, this album is incredible.
I absolutely adore this album - might be one of my favourites. Easily a 9/10 for me.
For a second I got confused... "wait, it's the first time i've clicked on this video, when did i leave a comment??"
@cocuto864 double life
@@cocuto864 Don't look at me! I'm naked!
I'm glad they got their mixing under control since Villians. Not sure what Mark Ronson was doing.
This I would put on par with Lullabies or their Self Titled. Solid.
If I remember, Josh wanted to work with Mark because he was a huge fan of his albums and production.
@pervertedalchemist9944 yeah I get that. And Mark said he was a huge Queens fan. But he seemed to fundamentally misu derstand the Queens sound and forgot to add bass.
Totally agree with you, this album equals Lullabies and Self Titled which are my favorites. I have it on repeat non stop
Dude, “Made to Parade”, is a banger.
Before I watch this, I’d like to give my score, but often with other QOTSA projects, they grow on me over time so this score isn’t concrete. It’s a solid 7. Has solid grooves and definitely sounds like it’s own thing with call backs to other albums sprinkled within. And I love Josh’s Bowie esc delivery on this. However, the track listing is a little hit or miss for me. I’ll be so into the groove of one track (Paper Machete), and then the next one kind of blends in for me (Time and Place).
Still a solid listen and definitely not their worst.
Do they even have a worst album at this point?
@@pervertedalchemist9944Villains
@BJAdamBarry Even Villains isn't even a bad album, there's like 4 or 5 legit bangers on there. The problem is that it has to compete with rest of their discography.
@@kfdyy this. Villains just falls the shortest among the rest. And it has my least favorite guitar tone from Homme (I’m a guitarist so that’s my fav part of Queen’s music for me).
@@BJAdamBarry Villains has Fortress which is better than anything on this album.
You would've given it a 10 is it was "In Times New Melon..."
you would’ve given this album a 10 if it was perfect
Wow, such a great joke /s
@@daniellavaladez7820Wow, such a great reply
A 6? Do you really think you’ll escape Allah’s judgement?
I agree with most of your review of this album, minus the complaints about Carnavoyeur. Like all of QOTSA albums, there isn't anything I dislike about it. I feel like it just blends into itself too much and nothing stands out enough for me to pick this album up over another in the long term. I do relisten to it every few days because I feel like there is just something I am missing and if I can catch one of these songs in the right mood, time or place, it will become something more than it is. Like most things, time will tell where it falls in my ranking of QOTSA albums but overall I am happy with it.
I liked this record. The mixes are a little odd and harsh but still really good
yeah, always thought there was something weird w the mixing. but otherwise, really love the album
@@caseyepicstyle8491 Do you feel that the bass drum is a little bit to weak? I cranked the bass up and it was really good. Pretty sure the songs slap live.
@@knupaw I actually had some issues with the vocals- they seem a little muddy. Ill try doing that though, maybe Im just stupid
It's a solid 8 for me. Personally, I found the songs that he hated to be my favourites. 🤔 It's nice to hear them jam again and not just punch out, trying to find the next chart topper single. To me, it feels like a record that as a band this is what they wanted to do, not felt obligated to do, unlike the previous album.
Fantano is going to regret this one FOR SURE. A 6 is a crime this album is incredible
Not a single word said about the best song on the record, Sicily, wtf
6??? Feel like since he loves Like Clockwork so much everything else since sounds much worse to him in comparison
You wouldve gave it a 10/10 if it was named in times new melon
I liken being a music critic to being a child star. It's very difficult to not lose the plot as you get more popular. With one, you're in a ditch in designer clothes asking paparazzi why they're filming you while you're on drugs, and the other...you're incapable of not overanalyzing, knit-picking, overthinking, and overlooking what makes the music great. You are armed and ready to go with your criteria that seem to change with the wind, and then we get to see where it falls in the flawless 1 outta 10 rating system. Brilliant.
Not even one word for Sicily. I mean talking six minutes about album and no words for song which sounds like nothing in their discography
This is their 8th studio album bro. Guess that went over your head along with the album it’s self. It is on rotation for me as I am a slut for qotsa
You would have given it a 10 if it was called "In Comic Sans..."
melon sans
Literally light-years better than Villains
I love this album. It's more of a strong 8 for me because there are no songs that I don't like on this, just some songs overpower the others
The wrongness is intentional. I love how it condensed and force fed to us. The tones are QOTSA through and through. I’m so tired of the monotony in most rock records these days. This was thankfully a curve ball.
straight jacket fitting is one of the best songs they ever made
I think the context of what Josh is writing about in the lyrics are key to the album and it’s not even really even glanced over.
It’s very much Rated R in its sound but I think it’s got a lot more to say than that record(in my opinion anyway). I think you’ve kinda missed the point here Melon
Been waiting but I have to highly disagree. Album's a solid 8.5 to a light 9 for me. I wasn't blown away at first but with each listen I got hooked and everything got more layered. The musicianship is incredible, the lyrics are so raw and personal. This album has elements of Queens old and new. It's an incredible album. I agre that Made To Parade is the worst song on the album. It just doesn't work. Not horrible but not very good
I swear to god he could give every album a 6/10 and his fans will still look up to him
This album was fantastic. Great grooves mixed with off the wall ideas that come together for a great album. I can’t fathom a queens fan not liking it
i didnt like in clockwork. it was too pop and kinda boring. i liked QOTSA when they where grunge/desert punk and a tad more edgy. the modern stuff is just too safe and not why i like QOTSA
Well, there were some who didn't like "Villains" because of them working with Mark Ronson.
Queens fan here, thought it was just ok. Better than villains but pretty samey, groovy as fuck when it wants to be like on paper machete and what the peephole say though.
The classic idiotic argument that every stan lives by: if you don’t like everything a band/artist releases, then you’re not a “true” fan
In my opinion this album is my second-least favorite. The majority of it just feels uninspired and bland. There are some great moments, but they don’t make up for the dullness of the album in its entirety.
Emotion Sickness is the best track for sure, but I think overall this album is a 5.5.
Honestly expected at least a light 8, damn
So nice that Queen Elizabeth II (born in the Stone Age) was kind enough to come back to life to give us this album. Long live the Queen of the Stone Age
Better than Villains for sure; I’m enjoying the rawer sound. And I do agree that this is weirder, though not to the extent of Era Vulgaris. Not their weakest album for sure, but also not one of my favorites. It may very well grow on me with time. I’d give it a decent 7.
Anthony hates on MM’s Mechanical Animals album. I love that album. Hahaha!
It took a couple listens. I rate In Times New Roman as a high 7 or low 8. It’s way better than Villains. It has some simpler grooves in tracks like Negative Space and Time & Place. Simpler, but not boring. Time & Place has an infectious, syncopated rhythm. Give it a couple of listens!