Queens of the Stone Age Tier List

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Ranking QOTSA's seven studio albums tier list style.
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  • @shananigans0117
    @shananigans0117 4 года назад +677

    I just love how there's no bad QOTSA album, the "worst" one is a tier C and I think that speaks very highly for the quality of their discography

  • @ben_cortichiato
    @ben_cortichiato 5 лет назад +2987

    Songs For The Deaf is a 10 confirmed

    • @bene.100
      @bene.100 5 лет назад +152

      Deserved.

    • @jmfsilenthill
      @jmfsilenthill 5 лет назад +49

      Ben Cortichiato easily!

    • @933Bane
      @933Bane 5 лет назад +176

      Definitely one for classics week

    • @migmag_9789
      @migmag_9789 5 лет назад +97

      Is it weird I cried when I realized he gave this record a ten? Or well, we think. I'm just so happy to see Queens get their share of love by the person who's perspective I listen to the most, when it comes to music.

    • @chrissirhc7337
      @chrissirhc7337 5 лет назад +63

      i remember when that album first came out rolling stone gave it 3 out of 5 stars . i went out and bought it anyway . music critics dont know jack squat .:)

  • @Ac-dk9ki
    @Ac-dk9ki 5 лет назад +1193

    The intro song of Songs For The Deaf still hits me as one of the most badass things ever recorded.

    • @lewdnooodle2606
      @lewdnooodle2606 5 лет назад +122

      the first song of that album is literally a song for the deaf

    • @nicolasriveros943
      @nicolasriveros943 5 лет назад +261

      "I need a SAGA, where's the Saga?... IT'S SONGS... *FOR THE DEAF!* "

    • @ldv7548
      @ldv7548 5 лет назад +58

      Driving around with your friends 🎶

    • @Squiddyize
      @Squiddyize 5 лет назад +129

      You can't even hear it!

    • @TMmodify
      @TMmodify 5 лет назад +25

      @@ldv7548 So that's what he says!
      I always heard "you're grabbing ass with your friends"

  • @cdgatto
    @cdgatto 5 лет назад +772

    Lullabies to Paralyze is one of my favorite albums ever. Never understood the general disdain for that record. Same with Era Vulgaris, great album as well.

    • @furleysbrain
      @furleysbrain 5 лет назад +43

      Me too! Lullabies is the only Queens album I'm fully content with listening to the whole way through

    • @whitespyder9
      @whitespyder9 5 лет назад +8

      @@furleysbrain I always loved Era

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois 5 лет назад +5

      Because it comes across as trying to be 'dark' and 'edgy', not genuine like the earlier albums.

    • @furleysbrain
      @furleysbrain 5 лет назад

      @@Harrier_DuBois you mean Lullabies or ERa?

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois 5 лет назад +3

      @@furleysbrain Lullabies

  • @andyeh_
    @andyeh_ 5 лет назад +1769

    Clockwork is S tier and you'll never convince me otherwise.

    • @wgb01001
      @wgb01001 5 лет назад +58

      Yes. This.

    • @lucasthompson1650
      @lucasthompson1650 5 лет назад +158

      Damn right, Josh died for a few minutes on an operating table during a surgical procedure for a MRSA infection to write those songs.

    • @iMarzie
      @iMarzie 3 года назад +5

      Facts

    • @joe-un1ky
      @joe-un1ky 3 года назад +125

      Ugh Like Clockwork is 100% Queens' best album. Sue me. One the best rock albums ever imo.

    • @TheOriginalPoon
      @TheOriginalPoon 3 года назад +115

      I actually think it’s superior to Songs for the Deaf. It’s so tight and concise, it tells its story at just the perfect length and there are no skips. It’s an all time great album.

  • @JosephSchocker
    @JosephSchocker 5 лет назад +902

    Holy shit I'm so happy you finally did this!! Queens of The Stone Age are my favorite rock band of all time!

    • @julescinema1588
      @julescinema1588 5 лет назад +18

      Joseph Schocker fuck yeahhh same bro

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 лет назад +15

      If it wasn't for Radiohead, they would be mine too.

    • @Idontcare1314
      @Idontcare1314 5 лет назад +6

      Spectre Radiohead is boring

    • @Ac-dk9ki
      @Ac-dk9ki 5 лет назад +13

      What a bunch of fucking normies in these comments

    • @GrexTheCrabasitor
      @GrexTheCrabasitor 5 лет назад +80

      @@Ac-dk9ki look at me guys, i can listen to a 3 hour noise album without shooting my brains out

  • @michaelarcher4445
    @michaelarcher4445 5 лет назад +331

    Glad you showed my boy Era Vulgaris some love.

    • @abapical
      @abapical 5 лет назад +24

      Unpopular opinion: it's my second favorite album from them.

    • @lvndrr_dashboard
      @lvndrr_dashboard 5 лет назад +23

      its my favorite QOTSA album and its nice to hear some praise

    • @scottradford2796
      @scottradford2796 5 лет назад

      @@lvndrr_dashboard same

    • @LunarySSF2
      @LunarySSF2 5 лет назад +8

      3's & 7's is a timeless banger
      then there's also Suture Up Your Future, my favorite
      Running Joke and Era Vulgaris who are still amazing
      BUT 3'S & 7'S IS A TIMELESS BANGER

    • @bigman1688
      @bigman1688 5 лет назад +1

      @@LunarySSF2 truth, 3's & 7's made my hands hurt so much in GH3 that i can't not love it

  • @jacobneylon647
    @jacobneylon647 5 лет назад +1303

    Era Vulgaris is Kid A for stoner rockers

    • @penguinwrestler9232
      @penguinwrestler9232 4 года назад +62

      I love both of these albums win-win

    • @HybridHalfie
      @HybridHalfie 4 года назад +31

      wow im so happy there is someone else out there you likes both of these and see the similarities.

    • @Ihavetoomanyvolvos
      @Ihavetoomanyvolvos 4 года назад +9

      Why is this so true lmao

    • @alextorres7655
      @alextorres7655 4 года назад +22

      One of their best albums fosho

    • @DanielTxRib
      @DanielTxRib 4 года назад +41

      Why would you say something that controversial yet so brave?

  • @nerdycat9180
    @nerdycat9180 3 года назад +374

    "K-L-O-N Los Angeles
    Clone radio we play the songs that sound
    More like everyone else than anyone else
    Clone"
    "Hey alright, it's Kip Kasper
    Clone radio, LA's infinite repeat
    How we feelin' out there?
    How's your drive time commute?
    I need a saga
    What's the saga?
    It's Songs for the Deaf
    You can't even hear it!"

    • @bellend333
      @bellend333 3 года назад +19

      such a good intro

    • @TheGardiner
      @TheGardiner 3 года назад +24

      Bum bum ch bum bum bum ch bum

    • @nerdycat9180
      @nerdycat9180 3 года назад +28

      @@TheGardiner *DEAD BULL WITH THE LIFE FROM THE LOW*

    • @TheGardiner
      @TheGardiner 3 года назад +21

      @@nerdycat9180 *I’LL BE MASSIVE CONQUISTADOR*

    • @nerdycat9180
      @nerdycat9180 3 года назад +19

      @@TheGardiner *GIVE ME SOUL, AND SHOW ME THE DOOR*

  • @crh4878
    @crh4878 5 лет назад +935

    No tiers for Queens. Just certain moods for albums and songs.

    • @methyod
      @methyod 3 года назад +17

      are you kidding? i can't think of many bands with such a huge power gap between their good records and their bad records.

    • @jacksontaugher5823
      @jacksontaugher5823 3 года назад +49

      @@methyod I disagree

    • @legochickenguy4938
      @legochickenguy4938 3 года назад +48

      @@methyod weezer, green day, linkin park, fall out boy, blink-182, there's a few more (all of whom have this problem to a much greater degree). And I was only thinking of rock bands from around the same time period.

    • @dominicbuffa2457
      @dominicbuffa2457 3 года назад +42

      @@methyod horrible take

    • @rushxanthemtcg5607
      @rushxanthemtcg5607 3 года назад +33

      @@methyod qotsa has bad albums?

  • @renapeppers20
    @renapeppers20 5 лет назад +345

    I am relieved you finally talked about Songs for the deaf

    • @moegerms
      @moegerms 5 лет назад +5

      He’s always spoken highly of that record, for like ....10 years now.

    • @renapeppers20
      @renapeppers20 5 лет назад +3

      @@moegerms idk every livestream that ppl asked him what was his favorite he always said Rated R or Like Clockwork so i never knew 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @renapeppers20
      @renapeppers20 5 лет назад +1

      @Gene Bone lol nah but i respect your opinion

    • @gamesmaster1060
      @gamesmaster1060 5 лет назад +2

      @Gene Bone no

    • @gamesmaster1060
      @gamesmaster1060 5 лет назад +2

      @Gene Bone nope

  • @theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149
    @theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149 5 лет назад +665

    I listen to this band while playing Mario Kart. Makes a race 10 times more intense.

    • @Superblamblamman
      @Superblamblamman 5 лет назад +21

      Listened to like clockwork... while playing skate 3 a few years back. Weird feels when closer track hits and you pulling a sick grind

    • @BorgusBingo
      @BorgusBingo 5 лет назад +26

      to be fair, anything josh homme has a hand in is sick to drive to. this, kyuss, even humbug by arctic monkeys.

    • @rupe82
      @rupe82 5 лет назад +7

      QOTSA songs have been used in so many racing games over the years.

    • @paralyzedvampyre8351
      @paralyzedvampyre8351 5 лет назад

      LMAO

    • @twongi6044
      @twongi6044 5 лет назад

      fr

  • @ilovecody7514
    @ilovecody7514 5 лет назад +2819

    Finally someone gives Era Vulgaris it's due respect.

    • @Moriartart
      @Moriartart 5 лет назад +83

      Tha Swami exactly! The album wasn’t entirely cohesive but it had bangers that worked on their own

    • @cornphilips1891
      @cornphilips1891 5 лет назад +145

      Tha Swami it's my personal favorite, hate seeing it shit on so much. nice to hear it appreciated

    • @TheJinjo75
      @TheJinjo75 5 лет назад +38

      Where you a fan when the album came out? A lot of us who were we where disappointed with the record but over time it has come to be one of my favorite ones. I think the reason for that is the expectations we all had on that album.

    • @thefinkie6459
      @thefinkie6459 5 лет назад +8

      its*

    • @decx0326
      @decx0326 5 лет назад +17

      @@TheJinjo75 Yeah i guess, but I try to have an open mind to everything, like I think im one of the few people who really like Villains.

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 3 года назад +265

    SFTD is the best hard rock album of the past 20 years. This is an airtight album without a single weak moment and still sounds so fresh today considering a lot of early 2000s rock sounds dated. Even though this IS a critically acclaimed album and considered their best album, it gets severely overlooked amongst the echelon of rock classics.
    RATING: 10/10

    • @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor
      @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor 2 года назад +5

      No way SFTD is like an 9/10, it would have been a 10/10 if it wasn't for Nicks shitty vocals

    • @grimg0r
      @grimg0r 2 года назад +38

      @@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor "you think i aint worth a dollar" would not sound good without nicks vocals IMO

    • @smkxodnwbwkdns8369
      @smkxodnwbwkdns8369 2 года назад +21

      @@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor theres nothing wrong with his vocals, you’re obviously not a fan of punk aesthetics

    • @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor
      @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor 2 года назад +1

      @@grimg0r Easy solution, get rid of the song

    • @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor
      @Fanged.Fiend.Reactor 2 года назад +2

      @@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 Actually I love punk music, Nick vocals just ruins the flow of the album

  • @ThePhysicalReaction
    @ThePhysicalReaction 5 лет назад +418

    Like Clockwork should be "S" tier right behind SFTD.
    Considering Songs for the Deaf is stoner rock, Like Clockwork would be LSD rock

    • @cryptidcowpoke3819
      @cryptidcowpoke3819 5 лет назад +12

      Benzo rock

    • @saintsr0w1
      @saintsr0w1 4 года назад +7

      exactly, the song like clockwork even sounds like a pink floyd tribute

    • @rossmusic25
      @rossmusic25 4 года назад

      Joe North never got into them

    • @Tomatostalin
      @Tomatostalin 4 года назад +16

      Absolutely right. Like Clockwork is as good as Songs for the Deaf, they are just for different times.

    • @maxalvarez5223
      @maxalvarez5223 4 года назад +2

      Acid rock?

  • @Nazzazzaable
    @Nazzazzaable 5 лет назад +105

    Anthony, I know we’ve had our differences in the past but just wanted to say thank you for lending me your lawnmower earlier this afternoon.

  • @noahjfetz5896
    @noahjfetz5896 5 лет назад +757

    YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CANT HIDE MELON. WE DEMAND A PINK FLOYD WORST TO BEST

    • @thehunterishunted
      @thehunterishunted 5 лет назад +51

      S - Animals
      Everything else is opinion

    • @chriseas1
      @chriseas1 5 лет назад

      noahjfetz YES SIR!

    • @spicecaptain7279
      @spicecaptain7279 5 лет назад +14

      1. Animals
      2. The Wall
      3. Wish You Were Here
      4. Dark Side of The Moon
      5. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
      and everything else is uncertainty

    • @EndOfStates
      @EndOfStates 5 лет назад +8

      @@spicecaptain7279 idk I think the wall has a few duds in the tracklist. Comfortably numb (while great) gets really old after you've heard it a lot. Wywh doesn't really have those IMO.

    • @qq-hk3so
      @qq-hk3so 5 лет назад +6

      1:the wall
      2:animals/wish you were here
      3:darkside of the moon/meddle
      4:piper at the gates of dawn/atom heart mother
      5:obscured by clouds/the final cut
      6:division bell/saucer full of secrets
      7:momentary lapse of reason/ummagumma
      8:more/endless river

  • @geekdoms
    @geekdoms 5 лет назад +717

    Can you please quit putting ridge wallets in S tier ranking? I cant keep buying them

  • @TwasMimsy
    @TwasMimsy 5 лет назад +459

    TL;DR: The simpler the artwork, the better the album.

    • @Mrcupcake010
      @Mrcupcake010 4 года назад +34

      Rated R :')

    • @messygamez5675
      @messygamez5675 4 года назад +2

      @@Mrcupcake010 IMHO it's Songs for the Deaf :)

    • @spamsingles5948
      @spamsingles5948 4 года назад +12

      I hate the SFTD album cover, but it's my favorite QOTSA album, but I love the Villains cover and it's my least favorite QOTSA album

    • @messygamez5675
      @messygamez5675 4 года назад +11

      @@spamsingles5948 how could you hate the SFTD album cover? It's genius in its simplicity.

    • @spamsingles5948
      @spamsingles5948 4 года назад +3

      @@messygamez5675 It looks like a lazy photoshop job

  • @leafbelly
    @leafbelly 5 лет назад +162

    I was always a QOTSA fan. I had all their albums, but never really listened to them as much as other bands until "Like Clockwork" came out, and I've been a huge fan since. That album is a pure masterpiece. Simply genius. Taste is subjective, but I think it's S-tier ... no doubt.

  • @beammeupjosi
    @beammeupjosi 5 лет назад +314

    Like Clockwork might be my favourite record ever. It is an emotional rollercoaster and simultaneously super hard hitting and satisfying in the guitar department.

    • @TheOriginalPoon
      @TheOriginalPoon 5 лет назад +23

      It’s absolutely mine. It takes you through a labyrinth of emotions, from highs to lows and ending with a beautifully somber finale that leaves you thinking about what the hell you just listened to and why it was so fucking perfect

    • @ThelateDomC.
      @ThelateDomC. 5 лет назад +10

      Yeah it's mine too, every song for me is damn near, or IS perfect. It all works together so well with the theme of fear and madness, it's brilliant.

    • @fieserfactsack9635
      @fieserfactsack9635 5 лет назад +3

      Hard hitting? What? 🤣
      The most "hard hitting" about this Album is literally the intro. This Album is The Rock Album for people who dont want to listen to Rock. Its good, but its everything but its super safe songwriting and production wise.

    • @crh4878
      @crh4878 5 лет назад +17

      The guitar solo on "I Appear Missing" is as good as "Comfortably Numb"

    • @levadura7
      @levadura7 5 лет назад +16

      @@fieserfactsack9635 safe songwriting? I think you are talking about songs for the deaf with everysong being powerchords and pretty forward drumming, but heeeey it's "hard" it's gotta be good, right?

  • @jackrotting
    @jackrotting 5 лет назад +117

    i like how anthony's editor is like a separate entity on the channel that kinda chimes in every once in a while

    • @awookieandagerman
      @awookieandagerman 5 лет назад +5

      The editor is Cal's alter ego

    • @ThePhonzee
      @ThePhonzee 5 лет назад +10

      the editor needs to do this more honestly, I think it adds some charm to Fantano's well informed work

    • @cjcaves4290
      @cjcaves4290 5 лет назад +11

      It’s cal trying to crawl out from inside antknee

    • @Guymanbot97
      @Guymanbot97 5 лет назад +1

      I know. It feels like Anthony has a inner demon that takes over the channel for only a second per video.

    • @nedkuczmynda3782
      @nedkuczmynda3782 5 лет назад

      He doesn’t edit his own vids?

  • @chronovac
    @chronovac 5 лет назад +247

    I will always defend Era b/c it had 3 of the best QOTSA songs as the singles, "Sick Sick Sick", "3s and 7s" and "Make it Wit Chu"

    • @chronicallyunstable
      @chronicallyunstable 5 лет назад +64

      Don't forget about the deeper cuts! Turnin' On The Screw is a fantastic opener that sets the tone of the record perfectly: dirty, sludgy, industrial-sounding. The riff is also sick (sick sick). I'm Designer is super fun and hilarious, very memorable track. Misfit Love is one of the best Queens songs period - it takes the industrial and robotic sound even further and creates a vivid image in your brain, as if you're really in a dirty factory. Battery Acid is a fking banger - super catchy riff and very bouncy. The syncopated vocals on the verses make it stand out, even if it takes some time to get used to. Finally, River In The Road is the biggest thrill ride Queens have ever had since A Song For The Deaf - you really feel as if something is chasing you. Mark Lanegan adds a lot to the song too.
      Dunno why, but the slower cuts don't hit me so hard as songs like In The Fade, Mosquito Song (their best song IMO), I Never Came and Running Joke do.
      To think that I hated the album when I first heard it. Now I think it might be one of my favourites, even though some of the other records are better constructed and better written.

    • @tawdryhepburn4686
      @tawdryhepburn4686 5 лет назад +6

      Agree completely and Turning on the Screw is great too.

    • @arcanemaster8722
      @arcanemaster8722 5 лет назад +13

      kittehdrawrs Suture Up Your Future is my favorite song from them, but the whole album is a damn banger. Something about the abrasiveness feels more palatable for me than Songs of the Deaf. I guess I just prefer the more robotic guitar tones over the shrieking loud ones.

    • @jmfsilenthill
      @jmfsilenthill 5 лет назад +6

      Also had some really great covers/b-sides for this album: Christian Brothers, White Wedding, Needle in the Camels Eye

    • @Bradford659
      @Bradford659 5 лет назад +1

      SPInc I think Run, Pig, Run is really good as well as the songs you’ve mentioned.

  • @autodite
    @autodite 5 лет назад +90

    Melon: “it’s very plain, not as dynamic as ...like clockwork”
    I was a teenage hand model: “am i a joke to you?”

  • @wigbig6192
    @wigbig6192 5 лет назад +804

    How can people say Era Vulgaris is one of their worst albums? It's one of their best, Misfit Love, Fun Machine, Turnin on the Screw etc

    • @gravitydragon1904
      @gravitydragon1904 5 лет назад +52

      It's certainly not bad, but it's in their bottom three. Only because Songs for the Deaf, Rated R and Lullabies to Paralyze are so good.

    • @boredpill
      @boredpill 5 лет назад +45

      Literally my favorite by them by far. First intro to them and it got me into everything I listen to now. Not perfect but damn near close imo so creative and dark.

    • @bubbamike4743
      @bubbamike4743 5 лет назад +30

      That album is so experimental and weird, makes it a blast to listen to

    • @joepwrsurge
      @joepwrsurge 5 лет назад +26

      Make It Wit Chu

    • @bubbamike4743
      @bubbamike4743 5 лет назад +6

      Joe pwrsurge that song is pretty average honestly, especially given what else the album has to offer

  • @balmain-i3e
    @balmain-i3e 5 лет назад +276

    Anthony, I know that you are vegan but stay away from the grass on my front lawn.

  • @mikejohnston8275
    @mikejohnston8275 5 лет назад +513

    Villians should have been a live album I think, those songs sound best on stage. Rest of the list is accurate apart from Clockwork, easy S for me.

    • @mikejohnston8275
      @mikejohnston8275 5 лет назад +13

      Dave i always liked him as a producer as well, just the album feels lifeless in comparison

    • @seb5542
      @seb5542 4 года назад +4

      Villains is like my joint favourite album.

    • @crystalblue8182
      @crystalblue8182 4 года назад +16

      I didn't really like villians at first but when I heard the songs live I started to appreciate it, then love it.

    • @Moriartart
      @Moriartart 4 года назад

      Crystal Blue I might have to hear it live because it didn’t really hit for me originally

    • @Smspodcast_
      @Smspodcast_ 3 года назад +5

      No it’s just the production from mark Ronson, they’re still good song

  • @MrGalego95
    @MrGalego95 5 лет назад +156

    If ... Like Clockwork is a 9/10 and an A in the tier list, does that mean Songs for the Deaf is a 10/10?

  • @ballzheimers1782
    @ballzheimers1782 3 года назад +142

    Call me crazy, Era Vulgaris is A tier for me. The A side of the record is seriously one of the best song runs ever. Turnin on the screw is one of my favourite Queens songs ever

    • @DrumsBah
      @DrumsBah Год назад +12

      This is such a good take. Turning on the Screw cuts so hard. Sick, sick, sick was a great single too.

    • @doiknowmyenemy
      @doiknowmyenemy Год назад +5

      Easily A tier. I'm surprised he talked about it as if others see it as a C or D. I might even rank it higher than Rated R

    • @tigerwoodz86
      @tigerwoodz86 Год назад +7

      Make It Wit Chu is one of my favorite good weather cruising songs.

    • @drdj2626
      @drdj2626 Год назад +3

      and on the B side we have Into the Hollow, Suture Up Your Future, Battery Acid and 3s & 7s. Era Vulgaris is a masterpiece.

    • @Adam-if8cp
      @Adam-if8cp 11 месяцев назад +1

      Idk if you know this, but the game ur profile pic is from (motorstorm) has a qotsa song in it. More specifically, Medication from Lullabies to Paralyze.

  • @sitvisjes
    @sitvisjes 5 лет назад +103

    Era Vulgarias is great and Into the hollow is brilliant ! Truly a underrated song.

  • @MrSnuffian
    @MrSnuffian 5 лет назад +229

    Agree on most except like Clock work is an S tier IMO

    • @xenotra3387
      @xenotra3387 5 лет назад +39

      BIG FAXX I'm disappointed that he didn't put it in the S-Tier it's their best album IMO

    • @xXAEROROCK182Xx
      @xXAEROROCK182Xx 5 лет назад +41

      *Fairly states that its not the most groundbreaking of ideas for the band but still praises a lot of aspects of the album*
      Me: easily an S tier album
      Fantano: solid A tier
      Me: what the fuck

    • @jmfsilenthill
      @jmfsilenthill 5 лет назад +21

      Absolutely hard agree. Like Clockwork is perfect. I was also kind of surprised he gave Villains a C, was really expecting the D.

    • @Crusader982
      @Crusader982 5 лет назад +7

      I'D LIKE TO POLITELY AGREE WITH YOU!

    • @alastairk0159
      @alastairk0159 5 лет назад +9

      Absolutely s tier

  • @iannordin5250
    @iannordin5250 5 лет назад +90

    Lullaby had some of the most interesting and unique song writing imo. Everything on that album drips with a kind of baroque horror and Josh is absolutely going ham with his odd scales

    • @spankythedog56
      @spankythedog56 4 года назад +15

      "baroque horror"
      Perfect description

    • @aidancox7373
      @aidancox7373 3 года назад +4

      Agreed! The Josh Homme scales are so prominent in Lullabies. Almost feels like Homme perfected his guitar style with that album

    • @fcastaps
      @fcastaps 3 года назад +9

      you got a killer scene there, man is one of my fave songs

    • @konstantincvetanovic5357
      @konstantincvetanovic5357 Год назад +4

      Lullabies is not their best album, but somehow its the most queens of the stone age-ish album. Almost like it has the ethos of every other album

    • @XtremeKillah101
      @XtremeKillah101 Год назад

      I love that album but I don’t like the production on it tbh . Guitars sound kinda muddy

  • @Thegreepest
    @Thegreepest 5 лет назад +261

    My favorite new series that you do. Really appreciate this content. Chances you can do one for king gizzard?

    • @Matt-ri6cv
      @Matt-ri6cv 5 лет назад +5

      Fuck yeah

    • @EndOfStates
      @EndOfStates 5 лет назад

      Would be awesome, my current favorite band.

    • @harryeoin3279
      @harryeoin3279 5 лет назад +9

      That would be a super long but amazing video

    • @jimboaudio1655
      @jimboaudio1655 5 лет назад

      Yes, please Anthony!

    • @sike1917
      @sike1917 5 лет назад +7

      Should be fun when they have like two B tiers and fifty C tier

  • @everdownwardandon4243
    @everdownwardandon4243 5 лет назад +37

    Nine Inch Nails tier list, please i'll fill my entire car up with wallets

  • @Buttsmoker
    @Buttsmoker 5 лет назад +153

    Songs for the Deaf is easily one of the best albums of all time, bar none

    • @Buttsmoker
      @Buttsmoker 5 лет назад +2

      @Gene Bone In some aspects, yes. The band sounds tighter in Songs for the Deaf (in my opinion)

    • @gamesmaster1060
      @gamesmaster1060 5 лет назад +20

      @@Buttsmoker This guy has replied to 100 comments saying that the debut is best

    • @safe0sam
      @safe0sam 5 лет назад +2

      Songs for the deaf is very good I just think the radio bits kinda of ruin it

    • @VvictormM
      @VvictormM 5 лет назад +23

      @@safe0sam Funny cause for me is exactly the opposite. Radio humor makes it even better

    • @SomberSora
      @SomberSora 4 года назад +3

      ...Like Clockwork is their peak I'd honestly argue. Then again, it's basically a supergroup with Josh Homme leading rather than "Queens of the Stone Age" that the other records were. The amount of special appearances and collaboration makes that record so incredibly solid it's not even competition.

  • @x1TzR3J3CTx
    @x1TzR3J3CTx 5 лет назад +44

    5:57 Fantano says the word track 6 times in less than 5 seconds

  • @guycomments
    @guycomments 5 лет назад +128

    Do people really not like Era Vulgaris? It has so many of my favorite songs on there. Suture Up Your Future is one of my favorite songs of all time

    • @CyanideOfficialMusic06
      @CyanideOfficialMusic06 4 года назад +6

      Definitely my favourite

    • @FollowMeAndBeHappy
      @FollowMeAndBeHappy Год назад +1

      Me too!! And in the hollow and Era Vulgaris

    • @jovanreid6782
      @jovanreid6782 Год назад

      Same here.

    • @HS6_00
      @HS6_00 Год назад +2

      I used to not like Era Vulgaris but I’ve grown to like it. Like Clockwork is good as well, but Villains man… idk. I absolutely love Lullabies to Paralyze and Songs for the Deaf. But I legitimately do not get how people like Villains a lot.

    • @hollandscottthomas
      @hollandscottthomas Год назад +2

      I didn't like it for like a solid few months when it first released, and then somehow I came back to listening to it and now it's my second favourite behind SFTD.

  • @Azg105
    @Azg105 5 лет назад +131

    Era Vulgaris is amazing. dont @ me

    • @SomeGuyArchivist
      @SomeGuyArchivist 5 лет назад +11

      Era Vulgaris is S-tier, don't @ me

    • @Azg105
      @Azg105 5 лет назад +3

      @@SomeGuyArchivist facts

    • @demiank
      @demiank 5 лет назад

      true

    • @leahbuh9270
      @leahbuh9270 5 лет назад

      @@Azg105 @

    • @MillionaireRobot
      @MillionaireRobot 5 лет назад

      amazing is it? I'm not so sure about that. River in the Road, Suture of your Future, Run Pig Run, Sick Sick Sick, Battery Acid, never really got into Turning on the Screw either... you think these are amazing songs?

  • @NegoClau
    @NegoClau 5 лет назад +129

    I listen to VILLAINS and ...LIKE CLOCKWORK as a 2 sided album, with VILLAINS as the beginning of a crazy night and CLOCKWORK as the ending...

    • @blingblangtrucknbrotherr
      @blingblangtrucknbrotherr 4 года назад +4

      This 100%

    • @canadianlightbulbs
      @canadianlightbulbs 3 года назад +1

      Interesting approach
      Makes sense when I think about it

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 3 года назад +1

      THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @estev08
      @estev08 3 года назад +2

      Yea, there are some songs from Villains that could have easily fit on Like Clockwork (Fortress, Villains of Circumstance)

    • @Kursulic
      @Kursulic 6 месяцев назад +1

      I think now that In Times New Roman... has released that it bookends the trilogy really well

  • @ronaldccgf
    @ronaldccgf 5 лет назад +24

    For me, I think the debut album should be at the A or even S rank. That album is so fucking good for me, it mixes the Kyuss' sound with the QOTSA upcoming sound so well that we could feel like what it really is: a transitional record for a band pursuing it's sound

    • @jaysmediadump6965
      @jaysmediadump6965 Год назад +1

      I aged into Kyuss after listening to queens in freshman year and the debut does nothing but grow on me

  • @rikiishitoru8885
    @rikiishitoru8885 5 лет назад +156

    Day 64 of acknowledging that Anthony is S tier

    • @DarrelRho
      @DarrelRho 5 лет назад

      @B N Braughton lmao imagine believing red pilled is still cool today

  • @karlojankovic4679
    @karlojankovic4679 5 лет назад +166

    I am very sad that you didn’t talk about Mark Lanegan’s vocals on Songs for the Deaf cause these are some of the best vocals on a rock album in 21st century. He’s just as crucial as Dave Grohl there imo.

    • @nottomscott6450
      @nottomscott6450 5 лет назад +41

      The combination of Lanegan on the really dark tracks with Oliveri and Homme taking lead on the other cuts is to die for. Powerhouse of a line up.

    • @manemejeff8926
      @manemejeff8926 5 лет назад +17

      It's really what makes sftd the masterpiece that it is . Lanegan doesnt have a bad QOTSA song as far as im concerned and also his vocals on god is in the radio plus the last solo make the song bloody perfect. Song for the deaf imo is the song that really shows qotsa's versatility. Josh homme's soft voice and Mark lanegan's growling voice. Even though im not fan of screaming and metal in general, Nicks screaming towards the end might just be the best part on this song, it makes the song so much better. Anyway i dont even know why im wrting this when my brain is literally like qotsa good, rest bad

    • @StraussMax
      @StraussMax 5 лет назад +11

      Don't forget Alain Johannes!

    • @wgb01001
      @wgb01001 5 лет назад +1

      Agree 100%

    • @thebuenomonano9053
      @thebuenomonano9053 5 лет назад +1

      "He's just as crucial as Dave Grohl there"
      Umm... ok

  • @brolapse69
    @brolapse69 5 лет назад +60

    Came to quickly make sure Songs For The Deaf was S-tier. Was not disappointed.

  • @seanjones7854
    @seanjones7854 5 лет назад +25

    Feel Good Hit is just a list of drugs Josh Homme took at a NYE party in 1999

  • @peachmelba1000
    @peachmelba1000 Год назад +14

    The debut QOTSA album is just Josh and Alfredo. Such a great little snapshot of that time. Simple? Yes, but also coming from a really unique headspace that was really out there at that time.

  • @airwaydude014
    @airwaydude014 5 лет назад +147

    You could've just said that this video was sponsored by nicotine, valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol. And maybe cocaine 😂

  • @PhreakPhantom
    @PhreakPhantom 5 лет назад +47

    "Someone's in the Wolf" is an amazing song

    • @XtremeKillah101
      @XtremeKillah101 4 года назад +3

      One of their heaviest and nastiest riffs ever

    • @kurkobein
      @kurkobein 4 года назад

      it is just badass

  • @ultra-x-pulse7340
    @ultra-x-pulse7340 5 лет назад +54

    Your tier list videos are pretty great melon, keep it up!
    And maybe do a Mars volta list one day??
    Update: THE WAIT IS OVER YAYYY!

  • @KeyIssues
    @KeyIssues 5 лет назад +333

    The Beatles tier list when?

    • @MyriadColorsCM
      @MyriadColorsCM 4 года назад +49

      No need, most of the albums would be on the bottom tiers.

    • @TechnoAdamGuy
      @TechnoAdamGuy 4 года назад +60

      Pedro de Sá Fuck you

    • @MyriadColorsCM
      @MyriadColorsCM 3 года назад +6

      @@TechnoAdamGuy lol cant handle facts eh?

    • @TechnoAdamGuy
      @TechnoAdamGuy 3 года назад +24

      Pedro de Sá No, I can’t handle blasphemy from a close minded idiot who hasn’t listened to a single Beatles record to decide

    • @TechnoAdamGuy
      @TechnoAdamGuy 3 года назад +4

      JillSandwich Says the one with that pfp and based off your only upload, you have no right to think that if you haven’t heard a single Beatles record

  • @handenbramilton
    @handenbramilton 5 лет назад +213

    Can you do a tier list of Frank Zappa's 110+ albums next plz tia

    • @zwood1838
      @zwood1838 4 года назад +15

      I was thinking of how ridiculous a zappa tier list would be while watching this, do you want the 62 he released in his lifetime, or the 113 hat his family has released?

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 3 года назад +3

      Hot Rats is easily top tier S.

    • @mposh
      @mposh 2 года назад +1

      @@zwood1838 Maybe grouped by lineup/decade? Mothers, Turtles, Solo, etc.

  • @KillaCam501
    @KillaCam501 5 лет назад +71

    I love this brother. Could you do the Deftones???

    • @billyretardo3790
      @billyretardo3790 5 лет назад +2

      Anferny hates deftones bro..

    • @MJBTHFC1991
      @MJBTHFC1991 5 лет назад +2

      Deftones are an incredible band.

    • @KillaCam501
      @KillaCam501 5 лет назад +1

      Billy Retardo that is bananas. I had no idea he did not like them 😂. To me they are the best nu metal band period. 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @KillaCam501
      @KillaCam501 5 лет назад +1

      Matt Barden yes sir they are. I was always a fan of their albums but I saw them live right after Diamond eyes came out. It was like being a kid at Disney 🙏🏾

  • @jeff5685
    @jeff5685 5 лет назад +26

    like, that band is one of the best, if not the best rock band of the century. there's not shit album, no "mediocre" album, they've all been at least good or really good, with songs for the deaf and like clockwork being highlighted as their best records and also pointing out how successfully they changed their styles throughout a decade. it's a great band, I love them

    • @rolanddeschain6265
      @rolanddeschain6265 Год назад +3

      It's between them and King Gizzard, but honestly I think KGLW has surpassed them at the time of this comment.

  • @OmarLopez_
    @OmarLopez_ 5 лет назад +134

    Let's Argue: Tier lists are just Worst to Best in disguise!

    • @bentn13
      @bentn13 5 лет назад

      lol, he literally said that in his first tier list

  • @saintsr0w1
    @saintsr0w1 4 года назад +84

    I remember how happy I was when I first heard like clockwork. I just got off of to pimp a butterfly, and after listening to a great rap album like that it started to drive into my head how far rock has fallen and if I'll ever hear anything I really love again. THEN BAM, almost everything about fairweather friends felt perfect, the drums, piano, guitar, vocals. great album!

    • @piwaskd
      @piwaskd 4 года назад +10

      Like clockwork is the best album of 2010's

  • @saintdarpa9818
    @saintdarpa9818 5 лет назад +17

    Id defend Villians solely on Like 5 songs of the 9 , Feet Dont Fail Me Now, Villians of Circumstance, Domesticated Animals, the evil has landed, the way you used to do

    • @jackfulton4462
      @jackfulton4462 3 года назад +6

      Head like a haunted house is IMO the most interesting track in the album. That’s just me though

    • @jackfulton4462
      @jackfulton4462 3 года назад +5

      And fortress is one of Josh’s more emotionally vulnerable. Idk, for me hideaway is the only lull on this album

    • @rahe2141
      @rahe2141 2 года назад +2

      Go listen to fortress again...this is unacceptable

    • @rahe2141
      @rahe2141 2 года назад +2

      Yo listen to un reborn again WTF? It's so good. I'm starting to like this album more and more

  • @SCHAAAD
    @SCHAAAD 5 лет назад +59

    Era Vulgaris has always been my favorite. 🤷🏿‍♂️ I didn’t know people hated it.

    • @MillionaireRobot
      @MillionaireRobot 5 лет назад

      your...… favorite? yeah that's just weird.

    • @symmetricalllama01
      @symmetricalllama01 4 года назад +5

      @@MillionaireRobot it's my favorite too, but only cause nostalgia (listened to it all the time as a kid). objectively I know it's not their best but I think it gets too much hate.

    • @ChangingCrisis
      @ChangingCrisis 4 года назад

      I’m a massive fan of them, they’re one of my top 3 bands but that album is probably my least favourite

    • @artificialgummies7416
      @artificialgummies7416 4 года назад

      It’s my second favorite

    • @Julian-uk6mj
      @Julian-uk6mj 2 года назад +5

      3's and 7's single handedly makes it one of their best albums

  • @trj820
    @trj820 5 лет назад +45

    >"Era Vulgaris isn't a joke, guys!"
    >Album ends with a song called "running joke"

    • @renapeppers20
      @renapeppers20 4 года назад +1

      Actually ends with fun machine

    • @hazmatseventh6925
      @hazmatseventh6925 4 года назад +3

      Depression Cherry no fun machine is a bonus track,it’s not a true part of the album and it isn’t even on Spotify

    • @absoluteprawn3805
      @absoluteprawn3805 4 года назад +1

      @@hazmatseventh6925 yeah, wish it was : (

    • @luka-lk7hx
      @luka-lk7hx 4 года назад +1

      @@absoluteprawn3805 it is now

  • @timraimy9567
    @timraimy9567 5 лет назад +26

    Era Vulgaris was my first big introduction to Queens of the Stone Age, I'll forever love that record.

    • @timraimy9567
      @timraimy9567 5 лет назад

      Is kyuss the name of another acronym?

    • @timraimy9567
      @timraimy9567 5 лет назад

      @Gene BoneI'll have to give it a try

    • @MillionaireRobot
      @MillionaireRobot 5 лет назад

      it's an acquired taste. you have to get used to John's vocals

    • @MillionaireRobot
      @MillionaireRobot 5 лет назад

      @Gene Bone I'm not sure about "one of the greatest" but I do like me some Kyuss.

    • @MillionaireRobot
      @MillionaireRobot 5 лет назад

      and of course, Pilot the Dune ruclips.net/video/rgxDPW1cCtI/видео.html

  • @JesseTheFoote
    @JesseTheFoote 5 лет назад +82

    Era Vulgaris is a great album, make it wit chu, I mean c'mon.

    • @JesseTheFoote
      @JesseTheFoote 5 лет назад +1

      Paul Barte agreed

    • @Drogon7102
      @Drogon7102 4 года назад +2

      Make it wit chu is the closest thing to a pop song they made. Make of that what you want

    • @v_dubzz
      @v_dubzz 4 года назад

      @@Drogon7102 if only off of the self titled is very poppy

    • @tpags7398
      @tpags7398 3 года назад +1

      “C’mon man”

    • @januaryfrost2872
      @januaryfrost2872 3 года назад +4

      Do you listen to the Desert Sessions? I listened to all of them when they came out and Make it wit chu is originally on desert session.

  • @matthieudesormeau2169
    @matthieudesormeau2169 4 года назад +19

    A) there's no QOTSA record below B tier
    B) it would've been interesting to have your thoughts on Mark Ronson's input on "Villains", since to me, the blend between Ronson's blueprint and QOTSA's sound is way more balanced than I thought it would be (especially after having a first listen to "the way you used to do" before the album was released)

  • @DarraghWallnutt
    @DarraghWallnutt 5 лет назад +35

    Theres something so Vile about Era Vulgaris that makes it one of my favourites, easily top 3

    • @iMarzie
      @iMarzie 3 года назад +2

      I know. Most the time I’ll just rip one of the other albums for normal days but sometimes you just wake up feeling off and all of a sudden Era Vulgaris fits that mood

  • @user-if4pm7hk6i
    @user-if4pm7hk6i 5 лет назад +37

    Like Clockwork is my favorite, it's a masterpiece. And thank you for standing up for the Era Vulgaris - it is indeed a great album, just requires a bit of patience, but then it pays off in full. And Lullabies are so good as well. Love this band. Thank you Melon!

  • @TheAmazingVector
    @TheAmazingVector 4 года назад +21

    "Obviously the band knows how to dial it back. A bit more eerie, a bit more mellow"
    Goddamn Melon just say Hangin' Tree :p

  • @cafemusicaloficial
    @cafemusicaloficial Год назад +4

    Whatever... I love Villans... "The way you used to do" and "The evil has no landed" is so good. They save the album.

    • @advictoriams
      @advictoriams Год назад +3

      Domesticated Animals is a banger too tbh

    • @hieronymusvonlipschitz
      @hieronymusvonlipschitz Год назад

      Unreborn again? Head like a haunted house? Or even Fortress? Honestly, i like these songs all more than any off ITNR

  • @event7951
    @event7951 5 лет назад +14

    Era vulgaris was the album I fell in love with and made me a truly qotsa fan...

  • @alexgeorge2578
    @alexgeorge2578 5 лет назад +42

    Kyuss Tier List:
    S: Blues From The Read Sun, Welcome To Sky Valley, ...And The Circus Leaves Town, Muchas Gracias.
    C Tier: Wretch

    • @dakotafawson1223
      @dakotafawson1223 5 лет назад +3

      Isn’t it called blues FOR the red sun? I could be wrong

    • @alexgeorge2578
      @alexgeorge2578 5 лет назад +2

      @@dakotafawson1223 It is I must have been typing too fast and autocorrect threw that in there. Good call.

    • @dakotafawson1223
      @dakotafawson1223 5 лет назад +3

      Dachshund Daddy happens man. I’m a dachshund daddy too btw

    • @Malverde888
      @Malverde888 5 лет назад +5

      S for Sky, A for Blues, B for Circus, C for Wretch

    • @joeyt9043
      @joeyt9043 5 лет назад +6

      Lick doo

  • @Salami_Scrambler
    @Salami_Scrambler 5 лет назад +29

    On the 25th anniversary of Sky Valley too

    • @THEEArmoredSaint
      @THEEArmoredSaint 5 лет назад +1

      Kyuss > QotSA, but both bands are great, so everybody wins.

    • @BoredGenX
      @BoredGenX 5 лет назад +1

      Used to hear Kyuss down the street when I lived in Sky Valley

  • @karllarsson4996
    @karllarsson4996 5 лет назад +16

    So glad fantano didnt diss Era Vulgaris like the rest of the qotsa fans...

    • @fieserfactsack9635
      @fieserfactsack9635 5 лет назад +9

      Those arent Qotsa Fans, those are Festival Bros, Dadrocker and Post Clockwork Normies.

    • @nickn2794
      @nickn2794 5 лет назад

      Ronas Dembowski ahahah yes!

  • @redtape73
    @redtape73 3 года назад +12

    You can put the debut 3rd if you want, but I know ‘Avon’, ‘If Only’ and ‘Walking On The Sidewalks’ and EVERY other song on that record cements my love for them and made them my number 1 band. Add ‘Rated R’s tunes and ‘SFTD’s tunes and you have a list of rock originality that we’d never heard up to that point.

  • @watchthischannel331
    @watchthischannel331 Год назад +3

    Wait what... people don't like Era vulgaris? It's been my favorite one for years

  • @maxwellfarquhar5750
    @maxwellfarquhar5750 5 лет назад +51

    Best rock band in the world

    • @abapical
      @abapical 5 лет назад +1

      I'd give ur profile pic a strong to rock hard 10

    • @fieserfactsack9635
      @fieserfactsack9635 5 лет назад +2

      If were talking just Rock Music, like the best Comb of High Energy and Harmony its 100% Mars Volta. But Qotsa is one of the best for sure.

    • @fieserfactsack9635
      @fieserfactsack9635 5 лет назад +1

      @@abapical id give it a 😪

    • @1kosomak
      @1kosomak 5 лет назад

      @@fieserfactsack9635 Qotsa has a sweet spot that mars volta doesn't i'm afraid....plus cedric ruins it sometimes.

    • @MrHamtits
      @MrHamtits 5 лет назад

      do you like them?

  • @vegasmona
    @vegasmona 5 лет назад +72

    *you people can say anything that you want but ...like clockwork is qotsa perfect album, their magnum opus.*

    • @tycho_m
      @tycho_m 5 лет назад +14

      Totally agree. Clock has everything that ever made them great turned up to 11. Every single aspect of the band that made them stand out, eerie production that varies very well between tracks (compare the "vintage" I sat by the ocean, the shrill abrasive kalopsia and the poppy hard hitting beat with guitar syncopated around it in smooth sailing. Very different styles but still part of a cohesive balanced unit), classic zero fucks Homme lyrics, sexy Homme delivery, punching riffs, slide guitar, piercing solos, nihilistic yet hopeful quiet moments (if that "I'm alive, hooray" buildup in Vampyre and the solo after don't hit you you're hollow) and masterful instrumentation. It's exactly the right length and has no bad tracks. That dynamic flow to a climax in I Appear Missing with the guitars perfectly accompanying the vocals, that drum stampede into breakdown into bridge and that soaring solo that fades out into passionate lyrics at the end holy shit. Songs for the Deaf is a 10, but so is LC.

    • @tycho_m
      @tycho_m 5 лет назад +4

      and then it ends with a the song ...Like Clockwork, a melancholy Hommage to death and the relentlessness of time with some of the most triumphant slide guitar ever and a heartbeat-like bass. Homme rarely sounds this sensitive and fragile and sweet. LC is like life

    • @dextrotheretrometronegro9884
      @dextrotheretrometronegro9884 5 лет назад +1

      @Gene Bone I tend to agree with you on that. Something about the debut that was never quite revisited on any of the later records, much as I adore them all.

    • @nickn2794
      @nickn2794 5 лет назад +1

      Gene Bone yes, thank you, I'm not the only one!!! ❤ the first is the best for me too. Like clockwork feels a bit weak in many tracks to me, despite the eccellent production.

    • @juliodiaz7778
      @juliodiaz7778 5 лет назад +6

      This, album is undersold by the older qotsa fans which I dont blame because they came into it from a different origin than fans who came later. Nonetheless, as a musician the most hard hitting was definitely...like clockwork to me.

  • @roguedm6523
    @roguedm6523 5 лет назад +14

    Era Vulgaris is absolutely sick sick sick

    • @iMarzie
      @iMarzie 3 года назад +1

      Almost like what eating battery acid would do to you

  • @rickya3659
    @rickya3659 5 лет назад +8

    First of all, how dare you. Like Clockwork is S tier, without a doubt. And Villains is a solid B, borderline A. Finally, how dare you.

    • @foolsauce420
      @foolsauce420 5 лет назад

      I am compelled to agree.

    • @dftns19
      @dftns19 5 лет назад +1

      Might agree on the first point but I'm with Anthony on Villains.

  • @Bmanritchie
    @Bmanritchie 5 лет назад +14

    Alright, that Lullabies rating hurt...
    Still my personal 2nd favorite for it's more experimental approach.

    • @yeahohright3097
      @yeahohright3097 5 лет назад +1

      For what it's worth, I agree with you

    • @rahe2141
      @rahe2141 3 года назад

      Yeah, it's as good as it needs to be and it has it's own place that is(should be) undisputed. Hell, every queens album has its place except for villians(still a nice record tho)

  • @james2155
    @james2155 3 года назад +8

    Might just be me but I’d have Villains in A and Like Clockwork in S

  • @samuelkidwell6728
    @samuelkidwell6728 5 лет назад +35

    Rated R has always been my personal favorite. The record comes in a red cover and is titled Rated X, and it has pretty interesting gatefold artwork. I highly recommend owning it.

    • @person_people8134
      @person_people8134 4 года назад +1

      (Yes, but make sure you get the 2007 European pressing since the sound quality is pretty good 😉)

    • @liamgreer8019
      @liamgreer8019 Год назад +1

      Not sure if you’ll see this, but I bought the Rated X version for my brother on vinyl for his 12th bday (he’s a huge qotsa fan). The album was wrapped in plastic so I didn’t get to see the artwork inside. When he went to open it up for the first time he simply said “oh my god! There’s boobs on it!” 😂

  • @TheGardiner
    @TheGardiner Год назад +3

    S: Songs for the Deaf, Like Clockwork
    A: Rated R, Era Vulgaris, In Times New Roman
    B: Self-Titled, Lullabies to Paralyze, Villains

    • @BigOwl51
      @BigOwl51 Год назад

      In times new Roman is C tier

    • @WFly101
      @WFly101 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@BigOwl51no, it's not

  • @Xitronix
    @Xitronix 4 года назад +16

    I first heard of them through their newest record and thought it was poorly produced and underwhelming, then I went and listened to their old stuff and now they're one of my favorite bands

  • @spambaconeggspamspam
    @spambaconeggspamspam 5 лет назад +72

    I love Villains, i'd put it on the B or A catagory. Like Clockwork is amazing and i'd put that on the S tier no doubt.

    • @BulletDrummer
      @BulletDrummer 5 лет назад +8

      I think the songs are fine. It's mainly the production and mixing, where I agree with Anthony on it sounding flat, that hold it back. Everything sounds like it's capped at a certain volume, even in the heavier moments, which takes away any life or bounce the song could have had. It's why a track like Feet Don't Fail Me loses a little bit of it's appeal after the first couple of listens. That groove doesn't blow me away due to a flat low end in the mix, whereas a track like Millionaire from SFTD doesn't have that problem, meaning that when it kicks in, it's always going to get me going. Having that low end explosion really serves it well. I really enjoy Feet Don't Fail Me, but the mix just takes that edge off of it. Kinda sums up the album, really.

    • @juliodiaz7778
      @juliodiaz7778 5 лет назад +6

      @@BulletDrummer someone should try redoing it, because aside from the production, which I was never really bothered by, the musical content is God like.

    • @onlyfarelox
      @onlyfarelox 5 лет назад +1

      Agreed

    • @Bryanfuel0
      @Bryanfuel0 4 года назад

      Yeah, personally I would swap EV and Villians but I agree with everything else he tiered

    • @renapeppers20
      @renapeppers20 4 года назад +1

      I think it's their worst but it's still not bad, just meh

  • @julescinema1588
    @julescinema1588 5 лет назад +10

    THANK YOU I’ve only been asking for 2 years brooo finally!! fave band btw

  • @user-hv8ye4kf2q
    @user-hv8ye4kf2q 5 лет назад +29

    Please do kyuss at some point

  • @therealjlil
    @therealjlil 5 лет назад +28

    You really didn’t have to threaten Queen Elizabeth II to get your point across, Anthony

  • @IceKoldKilla
    @IceKoldKilla 5 лет назад +19

    Also, Nick Oliveri was fired from the band after Songs For The Deaf.

    • @matthewmika3615
      @matthewmika3615 3 года назад

      I saw Nick perform six shooter with them on their Like Clockwork tour. They have creative differences but I’m sure they’re all good friends.

    • @matthewmika3615
      @matthewmika3615 3 года назад

      Also, is “Melon” aware of Dave Grohl’s contributions to some of these albums? Not even a mention with Songs for the Deaf.

    • @holidayfartcruise1328
      @holidayfartcruise1328 3 года назад +2

      @@matthewmika3615 he did talk about David Grouhl

  • @riana4180
    @riana4180 5 лет назад +10

    I love all of their albums. They’re all different, but distinctly Queens.

  • @omershani4786
    @omershani4786 5 лет назад +53

    Anthony please do a mastodon tier list

  • @sembatimothynkalamo8986
    @sembatimothynkalamo8986 5 лет назад +20

    Have never clicked a damn melon video this fast!! Less go 💪🏾💪🏾

  • @Superbanned
    @Superbanned 5 лет назад +39

    Who I'd like to see next:
    -Arcade Fire
    -Pixies
    -LCD Soundsystem
    -The Strokes
    -Primus
    -Animal Collective

    • @Storanzo98
      @Storanzo98 5 лет назад +1

      Pixies should be fairly easy as the first 2 LPs are clearly S tier, the next 2 are B tier and everything after is just E.

    • @AristarchusEsti
      @AristarchusEsti 5 лет назад

      Storanzo98 u didn’t just call the Strokes B tier did you

    • @zeroscorpio3692
      @zeroscorpio3692 5 лет назад

      PRIMUS

    • @Storanzo98
      @Storanzo98 5 лет назад +1

      Nickko I was just ranking the pixies’ albums. Is this it is an absolute S.

    • @kushalbhattacharjee2252
      @kushalbhattacharjee2252 4 года назад

      Pink floyd

  • @whitespyder9
    @whitespyder9 5 лет назад +17

    Great video overall, Melon. While I agree with the tier rankings (Villains being easily their worst and Lullabies and Era being terribly underrated) how can you comment on the quality of Josh Homme's vocals on Songs for the Deaf and not mention the vocal contributions of Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan!?!? The balance between the dynamics of their voices (Hommes smooth crooning and falsetto, Oliveri's ragged and manic screaming, Lanegan's textured and world-weary rasp) is part of what make that album such an exciting listen!
    (Same on Rated R and Lullabies when Mark and Nick take over.)

    • @person_people8134
      @person_people8134 4 года назад

      Yeah, he definitely should've mentioned the other members of the band considering it's so important to their discography. But didn't Nick not do anything for Lullabies? I remember hearing Mark on a couple tracks, though.

    • @whitespyder9
      @whitespyder9 4 года назад

      @@person_people8134 yeah that's correct. I could've worded it better. It should've been a "and/or" situation. Nick was out of Queens before they recorded Lullabies, but I was referring to Mark's work on that album and his AND Nick's contributions to Rated R.

    • @person_people8134
      @person_people8134 4 года назад

      @@whitespyder9 My bad, lol

    • @james2155
      @james2155 3 года назад

      I think villains is good, it’s different but it’s got a grooviness to it

    • @zer0953
      @zer0953 3 года назад +1

      ikr?? that album was the perfect blend of their vocals, even tho after Nick's departure it was nice hearing Mark on couple of songs on each album except Villains i think, but i hope he comes back if they make another album

  • @lupehn
    @lupehn 3 года назад +4

    Songs for the deaf has the best production I’ve ever heard in a rock album

  • @HairyHog77
    @HairyHog77 5 лет назад +34

    Now it's time for Nine Inch Nails.

    • @Guymanbot97
      @Guymanbot97 5 лет назад

      I know these are meant for groups that he won't do a worst to best on. But they NEED a worst to best.

    • @HairyHog77
      @HairyHog77 5 лет назад

      @@Guymanbot97 that's implying any of their albums can be worst

    • @djn48
      @djn48 5 лет назад

      @@HairyHog77 IMO:
      S - The Downward Spiral, The Fragile
      A - Year Zero, With Teeth, Broken
      B - Ghosts
      C - Hesitation Marks, The Slip
      D - Pretty Hate Machine
      The rest is open to interpretation. Not sure about the ranking of Trent's 3 recent EPs, although they are probably B-tier.
      And I'm sure no-one will agree with PHM being a D, but never mind. Most of songs on it make me cringe so much that I can't listen to them.

    • @djn48
      @djn48 5 лет назад

      @Paul Barte Thanks, I will check it out

  • @xavierlemarchand9940
    @xavierlemarchand9940 5 лет назад +17

    Era Vulgaris is my personal favourite QOTSA album, glad to see it get the respect it deserves. The only complaint I have about it is that The Fun Machine wasn't on every copy, that song is one of QOTSA's most underrated by FAR

  • @aguyishappy3988
    @aguyishappy3988 2 года назад +4

    The versatility in rated R can be summed up in tension head and lightning song being right next to each other lol. It works so well

  • @Cha1r
    @Cha1r 3 года назад +5

    Self titled is definitely my favourite, but only because it was so important in my early teens. Songs for the Deaf and Era Vulgaris shortly after.

    • @seejaypee
      @seejaypee 3 года назад +2

      Regular John is probably the best song they ever wrote.

  • @funybug
    @funybug 2 года назад +2

    Hot take:
    Albums with Nick Oliveri in them: A tier
    Albums without Nick Oliveri in them: S tier

  • @NegoClau
    @NegoClau 5 лет назад +13

    Imagine this discography as a one night stand after a party:
    S/T is Regular You.
    R is you on an urge to get really high before going to a party you got invited in the middle of nowhere, that you heard there's gonna be a lot of weird shit.
    VILLAINS is you on the way to the party, singing out loud on the shower, and excited with anticipation because you heard this party is like nothing you've ever seen before.
    SONGS FOR THE DEAF is you at that party, talking to people you don't know, checking the venue and looking for a place to go for a quickie.
    ERA VULGARIS is you when the party starts to get really crazy, and you make out with everyone, when people offer you some shrooms and you hallucinate so hard that you don't notice the knives being sharpened.
    LULLABIES TO PARALYZE is when you realize the party became a ritual to Satan, and everybody is trying to kill you, but you're still there because you find that somehow there is an orgy in the middle of that slaughter and got really intrigued by that.
    ...LIKE CLOCKWORK is you going back home from the party bleeding and with one leg only, and realizes you survived when everybody killed themselves while trying to rip your heart and sacrifice to the goddess of death.
    Well... QotSA's discography is pretty much FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.

  • @LijE945
    @LijE945 5 лет назад +18

    How dare you disobey siri and put villains anywhere but S tier?? Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave right now

  • @JPD2587
    @JPD2587 5 лет назад +26

    No mention of Olivieri or Lanegan.
    Amateur hour on this YT channel.

    • @zer0953
      @zer0953 3 года назад +1

      yeah i find it odd because these 2 added a LOT to their albums with just their vocals, if it had been only josh on vocals it wouldnt sound as good and there would be a lot filler tracks but they found each other at the perfect time, i like all of their albums but without a doubt early 00s was their best line up and its weird he never mentions these 2 in this vid, i mean its not like they're serial killers or anything

  • @SubparLoki
    @SubparLoki Год назад +1

    The brown nose the pirate bit at the start of the 3’s and 7’s music video is one of the funniest things ever and no one can convince me otherwise

  • @therealnimrod5045
    @therealnimrod5045 Год назад +3

    Regular John on the debut album is so good