“Rated R” for Reissue
Here’s a brief tidbit about a forthcoming rock title due for a reissue. NME reports that Queens of the Stone Age are readying a 10th anniversary re-release of their first major-label LP, Rated R, for a July release.
QotSA frontman Josh Homme – also a key member of in-demand supergroup Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones – confirmed that the set would likely feature extra material such as non-LP tracks and unreleased live recordings, possibly from the group’s first visit to the famed Reading Festival in the U.K. from a decade before.
In the meantime, hit the jump to reacquaint yourself with the album, and a few possible bonus cuts to boot.
Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R (Interscope 069 490 683-2, 2000)
- Feel Good Hit of the Summer
- The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
- Leg of Lamb
- Auto Pilot
- Better Living Through Chemistry
- Monsters in the Parasol
- Quick and to the Pointless
- In the Fade/Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Reprise)
- Tension Head
- Lightning Song
- I Think I Lost My Headache
Possible bonus tracks
- Ode to Clarissa – extra track on Rated X (European LP version of Rated R – Interscope 490 864-1, 2000)
- Born to Hula (New Version) – B-side of “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” U.K. CD single (Interscope 497 351-2, 2000). Original version from the Kyuss/QotSA EP (Man’s Ruin MR 063, 1997)
- Never Say Never – cover of a Romeo Void song, B-side of “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” CD single (Interscope INTR-10724-2, 2000)
- You’re So Vague – parody of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” B-side of “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” CD single (Interscope INTR-10724-2, 2000)
- Who’ll Be the Next in Line – cover of a Kinks track, B-side of “Feel Good Hit of the Summer” CD single (Interscope INTR-10724-2, 2000)
Lame! I just bought this a few months back, which I wouldn’t have done if I’d known a reissue was in the works.