Queens always delivers. More of a focus on overall song quality than just, balls out, dirty desert riffs.

Josh Homme and gang have managed to distill the Queens Of the Stone Age sound into an excellent and outstanding record. Even though they received flak for Lullabies to Paralyze this record is a throwback to the lean, fast, riff driven songs of Rated R while combining the polished elements of Lullabies. Basically, if the first song doesn't grab you,the next one will, or the one after that, or the one after that....End to end genius!

Queens of the Stone Age have come a long way since emerging, bleary-eyed, bong in hand, from the Californian desert in 1997. After four increasingly polished forays into churning, riff-driven party rock they are now model-bagging, arena-filling heroes. Album five, however, calls time on their radio-friendly years. Founder member Josh Homme's ever-catchy formula remains, but the mood is uneasy and brooding, with tracks such as 'Sick, Sick, Sick' revealing a venomous new band that's finally learned to separate business and pleasure. Gripping stuff.