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Rated R (also known on vinyl as Rated X) is the second studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 6, 2000 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first album for the label, as well as their first to feature bassist Nick Oliveri and vocalist Mark Lanegan.

Rated R was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album, peaking at number 54 in the UK and eventually being certified gold by the BPI. Two singles were released from the album: 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret' and 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer', with the former helping the band reach mainstream popularity.

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Composition[edit]

Rated R has been described as featuring stoner rock,^[1][2][3]alternative rock,^[4]hard rock,^[5] and alternative metal.^[6] The album contains numerous references to drugs and alcohol. This is particularly prominent on the opening track, 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer', which consists entirely of the repeated verse 'Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol' followed by a chorus of 'c-c-c-c-c-cocaine'. Though frontman Josh Homme has emphasized the fact there is no definitive endorsement or condemnation behind the lyrics, he has confirmed he came up with the lyrics stumbling through the desert at night after a New Year's party, trying to remember what exactly he had consumed that evening leaving him so intoxicated.^[7]

Following the theme, 'Monsters in the Parasol', which originally appeared on the Desert Sessions album, Volume 4: Hard Walls and Little Trips, is about Homme's first experience on LSD, kicking in just as his friends' father and sister came home leading to a bad trip.^[7]The song 'Better Living Through Chemistry' offers an opposing stance on prescription drugs, while Homme's favorite song from the album closer, 'I Think I Lost My Headache', is described as being about 'Paranoia.. when you think something strange is going on, and everyone around you is so adamant about telling you it's fine.. but then you start thinking 'Wouldn't that be exactly what you'd say if you didn't want me to know, and there is something going on?' And so it's kind of about that paranoid mentality which maybe I have sometimes.'^[8]The song is also notable for its unconventional intro and outro in the 15/8 time signature, with the outro culminating in several minutes of an incessantly jarring and repetitive horn part, added to punish those who may have fallen asleep listening to the album.^[7]

Rated R features the debut of bassist Nick Oliveri and guest vocalist Mark Lanegan, who both made vocal and songwriting contributions to the band. In addition to providing backing vocals for 'Auto Pilot', 'Leg of Lamb' and 'I Think I Lost My Headache', Lanegan sang lead vocals on 'In the Fade', a song about clarity following a comedown/sobriety, while Oliveri sang 'Tension Head', a re-recording of the song '13th Floor' off Oliveri's Mondo Generator's debut album Cocaine Rodeo, and 'Quick and to the Pointless', which follows the singers experiences on heroin and speed, and cocaine and meth, respectively. 'Quick and to the Pointless' drum, bass, guitar and vocal tracks were recorded simultaneously in just one take. Oliveri's vocal performance was originally intended to be a scratch vocal, but the band liked it so much that this original recording remained on the finished song including the two verses in Dutch.^[9]

One of the few songs not involving drug use is the albums' lead single, 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret', which is a response by Homme to people who had lost his trust, particularly involving trysts.^[7] Another one, the acoustic instrumental 'Lightning Song' was penned by touring keyboardist, second guitarist, and lap steel player Dave Catching.

Packaging[edit]

The 70s-era MPAA 'R' rating bumper features on the album's cover, along with the text 'RESTRICTED TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME'. The album's liner notes contain further warning messages for each song, in the style of the warning messages given to parents on video and DVD boxes: 'Auto Pilot', for example, contains 'Alcohol and Sleep Deprivation'.^[10] The title and subtext was meant by the band as a jab at record label Interscope, whose persistence that the album's themes would be too controversial and would warrant a parental advisory sticker circumvented the issue and allowed the band to sell the album without one.^[7]

Release[edit]

Rated R was released by Interscope Records on June 6, 2000. A UK-only special edition of the album included a bonus disc, titled Rated U, which was also separately issued as the 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer' single. Along with 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer' and its video, it featured three newly recorded songs.

2010 re-issue[edit]

In an interview with NME, Josh Homme revealed plans of a re-issue of Rated R which would feature B-side recordings and live performance from Reading Festival.^[11] It was released on August 3, 2010.^[12]

Added to the original album is a second disc with six B-sides and the band's summer 2000 Reading Festival concert—featuring nine previously unreleased songs, including live versions of Rated R's 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer', 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret', 'Better Living Through Chemistry' and 'Quick and to the Pointless'.

The B-sides are 'Ode to Clarissa', 'You're So Vague', covers of Romeo Void's 'Never Say Never' and The Kinks' 'Who'll Be the Next in Line', a live version of the album's 'Monsters in the Parasol', a song originally from Josh Homme's side project, The Desert Sessions, and a re-recording of 'Born to Hula', an early song from Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age EP. The other Reading Festival tracks are concert takes on 'Ode to Clarissa', three songs from the band's debut album ('Regular John', 'Avon' and 'You Can't Quit Me, Baby'), and 'You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire', another track originally by The Desert Sessions, which was also present on their third album, Songs for the Deaf.

Critical reception[edit]

Rated R was critically acclaimed, with many critics and fans citing it as their best album to date. Steve Huey from AllMusic said 'R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns, and even the odd steel drum. That might alienate listeners who have come to expect a crunchier guitar attack, but even though it's not really aggro, R is still far heavier than the garage punk and grunge that inform much of the record. It's still got the vaunted Arizona-desert vibes of Kyuss, but it evokes a more relaxed, spacious, twilight feel, as opposed to a high-noon meltdown. Mark Lanegan and Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees both appear on multiple tracks, and their band's psychedelic grunge - in its warmer, less noisy moments - is actually not a bad point of comparison.'^[23]

Rhapsody called it the best rock album of the decade on its 'Rock’s Best Albums of the Decade' list.^[24]

Rolling Stone named it the 82nd best album of the decade.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Homme, except where noted.

• Most European editions separate 'In the Fade' and the 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer' reprise into two tracks, 3:51 and 0:34 in length. The track listing on the back cover remains the same as on the regular edition, which means that it does not match the actual track numbers from that point on.
• In the liner notes, it states 'Better Living Through Chemistry' chorus inspired by Björk'; it borrows lyrics from the chorus on 'Crying' on her Debut album.^[25]

Personnel[edit]

Queens of the Stone Age

• Josh Homme – guitars (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), lead vocals (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 6, 11), percussion (tracks 3, 8), lead guitar (tracks 4, 7), backing vocals (tracks 4, 8), drums (track 4), piano (track 10), producer, mixing, concept
• Nick Oliveri – bass (tracks 1 - 3, 5 - 11), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11), lead vocals (tracks 4, 7, 9), guitar (track 4), percussion (track 8), concept, art conception

Guest musicians

• Dave Catching – electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 8), lap steel guitar (tracks 1, 11), guitar (tracks 6, 7), B3 (track 4), piano (track 5), 12-string guitar (track 10)
• Nick Lucero – drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11), percussion (tracks 3, 4)
• Gene Trautmann – drums (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9)
• Chris Goss – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 6), grand piano (track 1), percussion (track 1), noise piano (track 2), bass (track 4), producer
• Mark Lanegan – backing vocals (tracks 4, 11), lead vocals (track 8)
• Barrett Martin – vibes (tracks 2, 5), percussion (tracks 5, 10), steel drum (track 11)
• Mike Johnson – backing vocals (track 3)
• Peter Stahl – backing vocals (track 2)
• Rob Halford – backing vocals (track 1)
• Nick Eldorado – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)
• Wendy Rae Fowler (Wendy Ray Moan) – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7)
• Scott Mayo – baritone sax (track 2), horns (track 11)
• Fernando Pullum – flugal horn (track 7), horns (track 11)
• Reggie Young – horns (track 11)
• Brendon McNichol-guitar,lapsteel,keyboards

Technical personnel

• Bradley Cook – engineer
• Martin Schmelzle – engineer, sequencing, assembly
• Trina Shoemaker – engineer, mixing
• Dan Druff – guitar technician
• Marek – noise (track 8), mixing
• Robert Brunner – pre-production assistant
• Francesca Restrepo – art direction

Commercial performance[edit]

Rated R was the band's breakout album in the UK. It peaked at number 54 there and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2001 and later certified gold in 2013.^[26] In the U.S., however, the album did not chart on the Billboard 200, instead peaking at number 16 on the Top Heatseekers album chart.^[27]

Rated R included the hit single 'The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret', which was released in the summer of 2000 and became arguably the band's most recognizable and popular song at its time of release. Not only did its music video receive mild airplay on music television, the song was featured in the Entourage episode 'I Love You Too' (from Season 2). It was also the only single from the album to get a chart position, reaching number 21 on the Mainstream Rock chart, number 36 on the Modern Rock chart and number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.^[28][27]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

References[edit]

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2. ^Begrand, Adrian (September 11, 2002). 'Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf'. PopMatters. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
3. ^'Rated R'. All Music. Retrieved 4 November 2014. The second Queens of the Stone Age album, Rated R (as in the movie rating; its title was changed from II at the last minute before release), makes its stoner rock affiliations clear right from the opening track.
4. ^'Five Alt Rock Classics to Soundtrack Your Summer'. Alternative Nation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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9. ^josh homme talking about quick and to the pointless - YouTube
10. ^Liner notes
11. ^Queens Of The Stone Age to reissue 'Rated R' album News NME.COM
12. ^Amazon.com: Rated R - Deluxe Edition: Queens of the Stone Age: Music
13. ^Huey, Steve. 'Rated R – Queens of the Stone Age'. AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
14. ^Sinclair, Tom (June 9, 2000). 'R'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
15. ^Sullivan, Caroline (August 18, 2000). 'Queens of the Stone Age: R (Interscope)'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
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1st Gear: Surprise, Self-Driving Cars Need A Lot Of ‘Brain’ Power

Oh, you want an electric car that can also shuttle you around without you having to move a muscle? What do you think this is, magic fairy land?

Turns out, battery- and computer-powered cars may not mix too well because autonomous driving technology needs so much power just to run. From Automotive News:

Some of today’s prototypesfor fullyautonomoussystems consume2 to 4 kilowatts of electricity — the equivalent of having 50 to 100 laptops continuously running in the trunk, according to BorgWarner Inc. The supplier of vehicle propulsion systems expects the first autonomous cars — likely robotaxis that are constantly on the road — will be too energy-hungry to run on battery power alone.

In an industry where the number of LEDs in a brake light are scrutinized for their impact on gas mileage, processing data from laser, radar and camera sensors will be an enormous challenge — not just for coders working on machine learning, but for engineers trying to power vehicles efficiently.

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The vice president of BorgWarner, a parts supplier in the auto industry, told Automotive News that companies are constantly battling because governments push for percent improvements in fuel economy each year. Mix that in with power-sucking driverless technology, and you’ve got a recipe for fun!

2nd Gear: How Trump’s Newest Outlook On NAFTA Could Affect Car Prices

The U.S., Mexico and Canada are still talking about the North American Free Trade Agreement, and car dealers are saying what we already knew: Car prices could very well go up if President Donald Trump gets what he wants.

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Trump has called NAFTA, a 1994 deal that eliminates most tariffs on products traded between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, a “disaster” and threatened to pull the U.S. out, according to the Wall Street Journal. While he’s not pulling the U.S. out of NAFTA yet, dealers told Bloomberg Trump’s new proposal to require a percentage of U.S. content in vehicles could suppress demand and hike prices:

“Anything that raises the price of a car will affect ultimately consumers and automobile sales,” Mark Scarpelli, the chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, said Tuesday in Detroit. “We are concerned, but at the end of the day, we don’t know what the rule-making is going to be.”

The Trump administration is expected to call for stricter automotive rules of origin as part of talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement that resume this week. Nafta requires that 62.5 percent of car content be sourced from the continent to avoid tariffs. Key business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce have said a Trump proposal requiring substantial U.S. content is a non-starter.

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3rd Gear: Guess Who’s Actually Making Money On Electric Cars?

Well, to be fair, we should say: “Guess who says they’re actually making money on electric cars?” Renault says that. Weird.

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Business Insider reports that Renault board member Gilles Normand told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper recently Renault “can make money selling electric vehicles.” That’s different from one of the U.S.’s most well-known EV producers, Tesla, as Business Insider reports Tesla is not yet able to cover costs.

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Together with its sister company Nissan, Renault has already sold half a million electric cars including the Leaf and Zoe models. Currently, Nissan is the market leader in electric cars.

Renault has lofty goals. In five years’ time, they are aiming for 20% of their models to run only on electricity. In addition, half of all their models will be equipped with an electric motor so that, in addition to petrol, they can also be powered electrically. Renault and Nissan don’t yet have any hybrid cars but the third company in their alliance, Mitsubishi, does.

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Business Insider didn’t give any numbers for Renault or Tesla, so take all of that with a grain of salt or two.

4th Gear: Dealers Aren’t Thrilled At Automakers’ Approaches To Bonuses

Usually, when you get a bonus, you take that money and run—no questions asked. But car dealerships aren’t that way, because many think a traditional automaker bonus system is hurting brands and customer confidence.

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“Stair-step” bonuses are programs used by automakers, which give incentive to up sales numbers per model. Put simply, it would be like somebody telling you you’d get a bonus for selling five chocolate bars at $1 a piece than one bar at $5—just because they want more of those chocolate bars out among the public.

That method leads to bad tactics like offering too-steep discounts and generous trade-ins at dealers, which isn’t good for the bottom line. It also, in the eyes of the National Automobile Dealers Association, impacts customer confidence and brand trust. From Reuters:

In a speech in Detroit, NADA Chairman Mark Scarpelli said the practice results in “wild discrepancies and fluctuations” in vehicles prices between different dealers, as well as a “lack of consistency, lack of transparency, and lack of explanation” that lead directly to a “lack of trust” in auto dealers and in vehicle brands, he said

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Stair-step bonuses are paid out to dealers on an escalating scale as they hit progressively higher sales targets. Dealers that fall short of targets receive nothing.

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Automotive News reports that Scarpelli said customer confidence goes down the drain when two customers go into a dealership on different days of the month and get two different prices, which, uh, yeah—that’s understandable.

5th Gear: Finally, A Way For People To Actually Learn How Their Cars Work

Vehicles have a lot of technology in them. They have so much technology and so many features, in fact, that a J.D. Power study found that people just won’t use certain features if they’re too complicated.

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That means buyers pay for stuff and don’t get to enjoy it, which doesn’t sound like a worthwhile investment, but some folks don’t feel like they have the time to sit at a dealership and go through which buttons to press or knobs to rotate.

So, a few Ford dealers in the U.S. are sending teams to help people learn how to use the more complicated features of their cars. Here’s what Ford told Jalopnik, while adding that there was no official Ford initiative involved:

To bridge the gap between providing effective tech training and being considerate of a customer’s time, Don Sanderson Ford of Phoenix, Arizona, is putting a new spin on an old convenience: offering on-demand house calls aimed at providing comfortable, convenient technology training for new customers. ..

Ineffective tech training sessions – ones that are rushed or in which a customer is distracted – are one reason why 20 percent of vehicle technologies never get used, according to J.D. Power. (If you’re a millennial, that percentage is even higher.) But not knowing how to use the tech in your car could also mean you’re missing out on helpful features that can help reduce anxiety in stressful driving situations.

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No matter how much time you do or don’t have—and no matter whether the dealer you buy from has this kind of deal—do your wallet a favor and learn how to use the cool stuff. After all, you paid for it.

Reverse: An American Woman Takes A Walk In Space

On Oct. 11, 1984, Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to walk in space when she went outside the shuttle Challenger to do a refueling test. The first woman to walk in space had been Russian astronaut Svetlana Savitskaya the year before, according to The New York Times.

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The Times’ headline on the space walk, which came out the day after Sullivan completed it, is nothing short of amazing:

‘REALLY GREAT,’ SAYS THE FIRST WOMAN FROM U.S. TO TAKE A WALK IN SPACE

“Really great,” Sullivan said. She “love[d] it.” No word on whether or not it looks better on Google.

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Neutral: Is Paying For More Power For A Self-Driving Car A Decent Trade Off?

Driving is good and fun, except for when it’s not (such as those times you’re sitting in standstill traffic, wondering how your life wound up here). But should self-driving cars still take a ton of juice once they get on the market, would you be willing to pay to power their greedy robot brains?