Era Vulgaris

Rating

Album: Era Vulgaris
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Turnin On The Screw Album Version	More Info...	5:17
2)	Sick, Sick, Sick Album Version	More Info...	3:35
3)	I'm Designer Album Version	More Info...	4:04
4)	Into The Hollow Album Version	More Info...	3:42
5)	Misfit Love Album Version	More Info...	5:40
6)	Battery Acid Album Version	More Info...	4:06
7)	Make It Wit Chu Album Version	More Info...	4:50
8)	3's & 7's	More Info...	3:34
9)	Suture Up Your Future Album Version	More Info...	4:37
10)	River In The Road Album Version	More Info...	3:19
11)	Run, Pig, Run Album Version	More Info...	4:39
12)	Running Joke Non-LP Version	More Info...	2:57
13)	Era Vulgaris Non-LP Version	More Info...	4:23
2)	Sick, Sick, Sick	More Info...	0:03
3)	I'm Designer	More Info...	0:04
4)	Into the Hollow	More Info...	0:03
5)	Misfit Love	More Info...	0:05
6)	Battery Acid	More Info...	0:04
7)	Make It Wit Chu	More Info...	0:05
8)	3's and 7's	More Info...	0:03
9)	Suture Up Your Future	More Info...	0:04
10)	River in the Road	More Info...	0:03
11)	Run, Pig, Run	More Info...	0:04
12)	Running Joke (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
13)	Era Vulgaris (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04

Album: Era Vulgaris
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Turnin On The Screw Album Version	More Info...	5:17
2)	Sick, Sick, Sick Album Version	More Info...	3:35
3)	I'm Designer Album Version	More Info...	4:04
4)	Into The Hollow Album Version	More Info...	3:42
5)	Misfit Love Album Version	More Info...	5:40
6)	Battery Acid Album Version	More Info...	4:06
7)	Make It Wit Chu Album Version	More Info...	4:50
8)	3's & 7's	More Info...	3:34
9)	Suture Up Your Future Album Version	More Info...	4:37
10)	River In The Road Album Version	More Info...	3:19
11)	Run, Pig, Run Album Version	More Info...	4:39
12)	Running Joke Non-LP Version	More Info...	2:57
13)	Era Vulgaris Non-LP Version	More Info...	4:23
2)	Sick, Sick, Sick	More Info...	0:03
3)	I'm Designer	More Info...	0:04
4)	Into the Hollow	More Info...	0:03
5)	Misfit Love	More Info...	0:05
6)	Battery Acid	More Info...	0:04
7)	Make It Wit Chu	More Info...	0:05
8)	3's and 7's	More Info...	0:03
9)	Suture Up Your Future	More Info...	0:04
10)	River in the Road	More Info...	0:03
11)	Run, Pig, Run	More Info...	0:04
12)	Running Joke (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
13)	Era Vulgaris (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

This is Queens of the Stone Age's fourth full-length and second without founder Nick Oliveri. Perhaps the most ambitious and intricately made album thus far in the QOTSA catalog, ERA VULGARIS makes clear that this is Josh Homme's band through and through. The album still contains the band's trademark rock muscle and fierce riffage, as "Sick Sick Sick" and "Misfit Love" prove. But there's also a charming synthetic sexiness to tracks such as "Battery Acid" and "I'm A Designer" that Homme clearly revels in, and that one can't help thinking was slightly stifled by the more rockist Oliveri. And while there's still plenty of QOTSA's sun-baked acid vibe throughout, it comes via the white noise and ultra-violet burn of 21st-century Los Angeles. This is decadent cyber-punk choogle ready-made for a pre-Apocalypse party at the QOTSA manor. Mark Lanegan and Julian Casablancas guest on vocals.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'Into the Hollow' is a surprisingly tender purple-haze ballad, with Homme's vibrato amid a gently quivering wah-wah."

Spin (p.102) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "The vocals are simultaneously sweet and dangerous, and every guitar riff sounds like 'Sweet Home Alabama.' Which is to say that it sounds awesome."

Uncut (p.112) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Queens Of The Stone Age are a group whose superb music is the product of enquiring, if hedonistic minds..."

Alternative Press (p.176) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] gritty, lo-fi grind from a studio-sized universe....Homme's modern macabre lyricism and experimental, melodic prowess make this a more complete album than LULLABIES..."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.68) - Ranked #4 in Kerrang's "The Top 20 Albums Of 2007" -- "[T]his is a work of offbeat rock 'n' roll genius..."