That's right I'm so committed to this blog I'm even posting on my birthday. And fuck imageshack for not giving direct links to images anymore, like I'm not going to just get it off the dumb fucking "show your friends" link. Hey, friend, look! I'm posting this image on the internet and I wanted to show you first! Alright, enough of that. This album rocks balls, it's that simple. The debut album and aftermath of Kyuss, QOTSA came out swinging with this post stoner rock album. Trading in boring, repeating riffs with monotone singing Josh Homme came back with awesome, repeating riffs with great vocals. I know their later album Songs for the Deaf is a concept about driving through the desert, but this album has the same feeling to me. It was basically Josh Homme and Alfredo Hernandez pounding out all of these songs, as Hernandez played drums and Homme played everything else, credited as himself and Carlo Von Sexron. At the end of the last track "I Was A Teenage Hand Model" a voicemail can be heard of future bass player and all around asshole Nick Oliveri saying he would love to join the band. So do yourself a favor and get one last gasp of summer by throwing this album on and drinking a couple beers while the sun's going down.
Key Tracks: Avon, If Only, Mexicola
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