Villains
by Queens Of The Stone Age

Villains by Queens Of The Stone Age
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-08-25
Overall rank: 1,828th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 409 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (292nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,828th)

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Queens Of The Stone Age bestography

Villains is ranked 6th best out of 11 albums by Queens Of The Stone Age on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Queens Of The Stone Age is Songs For The Deaf which is ranked number 127 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,228.

Queens Of The Stone Age album bestography « Higher ranked (1,828th)
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Villains track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,828th | 2010s rank: 292nd | 2017 rank: 30th
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2026SpringsteenTop 100 Greatest Music Albums67/10033
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2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 201714/1004
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2026SiromynianTop 21 Music Albums of 20178/213
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2026joathomeTop 87 Music Albums of 201725/874
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2026 TamthebamTop 99 Music Albums of 201740/993
2026 AAL2014Top 55 Music Albums of 201741/551
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2026 JMGL95Top 68 Music Albums of 201732/683
2026 dihansseTop 100 Music Albums of 201793/1000
2026bonnequestionMy top 100 from BEA's top 200046/100 -
2026araidernomoreTop 20 Music Albums of 201717/201
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 254
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 920
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 409 votes)
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02/27/2026 22:51 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/25/2026 21:29 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,00874/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:12 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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11/09/2025 00:25 Lazi  Ratings distribution  24485/100
 
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11/04/2025 21:37 Oid  Ratings distribution  21678/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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80/100
From 05/12/2023 13:09 | #296905
SOLID LP, consistent quality across the 9 songs, nothing exceptional but no duds either.
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From 02/16/2023 21:11 | #294111
Was very excited when this was coming out as great QOTSA fan. Took a bit to grow on me as I found it one of the weaker albums in the QOTSA canon. But on saying that, it's still a really good album, way better than most put out by other bands and albums within the genre and era.
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From 01/05/2020 19:13 | #246446
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From 07/15/2019 17:02 | #239571
I actually started listening to QotSA more actively around the time this came out, having listened to Songs for The Deaf and Like Clockwork a couple of times before.
I noticed it was viewed as a kind of underwhelming in the band's discography but now when I've listened to them quite a bit more I don't get it at all. This is easily top tier QotSA, probably a notch a below the two classic albums, but a close competitor for their third best (along with Rated R).
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From 07/15/2019 16:40 | #239549
Each year I find myself less and less interested in rock, but there’s something about Queens of the Stone Age’s way of slightly reinventing themselves that keeps me invested. Here they remind me of that nineties revival of glam rock, thanks in no small part to Mark Ronson’s hand in production.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 05/30/2019 14:24 | #236914
Innovative but familiar. Head like a haunted house is my favourite. Personally I think it's better than Like Clockwork
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85/100
From 02/21/2019 02:29 | #232286
Holy crap this is good. Queens are the most consistent modern rock band.
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75/100
From 01/21/2019 20:05 | #230210
Com mais ritmo e ainda com seus solos incríveis.
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From 06/06/2018 18:30 | #216235
This album is one of the coolest I've ever heard. Queens has always been one of my top go-to bands for feeling badass, and this album doesn't disappoint. The entire thing has an aura of "coolness" about it. I keep going back to it for that reason, and it scratches that rock itch more than a lot of other albums. I'm surprised at how much I'm revisiting it, but it gets better with every listen.
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80/100
From 03/20/2018 02:06 | #211311
A great solid follow up from ...Like Clockwork and another great album from QUOTSA. While they are trying a little different style from ...Like Clockwork, and generally in my opinion has a lighter mood to it, which is a nice relief also from ...Like Clockwork.
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