R
by Queens Of The Stone Age
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Queens Of The Stone Age bestography
R is ranked 3rd best out of 12 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 129 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,914.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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R track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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R rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 91 Music Albums of 2000 | 13/91 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 24 Music Albums of 2000 | 16/24 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/80 | 5 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 60 Music Albums of 2000 | 50/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 16 Music Albums of 2000 | 7/16 | 3 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 14 Music Albums of 2000 | 9/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Queens of the Stone Age Studio Albums Ranked | 2/8 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 20/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 566 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,950 | |||
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R ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 17:55 |  covecove | 6,708 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 00:52 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 11:33 | Crunchybuzz | 44 | 57/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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R forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2
Romanelli 08/11/2026 23:37 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)R comments
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This whole album is an accurate narrative of a crazy drug trip. First the fun rush (Feel Good Hit of the Summer), then the horny feeling (Auto Pilot), the height of the trip where the world starts spinning (Better Living Through Chemistry), the slow fallout along with a second wind (In the Fade), and finally, the stumbling walk back home (I Think I l Lost My Headache).
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2020 14:55 | #246433 | TOP COMMENT
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This is where they truly started. Looking back at their music I'd say they have a unique style, but it isn't too spcial. I'd surely use them as an example for people who keep the rock alive in the 21st century. But questions like "who did they inspire?" and "did their style have a lasting impact on mainstream music, or even just rock music?" leave me rather silent. It's a great and enjoyable style that renders a perfect alternative to the alternative. That is: the prog... err alternative... err indie rockers (get it right, they're immensely different) that were spiraling down their own assholes with the speed of light. The Queens keep it simple, and make it complex only if it enhances the experience, not to force the concept. Nonetheless, they have great concepts for their songs that justify the sound of their style, their guitars are tweaked perfectly, and the drummer does what he should. Homme's singing might be the most groundbreaking part of the formula. It's simple, it works, it rocks. (Edited)
ledemoncleaner 06/27/2015 01:06 | #144649 | TOP COMMENT
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Easily QOSTA's album with the most variety. All of the songs have a different feeling to them and usually revolve around some sort of drug enduced frenzy. The more poppy songs still have a hooky yet hard hitting edge like in absolutely irresistible like "Lost Art of Keeping a Secret", "Auto-Pilot", or "Monsters in the Parasol". But yet a surreal edge is kept on this album, including the always hilarious "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" and the albums two jam songs "Better Living Through Chemistry" and "I think I Lost my Headache". The later of which ends in a serenade of guitars and steel drums and devolves into a odd horn section to close the album.
I don't even know...what...I'm doing here...
seriously brilliant album
quite diverse in style
my second favourite QOTSA just after songs for the deaf
brilliant
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