Songs for the Deaf

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Songs for the Deaf is a 2002 album by Queens of the Stone Age and is notable for including Dave Grohl as a guest drummer. Like their previous album, Mark Lanegan contributes vocals, as does bassist Nick Oliveri.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Variations 3 Trivia 4 Personnel 4.1 Band 4.2 Other Musicians 4.3 Radio DJ's 4.4 Produced by 4.5 Studio Assistant 4.6 Additional tracks re-recorded by 4.7 Mixed by 4.8 2ND Engineers 4.9 Mastered by 4.10 Radio Broadcast Mixed by 4.11 2nd engineer 4.12 Sounds and assemblage by 4.13 Written by 4.14 Pre-production 4.15 Guitar Tech 4.16 Drum Tech 4.17 Instruments 4.18 Photography by 4.19 Art & Direction by 4.20 Management 4.21 A&R 4.22 A&R Assistance 4.23 Bookings 4.24 European Bookings 4.25 Business Manager 4.26 Legal 4.27 Dedications 5 Charts

Track listing

1. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" - 3:12 (Homme/Lalli)
   • Contains the hidden track "The Real Song For The Deaf" in the pregap of the track. This track may not be available on all special editions of the album, including the LP version.
2. "No One Knows" - 4:38 (Homme/Lanegan)
3. "First It Giveth" - 3:18 (Homme/Oliveri)
4. "A Song for the Dead" - 5:52 (Homme/Lanegan)
5. "The Sky Is Fallin'" - 6:15 (Homme/Oliveri)
6. "Six Shooter" - 1:19 (Homme/Oliveri)
7. "Hangin' Tree" - 3:06 (Johannes/Homme)
8. "Go With the Flow" - 3:07 (Homme/Oliveri)
9. "Gonna Leave You" - 2:50 (Homme/Oliveri)
10. "Do It Again" - 4:04 (Homme/Oliveri)
11. "God Is in the Radio" - 6:04 (Homme/Oliveri)
12. "Another Love Song" - 3:16 (Homme/Oliveri)
13. "A Song for the Deaf" - 6:42 (Homme/Lanegan)
    • Contains an incomplete version of "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer", that features all of the lyrics replace with rhythmic laughing, toward the end of the track.
14. "Mosquito Song" (Hidden Track) - 5:38 (Homme/Oliveri)

Variations

1. ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") - 2:35 (Davies)
   • This song was originally written by The Kinks
2. "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (live at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on March 7, 2002)

Both of these songs are available on the UK and Japanese version of the Limited Edition album only.

Trivia

• The famous video for the song 'Go With the Flow' was filmed in England by Shynola and went on to inspire many adverts including Apple Computers' iPod. Template:Fact
• This album's theme was supposedly inspired by Josh Homme's tedious drive through the desert with only a few Spanish channels.
• Future full time Queens of the Stone Age members, Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider, guest on this album. They would not be fully integrated into the band until 2005. Johannes also wrote the song Hangin' Tree alongside Homme.
• A hidden track can be found on this CD by rewinding the first track. Starting at 0:00 on Track 01, rewind the track roughly 1:30 and listen. A voice says: "Huh? What?" and a pattern of bass kicks in. This is widely known as "The Real Song For The Deaf" because a deaf person could "feel" the song if using the right subwoofer.
• The cover art for the LP version of the album is quite different, featuring a red Q (with a sperm cell as the line in the Q) on a black background with no other text. The two discs are also not the usual black; instead, they are a translucent blood red color.

Personnel

Band

Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan

Dave Grohl appears courtesy of Roswell Records, Inc/The RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG Music.

Other Musicians

Gene Trautmann, Dean Ween, Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, Chris Goss, Anna Lenchantin, Paz Lenchantin, Brendon McNichol, Molly Maguire, John Gove, Kevin Porter, Brad Kintscher.

Radio DJ's

C-Minus, Twiggy Ramirez, Dave Catching, Blag Dahlia, Casey Chaos, Chris Goss

Produced by

Josh Homme and Eric Valentine except "Sky Is Fallin'" and "Do It Again" Produced by Josh Homme and Adam Kasper

Studio Assistant

Trevor Whatever

Additional tracks re-recorded by

Adam Kasper, "No One Knows", "Go With The Flow", "Gonna Leave You", "A Song For The Deaf" at Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood CA.

"Everybody's Gotta Be Happy" recorded and mixed by Alain Johannes at Sound City Recording Studio, Van Nuys, CA.

Mixed by

Adam Kasper at Conway Recording Studio

2ND Engineers

Kevin Szymanski & Joe Marlett

Mastered by

Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood CA.

Radio Broadcast Mixed by

Nick Raskulinecz at Grandmaster Recorders, Hollywood CA.

2nd engineer

Andrew Alekel

Sounds and assemblage by

Hutch

Written by

Josh Homme (Board Stiff Music/BMI) and Nick Oliveri (Natrual Light Music/BMI) except "Millionaire" written by Josh Homme and Mario Lalli (Blood Onion Music/BMI); "No One Knows", "A Song For The Deaf" and "A Song For The Dead" written by Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan (Ripplestick Music/BMI); "Hangin' Tree" written by Alain Johannes (Channel This Music/ASCAP) and Josh Homme, "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" written by Raymond Ray Davies (American Metropolitan Enterprises of New York - Sony/ATV Songs LLC/BMI), Publiushed by Edward Kassner Co, Ltd

Pre-production

Bob Brunner "Mates"

Guitar Tech

Dan Druff for Low Tech

Drum Tech

Gersh for Drum Fetish

Instruments

Maton Guitars Australia, Steve "Doc" Dachroeden @ Ampeg, David Lienhard @ Dean Markley, Todd Trent @ Ludwig, John Ferrante @ D'addario, Tien Lawrence @ Mesa Boogie, Deborah Viereck @ 'tain't

Photography by

Nigel Copp

Art & Direction by

Hutch

Management

Stu Sobol, Arthur Spivak, John Witherspoon, Josh Brooks for Spivak Sobol Entertainment.

A&R

Debbie Southwood-Smith & Mark Williams

A&R Assistance

Lisa Ballarf & Sherry Kunkel

Bookings

Robby Fraser for William Morris Agency

European Bookings

Steve Strange for Helter Skelter

Business Manager

Scott Padell for PNFW & Co.

Legal

Rebel Roy Steiner for Loeb & Loeb

Dedications

RIP Joey and Dee Dee Ramone. Dedicated to Papa Joe

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	17
2002	Top Internet Albums	17
2002	UK Album Chart	4

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"No One Knows"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
2002	"No One Knows"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
2002	"No One Knows"	The Billboard Hot 100	51
2003	"Go With the Flow"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	24
2003	"Go With the Flow"	Modern Rock Tracks	7

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