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Villains

Queens Of The Stone Age

Villains

Seventh album from the Californian hard rock five-piece produced by Mark Ronson (Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Adele)

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Matador
UK Release date
25/08/2017
US Release date
25/08/2017
  1. 10.0 |   DIY

    The Californian filthmongers’ most danceable offering yet – and all the better for it
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  2. 9.3 |   Gig Soup

    Seven albums into their career, Queens Of The Stone Age continue to amaze. 'Villains' is meticulously constructed, endlessly exciting and deeply rewarding
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  3. 8.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Queens of the Stone Age have perhaps yet to hit their creative peak—no small feat for any band, let alone one that still tinkers with a form of music as old as rock
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  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Tight as heck and curiously admirable
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  5. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Headbangers may be put off that QOTSA is now targeting feet and asses; too bad for them
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  6. 8.0 |   Prefix

    Two decades into their career QOTSA are sounding fresher than ever
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  7. 8.0 |   Q

    Ronson coaxes the funkiness out of this unfunkiest of groups. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A true metamorphosis. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    While Like Clockwork sometimes felt a little leaden, Villains flies by
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  10. 8.0 |   Clash

    The kind of album that sits at the back of class openly smoking a cigarette but still manages to ace its exams at the end of the year
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  11. 8.0 |   Earbuddy

    As QOTSA’s seventh album, Josh Homme shows his peers how to progress late in their careers. Just have fun and everyone else will too
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  12. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    An album that dazzles in contrast to the previous album's darkness
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  13. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The QOTSA essence remains. Sharp hooks, crushing riffs, locked-in grooves and Homme’s sneer dominate
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  14. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Ronson has brought production clarity and a punchy funk sensibility that transforms QOTSA’s trademark robot-rock rhythms into something much more dynamic and danceable
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  15. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Their self-image may be cartoonishly macho, but there are sweet and supple melodies galore on this Mark Ronson-produced seventh album
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  16. 8.0 |   All Music

    A dark joy, a record that offers visceral pleasure in its winking menace.
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  17. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    They've always played that macho posturing with a knowing wink, though, and there's always been plenty of elegance beneath the surface - never more so than now
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  18. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Skeptics will be proven wrong, especially those who think Mark Ronson helped to kill rock off
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  19. 8.0 |   NME

    The sound of living in the moment and it’s glorious
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  20. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    If this is indeed borrowed time for Homme and company, Villains finds them making the most of it
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  21. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    For an outfit who’s claimed groove-rock for two decades, it’s a relief to hear what they sound like with a beat you can dance to. Now let’s see them keep it going
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  22. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    An enjoyable enough listen that it’s not too hard to excuse its flaws
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  23. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Just the right remedy to refuel rock radio’s loss of identity
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  24. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Queens of the Stone Age are back with more riffs, more swagger, and a little bit of swing
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  25. 7.0 |   The 405

    The album is definitely progress, but maybe not as much progress as those of us eagerly awaiting new music were hoping for
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  26. 7.0 |   The Music

    Villains' eschews the slow and shadowy songs, instead going straight for the hips
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  27. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Hint of sweetness is enough to elevate the album from the same old thing to some kind of spectacle
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  28. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    The band's most accessible album in decades. It’s equal parts disco inferno and devil-may-care experimentation
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  29. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It’s a bold, fun gamble, and one with ample winnings
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  30. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    It's flawed, but wonderfully so
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  31. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Isn’t a terrible record, but it’s not a fantastic record either, and that’s perhaps the least kind thing that could be said about new material from a band which we’ve come to expect a lot from
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  32. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    It's disconcerting when one of the most uncompromising, forward-thinking bands in the rock pantheon leans so heavily on what worked in the past that they forget that the onus is on them to innovate
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