Era Vulgaris

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Latin for "common era," iEra Vulgaris/i holds a pair of common threads with the four Queens of the Stone Age records that preceded it. One, it crosses colossal guitar chords with the most volatile of hard rock melodies. And second, it's as loud as loud gets, thanks to Josh Homme, the impatient instigator behind the ever-evolving cast of personalities that make up the band. Detonation comes with track one, as the jagged riffs of "Turning on the Screw" lead the listener into "Sick, Sick, Sick," where Julian Casablancas spews his vocals beneath a wall of multi-guitar catcalls. Although the head Stroke will likely garner the most attention, perpetual Queener Mark Lanegan's velvety pipes earmark two of iEra's/i most booming selections: the funky "Make It Wit Chu" (complete with Temptations-like backing vocals) and the heart-racing three minutes of "River in the Road." Add the garage rock of Homme's "3's 7's" and "Suture up Your Future," easy pickings for most likely crossover hit, and iEra Vulgaris/i-- hypnotically and explosively common--holds its own with any in the QoTSA discography. --iScott Holter/i

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Customer reviews

review by: wondergeorge123 date: 2009-01-13 rating:
Heavy yet brilliantly crafted.
I own all the other albums so bought this one without reading any reviews or even listening to a track! As soon as I put it on I knew I was going to love it! Weirdly, the first track "Turnin the Screw" really reminded me of Elastica, not sure if anyone else thought that? Anyway the album is excellent. Catchy riffs and really clever songs. I'd recommend it. It's on a par with "Songs for the Deaf" which is my fav QOTSA album. Buy it!!

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review by: thedudelebowski date: 2009-01-09 rating:
The best QOTSA album yet
I never used to be more than a casual fan of this band, but this album has changed all that. The rhythms are complex and pounding, lyrics intelligent and razor sharp, and when they slow down for tracks such as "Make it Wit Chu" they display their diversity and cool. br / br /Buy this if you are sick, sick, sick of the bland music-by numbers that fills the charts. This is QOTSA's most consistently brilliant album yet. br / br /

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review by: anarcho-dog date: 2008-07-22 rating:
Awful
As the title of this review says this album is awful. The best song by a long way is Sick, Sick, Sick which I first heard them perform live on the TV and thought, "Well hopefully things will get better". QOTSA are all about the tunes and heavy tunes at that. br / br /This album is missing something and that something is Nick Oliveri. The bass is non-existent. Yuck this is just terrible. br / br /I loved all their previous albums, I love the Desert Sessions, I loved Kyuss. What has gone wrong? I hate this album and all QOTSA have become: bloated crap. br / br /Don't buy this! Buy any of their other albums! If you have all their other albums still don't buy it! Spend your money on some Nebula or Fu Manchu or put it in the bank. br / br /To repeat myself: awful!! br /

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review by: I Rock and Roll date: 2008-06-05 rating:
(3.5 stars) The fairest review, all things considered
Perplexing, bizarre, unique and striking- but be it for better or worse? This is the conundrum that is Era Vulgaris by QOTSA. br /1)Turnin' on the screw- A song that seems to typify the rest of the album. At times it hints at Queens best work(the lyrics and the churning riff about halfway through) but it also seems bland and rather irritating and doesnt end on the big, loud note we've come to expect from Qotsa album openers. 7/10 br /2)Sick Sick Sick- A song made up of so many parts. The grinding one-note riff, the bloody awesome riff that follows that(seriously OMG stuff), the weak chorus and the exciting climax. Could be made into a classic but is quite good as it stands. 8/10 br /3)I'm Designer- It starts off awkward and stays that way for some time until the superb chorus kicks in. Lyrics are smart,witty and wonderful to listen to throughout which saves the song from being below average. 7/10 br /4)Into the Hollow- LTP-esque song that works really quite well and succeeds due to its sheer simplicity. 8/10 br /5)Misfit Love- This is what the rest of the album SHOULD have sounded like. A journey of a song that is great until it reaches the last minute where it becomes quite breathtaking. superb. 9/10 br /6)Battery Acid- A confused, awkard and(honestly) annoying song that lurches forward rather than flow. The airy "mini-chorus" saves it from being totally abject. 6/10 br /7)MAke it wit chu- THe thing that was great about the Desert Sessions version is that it had very little produciton, giveing it a raw feel to it that embodied the song's content(sex). Here it sounds superificial, but listenable nonetheless. 7/10 br /8)3s and 7s-Great riffs that hark back to the days of self-titled. Takes various twists and turns during the 3 and a half minutes, but is always enjoyable and sounds fresh on every listen. 9/10 br /9)Suture up your future- Excellent. Simple but very effective. Homme's voice is haunting and sounds better here than anywhere else on the album. br /9/10 br /10)River in the Road-Bland, goes nowhere and truly frustrating after two excellent tracks. 5/10 br /11)Run Pig Run- Quite what the song is about im not sure but it powers its way into your head with various hypnotic guitar work. A curious piece but works as it is one of the few true rock tracks on the album.8/10 br / br /Overall, this album has a few highs and lows but sadly its the lows that you tend to remember rather than the highs. Could have been great br /


review by: date: 2008-04-29 rating:
Josh Homme Is Always Amazing
at first i thought this just isnt qotsa, but suddenly i found my self singing 'River In A Road' and now i'm loving it! people says this albums pants, but its QOTSA and what ever josh homme does is AMAZING, so give it a good chance.

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