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Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

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Album Review

Release date: 11 June 2007

Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

Queens Of The Stone Age

Era Vulgaris

Calling your new record “Common Era” takes guts – especially if, merely years before, you were the figurehead of the greatest band on the planet. Circa 2002’s ‘Songs For The Deaf’, Queens – then flame-haired brute savant Josh Homme, naked berserker bassist Nick Oliveri, Neanderthal drummer Dave Grohl and walking cadaver Mark Lanegan – wore that crown with both pride and menace....

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Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris: Wikipedia Album Entry

Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length studio album by American hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. The album was completed in early April 2007 and released on June 8, 2007 in some countries, June 11, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 12, 2007 in the United States. The tracks "Sick, Sick, Sick" and "3's & 7's" were released as singles in early June, with a third single "Make It wit Chu" released around Halloween of 2007.

The album debuted at number fourteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts selling 52,000 copies in its first week, which was a decline in comparison to the previous album, which opened at number 5 with 91,000 copies sold in its debut week. In other countries it has reached much loftier debut positions, mostly in the top ten, such as number five in Canada where it sold approximately 10,000 copies in its opening week. The album debuted at number nine at United World Chart, selling approximately 149,000 copies worldwide in its first week.

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Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris Lyrics

Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick Lyrics

Young, dumb, don't see a problem
Bloodshot, stare like a hoodlum
Simple as this, I'm in love with the risk
I know what I've done but tell me what did I miss?

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Queens of the Stone Age - River in the Road Lyrics

Fast approaching monsters
Marching in a row
Grab what slips your mind
And what your memory won't hold

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Queens of the Stone Age - Suture Up Your Future Lyrics

I'm gonna suture up my future
I ain't jaded, I just hate it
See, I been down too long
It's kinda hard to explain

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Queens of the Stone Age - 3's & 7's Lyrics

Lie, lie to my face
Tell me it ain't nothing
That's what I wanna hear

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Queens of the Stone Age - Make It Wit Chu Lyrics

You wanna know if I know why
I can't say that I do
Don't understand the evil eye
Or how one becomes two

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Queens of the Stone Age - Battery Acid Lyrics

Make you into dark
Straight into your heart
Sorry, all you are
I don't really care

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Queens of the Stone Age - Misfit Love Lyrics

Wanna see my past in flames
Don't waste a drop, baby, I ain't fussed
Where I was born, no escape
There, there ain't even no good bad drugs

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Queens of the Stone Age - Into the Hollow Lyrics

Avoir, adieu, goodnight
I'm too wrong to get right

But I can't wait forever

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Queens of the Stone Age - I'm Designer Lyrics

My generation's for sale, beats a steady job
How much have you got?
My generation don't trust no one
It's hard to blame, not even ourselves

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Queens of the Stone Age - Turning on the Screw Lyrics

You got a question? Please don't ask
It puts the lotion in the basket
You say bigger's better but bigger's bigger
White boy dressed up like a figure

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Queens of the Stone Age - Run Pig Run Lyrics

When I was young
We used to play the game of hide and seek
Someone go hide, I count to ten

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