:Songs for the Deaf

Songs for the Deaf was the first Queens of the Stone Age album that featured Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on drums, who also toured with the band. He replaced drummer Gene Trautmann, who started working on other projects. Grohl had admired Queens of the Stone Age since they opened for Foo Fighters, and had wanted to appear on their previous album Rated R.{{cite web| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml| title = Queens of the Stone Age Hook Up With Foo Fighters| author = Robert Mancini| publisher = MTV| date = September 21, 2000| access-date = June 19, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015054659/http://mtv.com/news/articles/142917/20000921/foo_fighters.jhtml |archive-date = October 15, 2007}} Guitarist Josh Homme, with whom he had been friends since 1992, while Homme was the guitarist for Kyuss, invited him to join in October 2000. Grohl admitted that he had not drummed for a long time and added that fronting a band was "tiring".{{cite web| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454981/20020604/queens_stone_age.jhtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020804004928/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454981/20020604/queens_stone_age.jhtml| url-status = dead| archive-date = August 4, 2002| title = Queens of the Stone Age Flex Their Star Power| author = Jon Wiederhorn| publisher = MTV| date = June 4, 2002| access-date = June 19, 2007}}

Songs for the Deaf was the last appearance on a Queens of the Stone Age record by Brendon McNichol (lap steel) and Gene Trautmann (drums). It was also the last album to feature bassist and vocalist Nick Oliveri as a full-time member, as he was fired following the tour. The album also included the first musical contribution to a Queens of the Stone Age album by multi-instrumentalists Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes. Shneider and Johannes, alongside Songs for the Deaf touring recruits Joey Castillo and Troy Van Leeuwen of Failure and A Perfect Circle would subsequently become full-time Queens of the Stone Age members and contribute to the follow-up album Lullabies to Paralyze, released in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

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Rounding out the core recording lineup of Homme, Oliveri, and Grohl, was singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan, formerly of Screaming Trees, a band that Homme had toured with previously. Lanegan joined the band as a full-time member in 2001 after having guested on the band's previous album, Rated R, and provided additional songwriting and lyrics, in addition to lead vocals on several songs.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Several songs on the album are reworked versions of tracks previously recorded and released in the Desert Sessions, a side project of Homme with various guest collaborators. "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" was the opening track of Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (Sea Shed Shit Head by the She Sore), with vocals originally performed by Mario Lalli instead of Oliveri. "Hangin' Tree" first appeared on Volume 7: Gypsy Marches.{{cite web|title=Ipecac Recordings: Desert Sessions|url=http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=23|access-date=June 19, 2007|publisher=Ipecac Recordings}} "Song for the Deaf" and "Go with the Flow" were previously performed as early as 2001 with the former having very different lyrics and vocals completely by Mark Lanegan.{{cite web|year=2001|title=Queens perform "Song for the Deaf" at the Bizarre Festival.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBk49JXDQHE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uBk49JXDQHE| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=June 20, 2007|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} The main riff for "No One Knows" comes from the Desert Sessions track "Cold Sore Superstars".{{Cite web|last=NME.COM|title=50 Greatest Guitar Riffs Of All Time {{!}} NME.COM|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/50-greatest-guitar-riffs-of-all-time/289593#/photo/32|access-date=February 9, 2016|website=NME.COM|date=October 25, 2012 |language=en-GB}}

Grohl's drums were recorded in a small, "dead"-sounding isolation booth, to create a "tight, focused, punchy and kind of claustrophobic" sound. To allow for greater flexibility in positioning microphones, the cymbals were recorded separately. To achieve this, Grohl performed each song twice; for the initial pass without cymbals, he hit electronic cymbal pads, then repeated the performance with real cymbals but a dummy snare and padded toms, so only the cymbals made noise. The takes were then blended. The engineer Eric Valentine credited Grohl for his patience in the process, which he described as "very difficult".{{Cite web|last=January 2014|first=Rhythm 14|title=Classic drum sounds: No One Knows|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/classic-drum-sounds-no-one-knows-590923|access-date=2021-04-30|website=MusicRadar|language=en}} In October 2001, while the album was being recorded, Grohl said Songs for the Deaf was his favorite album that he had played drums on.{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Kieran |date=October 26, 2001 |title=Grohl to drum on new QOTSA album |url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsF/foo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111220055/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsF/foo.html |archive-date=January 11, 2002 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}

Homme said the use of fake radio segments gave the album "fluidity". Oliveri said they were a jibe at "how a lot of stations play the same thing over and over. We don't get played on the radio, so I figure we should talk shit about them."{{cite magazine|date=May 3, 2002|title=QOTSA Enjoying Life With Dave|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/articles/story/5933801/qotsa_enjoying_life_with_dave|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011030/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/queensofthestoneage/articles/story/5933801/qotsa_enjoying_life_with_dave|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 21, 2007}}

The cover art for the US double LP version of the album is different from the CD version, featuring a red Q (with a sperm cell as the line in the Q and an egg cell as the circle) on a black background with no other text. It was released on red vinyl. The UK vinyl version cover is the same as the CD cover except with the colors reversed. The person on the album disc is musician Dave Catching, who performs on the album.{{cite web |author=Daniel Yuri |title=Songs for the Deaf Overview |url=http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/discography/deaf.html |access-date=July 10, 2008}}

Both the CD and LP cover have a Parental Advisory seal on most copies, due to the word "fuck" appearing in the tracks "Song for the Dead", "Song for the Deaf" and "Six Shooter", as well as for the violent lyrics of the latter track.

There were also three different album covers that were made for the CD version of Songs for the Deaf. All of the interior artwork for each of the three versions is the same, but there were covers printed in red, magenta, and orange. The most common copy of the album sleeve is the red cover.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

In September 2002, Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:

{{cquote|I've been thinking of this album since the first album, not necessarily the radio thing, but to me that isn't the full concept, the full concept is the diversity of it all, I think we're supposed to be pushing buttons over the three records. I've always looked at our first three records as a set: the first one was to distance ourselves from Kyuss, the second album fanned out the music into different areas and this one takes that out even a little further, I think.{{cite web| url = http://www.thefade.net/oldsite/articles/gos0209xx.html| title = Gallery of Sound: The Modern Stone Age Family| author = Albert Mudrian| publisher = thefade.net| date = August 2002| access-date = 2007-06-20}}}}

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The album was planned for release on August 13, 2002,{{cite news| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4021| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Finalize Release Date, Track Listing For "Songs for the Deaf"| work = Blabbermouth| date = June 9, 2002| access-date = June 20, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020827172721/http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4021| archive-date = August 27, 2002}} but was postponed for two weeks.{{cite news| url = http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4359| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Push Back Album Release Date| work = Blabbermouth| date = June 25, 2002| access-date = June 20, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195521/http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=4359| archive-date = September 27, 2007}} Grohl put Foo Fighters on hiatus{{cite web |author=Joe D'Angelo |date=April 18, 2002 |title=Grohl Puts Foos On Hold, Returns To Drumkit With Queens |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453485/20020418/foo_fighters.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804143815/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453485/20020418/foo_fighters.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2002 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=MTV}}{{cite web |author=Matt Ashare |date=April 19, 2002 |title=Grohl Drums For Queens of the Stone Age, Foos Take A Break |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026142 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615063827/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026142 |archive-date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=Yahoo}} and delayed their upcoming album One by One to October 2002{{cite web |author=Brett Anderson |date=July 10, 2002 |title=Foo Fighters' New Release Set For October 22 |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046145 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610013736/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046145 |archive-date=June 10, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2007 |publisher=Yahoo}} to tour for Songs For the Deaf. His first performance with the band was at March 7, 2002 at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, and his last was at the Fuji Rock Festival on July 28. He returned to Foo Fighters, with Danzig drummer Joey Castillo announced as his replacement in August 2002.{{cite news |date=August 24, 2002 |title=QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Announce Touring Drummer |work=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5621 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021027114001/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5621 |archive-date=October 27, 2002}}{{cite news |date=August 29, 2002 |title=Former DANZIG Drummer Lands In QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE |work=Blabbermouth |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5736 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030322170608/http://roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5736 |archive-date=March 22, 2003}}

{{Music ratings

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-the-deaf-mw0000223645 |title=Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=Blender |issue=9 |date=September 2002 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |last=Leonard |first=Michael |page=154 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211151448/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |archive-date=February 11, 2005 |url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf |title=Songs for the Deaf |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 6, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164806/http://ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf/ |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/23/popandrock.artsfeatures2 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=August 23, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-25-ca-rack25-story.html |title=Queens of the Stone Age, 'Songs for the Deaf', Interscope |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 25, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Cromelin |first=Richard}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 9/10{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |title=Queens Of The Stone Age : Songs For The Deaf |journal=NME |date=August 17, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Robinson |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232220/http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 7.9/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6606-songs-for-the-deaf/ |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |work=Pitchfork |date=September 10, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Carr |first=Eric}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=Q |issue=194 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/songs-for-the-deaf-20020814 |title=Songs For The Deaf |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 14, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Berger |first=Arion}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=Uncut |issue=64 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}

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Songs for the Deaf was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late August 2002, the album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart.{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277247/queens-stone-age/chart?f=305 |title=Queens of the Stone Age - Chart history |website=www.billboard.com |language=en |access-date=July 16, 2017}}

Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim and is often cited as the band's greatest album to date.{{Cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2012/08/queens-of-the-stone-age-songs-for-the-deaf-turns-10/ |title=Gone With the Flow: QOTSA's 'Songs for the Deaf' Turns 10 |last=Marchese |first=David |date=August 27, 2012 |website=Spin |access-date=July 16, 2017}} On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 from aggregated critic reviews, Songs for the Deaf is assigned a score of 89, indicating "universal acclaim",{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/songs-for-the-deaf/queens-of-the-stone-age |title=Reviews for Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 10, 2008}} making the album the third highest-rated on the site from 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml |title=Best of 2002: The 30 best reviewed albums of the year |website=Metacritic |access-date=June 18, 2007}} Josh Tyrangiel of Entertainment Weekly called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A. Splendid said "the bottom line is that QOTSA turns in another genre-demolishing, hard-as-titanium album in Songs for the Deaf. This is not your father's metal. It's better."{{Cite web |url=http://thefade.net/oldsite/articles/splendid020805.html |title=Splendid: Songs for the Deaf Review |last=Kelly |first=Jennifer |date=August 5, 2002 |website=thefade.net |access-date=July 16, 2017}} Mojo listed the album as the year's third best. Kludge ranked it at number six on their list of best albums of 2002.{{cite web|title=The Best of 2002|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|website=Kludge|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004721/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|archive-date=July 22, 2004}} NME placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.{{cite magazine| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061209104947/http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| url-status = dead| archive-date = December 9, 2006| title = NME Albums of the Year| magazine = NME| access-date = June 19, 2007}} Kerrang! rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.{{cite magazine| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| title = Kerrang! End of year lists| magazine = Kerrang!| access-date = July 10, 2008| archive-date = May 26, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| url-status = usurped}}

Music critic Steven Hyden called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.{{cite web| url = http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/54670/former-queens-of-the-stone-age-bassist-somehow-avoids-jail-after-four-hour-standoff| title = Former Queens of the Stone Age Bassist Somehow Avoids Jail After Four-Hour Standoff| publisher = Grantland| access-date = August 6, 2012}}

The album earned the band's first gold certification in the US on January 27, 2003, shifting over 500,000 copies. It was certified platinum in the UK on September 20, 2002, with sales exceeding 100,000 copies,{{cite web| url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Gold, Fri Sep 20 2002| publisher = British Phonographic Industry| date = September 20, 2002| access-date = June 11, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235310/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372 |archive-date = September 30, 2007}} and platinum in Canada.{{cite web| url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207020137/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 7, 2005| title=CRIA Certifications| publisher=Canadian Recording Industry Association| access-date=June 24, 2008}} As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

The album received two Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy nominations for singles "No One Knows" (2002),{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm| title = 45th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}} and "Go with the Flow" (2003).{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm| title = 46th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}}

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest 100" poll, Australian radio station Triple J ran a "Hottest 100 of the last 20 years" poll in June 2013. Songs that were released between 1994 and 2013 were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position.{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day two|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35907/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-two|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 9, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day one|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35906/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-one|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 8, 2013}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted.

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title0 = The Real Song for the Deaf

| note0 = pregap track

| total_length = 60:53

| length0 = 1:32

| extra0 = (instrumental)

| title1 = You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire

| writer1 = Homme, Mario Lalli

| length1 = 3:12

| extra1 = Oliveri

| title2 = No One Knows

| writer2 = Homme, Mark Lanegan

| length2 = 4:38

| extra2 = Homme

| title3 = First It Giveth

| length3 = 3:18

| extra3 = Homme

| title4 = Song for the Dead

| writer4 = Homme, Lanegan

| length4 = 5:52

| extra4 = Lanegan

| title5 = The Sky Is Fallin{{'-}}

| length5 = 6:15

| extra5 = Homme

| title6 = Six Shooter

| length6 = 1:19

| extra6 = Oliveri

| title7 = Hangin' Tree

| writer7 = Homme, Alain Johannes

| extra7 = Lanegan

| length7 = 3:06

| title8 = Go with the Flow

| length8 = 3:07

| extra8 = Homme

| title9 = Gonna Leave You

| length9 = 2:50

| extra9 = Oliveri

| title10 = Do It Again

| length10 = 4:04

| extra10 = Homme

| title11 = God Is in the Radio

| length11 = 6:04

| extra11 = Lanegan

| title12 = Another Love Song

| length12 = 3:16

| extra12 = Oliveri

| title13 = Song for the Deaf

| writer13 = Homme, Oliveri, Lanegan

| length13 = 6:42

| extra13 = Homme, Lanegan

| note13 = Contains a hidden outtake version of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" with all lyrics replaced with manic laughter.

| title14 = Mosquito Song

| note14 = hidden track

| length14 = 5:37

| extra14 = Homme

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The following people contributed to Songs for the Deaf:

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• Josh Homme – vocals, guitar
• Nick Oliveri – bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Grohl – drums (all tracks except 1 and 8)
• Mark Lanegan – vocals

• Alain Johannes – lap steel guitar, EBow, organ, piano, flamenco guitar, theremin (Tracks 3, 6, 7 and 12)
• Natasha Shneider – EBow, organ, piano, theremin (Tracks 4, 6, 12 and 14)
• Gene Trautmann – drums (Tracks 1 and 8)
• Dean Ween – guitar (Tracks 6, 9 and 14)
• Brendon McNichol – guitar (Track 8)
• Chris Goss – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (Tracks 5 and 10)
• Paz Lenchantin – strings (Tracks 2 and 14)
• Ana Lenchantin – strings (Tracks 2 and 14)
• Molly McGuire – accordion (Track 14)
• John Gove – horns (Track 14)
• Kevin Porter – horns (Track 14)
• Brad Kintscher – horns (Track 14)

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The songs on Songs for the Deaf are interluded by staged bits of radio chatter with guest DJs.

In order of appearance:

• Blag Dahlia as DJ "Kip Kasper" of KLON - KLONE Radio of Los Angeles
• Alain Johannes as DJ "Héctor Bonifacio Echeverría Cervantes de la Cruz Arroyo Rojas"
• Chris Goss as DJ "Elastic Ass" of KRDL - Kurdle 109 of Chino Hills
• C-Minus as DJ for KOOL
• Casey Chaos as station ad promoting "All Death Metal, all the time."
• Twiggy Ramirez as DJ Tom Sherman of Banning College Radio
• Lux Interior as DJ for AM580
• Jesse Hughes as Preacher
• Natasha Shneider as DJ for WOMB - The Womb
• Dave Catching as DJ for WANT of Wonder Valley

• Josh Homme – production
• Eric Valentine – production, recording, mixing
• Chris Goss – recording, assisting production
• Adam Kasper – production ("The Sky Is Fallin'" and "Do It Again"), mixing (at Conway Recording Studios)
• Alain Johannes – recording ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA)
• Brian Gardner – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA)
• Dan Druff – guitar technician
• Hutch – sound technician
• Bob Brunner "Mates" – pre-production

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Certifications and sales for Songs for the Deaf

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2002|relmonth=08|relday=27|certyear=2003|region=Australia|award=Platinum|access-date=August 28, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Queens of the Stone Age|title=Songs for the Deaf|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|relyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2002|relmonth=08|relday=27|certyear=2004|region=Canada|award=Platinum|access-date=August 28, 2015|artist=Queens of the Stone Age|title=Songs for the Deaf}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Queens of the Stone Age|title=Songs for the Deaf|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2002|access-date=June 28, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2002|relmonth=08|note=sales since 2009|certyear=2021|region=Italy|award=Gold|access-date=January 19, 2021|artist=Queens of the Stone Age|title=Songs for the Deaf|id=1766}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|title=Songs for the Deaf|artist=Queens of the Stone Age|award=Platinum|relyear=2002|relmonth=8|certyear=2006|access-date=December 31, 2020}}

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