Villains is the seventh studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 25, 2017 through Matador. The album was announced on June 14, with a teaser trailer taking the form of a comedy skit featuring the band performing a polygraph test with Liam Lynch. The first single, “The Way You Used to Do”, was released the following day along with the announcement of a world tour. Villains is the first Queens of the Stone Age album to not feature any special guest musicians, the second to not feature Mark Lanegan, and the first to feature Jon Theodore as full time member of the band.The album received widely positive reviews and performed well commercially, topping Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts. At the 2018 Grammy Awards ceremony, it was nominated for Best Rock Album, losing to The War on Drugs’ A Deeper Understanding.
Tracklisting
- Regular John
- Avon
- If Only
- Walkin’ On The Sidewalks
- You Would Know
- How To Handle A Rope (A Lesson In The Lariat)
- Mexicola
- Hispanic Impressions
- You Can’t Quit Me Baby
- Give The Mule What He Wants
- I Was A Teenage Hand Model
Apple Music
Videos
Queens of the Stone Age - Regular John (Official Audio)
More Videos
- Queens of the Stone Age - Avon (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - If Only (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Walkin on the Sidewalks (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - You Would Know (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Mexicola (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Hispanic Impressions (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - You Can’t Quit Me Baby (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Give the Mule What He Wants (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - I Was a Teenage Hand Model (Official Audio)
- Queens of the Stone Age - How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat) (Official Audio)
Release Images
Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villains_(Queens_of_the_Stone_Age_album) |
| Format | Vinyl LP Album Limited Edition Reissue (Orange) |
| Label | Matador |
| Catalog Number | OLE1768LP |
| Notes | Gatefold sleeve with [a1178021] art and original vinyl sequence. Featuring obi-strip designed by [a3311508]. Record comes with a plain black inner sleeve. ℗ 1998 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records ℗ 2021 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records Inner gatefold photo from ‘The Pin-Up’, a modest history by Mark Gabor, © 1972 Universe Books, NY. Some orders from the Matador webstore came with a [a1178021] poster. Tracks listed sequentially on release. Cutting engineer and pressing plant derived from matrix. |
| Discogs URL | Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age |