Gotta give these guys their due. Their riff-driven “robot rock” has blossomed into many a radio classic and many an oddball gem. Here are my favorite songs from this long-running band of brothers.

*This list will be updated in the event of any future (including posthumous) releases.

Honorable mentions

First It Giveth

I Sat by the Ocean

Little Sister

Someone’s in the Wolf

You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire

Top 10

10. Into the Hollow

9. Better Living Through Chemistry

8. God Is in the Radio

7. A Song for the Deaf

6. Sick, Sick, Sick

5. 3’s & 7’s

4. Misfit Love

3. Tangled Up in Plaid

2. Go with the Flow

1. No One Knows

Favorite Album Cover

Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)

Favorite Track on Each Album

Queens of the Stone Age (1998): Avon

Rated R (2000): Better Living Through Chemistry

Songs for the Deaf (2002): No One Knows

Lullabies to Paralyze (2005): Tangled Up in Plaid

Era Vulgaris (2007): Misfit Love

…Like Clockwork (2013): I Sat by the Ocean

Villains (2017): Feet Don’t Fail Me

In Times New Roman… (2023): Carnavoyeur

Albums Ranked

8. …Like Clockwork (2013)

7. In Times New Roman… (2023)

6. Villains (2017)

5. Queens of the Stone Age (1998)

4. Rated R (2000)

3. Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)

2. Era Vulgaris (2007)

1. Songs for the Deaf (2002)