Rated R (Queens of the Stone Age album)

Rated R
Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age
Released	June 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
Recorded	December 1999 – March 2000
Studio	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
Genre	Stoner rock alternative rock hard rock alternative metal
Length	42:10
Label	Interscope
Producer	Chris Goss Joshua Homme
Queens of the Stone Age chronology
Queens of the Stone Age (1998) Rated R (2000) Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Singles from Rated R
"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" Released: August 7, 2000 "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Released: November 27, 2000

Rated R (also made as Rated X and Rated RX) is the second studio album by Queens of the Stone Age. Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band. The album was released on June 6, 2000 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first album with Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan.

Rated R was the band's first popular album. It went on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the BPI. The album had two singles: "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" and "Feel Good Hit of the Summer".

Track listing

All tracks written by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted. Lead vocals by Homme, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Feel Good Hit of the Summer"		2:43
2.	"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"		3:36
3.	"Leg of Lamb"		2:48
4.	"Auto Pilot"	Oliveri	4:01
5.	"Better Living Through Chemistry"		5:49
6.	"Monsters in the Parasol"		3:27
7.	"Quick and to the Pointless"	Oliveri	1:42
8.	"In the Fade" (Includes a reprise of "Feel Good Hit of the Summer")	Lanegan	4:25
9.	"Tension Head"	Oliveri	2:52
10.	"Lightning Song"	(Instrumental)	2:07
11.	"I Think I Lost My Headache"		8:40
Total length:			42:10