Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Queens Of The Stone Age, originally released in September 1998 via Man’s Ruin and Loosegroove Records.

Queens Of The Stone Age was primarily written and recorded in April 1998 by founding member Josh Homme and his former Kyuss bandmate Alfredo Hernández, with Hernández playing drums and Homme singing and playing the rest of the instruments. Homme also produced the album alongside Joe Barresi.

Bassist Nick Oliveri, also a former member of Kyuss, would join the band by the time of the album's release. Queens of the Stone Age received generally positive reviews from critics, who placed it in the stoner rock genre and drew comparisons to krautrock bands such as Neu! and Can, as well as to Kyuss and other metal bands.

n 2011, Homme reissued Queens of the Stone Age through his Rekords Rekords label, having it remastered and adding three additional tracks; two from the album's recording sessions and one from two years earlier. This expanded version is being reissued in 2024 on double vinyl via Matador Records, featuring the original cover artwork used for the CD release back in 1998.

This double album 2LP record set is a 2024 reissue of the 2011 expanded edition on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, pressed in the UK via Matador Records.