Rated R [import]

Mojo (Publisher): 5 stars out of 5 -- "RATED R leaps instantly out of its genre packet into a world where polka rhythms, free jazz and punk rock ramalama share airspace with repetitive Kraut-metal riffing..."

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Released: February 25, 2003
Originally Released: 2003
Label: Universal Import

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 1/4/01, p.114

Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".

Rolling Stone - 6/22/00, pp.127-8

3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A strange, category-evading rock record, a mystery disc of gravity and low humor, of punk aggression and love-bead contentment....improving on the strengths of [their] first album and shooting into areas that you wouldn't expect..."

Spin - 1/01, p.73

Ranked #8 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...Mysteriously beautiful, smartly stoopid psychedelic jams, complete with jet planes and monsters..."

Q - 1/01, p.93

Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000".

Q - 9/00, p.111

4 stars out of 5 - "...[A] mighty record....[They] may well have a sleeper hit on their hands..."

Uncut - p.105

4 stars out of 5 -- "There's an almost mathematical precision to the freak-outs like 'Better Living Through Chemistry'."

Uncut - 10/00, p.88

4 stars out of 5 - "...A revved-up jet engine of twisted Sabbath riffs and taut Krautrock rhythms..."

Magnet - 8-9/00, p.88

"...Sublime....there's sufficient skronk'n'wail to keep your bong well-stuffed..."

CMJ - 5/29/00, p.3

"...Continues to broaden [their] scope while introducing some experimental chutzpah to their sound....Fuzz guitar hero Josh Homme keeps listeners on their toes....successfully employing pop-flavored enhancements....markedly different from [their] debut..."

Melody Maker - 6/27/00, p.75

4 stars out of 5 - "...No mess. No fuss. Just 12 songs of good, solid rock. Rock with all the [b.s.] stripped away....100 per cent unapologetic metal..."

Kerrang (Magazine) - p.52

"[A]n 11-step guide to hedonistic heaven..."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.61

Ranked #47 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[M]aking their unique sound -- as relentless as metal, as eerily groovy as Can -- one of the world's most envied."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.110

5 stars out of 5 -- "RATED R leaps instantly out of its genre packet into a world where polka rhythms, free jazz and punk rock ramalama share airspace with repetitive Kraut-metal riffing..."

Mojo (Publisher) - 9/00, p.91

"...[They] can really kick it like The Stooges did, like Black Flag, The MC5 and Nirvana....you can't help but be smitten..."

NME (Magazine) - 12/30/00, p.77

Rated #1 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".

NME (Magazine) - 6/3/00, p.40

9 out of 10 - "...A heady mix of speed-addled punk rock, huge, sky-filling psychedelic majesty and sex-crazed black humor....It's just the best, most important rock album for years....The new rock royalty have come to claim their throne..."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[O]ne of the last great modern hard rock records and something deceptively tuneful, groove-bitten, and even melancholic."

Tracks:

1.Feel Good Hit of The Summer
2.Lost Art of Keeping A Secret
3.Leg of Lamb
4.Auto Pilot
5.Better Living Through Chemistry
6.Monsters In The Parasol
7.Quick and To The Pointless
8.In The Fade
9.Tension Head
10.Lightning Song
11.I Think I Lost My Headache
12.Ode To Clarissa