: After playing on the legendary Songs for the Deaf , Grohl returned to handle the majority of the drum duties on this record.
In low-bitrate formats, this opener sounds like a muddy hangover. In , the opening piano chord is a thundercloud—huge, dark, and rolling. Listen to the panning of the slide guitar; it moves from the far left to the center like a ghost walking across the studio. The lack of compression allows the sudden drop into the main riff to actually feel quiet before the explosion. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork -FLAC-