Villains

"Villains" is the seventh studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 25, 2017 August 25, 2017 on the Matador label. The heavy-duty rockers’ last album, 2013’s portentous ‘Like Clockwork’ was packed full of cameo appearances from their famous friends, Elton John and Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner included, but on album number seven only one guest has been allowed through the studio doors. Mark Ronson is the sharp-suited interloper, here to offer up his funked-up pop production skills after Homme decided he wanted the dry, tight sound the Brit showcased on ‘Uptown Funk’.. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 22 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim ".