Listened to this a few times yesterday. This album is a complete let down. This band reached it's peak with Songs for the Deaf, and have been taking a nosedive since then. The only songs on the album that are even all that catchy or have a hook are Sick, Sick, Sick, and 3's and 7's, I'd include Era Vulgaris in that list of good songs, but NO, that song isn't on the album (great move guys). And I'm not sure if everyone's copy they downloaded included the song, Running Joke, but that song is disturbing. The reason it's disturbing, is it's the same fucking chord progression that's been on their "secret" songs on their last two albums as well (way to pull a Tool).
All in all there are only a few kickass songs on this album, the rest is just filler. Very disappointing.
BTW has anyone heard Sick, Sick, Sick played over the Foo Fighters' All My Life. It's pretty insane how much the QOTSA song resembles the Foo Fighters song.