Volumes 9 & 10

Volumes 9 & 10 is the fifth compilation album by the hard rock ensemble The Desert Sessions, a side project of Josh Homme. It was released in 2003 on Ipecac Recordings. 9 & 10 features PJ Harvey, Ween's Dean Ween, Marilyn Manson's (and formerly of Nine Inch Nails) Jeordie White, Eleven's Alain Johannes, as well as Queens of the Stone Age's Troy Van Leeuwen (formerly of A Perfect Circle) and Joey Castillo (formerly of Danzig).

The Desert Sessions 9 & 10
Compilation album by The Desert Sessions
Released	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Recorded	February 8–15, 2003 at Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, CA
Genre	Rock
Length	48:50
Label	Ipecac Recordings (IPC44) Rekords
The Desert Sessions chronology
Volumes 7 & 8 (2001) The Desert Sessions 9 & 10 (2003) Volumes 11 & 12 (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.4/10)[3]

Track listing

1. "Dead in Love" – 4:42
2. "I Wanna Make It wit Chu" – 3:42
3. "Covered in Punk's Blood" – 1:43
4. "There Will Never Be a Better Time" – 4:11
5. "Crawl Home" – 3:01
6. "I'm Here for Your Daughter" – 0:47
7. "Powdered Wig Machine" – 2:40
8. "In My Head...Or Something" – 4:41
9. "Holey Dime" – 3:34
10. "A Girl Like Me" – 3:10
11. "Creosote" – 2:34
12. "Subcutaneous Phat" – 3:49 [incorrectly numbered as 11 on some discs resulting in two 11s]
13. "Bring It Back Gentle" – 5:48
14. "Shepherd's Pie" – 4:31 [absent from some copies]

Track 1-6 are from Volume 9, tracks 7-12 are from Volume 10, while track 13 and 14 are bonus tracks exclusive to the CD edition.

• "In My Head... Or Something" was re-recorded for Queens of the Stone Age's fourth album Lullabies to Paralyze as "In My Head".
• "Covered in Punk's Blood" was occasionally played live by Queens of the Stone Age during 2005. Along with "I Wanna Make It wit Chu", it appears on their 2005 live CD/DVD package Over the Years and Through the Woods.
• "I Wanna Make It wit Chu" has been re-recorded for the Queens of the Stone Age's fifth studio album, Era Vulgaris as "Make It wit Chu".

Personnel

• Joshua Homme: Vocals (tracks 1,2,5,6,8,12,13), guitar (tracks 1,2,3,7,13), slide guitar (track 1), percussion (track 2), piano (track 2), snare rattle (track 6), drums (tracks 8,10), lap steel guitar (track 9), backing vocals (tracks 7,10), bass (track 12), Crumar (track 13), production, mixing, engineering
• Joey Castillo: Drums (tracks 1,3,5,9,12)
• Dave Catching: Pro-One (track 7), guitar (tracks 10,12), engineering
• Josh Freese: Drums (tracks 2,7,11,13), bass (track 8), Crumar (track 13)
• Chris Goss: Guitars (tracks 4,10)
• PJ Harvey: Piano (track 1), tenor saxophone (track 1), backing vocals (tracks 2,7), lead vocals (tracks 4,5,7,10), bass (track 5), melodica (track 9), pandeiro (track 13)
• Alain Johannes: Flute (track 1), Pro-One (track 1), "Amateur Two" (track 1), mandolin (track 1), vocals (tracks 1,6,9), piano (track 2), Rhodes (track 2), guitar (tracks 2,5,6,8,9,11), Ebow (tracks 5,10), Fun Machine (track 7), production, mixing, engineering
• Brian O'Connor: Bass (track 2,7), percussion (track 2)
• Twiggy Ramirez: Bass (tracks 3,9,10), guitar (track 5)
• Troy Van Leeuwen: Fun Machine (track 7), guitar (tracks 8,13)
• Dean Ween: Guitar (tracks 2,7,11,12,13), piano (track 8), bass (track 13)
• Jeff "The Tuff Gentleman": Bass (track 1), bass clarinet (track 1), Crumar (track 12)

References

1. "Desert Session, Vols. 9 & 10 - Desert Sessions". Allmusic.
2. Simpson, Dave (October 10, 2003). "Various, The Desert Sessions Volume 9 and 10". The Guardian. London.
3. "Desert Sessions: Desert Sessions 9 & 10". Pitchfork Media.