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Universal acclaim- based on 233 Ratings
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Positive: 205 out of 233
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Mixed: 19 out of 233
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Negative: 9 out of 233
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TomBNov 30, 2009The best album of the decade. I know it's a weak decade but I would rank this album along side Surfer Rosa, Siamese Dream, and Daydream Nation. The riff for 3s and 7s reminisces of the lone, cutting perfection of the opening seconds of Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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SarahMar 30, 2008Every song has a hook, line has a catch-Homme has rewarded loyal Queens fans with snarky eyeroll aimed at corruption in the music industry and an openmouthed kiss fill with tongue, sweat, saliva, and a heap of good cranking tunes.
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HeinJun 15, 2007I think this one is their weakest. But still a very good album!
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GaborAJun 17, 2007
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LoganMJun 14, 2007
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J.PThompsonJun 15, 2007
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archvJun 5, 2007Soooo queens are again on the top, guys. Look at the album - the cover, the songs, the lyrics....Homme at his best ! Suture up your future is the best ballad since "in the fade" Go Hommie, GO!
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jyotirmayad.Jul 7, 2007Not bad, very sonic and I, unlike past Queen's albums, really really enjoy it -- not just play it because I bought it... Now i wish that Joshe Homme would grow his hair... he's Ozzy Osbourne status now!!!
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[Anonymous]May 31, 2007this album is killer. it sounds a little like lullabies mixed with rated r mixed with something totally new. awesome.
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alihJun 12, 2007full of intrigue and spine tinglingly good guitar. lullabies got better with every listen-so if this gets better it could be a classic. (PS era vulgaris got positive reviwes in amny british papers such as the daily telegraph and sunday times-add these scores)
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FelipePJun 13, 2007Simply the best rock album of 2007!
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AaronCJun 14, 2007
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mattJun 20, 2007Definately a great album. A return to their early works. A work that grows on you the more you listen. Homme and crew are just getting better and better.
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TeagueSJun 26, 2007
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JorgePJun 4, 2007
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StevenS.Apr 3, 2008I love this album, it's better than lullabies (which was great) and it's equal with songs for the deaf, it's absolutely addictive... kinda hard to explain what it sounds like... it's still QOTSA, but it's definitely unique, sometimes i even hear a little core-era STP influence, anyway, just buy it, it's awesome
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Ikarus14Dec 5, 2009The sound and direction are questionable, but it's still a great album.
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TtKKjjNov 8, 2007It's really f*cking good. Most powerful drums since In Utero.
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JorisDec 1, 2007
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JohnH.Dec 31, 2007Era Vulgaris is a totally different sound than any other QOTSA album, it sounds almost industrial, a bit like Nine Inch Nails. A fun cd to crank up in your car.
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jimbojMay 26, 2007weird and wonderful. catchy like malaria. josh homme does it again.
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KevinMJun 12, 2007This is perhaps one of the strongest Queens of the Stone Age albums song for song. Each is memorable, focused, and purposeful (save the slightly self-indulgent "Battery Acid"). This is the cream of the crop when it comes to mainstream rock so enjoy it. Stand out tracks include: Turnin' on the Screw, Make It Wit Chu, and Suture Up Your Future.
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RobLJun 14, 2007you can only make an album of "crunchy" guitars with radio ready singles so many times in ones career. Bands change. Get over it. Those of you scepticle about the guitar? Learn to play one, teach yourselves these songs and call yourself an idiot. Those of you who enjoy the ever-lessening tones of Nirvana in modern day music, please join me in welcoming this new era of QOTSA.
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MlfnkJun 15, 2007It's a step away from the somewhat straighter formula that made the first three records great. It's a good step though. So far I consider this their second best album to date.
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nelsonbJun 15, 2007this is one of the best albums I've heard this year. Rock and Roll at it's prime, you would never get tired of it.
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AustinTJun 16, 2007Great album, the mixture of industrial, hard rock, and psychedelic rock is the best thing that I've heard all year. It is impossible to get bored with this album.
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AdityaJun 17, 2007This album easily beats out other rock albums released this year..Really gripping stuff..U never know how Josh Homme comes out with such infectious, groovy riffs..Standout tracks are 3's and 7's, Turning on the Screw, Into the Hollow, Misfit Love and Sick, Sick, Sick..a must buy album for any rock fans!!
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robertaJun 19, 2007this album is superb in every possible way and they continue to find some clever ways to do a pretty dumb thinngs.
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nicobJun 21, 2007
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DannyJun 20, 2007This album grows on you like a rash.
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Awards & Rankings
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If Lullabies To Paralyze was a strange forest fairytale dusted with desert blues courtesy of Billy Gibbons, Era Vulgaris finds the band holed up in an abandoned funkhouse in the centre of a shady copse, waiting for some strange sexually-contracted fever to pass.
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Homme's ever-catchy formula remains, but the mood is uneasy and brooding, with tracks such as 'Sick, Sick, Sick' revealing a venomous new band that's finally learned to separate business and pleasure.
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Era Vulgaris is Homme's fifth Queens album, and like the others, it's intricately crafted, meticulously polished and ruthlessly efficient in its pursuit of depraved rock thrills.