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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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pJun 14, 2007
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DJMCJun 6, 2007I really don't see where the acclaim for this album is coming from. Apart form "Sick, Sick, Sick" the rest of the record sounds like they just couldn't be bothered. Josh Homme is an amazing musician, but he's let himself down with this release. Listen to this, then listen to Blues for the Red Sun, or Songs for the Deaf. No comparison.
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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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declanMJun 15, 2007Extremely disappointing album that has no memorable songs i know the last album was a take no chances album at least it had a couple of memorable songs this is pure crap ... i dont know whether its too much drugs or what but i dont think they will ever match songs for the deaf
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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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TravisHJun 18, 2007
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GlenJun 19, 2007worst queens album thus far, wheres olveri when you need him
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moonwaffleNov 8, 2007
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Busted...Jun 12, 2007Nothing special...Would have received less if I didn't have a previous devotion to the band.
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paulAJun 13, 2007
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TheRockerJun 13, 2007Era Vulgaris sounds like a computer, not a kick-ass rock band. Booo QOTSA. Boooo.
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LoganMJun 14, 2007
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AndrewAJul 19, 2007Boring and flat, this is their weakest album. Most of the songs go nowhere. Apparently, now that Holmes is "alone" he needs a hand to help him pen some songs.
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GuidedByVoicesAug 24, 2009
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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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marcgJun 18, 2007just correct...no more.
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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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AndrewHJun 20, 2007
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AlessandraDJun 22, 2007awesomely different, they rock on a whole new level.
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sandereJun 5, 2007This is simply the best album 2007 has seen so far. Josh Homme once again pushes the bounderies of modern rock in his well familiar genius way
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MartinusBJul 26, 2007kick ass album. qotsa and josh homme kicks ass!!!!!!
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seandJul 29, 2007personally i thought this one was a huge improvement over the bloated and slow lullabies. that record is still pretty awesome but this just has the energy put back into queens
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ChrisK.Jul 8, 2007Best album of the year, as far as I'm concerned. The riffs, the beats, the lyrics are all fantastic.
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HectorA.Jan 10, 2008Not their most strongest album, but it is addicting and it grows on you. Pretty much a decent QOTSA album.
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WillR.Jan 8, 2008Homme's best work yet!
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MarkK.Feb 8, 2008At times, the album seems to wonder away from it's path a little, but this is still Queens Of The Stone Age at their best.
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elkhMay 28, 2007Best bunch of songs since they were writing for the deaf....and dead.
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SystoolJun 11, 2007
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BenJJun 11, 2007As if pitchfork media didn't make a whole lot of sense before.. they've done it again here... too much all at once? This is the same site that gave 'kid a' a ten right? Get your noses out of the air, your predispositions away and a pair of headphones on... this album is magnificent.. it's my favorite since rated R.
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EricS.Jun 13, 2007This is definitely one of the best albums I have heard in a long time. Killer queens.
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nedpJun 14, 2007one of the best (if not the best) albums of the decade
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slugsareburningJun 15, 2007feel good hit of the summer
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quetzalpJun 16, 2007one of the best albums of the decade. Era Vulgaris is intricately crafted, meticulously polished and ruthlessly efficient in its pursuit of depraved rock thrills.
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jorjbushJun 16, 2007it's ok, a new kind of experiment from holmes.. i want to make it with chu is the greatest song
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bradylJun 17, 2007to all the people who don't dig, give it a couple more spins a lot of the songs are better if you listen very carefully, especially to songs like 3's and 7's and I'm designer if you don't like sick, sick, sick or misfit love you don't have a soul, and I'm glad you don't like queens because I don't want to be associated with you in any way.
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DaveageJun 17, 2007queens of the stone age are back need i say anything else
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ScottBJun 20, 2007Fantastic and fearless.
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JohnMJun 25, 2007
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MelSJun 6, 2007This is the best Queens album so far and seeing as they're the best modern rock group out there right now, it's probably the best rock record of 2007.
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RichR.Jul 13, 2007Josh is one of the great all-time American rockers, just like Jack White is. Instantly recognizable as obviously QOTSA, this record just shreds, and the riffs can be hilarious. People who don't like this just plain don't like to rock!
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SpinJul 18, 2007This shit grows on you. its creepy.
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JamesAJul 22, 2007It is very difficult to describe this album. This is not easy listening, or grabbing music. This is their most difficult record to get into. But once the melodies cycle themselves in your head a few times it becomes like an unstoppable force. "I'm Designer" is my personal favourite. Highly recommended if you are patient and don't rely on hooks to take the bait.
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JohnTheFishermanJul 9, 2007Queens of the Stone Age give rock n' roll a taste of their Misfit Love. Awesome album.
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stunnastunAug 24, 2007They always find a way to top their last album great work.
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AnonymousJan 10, 2008A pretty much decent album from Qotsa. Although I do miss the guitar riffs from the previous albums, the sounds sound just good enough. Mostly every song on this album is pretty average to decent. But still, a good Queens of the stone age album that I wouldn't mind buying.
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ChrisKJul 20, 2009QOTSA probably couldn't make a bad album even if they tried! This album is great, as you'd expect, just let down a bit by 1 or 2 of the songs...but with tunes like '3's and 7's' and 'Sick, Sick, Sick', you've got yourself a good deal. Also, the album's artwork is so cool!
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ralphlaurenMay 29, 2007If you don't like this album you don't like rock and roll.
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BryanSJun 11, 2007Not a throwaway in the whole lot! Hits real hard
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mikes.Jun 11, 2007a great album from qotsa and their personal best. This album sounds more grohl influenced as some songs remind me o "in utero" from nirvana. This release is much more raw and experimental as well. Strikes a perfect blend of experimentation with straight up rock n roll. One of the best rock albums so far this year.
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TedJJun 12, 2007
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meathammerJun 12, 2007Best thing going rock right now....not a track on here I would skip.
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RyanZJun 12, 2007While Songs for the Deaf seems to be the most critically lauded QOTSA record, both this and LTP work much better as a whole from start to finish. It flows extremely well, is tighter than usual at 11 tracks, and shows excellent variety and growth.
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V.Z.Jun 15, 2007Half of the tracks are extremely good, the other half is alright. The band doesn't offer that much new on this one, which is a bit of a disappointment. But what it offers rocks and is a lot of fun.
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AmitSJun 19, 2007
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skyvJun 19, 2007fucking amazing
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TopCityKrewJun 21, 2007This album is amazing. Some of the songs at first didn't sound too great, "I'm Designer" "Misfit Love" but after a couple listens, you really feel them. Homme freshens up his sound and I really think this may be better than SftD, well probably not, but very close.
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ligv.Jul 13, 2007Hated the record on first listen....... 4th listen made it hit with ridiculous force. This is by far the best rock record release of 2007. favourite track.....Misfit Love. Australian release has all the tracks unlike US version. Rock N Roll!! Where's the next installment of the Desert Sessions?
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LucasCJul 31, 2007Amazing!
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BLAug 14, 2007Another different album from QOTSA containing great, occasionally weird songs. I have the Canadian version, that ends with Run Pig Run so I downloaded Running Joke and the title track which add on perfectly to the end of the album. This album is definitely not Songs for the Deaf part 2, so I can see why someone wanting that would be disappointed. That said, I think this album is excellent.
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VincentV.Dec 23, 2007Great album, QOTSA can still do it. I like 'Make it with Chu' the best song. The best rock album released in 2007.
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Sep 4, 2011Good album from a great band. I was blown away by their earlier work (QOTSA, Rated R, and Songs for the Deaf), nothing has been nearly as good since then. This feels like they're trying to reinvent themselves and I'll be interested to hear where they go from here.
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Jul 24, 2012Quirky but hard to love, let's hope it'll be beaten by their upcoming album (this year?! Please!) There's no denying there's something missing between the screeching guitars and bizarre fuzz... Been a long time since Rated R, huh?
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Feb 6, 2014It pains me to say that this is "my least favourite QOTSA album", but it probably is. I say this as if it's a bad album, but it really isn't, it's a brilliant album, it's just not as good as their old stuff, which is a pretty stupid insult to be honest.
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Jan 12, 2015
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Sep 1, 2017After listening to Villains, this album has gone up in my estimations. Always enjoyed it but never fully appreciated it. Some of the B Sides on this album are brilliant. I would definitely recommend scoping them out. This albums user score needs pushing up, villains deserves to be the worst reviewed album by users.
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Sep 13, 2017
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.