- Record Label: Interscope
- Release Date: Mar 22, 2005
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BlenderSounds routine, obscure without much mystery. [Apr 2005, p.124]
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‘Songs For The Deaf’ worked because it had the tunes to handle the drama. It dared you to hate it at first so that it could eventually win you over, which made its triumph all the greater. But with ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ you’re waiting a long time to be won over, and when it finally happens, it’s far too brief.
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MagnetIt's an overstuffed, uneven album, one that's not disappointing as much as it is disorienting. [#67, p.111]
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Even if the characteristic humor is gone, the album hits more than it misses -- but it's fairly bottom-heavy, leaving much stoner drone in the way of the eventual goods.
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Lullabies is ultimately a demanding, schizophrenic, lopsided album. At its best, it's an elaboration on what Queens have become known for -- distinct, droning, melodic, heavy guitar rock. At its worst it's futile, go-nowhere studio sludge.
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It's the tension between Homme's conflicting impulses that pressurizes Lullabies to Paralyze's highest points and accounts for its lows.
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Without other strong personalities in the band to rein him in, Homme's occasional excesses undercuts what makes QOTSA so great.
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Even through patches of mediocrity, QOTSA still offer something healthy and respectable to the hard rock world, but too much of anything can be bad for you.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 179 out of 187
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Mixed: 7 out of 187
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Negative: 1 out of 187
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VladaJAug 15, 2007
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Dec 27, 2018
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Dec 10, 2014