Songs For The Deaf
by Queens of the Stone Age
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 441 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 406 out of 441
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 441
  3. Negative: 19 out of 441

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  1. All_ButTrU4
    May 20, 2022
    5
    Good ol' sleazy dessert rock with a traditional edge that imbued the 90's with it's generation defying ethos of counter culture. It's an uneven effort overall.
  2. KeithG
    Apr 25, 2012
    4
    I certainly appreciate Josh Homme and his vision for rock and roll, but as a whole, I cannot recommend this album. It starts out relatively strong, but takes a dive in the second half. Download "No One Knows" and "Go with the Flow" and leave the rest of the album alone.
  3. MetalInc.
    Dec 30, 2002
    4
    I don't understand the hype. I have listened to the album, I have tried to like it....but it is just another mediocre album released by a mediocre band.
  4. juanr
    Jun 11, 2004
    6
    i can't understand why everyone votes so high this album. In my opinion it's the worst album of them and i give you some reasons: 1. the production is horrible (why do they sound better live than in the album?). 2. The drums are soooo hiiiigh and so simples!(i hope grohl plays with them nevermore). 3. Only have 4 o 5 great songs, the other songs are just mediocre.(if we just i can't understand why everyone votes so high this album. In my opinion it's the worst album of them and i give you some reasons: 1. the production is horrible (why do they sound better live than in the album?). 2. The drums are soooo hiiiigh and so simples!(i hope grohl plays with them nevermore). 3. Only have 4 o 5 great songs, the other songs are just mediocre.(if we just compare this album with the older ones) I think the album at the first sight it's awesome, but then it become plain. … Expand
  5. johnk
    Dec 5, 2004
    4
    no doubt there are are a couple winner but over all can't make it through most this album but it did help make a great mix tape, i'll give it that

Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best Album of 2002
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#6 Most Discussed Album of 2002
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#8 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Dot Music
    90
    'The Sky Is Fallin' is a beast.... 'God Is In The Radio' has got just such an awesome riff, like the Lord himself hotwired to a Marshall amp.
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  2. Blender
    80
    While cliches abound... this huge music is delivered with panache. [#9, p.154]
  3. Playlouder
    80
    'Songs For The Deaf' is a triumph, a record forged with fire and sweat in the pits of Valhalla... It is the very essence of Rock.
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