Lullabies to Paralyze
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| Studio album by Queens of the Stone Age | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | August–November 2004 | |||
| Studio | Sound City Studios, in Van Nuys, California | |||
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| Length | 59:26 | |||
| Label | Interscope B0004186-02 | |||
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Cover of the LP release
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| Singles from Lullabies to Paralyze | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Guardian |  |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 |
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| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | B |
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Lullabies to Paralyze is the fourth studio album by Queens of the Stone Age, released on March 21, 2005. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, and sold 97,000 copies in America during its first week of release, eventually topping over 342,000 copies as of March, 2007 according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album has been certified gold in the UK, where it has sold over 100,000 units. It is also the band's first album to be released after Nick Oliveri was fired from the band. Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan are the only members from the previous album, Songs for the Deaf, to play on this album and it is the first album to feature drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen.
The album title Lullabies to Paralyze was intended to bridge Lullabies with its predecessor Songs for the Deaf by naming it after a line in "Mosquito Song", the final track on Songs for the Deaf. The "deluxe limited edition" of the album includes a bonus track and a bonus DVD containing "a look behind the scenes and special bonus footage". Videos were produced for singles "Little Sister", "In My Head" and "Burn the Witch", and "Someone's in the Wolf". The video for "Someone's in the Wolf" was featured on the bonus DVD of Lullabies to Paralyze.
The album was delayed during 2004 because of some changes to the line-up: bassist, vocalist, and co-songwriter Nick Oliveri was fired and on-off vocalist Mark Lanegan went on tour with his own band. Lanegan can still be heard singing on several songs of the album as well as contributing lyrics. Because of this turmoil, there had been rumours that Lanegan had left the band, which Josh Homme eventually clarified in several interviews was never the case. Nevertheless, he encouraged these rumours to draw the attention off the band by giving the press "something to focus on while I was just making the record".
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