Lullabies To Paralyze
by Queens Of The Stone Age

Lullabies To Paralyze by Queens Of The Stone Age
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-03-22
Overall rank: 1,384th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 492 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (213th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,384th)

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Queens Of The Stone Age bestography

Lullabies To Paralyze is ranked 5th best out of 11 albums by Queens Of The Stone Age on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Queens Of The Stone Age is Songs For The Deaf which is ranked number 128 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,217.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,384th | 2000s rank: 213th | 2005 rank: 26th
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2026 AAL2014Top 47 Music Albums of 200516/473
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 200592/1000
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200543/1003
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s88/1003
2026wizardalienTop 27 Music Albums of 200516/272
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums90/100 -
2026wizardalienQueens of the Stone Age Studio Albums Ranked3/7 -
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 22 Music Albums of 200518/221
2026adbrack1988Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s50/10010
2026SpringsteenTop 100 Greatest Music Albums47/10052
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 1501-16006/100 -
2026mrmcrookTop 55 Music Albums of 20055/555
2026 dihansseTop 86 Music Albums of 200515/864
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 101-20012/100 -
2026cicadelicRockmusica Best Albums 200521/30 -
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200544/1003
2026mrmcrookGreatest Music Albums #101 - 20033/100 -
2026 spigelwiiTop 9 Music Albums of 20053/94
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s23/10016
2026araidernomoreTop 99 Music Albums of the 2000s87/993
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 295
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,246
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 492 votes)
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06/06/2026 15:30 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,15870/100
 
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03/30/2026 01:31 thedudeabides  Ratings distribution  16983/100
 
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02/28/2026 00:20 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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01/16/2026 22:28 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  84148/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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50/100
From 01/16/2026 22:32 | #312667
Such an awesome and unique guitar sound. It's obviously nowhere near as consistent as Rated R and Songs for the Deaf, but it's just so fucking cool. Little Sister is an amazing song, one of their best. Plenty of other enjoyable tracks too.
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85/100
From 10/11/2022 23:23 | #290387
QOTSA are the kings of producing tracks of great rhythm and flow. This seems to be a bit of an overlooked album. Fuck knows why? It's up there with their best. Even the slower songs make for some of the coolest lounge music ever with Josh Homme's crooning vocals.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/25/2022 10:42 | #287807
A dark and atmospheric album, no bad song, good to listen in one rotation. In 2022 in my opinion one of their three best ones. Good intro to get into the mood, some for QOTSA-measures really fast songs like "In my head" or "Medication", slow ones like, ok, not surprising, "The long slow goodbye".
A lot is said about the "best songs" and maybe in that measure "You've Got A Killer Scene There, Man" is a bit underrated in my opinion.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 04/20/2022 01:14 | #284414
An album that begins by being a dark and haunting listen before slowly but surely drawing back the curtain and revealing the pop-centric and hook riddled middle set of songs. “Little Sister” is a particular highlight. It is then followed up by back to back six and seven minute songs ( “Someone’s In The Wolf” and “The Blood Is Love”) that create a tense and slightly eerie atmosphere all while using the fuzzy guitars to keep you slightly at ease. Overall this album is a really nice balance of hooks and haunts that puts you on the edge of your seat just enough to keep your intrigue.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/01/2020 21:45 | #248393
Not a bad album by any means. Doesn't really justify its length but has some of their foot-tappiest songs
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70/100
From 01/05/2020 21:59 | #246461
World building is what QOTSA is best at, and this album is the best example of that.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/16/2019 16:14 | #239714
Um extraordinário acerto! Evoca o rock clássico ao mesmo tempo que aponta um caminho!
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85/100
From 06/05/2017 13:46 | #192054
This album runs a bit long, but that doesn't mean the album is inconsistent. There are some really great songs on this album.
Favourites: Tangled up in Plaid, the blood is love
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90/100
From 03/06/2017 19:46 | #187031
Definitely underrated. Not as good as the three albums that came before it, but still very good. Full of great songs like In My Head, Long Slow Goodbye, The Blood is Love.
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From 03/03/2017 15:00 | #186748
My second favorite QotSA album. Very consistent with some of their most interesting and overall best songs overall.
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