Songs For The Deaf
by Queens Of The Stone Age

Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-08-27
Overall rank: 127th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 1,529 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2002 (5th)
Award Top 20 albums of the 2000s (17th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (127th)

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Songs For The Deaf is ranked as the best album by Queens Of The Stone Age.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 127th | 2000s rank: 17th | 2002 rank: 5th
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2026Cheboygan74Top 24 Music Albums of 200218/241
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s14/10017
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s16/10017
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s27/10015
2026 TamthebamTop 96 Music Albums of 20028/965
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 20026/505
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s80/1004
2026 Sandrof1969Top 10 Music Albums of 20021/105
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 20021/905
2026fabm0Platinum year 200268/100 -
2026AndrasTop 69 Music Albums of the 2000s37/6910
2026 neilgeeTop 25 Music Albums of 20026/254
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s10/10018
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s6/10019
2026MusemanTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s32/10014
2026araidernomoreTop 100 Greatest Music Albums40/10060
2026joathomeTop 53 Music Albums of 200219/533
2026machiajTop 20 Music Albums of the 2000s16/205
2026jwalsh97Top 100 Greatest Music Albums47/10053
2026 ssteveTop 100 Greatest Music Albums63/10038
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,147
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 10,224
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Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 1,529 votes)
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85/100
 
4 days ago alexandermause  Ratings distribution  1,55686/100
 
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4 days ago Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,10497/100
 
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03/30/2026 01:30 thedudeabides  Ratings distribution  16983/100
 
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03/20/2026 10:40 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  80548/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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45/100
From 03/30/2026 01:29 | #313686
Still listen to it weekly
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70/100
From 01/13/2024 11:56 | #301143
What an album. Love the mixture of vocalists (Homme, Oliveri and Lanegan all play their part and add something a little different) but honestly would have preferred more Lanegan. The guitar riffs are absolutely unreal. Track 1, Millionaire, is probably the coolest song ever written. A Song For The Dead is now my favourite song - like a soundtrack to a zombie apocalypse. 5+ minutes of pure energy. Of course A Song For The Deaf, No One Knows, Go With The Flow and First It Giveth are also brilliant.
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80/100
From 02/15/2023 23:12 | #294060
One of the last great rock records that presented something new to the genre.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 08/31/2022 03:47 | #289154
Solid album
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90/100
From 05/05/2022 17:50 | #284989
Album of the year, 2002
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70/100
From 12/28/2021 21:27 | #278141
Rock
Didn't initially think I was gonna like this - but had been set up in recent years with the likes of Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam to be open to this. I find it a bit of a mixed album in terms of severity of rock from metal to ballad. But I feel it works well overall and never gets boring. Only got to hear this first time in 2019.
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85/100
From 11/28/2021 17:13 | #276840
This rocked up hard batch of songs by the Queens is one of the better albums of its era.
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From 11/15/2021 20:10 | #276334
No termina de convencerme. Me parece monotono
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75/100
From 08/14/2021 19:27 | #272526
The record is really heavy and is one of the better rock records in the 2000's. There are incredible moments where the vocals and instrumentation just blend perfectly and this happens on many occasions on this album. However, there are definitely flaws in this record including the fact that it is quite inconsistent and it does trail off near the back end. It also doesn't completely captivate or grab me when I listen to it. Despite this I do thoroughly enjoy this record but wouldn't call it one of the all time greats.
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95/100
From 07/04/2021 21:46 | #271345
ALL SONGS ARE MY FAV. TRACKS!
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