Lullabies to Paralyze

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.{{cite web

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| publisher=Vertigo

| title=Queens Of The Stone Age Interview

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| quote =I also like that the title bridges this record and the last record in that it’s a lyric from “Mosquito Song”. (Homme)}} 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 the song "Someone's in the Wolf".{{Cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/ar-288023-videos--Queens-Of-The-Stone-Age|title=QOTSA Yahoo videos|access-date=December 3, 2019}} 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.{{cite web

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|title=Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan Leave Queens Of The Stone Age

|publisher=VH1

|date=2004-02-12

|access-date=2007-06-18

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Lanegan can still be heard singing on several songs of the album; he also contributed 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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} 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".{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

{{cquote|And at the time, I was like, "Fuck, no one's even listening to this. It's too much about other stuff." And it would have been easy to make Songs for the Deaf 2, which is basically all I heard in my own head. But I can't do that. You've got to shake all that shit away.{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42335-qotsas-homme-talks-new-lp-motivations-pirates |title=QOTSA's Homme Talks New LP, Motivations, Pirates: interview with Joshua Homme, April 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416045625/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42335-qotsas-homme-talks-new-lp-motivations-pirates |archive-date=April 16, 2007 }}|20px|20px|Josh Homme, Pitchfork interview, April 13, 2007}}

The album has three LP pressing runs. The first pressing was released by AntAcidAudio and contains a different cover to the CD version. The sides are named Once, You, Were & Lost, after a line from "Someone's in the Wolf", with each containing a mixture of the CD's album and bonus tracks (with the exception of Once, only the standard tracks are present).

The second pressing is a reissue by Dutch record label Music On Vinyl, released on September 22, 2011. The reissue is different from the first pressing in that it does not have its sides named after the line from "Someone's in the Wolf," and it uses the cover art from the CD release. The reissue omitted bonus tracks "Infinity" and "Precious and Grace" from the track listing, and listed "Like a Drug" as the last track. Side four contains an etching of one of the album's artwork.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog.php/queens-of-the-stone-age/lullabies-to-paralyze|title=Music On Vinyl|first=Music On|last=Vinyl|website=www.musiconvinyl.com|access-date=December 3, 2019}}

The third pressing was released in November 2019 and features the tracklist from the original 2005 LP release and the cover art from the original CD release.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/lullabies-to-paralyze/queens-of-the-stone-age |title=Reviews for Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=October 30, 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lullabies-to-paralyze-mw0000261187 |title=Lullabies to Paralyze – Queens of the Stone Age |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = B{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/03/21/lullabies-paralyze |title=Lullabies to Paralyze |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 21, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724142325/http://www.ew.com/article/2005/03/21/lullabies-paralyze |archive-date=July 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/18/popandrock.shopping3 |title=Queens of the Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyse |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=March 18, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-24-ca-rackbruce24-story.html |title=Metal that's heavy but deft |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 24, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Appleford |first=Steve}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/7626 |title=Queens Of The Stone Age : Lullabies To Paralyze |journal=NME |date=March 15, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Martin |first=Dan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064644/http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/7626 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 7.5/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6607-lullabies-to-paralyze/ |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze |work=Pitchfork |date=March 20, 2005 |access-date=February 29, 2012 |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Petrusich}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze |journal=Q |issue=225 |date=April 2005 |page=112}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lullabies-to-paralyze-20050324 |title=Lullabies To Paralyze |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 24, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Walters |first=Barry}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = B{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ftHVmAonmoC&pg=PA99 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze |journal=Spin |volume=21 |issue=4 |date=April 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |page=99}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/queens_of_the_stone_age/reviews/8566 |title=Queens Of The Stone Age – Lullabies To Paralyze |journal=Uncut |issue=95 |date=April 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Long |first=April |page=98 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308053635/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/queens_of_the_stone_age/reviews/8566 |archive-date=March 8, 2005 |url-status=dead }}

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The album received generally positive reviews, although slightly lower than its predecessor, the average score being 78 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 31 professional reviews.{{cite web| url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/queensofthestoneage/lullabiestoparalyze?q=queens%20of%20the%20stone%20age| title = Lullabies To Paralyze by Queens Of The Stone Age| publisher = Metacritic| access-date = 2007-06-11}}

Kevin Forest Moreau awarded it 3rd best album of the year 2005, Billboard magazine ranked it 7th best album, Magnet magazine ranked it 9th, and Filter magazine considered it 10th best album of the year 2005.{{cite web| url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml| title = Best of 2005: The 30 best reviewed albums of the year| publisher = Metacritic| access-date = 2007-06-11}}

JustPressPlay ranked it #31 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 2000s{{cite web|url=http://www.justpressplay.net/music/music-news/6289-fifty-years-of-great-music-the-top-100-albums-of-the-2000s.html?start=3 |title=Fifty Years of Great Music: The Top 100 Albums of the 2000s |publisher=Justpressplay.net |access-date=2012-02-29}} and named "Tangled Up in Plaid" the 19th best song of the decade.{{cite web|url=http://www.justpressplay.net/music/music-news/6199-fifty-years-of-great-music-the-top-100-songs-of-the-2000s.html?start=4 |title=Fifty Years of Great Music: The Top 100 Songs of the 2000s |publisher=Justpressplay.net |access-date=2012-02-29}}

Lullabies to Paralyze peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold in the UK on April 15, 2005 with sales exceeding 100,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32177 |title=QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE , LULLABIES TO PARALYZE , Gold , Fri Apr 15 2005 |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |date=2005-04-15 |access-date=2007-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225102/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32177 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }} It also became the band's first album to reach the top ten on the US Billboard 200, where it peaked at number five.

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| title12 = Broken Box

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| title13 = You Got a Killer Scene There, Man...

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• The "Hidden Outro" later appears as the main riff in the song "Running Joke", a b-side that appears on Era Vulgaris.
• The final item on the track list, "The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died" (located behind the CD in the normal version, or inside the booklet in the deluxe edition), below "Long Slow Goodbye" reads; "The Fun Machine took a shit and died – Was lost or misplaced. (There is a reward for the return of said tapes)". During that time, the band assumed that the tapes of that song were either lost or stolen. A live version of this song can be found on the DVD release Over the Years and Through the Woods. Homme commented, "The tapes got lost. Actually, they were just at another studio, but we falsely accused everyone in the world of theft."[https://web.archive.org/web/20051201195459/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7600105/queensofthestoneage Josh Homme, 09/2005 interview] with [https://www.rollingstone.com RollingStone.com] The song was later rerecorded as a single and featured as a bonus track on Era Vulgaris.

• Josh Homme – lead vocals (all but 1), guitar (all but 6), bass (5, 6, 8 (chorus), 12–14), piano (12), drums (8, 12), percussion (8, 10, 12), handclaps (13), whispers (1)
• Troy Van Leeuwen – guitar (4, 6, 9, 11–14), bass (2, 7, 8, 11), lap steel (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14), piano (4), keyboards (11), handclaps (13), backing vocals (6)
• Alain Johannes – guitar (5–7, 11), bass (3, 4, 9, 10), flute & marxophone (9), backing vocals (12), phone (14)
• Mark Lanegan – lead vocals (1), co-lead vocals ("Precious and Grace"), backing vocals (5, 13)
• Joey Castillo – drums (all but 1), piano (6, 8, 14), percussion (3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14), handclaps (13)

• Chris Goss – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There Man...", "Someone's in the Wolf" and "Burn the Witch"
• Billy Gibbons – guitar and backing vocals on "Burn the Witch", guitar and co-lead vocals "Precious and Grace", guitar on "Like a Drug"
• Dave Catching – opening guitar on "The Blood Is Love"
• Jack Black – handclaps and stomps on "Burn the Witch", and is also seen contributing the same for "Broken Box" during the bonus DVD
• Jesse Hughes – flute on "Someone's in the Wolf"
• Shirley Manson – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There, Man..."
• Brody Dalle – backing vocals on "You Got a Killer Scene There, Man..."
• Joe Barresi – triangle on "Tangled Up in Plaid"
• The Main Street Horns – tubas and baritone trombone on "I Never Came", "Someone's in the Wolf" and "Skin on Skin"

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