Lullabies to Paralyze

Rock band, Queens of the Stone Age is no stranger to "weirdness". Things got weird on its fourth studio album Lullabies to Paralyze. The ninth anniversary of that album is today, and why not celebrate this anniversary with buying the album on vinyl?

After the critically acclaimed album, Songs For The Deaf, the band wanted to change things up again. They knew that they could not make another Songs For The Deaf, so instead they made up a dark, mysterious fairytale inspired by The Brothers Grimm. This fairytale was given the name, Lullabies to Paralyze.

The album is much more varied than its predecessor. It contains the slow opening track, "This Lullaby" and then soon reaches a poppy sound with "In My Head". The album of course still contains classic Queens of the Stone Age rock anthems, such as "Little Sister" and "Burn The Witch".

The album closes with the slow ballad, "Long Slow Goodbye". The track even has a hidden strings section at the end after about 50 seconds of silence. Quite a Beatles-type way to end an album.