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Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze is an album by Queens of the Stone Age, released in 2005. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 48 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Little Sister”, on 35 lists with a best position of #2.
Lullabies to Paralyze, Queens of the Stone Age's fourth album, came out on Interscope on March 22, 2005, and it's the sound of Josh Homme regrouping after a storm. Bassist Nick Oliveri had been fired, and of the Songs for the Deaf crew only Homme and singer Mark Lanegan played on this one; it would be Lanegan's last as an official member. In came drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen for their first album with the band, and Homme co-produced with Joe Barresi.
The record is dark and spooky, a creepy fairy tale of a stoner rock album. The riffs still grind and lock in hypnotic, rhythmic loops, but there's a dread hanging in the desert air, and Homme's slinky falsetto slides around the guitars like smoke. "Little Sister" is the big hit, a lean, tight, cowbell-driven strut, "In My Head" rides a sunny, fuzzed-out groove, and "Burn the Witch" stomps like a torch-lit mob.
It debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with 97,000 copies sold in its first week and passed 342,000 in the US by March 2007. In the UK it went gold, selling over 100,000.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lullabies to Paralyze on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Sister | 35 | #2 | – | 2005–2026 | |
| 2 | Burn The Witch | 8 | #230 | – | 2005–2014 | |
| 3 | In My Head | 4 | #40 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Little Sister (more cowbell remix) | 1 | #96 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.