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Queens Of The Stone Age Four Studio Albums Re-Issued On Vinyl

Written by Johnson Stephen on October 12, 2019

Interscope Records/UMC adds an exciting new chapter to Queen Of The Stone Age’s catalogue with high-quality 180gram vinyl editions of ‘Rated R’ and ‘Songs For The Deaf’ on 22^nd November 2019 and ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ and ‘Era Vulgaris’ on 20^th December 20 2019.

In 2000, Queens Of The Stone Age achieved a creative and commercial breakthrough with their major-label debut ‘Rated R’, featuring the breakout tracks ‘The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret’ and ‘Feel Good Hit of the Summer.’ This new LP edition marks ‘Rated R’s first U.S. vinyl pressing, and is the first vinyl edition worldwide to feature the album’s original blue artwork.

2002’s ‘Songs For The Deaf’ became Queen Of The Stone Age’s first Gold album in the U.S. and their first platinum seller in Britain and Canada, spawning the hits ‘No One Knows,’ ‘Go with the Flow’ and ‘First It Giveth.’ The musical cast includes guest drummer Dave Grohl, who put his own band Foo Fighters on temporary hold to record and tour with Queens Of The Stone Age. ‘Songs For The Deaf’s new vinyl edition is a two-LP set with a gatefold jacket and a 12″x12″ insert, with the album’s original red background and black graphics/text art making its first-ever LP appearance.

Queens Of The Stone Age’s 2005 release ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard album charts. Along with the hits ‘Little Sister’ and ‘Burn the Witch,’ ‘Lullabies to Paralyze’ features guest appearances by Jack Black, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Shirley Manson of Garbage and Jesse Hughes of the Eagles of Death Metal. The new vinyl release of ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ features a gatefold jacket with the album’s original album art in the U.S. for the first time.

2007’s ‘Era Vulgaris’ finds Queens Of The Stone Age touching on a variety of styles, incorporating electronic and acoustic textures alongside the band’s trademark crunch. The album includes such fan favorites as ‘Sick, Sick, Sick,’ ‘3’s & 7’s’ and ‘Make It Wit Chu,’ with guest appearances by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes and Queens of the Stone Age frequent collaborator Mark Lanegan. This LP edition marks the first-ever release of ‘Era Vulgaris’ on 12″ vinyl.