Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf [Explicit] CD

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002"

Spin (1/03, p.70) - Ranked #8 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...A feast for metal lifers who [can] no longer stomach Korn."

Q (12/02, p.67) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Mojo (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #3 in Mojo's "Best Albums of 2002"

Uncut (1/03, p.95) - Ranked #31 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year"

CMJ (12/30/02, p.11) - Ranked #10 on CMJ's "Top 10 of 2002"

Rolling Stone (9/5/02, p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is prog grunge for the unpretentious....Whether the ace metal is speedy or onerous, it is always deployed in the service of the eccentric song structures, and every track becomes a splendid, mysterious thing."

Q (9/02, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This album mixes melancholy and might to a rare degree..."

Mojo (9/02, p.95) - "All the elements which made its predecessor so great are here, but in excelsis...the thrill of these ensemble performances is downright scary."

NME (8/17/02, p.32) - 9 out of 10 - "...All of what you might want from them and their music is here. There are great titles, displays of extraordinary rock'n'roll and great disturbing pop..."

CMJ (9/2/02), p.6) - "Queens of the Stone Age get better with age....QOTSA's music is a comfort zone, thanks to its readiness to rock all night and party every day..."

Uncut (9/02, p.104) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...(a) breathtaking, virtually flawless album."