Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Queens Of The Stone Age - In My Head 7"


  • Picture disc
  • Import

  • Album Rating: 4/5 (Great)
  • Sound Quality: 0.5/5 (Atrocious)
  • Packaging: 3/5 (Average)


The second single off of Queens Of The Stone Age's 2005 stoner-rock album, Lullabies to Paralyze; "In My Head" is one of many songs that shows off the softer side of QotSA.

One of my favorite QotSA songs, "In My Head" delivers a catchy, guitar oriented melody and haunting vocals by frontman Josh Homme. Unfortunately, this 7" picture disc does not do the song justice by any stretch of the imagination.

Although picture discs are cool to look at, the sound quality on them is typically less than average. This one, however, is downright atrocious. And it's not just the normal pops and crackles either - the song sounds like it was recorded underwater - you're likely to find higher fidelity from a Last.fm preview.


On side B is a live version of "I Think I Lost My Headache", the last track off QotSA's 2000 masterpiece, Rated R. Strangely enough, this song works much better with the unbelievably bad sound quality, giving it a grungier, dirtier feel that makes it slightly more acceptable.

It is packaged in a standard clear-plastic sleeve, and the pictures themselves do look good (even if they ruin the sound quality). This is a limited release, although I'm not sure how many actually exist. All in all, you should really only get this 7" for the novelty of it.

22 comments:

  1. Ah... Queen of the Stoneage... Haven't heard them in forever.

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  2. Not a fan of them but the picture vinyl looks good and I'm a sucker for unique vinyls.

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  3. i love their song 6's and 7's

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  4. I love everything about this :3

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  5. Hm, I didn't know they had a softer side.

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  6. ah man i just purchased songs for the dead on vinyl then, sounds excellent, you should review that too!

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  7. i love QOTSA, my fav album has got to be songs for the deaf

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  8. The picture discs look pretty cool, I supposse its good for collection as long as you dont listen to it.

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  9. Ahh haven't heard these guys in forever, need to go back and check them out again.

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  10. The vinyl has got a great design. Thanks for reminding me of the Queens of the StoneAge! Haven't heard them for a while!

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  11. The last time I heard them, I was playing with a fake plastic guitar.

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  12. Vinyl picture disks are fucking awesome! Great album too :)

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  13. I haven't listened to them in a loong time, but after this I think I'm going to play some good old QotSA.

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  14. that's some nice retro album artwork right there

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  15. Man, Queens Of The Stone Age are awesome.

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  16. Great looking vinyl and great band.

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  17. not a huge fan, but i can appreciate different things :)

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  18. Queens of the Stoneage has been a staple of my music library ever since I saw the video for No One Knows on MTV

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  19. Awesome looking vinyl right there!

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  20. Nice song and a great-looking disc.

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