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.