Editing Songs for the Deaf (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 89/100<ref name=Metacritic/>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-the-deaf-mw0000223645 |title=Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=9 |date=September 2002 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |last=Leonard |first=Michael |page=154 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211151448/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=545 |archive-date=February 11, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = A<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf |title=Songs for the Deaf |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 6, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164806/http://ew.com/article/2002/09/06/songs-deaf/ |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/23/popandrock.artsfeatures2 |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=August 23, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-25-ca-rack25-story.html |title=Queens of the Stone Age, 'Songs for the Deaf', Interscope |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 25, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Cromelin |first=Richard}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = 9/10<ref name=NME>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |title=Queens Of The Stone Age : Songs For The Deaf |journal=[[NME]] |date=August 17, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Robinson |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232220/http://www.nme.com/reviews/queens-of-the-stone-age/6631 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 7.9/10<ref name="PitchforkReview">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6606-songs-for-the-deaf/ |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 10, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Carr |first=Eric}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=194 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/songs-for-the-deaf-20020814 |title=Songs For The Deaf |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 14, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Berger |first=Arion}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=64 |date=September 2002 |page=104}}</ref>
}}

''Songs for the Deaf'' was Queens of the Stone Age's breakout album and garnered the band international recognition. Upon its worldwide release in late August 2002, the album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277247/queens-stone-age/chart?f=305 |title=Queens of the Stone Age - Chart history |website=www.billboard.com |language=en |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

''Songs for the Deaf'' received critical acclaim and is often cited as the band's greatest album to date.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2012/08/queens-of-the-stone-age-songs-for-the-deaf-turns-10/ |title=Gone With the Flow: QOTSA's 'Songs for the Deaf' Turns 10 |last=Marchese |first=David |date=August 27, 2012 |website=Spin |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating out of 100 from aggregated critic reviews, ''Songs for the Deaf'' is assigned a score of 89, indicating "universal acclaim",<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/songs-for-the-deaf/queens-of-the-stone-age |title=Reviews for Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 10, 2008}}</ref> making the album the third highest-rated on the site from 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml |title=Best of 2002: The 30 best reviewed albums of the year |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=June 18, 2007}}</ref> [[Josh Tyrangiel]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it "the year's best hard-rock album", giving it an A.<ref name="EW"/> ''Splendid'' said "the bottom line is that QOTSA turns in another genre-demolishing, hard-as-titanium album in ''Songs for the Deaf''. This is not your father's metal. It's better."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thefade.net/oldsite/articles/splendid020805.html |title=Splendid: Songs for the Deaf Review |last=Kelly |first=Jennifer |date=August 5, 2002 |website=thefade.net |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' listed the album as the year's third best. ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' ranked it at number six on their list of best albums of 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Best of 2002|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004721/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=186|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' placed the album as the sixth best, with the three singles each making the magazine's "Tracks of the Year" list over the course of 2002/2003.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061209104947/http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear| url-status = dead| archive-date = December 9, 2006| title = NME Albums of the Year| magazine = NME| access-date = June 19, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' rated the album at number 1 on its "Best albums of 2002" list.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| title = Kerrang! End of year lists| magazine = Kerrang!| access-date = July 10, 2008| archive-date = May 26, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#2002| url-status = usurped}}</ref>
Music critic [[Steven Hyden]] called the album the greatest hard-rock record of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/54670/former-queens-of-the-stone-age-bassist-somehow-avoids-jail-after-four-hour-standoff| title = Former Queens of the Stone Age Bassist Somehow Avoids Jail After Four-Hour Standoff| publisher = Grantland| access-date = August 6, 2012}}</ref>

The album earned the band's first gold [[Music recording certification|certification]] in the US on January 27, 2003, shifting over 500,000 copies. It was certified platinum in the UK on September 20, 2002, with sales exceeding 100,000 copies,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372| title = QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Gold, Fri Sep 20 2002| publisher = British Phonographic Industry| date = September 20, 2002| access-date = June 11, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235310/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30372 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 30, 2007}}</ref> and platinum in Canada.<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web| url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207020137/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 7, 2005| title=CRIA Certifications| publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]| access-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref> As of June 2007 the total amount of sold copies in the US is estimated at 1,186,000, according to Nielsen Soundscan.<ref name="Updates" />

The album received two [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations for singles "[[No One Knows]]" (2002),<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm| title = 45th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}}</ref> and "[[Go with the Flow]]" (2003).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm| title = 46th Grammy Awards| publisher = Rockonthenet| access-date = June 20, 2007}}</ref>

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its "Hottest 100" poll, Australian radio station [[Triple J]] ran a "Hottest 100 of the last 20 years" poll in June 2013. Songs that were released between 1994 and 2013 were eligible for the poll and "No One Knows" was voted into eleventh position.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day two|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35907/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-two|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, day one|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35906/Hottest-100-of-the-last-20-years-day-one|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=June 10, 2013|author=Jody Macgregor|date=June 8, 2013}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Accolades for ''Songs for the Deaf''
|-
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Year
! Rank
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Dagsavisen]]''
| Norway
| The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pedersen |first=Bernt Erik |date=2005-12-27 |title=Det 21. århundrets 21 beste plater |work=[[Dagsavisen]] |pages=36-39 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
| 2005
| 16
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[VPRO]]''
| Netherlands
| 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/VPROWatishetallerbestealbumMei2006.htm
| title=299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) | access-date=July 22, 2008 | publisher=VPRO}}</ref>
| 2006
| 33
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Harp (magazine)|HARP]]''
| United States
| 50 Most Essential Albums since 2001<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php | title=50 Most Essential Albums since 2001 | access-date=July 22, 2008 | publisher=HARP |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323103625/http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = March 23, 2008}}</ref>
| 2006
| 48
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[NME]]''
| United Kingdom
| The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049| title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade| date=November 11, 2009| access-date=December 1, 2009 | publisher=NME.com}}</ref>
| 2009
|15
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| United Kingdom
| Uncut's Albums of the Decade<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/special_features/13807| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205042427/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/uncut/special_features/13807| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 5, 2010| title=Uncut's Albums of the Decade|access-date=April 4, 2010 | publisher=Uncut.co.uk}}</ref>
| 2009
|28
|-
!scope"row"| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| United States
| The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/2/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|author=''Pitchfork'' staff|title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151|date=September 28, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref>
| 2009
| 134
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Decibel Magazine]]''
| United States
| The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade{{CN|date=December 2023}}
| 2009
|7
|-
!scope"row"| ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| Germany
| The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=57}}</ref>
| 2005
| 380
|}