Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Alternative Press | May 2005, p.130 |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.5/10) |
| Playlouder | |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Stylus | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| Uncut | |
The album received generally positive reviews, although slightly lower than its predecessor, the average score being 78 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 31 professional reviews.
Kevin Forest Moreau awarded it 3rd best album of the year 2005, Billboard magazine ranked it 7th best album, Magnet magazine ranked it 9th, and Filter magazine considered it 10th best album of the year 2005. JustPressPlay ranked it #31 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 2000s and named "Tangled Up in Plaid" the 19th best song of the decade. Lullabies To Paralyze was certified gold in the UK on April 15, 2005 with sales exceeding 100,000 copies.
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