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With the history of the band now firmly out of the way, we take this week to dive deep into the band’s entire back catalogue. With Chris and Vicki being avowed fans of the majority of the band’s work, we go on a windy, tangent filled journey through each of their albums, talking about the best tunes, the worst tunes and more.

Then the main course: a thorough run down of the band’s fourth album, Lullabies to Paralyze. Coming After Songs for the Deaf, it was always going to be a tall order to follow that record. Not so much sonically - indeed, the band go in a whole new direction with this one - but in critical and commercial acclaim. There is no Dave Grohl. There is no Nick Oliveri. What there is, though, is a line up that would continue, albeit with augmentation, for the next few years and into Era Vulgaris.

In fan and critics lists, this album often comes out right in the middle of their rankings. Chris thinks it’s about time you thought about it differently. Is it an unsung classic?