“Steal This Album!” (Translated from English - “Steal this album!”) Is System of a Down's third studio album, released on November 26, 2002 . Before the release, there was a leak, and medium-quality mp3 files with songs from this album appeared on the Internet, which served as the basis for its name; at the same time, the title of the record is a reference to the famous book by Abby Hoffman, “ Copy this book ” (Eng. Steal This Book ). The packaging for this album is original - a box without a booklet, and the disc looks like a regular blank CD, just bought in a store. The name of the group and album on the disc is allegedly written with a marker, which was made specifically to imitate pirated products.
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| Studio album System of a Down | ||||
| Date of issue | November 26, 2002 | |||
| Recorded by | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal Alternative metal | |||
| Duration | 44:36 | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Label | American / columbia | |||
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Content
Alternative covers
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| Alternate cover artwork attributed to group members on Amazon | |
In the UK and the United States, four alternative disc covers and covers were available for a limited time. Different options, presumably, were developed by different members of the team. The first version of the cover is a solid blue background with concentrically converging text. On the second - the image of a black stylized fire pattern on a red background. The third on a black background depicts a gray skull with a letter in his mouth. The fourth, and perhaps the most controversial, depicts two crossed V-shaped patterns, possibly alluding to legs, dressed in blue jeans and red tights, respectively, with white stripes in red stripes, and implying " Uncle Sam " and the Queen of Great Britain . These covers are very rare.
List of Songs
| No. | Title | The words | Music | Duration | |||||
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| one. | Chic 'N' Stu ( Chicken Stew ) | Serge tankian | Daron Malakyan | 2:23 | |||||
| 2. | " Innervision (Inner Vision)" | Tankian | Malakyan, Tankyan | 2:33 | |||||
| 3. | "Bubbles (Bubbles)" (jointly with Arto Tunchboyajyan ) | Tankian | Malakyan | 1:56 | |||||
| four. | “ Boom! (BOOM!)" | Tankian | Malakyan, Shavo Odajyan | 2:14 | |||||
| five. | "Nüguns (New Weapons)" | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan | 2:30 | |||||
| 6. | “ADD (Rejection of the American Dream )” | Tankian | Malakyan | 3:17 | |||||
| 7. | "Mr. Jack (Mr. Jack) » | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan | 4:09 | |||||
| eight. | "IEAIAIO (A-I-E-A-E-A-O)" | Tankian | Malakyan, Tankyan, Odajyan, John Dolmayan | 3:08 | |||||
| 9. | "36" | Tankian | Tankian | 0:46 | |||||
| ten. | "Pictures" | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan | 2:06 | |||||
| eleven. | "Highway Song (Road Song)" | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan | 3:13 | |||||
| 12. | “Fuck the System” | Tankian | Malakyan, Tankyan | 2:12 | |||||
| 13. | “Ego Brain (Selfish Brain)” | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan, Tankyan | 3:21 | |||||
| 14. | Thetawaves ( Theta Waves ) | Tankyan, Malakyan | Malakyan | 2:36 | |||||
| 15. | "Roulette ( Roulette )" | Tankian | Malakyan, Tankyan | 3:21 | |||||
| sixteen. | “Streamline (Heavy Rain)” | Tankian | Malakyan | 3:37 | |||||
| 44:36 | |||||||||
Charts
| Chart (2002) | room position |
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| Billboard 200 | 15 |
| UK Albums Chart | 56 |
| Australian ARIA Top 50 | eleven |
| New Zealand Top Album Chart | 26 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | " Innervision " | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 |
| Modern rock tracks | 12 |
| Region | Certification | Sales |
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| Australia ( ARIA ) [12] | Gold | 35,000 ^ |
| Brazil ( ABPD ) [13] 5-album bundle | Platinum | 40,000 * |
| Finland ( Musiikkituottajat ) [14] | Gold | 15,886 [14] |
| United States ( RIAA ) [15] | Platinum | 1,000,000 ^ |
* sales data are based only on certification | ||
Record Members
- Serj Tankian - vocals , keyboards ;
- Daron Malakyan - backing vocals , guitar , mandolin , sitar , oud ;
- Shavo Odadzhyan - bass ;
- John Dolmayan - drums ;
- Arto Tunchboyajyan - additional vocals;
- Producing - Rick Rubin and Daron Malakyan ;
- Introducing the world: Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group.
Notes
- ↑ Steal This Album . Metacritic .
- ↑ [ Steal This Album! (English) on AllMusic Steal This Album! - System of a Down] . AllMusic .
- ↑ http: //
- ↑ Steal This Album Review (Eng.) // Entertainment Weekly : magazine. - 2002. - 29 November.
- ↑ [KLUDGE MAGAZINE - Review - System of a Down: Steal This Album] (August 28, 2004). Date of treatment December 22, 2016. Archived on August 28, 2004.
- ↑ System Of A Down: Steal this Album - NME . Date of treatment December 22, 2016.
- ↑ System of a Down Steal This Album - Album Review - Slant Magazine . Date of treatment December 22, 2016.
- ↑ Steal This Album! (November 26, 2002). Date of treatment December 22, 2016.
- ↑ System of a Down, 'Steal This Album!' (American Recordings / Columbia ) // Spin : magazine. - Spin Media.
- ↑ System of a Down - Steal This Album! (staff review) . Sputnikmusic .
- ↑ Cross, Charles R. System of a Down // The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . - 4th. - Simon & Schuster , 2004. - P. 800. - ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums . Australian Recording Industry Association .
- ↑ Brazilian album certifications - System of a Down - System of a Down (port.) . Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos .
- ↑ 1 2 System of a Down (fin.) . Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland .
- ↑ American album certifications - System of a Down - Steal This Album! . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced , then click Format , then select Album , then click SEARCH .