Item Description

NEW / SEALED

Tracklist
A1        Suite-Pee
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
A2        Know
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*, Tankian*, Odadjian*
A3        Sugar
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*, Odadjian*
A4        Suggestions
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
A5        Spiders
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
A6        DDevil
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*, Odadjian*
A7        Soil
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
B1        War?
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
B2        Mind
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*, Odadjian*
B3        Peephole
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
B4        CUBErt
Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
B5        Darts
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*
B6        P.L.U.C.K.
Lyrics By – Tankian*
Music By – Malakian*

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Columbia
Copyright © – Columbia
Copyright © – DDevil Music
Copyright © – Artists Rights Society
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Recorded At – Sound City Studios
Recorded At – Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research
Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mixed At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
Pressed By – Record Industry – 24215
A&R [Direction] – Dino Paredes, Sam Wick
Art Direction – Frank Harkins, System Of A Down
Bass – Shavo Odadjian
Cover [Art] – John Heartfield
Drums – John Dolmayan
Engineer – Sylvia Massy
Engineer [Assistant Mixdown] – Andy Haller, Greg Gordon, James Saez
Engineer [Assistant] – Greg Fidelman, Nick Raskulinecz, Sam Storey
Engineer [Second Assistant Mixdown] – Bryan Davis
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Daron Malakian
Management – David Benveniste, Velvet Hammer Management*
Mastered By – Vlado Meller
Mixed By – D. Sardy*
Noises [Extra] – Eric "Statik" Anest*
Photography By – Anthony Artiaga
Piano [Extra] – Rick Rubin
Producer – Rick Rubin
Producer [With] – System Of A Down
Recorded By [Additional Recording / Finishing Touches] – D. Sardy*
Vocals, Keyboards, Sampler – Serj Tankian
Available for the first time on vinyl officially. Includes printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Copies without the hype sticker were also released in quantity.

Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA.
Vocals and additional recording at Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, Hollywood, CA.
Mixed at Record Plant, Hollywood, CA and Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Sony Studios, New York, NY.

Cover art © 1998 Artists Rights Society (ARS).
All tracks © 1998 DDevil Music (ASCAP).
© 1998, 2018 & ℗ 1998 Columbia Records.

System Of A Down: Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards, samples); Daron Malakian (guitar, background vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass); John Dolmayan (drums). Additional personnel: Rick Rubin (piano). Principally recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California. System of a Down sees itself as being an integral part of a new musical revolution of heavy music. On the surface, the band's manifesto seems tangential to Rage Against the Machine's; but musically SOAD is a groove-metal machine, with a sound that incorporates a punk ethic, Panteraesque riffs, and a schizophrenic vocal approach reminiscent of Mike Patton. Like a dose of chicken soup for a disconnected moshing youth, SYSTEM OF A DOWN is unrelenting. "Sugar" segues from neo-jazz verses into pounding thrash-core choruses. "Spiders" shows more depth, dynamics, and even poetic, melodic vocals. The production of the album is raw and very close to that of a live album, surely a deliberate stroke by producer Rick Rubin (who has put many metal bands on the map under his guidance). On "Soil," vocalist Serj Tankian questions the ideology of democracy. With possibly more conspiracy theories than an episode of THE X-FILES, System of a Down explores the concept of mass influence through technology in "War?" The essence of SYSTEM OF A DOWN can be found in "P.L.U.C.K"; the song's title says it all, an acronym for "politically lying, unholy, cowardly killers."

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: Rock
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/12/2018
• Format: Vinyl
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)