Favorite SOAD Album

What's your favorite album from System of a Down?

This is not an easy one trying to choose a favorite album from one of my favorite bands - only 5 albums, but not a bad one in there...

If you held a gun to my head, it would have to be Hypnotise (if only for the tracks 'Attack' and 'Holy Mountains')

JJ - SOAD are without a doubt my favorite metal band; intelligent lyrics, riffs to kill for, social concience & a vocalist who looks like Frank Zappa's b*****d son...

Any one who can come up with "banana banana banana banana terracotta banana terracotta terracotta pie" are OK with me



And yes, several people are quite surprised I like them

I listen to Mesmerise/Hypnotise as one album and that's my favourite so I can't vote.

JJLehto wrote: Jim Garten wrote: This is not an easy one trying to choose a favorite album from one of my favorite bands - only 5 albums, but not a bad one in there... If you held a gun to my head, it would have to be Hypnotise (if only for the tracks 'Attack' and 'Holy Mountains') Really? One of your favorites? I used to feel kinda ashamed to like SoaD (now) because it struck me as such a teenage angst band Now that I'm older I actually their music even more, and the lyrics are still brilliant! But yeah...glad to see some other proggers with the love for SoaD!

Us old farts know all about teenage angst - we are living proof that it is actually possible to survive it.

Dean wrote: JJLehto wrote: Jim Garten wrote: This is not an easy one trying to choose a favorite album from one of my favorite bands - only 5 albums, but not a bad one in there... If you held a gun to my head, it would have to be Hypnotise (if only for the tracks 'Attack' and 'Holy Mountains') Really? One of your favorites? I used to feel kinda ashamed to like SoaD (now) because it struck me as such a teenage angst band Now that I'm older I actually their music even more, and the lyrics are still brilliant! But yeah...glad to see some other proggers with the love for SoaD! Us old farts know all about teenage angst - we are living proof that it is actually possible to survive it.   I too listen to Mezmerise/Hypnotise as a single album even though some fans knock it for having too many Malakian lead vocals, I prefer his voice to Tankian's, but that's just me.    If push comes to shove, I vote Mezmerise though my fave track is probably "Aerials/Arto" from Toxicity.

No doubt you guys know that.
But its the taste in music that surprised me
I'm sure my parents had plenty of angst but they certainly dont know about SoaD

I like the fact that there was more vocal input. Serj is great, but diversity is good and of I also like Daron's vocals. There's even some more from Shavo (who I used to think sounded like a baby on crack)

Yeah, I used to wonder why Mezmerize/Hypnotize why so short...but later figured it was supposed to be a double album. Hence that really cool packaging we got with it so you can put both in one!

Gotta go with SOAD.

Toxicity is by far my favorite! it is the sound track of my adolecance and probably one of the formative influences that led me to prog! That CD is great Science, Atwa, Arials, and Chop Suey are so emotional with Deer Dance and Prison for polotics plus Bounce is the funnest head banging song ever!

My favourite is Toxicity. I used to love this band to bits. I still like it and listen it from time to time. I have every album except Steal This Album.

DisgruntledPorcupine wrote: First and probably only person to vote Steal This Album. SoaD is my favourite non-prog band.

Not that I don't like STA but its their weakest. A few songs on there I don't like. I'd probably give it a 3*
Maybe 3.25*
Which isn't terrible of course. And I love the blank CD with "Steal this Album" written on it.