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STEAL THIS ALBUM contains outtakes and previously unreleased tracks.
Even considering the enormous popularity of nu-metal in the late '90s and early '00s, the initial mass commercial acceptance of System Of A Down was pretty surprising. On STEAL THIS ALBUM! the wildly eclectic group continues to push the envelope by even more aggressively fusing brutal, razor-sharp thrash metal with a distinctly Eastern European folk-inspired melodic sense and bizarrely humorous/politically incisive lyrics worthy of Frank Zappa or Jello Biafra. To top it all off, the songs rarely have traditional verse/chorus structures or much in the way of identifiable refrains.
Amazingly, however, most of the music manages to be both intensely catchy and far more memorable than virtually anything by Korn, Slipknot, Mudvayne, or any of System Of A Down's other genre-mates. In fact, System Of A Down has less in common with these groups than with '80s everything-but-the-kitchen-sink types like Fishbone and Faith No More. STEAL THIS ALBUM is a powerfully creative statement by a group determined to expand the boundaries of nu-metal.
In most cases, bands put out these odds and sods collections for die-hard fans, to fulfill a record deal, or to stall while they're taking seven years to record a follow-up. Steal This Album!, on the other hand, definitely does NOT fit any of those ideals. Firstly, its almost impossible to think of this as an "outtakes" record. System of a Down has managed to make tracks from a seven-year period sound cohesive without having to embellish or sacrifice. Some might argue that maybe they're just treading water. Not true. If System proved anything with 2001's Toxicity, it's that they're one of the few breaths of fresh air out there in mainstream metal land. This collection is no different, and with its amazing pacing, it's hard to not be moved by what this band can do. Secondly, Steal This Album! has everything that a "normal" album release would have; it's heavy without being a burden, political without being condescending, and in some cases, downright beautiful. It's been mentioned that this is the link to what they've done and what they're moving towards. If that turns out to be true, the next one should be a monster. [The clean edition edits any swearing or questionable language.] ~ Chris True
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.Rolling Stone (12/12/02, p.93) - "...An absurdist blast of political rage, silly theater and shattered math metal..."
Rolling Stone (12/12/02, p.93) - "...An absurdist blast of political rage, silly theater and shattered math metal..."
Spin (2/03, p.96) - 8 out of 10 - "...The way these simple songs blur together works in the album's favor: Just when you think you've got a foothold, the ground disappears under your feet..."
Spin (2/03, p.96) - 8 out of 10 - "...The way these simple songs blur together works in the album's favor: Just when you think you've got a foothold, the ground disappears under your feet..."
Entertainment Weekly (11/29/02, p.105) - "...STEAL THIS ALBUM stands head-and-tattooed shoulders above its competition in the hard-rock genre..."
Entertainment Weekly (11/29/02, p.105) - "...STEAL THIS ALBUM stands head-and-tattooed shoulders above its competition in the hard-rock genre..."
CMJ (12/16/02, p.23) - "...Both arty aggro and perverted political punk..."
CMJ (12/16/02, p.23) - "...Both arty aggro and perverted political punk..." Steal This Album Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.30) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal | | Label | Epic | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  95278  | | CD Universe Part number | 5409030 | | Catalog number | 87118 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 26, 2002 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Daron Malakian; Rick Rubin | | Engineer | Andy Wallace | | Additional Info | Edited |
Steal This Album Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  steal this album!
Best album of theirs yet
every song, the best!
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best by them.good.freind ordered it.gonna borrow it.its all good
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THE BEST
the very best albumn by system of a down PERIOD! but it now! and while your at it buy all their others
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this album is incredible from track 1 until the end. Press play and prepare yourself to be catapaulted into musical madness.....enjoy
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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 ...
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"Chop Suey!" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
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With Black Spaces Between Stars, welcome into your head this "one man band" of multiple coagulated bass lines, mangled drum tracks, textural samples and synths, vocal dementia, and above all, commanding musicianship - and let it scramble your brains into fajita meat. Resonating like the malevolent spawn of the AmRep family, this anything-but-straight-ahead composite of blackened, disfigured arrangements bristles with heart, rhythm, and a sickening menace. Witness a plethora of boundary-crushing, mind-throttling information crammed into one caustic half hour. This is the uncontrolled, unusual, and uncompromising sound of a musical visionary truly losing patience...and someone's bound to get hurt...-----------Decibel Magazine Review - September 2005 IssueGEZOLEEN - "Black Spaces Between Stars" Black hole of musical murder...From the onset of the first track, "The Pillow Over Face Corporation," you know your nerves and aural faculties are going to be grated like bricks of cheese in an Italian restaurant. Even when said track is presented in thatmuted, static-y radio style, the screech of something resembling a guitar and the sub-atomic pulsating of the bass shines through loud and clear. And when the man behind this one-man excursion into the grey area between whitenoise and music mimicking the sound of eleven tractor-trailers grinding on a hairpin turn guard rail, it hits you that much harder. Gezoleen approximatesand summarizes many sound scenarios: what it would sound like if Jim (Foetus) Thirwell interpreted Big Black with guitars and Chinese fireworks;being pushed off the edge of a fiery volcano by James Plotkin; the Swans doing an on-line mash up of Neubaten's "Autobahn" and Neurosis' "Pain OfMind"; the guy from Naglfar taking a volley of buckshot to the chin; an intestine-collapsing caboodle of thrashcore riffs through the rusty and dusty distortion pedal Mike Patton once ran his vocals through. Black SpacesBetween Stars is as damaging as it is frightening; life-affirming as it is destructive and engaging as it is repulsing. -KEVIN STEWART-PANKO-----------Gezoleen - Black Spaces Between StarsReview ...
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For Fantasy of Flight founder Kermit Weeks, the opening of his aviation-themed attraction has been a natural extension of a lifelong, unbounded passion for aviation and aircraft. Weeks has been involved in aviation since his childhood and his enthusiasm for furthering public interest in aviation has never stopped growing. A skilled aerobatics competitor and aircraft designer, Weeks has earned acclaim both for his accomplishments in the air-as an aviator, and on the ground for his technical ability to build aircraft and his promotion of aviation and vintage aircraft restoration.Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Kermit Weeks grew up in Miami, FL. His childhood interest in mechanical design and construction evidenced itself early. While still a teenager, Kermit had already taken to the skies and learned to fly.At age 17, while still in high school, he began construction of his first home-built aircraft-an airplane he completed and flew four years later. In 1973, at age 20, Weeks had began taking to the air in aerobatic flying competitions while pursuing an aeronautical engineering degree at Miami-Dade Junior College, the University of Florida and Purdue University. By 1977, Kermit had built the “Weeks Special,” an aerobatic aircraft of his own design and qualified for the United States Aerobatics Team. In 1978, he was runner-up among 61 competitors worldwide, earning three Silver medals and one Bronze medal in the World Aerobatics Championships staged in Czechoslovakia. Over the span of a dozen years, he placed in the top three in the world five times and won a total of 20 medals in World Aerobatics Championship competition. He has twice won the United States National Aerobatics Championship and has won several Invitational Masters Championships in different worldwide competitions.During the late 1970’s, Kermit’s aviation interests expanded to include the acquisition, restoration and preservation of antique aircraft. In 1985, he began operating the Weeks Air Museum in Miami, a non-profit facility that housed much of his private collection and other antique aircraft owned by the museum. As his personal collection expanded, Weeks planned for development of a larger, more comprehensive facility in which to showcase and share his aircraft collection. In the mid-80’s he began acquiring a 300-acre ...
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