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System of a Down "Steal This Album" Pic Disc 2xLP American (US) 

Vinyl is NM, Jacket is generic.

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Track Listing:

A1 Chic 'N' Stu Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 2:26 A2 Innervision Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 2:35 A3 Bubbles Lyrics By – Camille Pfister, Tankian* Music By – Malakian* Percussion, Vocals – Arto Tunçboyaciyan* 1:57 A4 Boom! Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 2:15 B1 Nüguns Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Tankian* 2:30 B2 A.D.D. (American Dream Denial) Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 3:17 B3 Mr. Jack Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Tankian* 4:10 B4 I-E-A-I-A-I-O Lyrics By – Dolmayan*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Odadjian* Written-By – Glen Larson, Stu Phillips 3:09 C1 36 Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 0:46 C2 Pictures Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 2:06 C3 Highway Song Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 3:14 C4 F*** The System Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Music By – Malakian* 2:13 C5 Ego Brain Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Tankian* Performer [Theremin] – Greg Collins 3:22 D1 Thetawaves Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Tankian* 2:31 D2 Roulette Lyrics By – Malakian*, Tankian* Mixed By – David Schiffman, Rick Rubin, Thom Russo Music By – Malakian* 3:21 D3 Streamline Lyrics By – Tankian* Music By – Malakian*, Tankian* 3:38

Steal This Album! is the third studio album by Armenian-American rock band System of a Down, released on November 26, 2002, on American Recordings. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian, and reached #15 in the Billboard Top 200.

Album information

This album was released shortly after a collection of medium-quality MP3s found its way onto the Internet under the unofficial name Toxicity II, a year after the release of the group's multi-platinum record, Toxicity. The band issued a statement expressing their disappointment that their fans were hearing unfinished material, and released the finished versions of the leaked material. Most, but not all tracks from the original leak (e.g. "Cherry") made it onto Steal This Album!, and three new tracks including "Roulette" were also added. Many song titles, lyrics, and melodies were changed, making the new album significantly different from the unfinished product.

Though often reported in the media as being a collection of B-sides and outtakes, the band insists that the Steal This Album! material is of the same quality as the tracks which made it onto Toxicity. Vocalist Serj Tankian has said that the songs were left out of Toxicity "because they did not fit the overall continuity of the album". In May 2009, drummer John Dolmayan revealed that the album is his favorite System of a Down release. Similarly, Tankian expressed his fondness for the album in a 2012 AMA on reddit.

An alternate version of "Streamline" was used in The Scorpion King soundtrack, which was released in early 2002, and as a B-side on some copies of the "Aerials" single.

The album title is a reference to Abbie Hoffman's book Steal This Book, which is regarded as a classic example of counterculture literature. A similar title (Steal This Movie!) was used for a movie about Hoffman's life. A year prior to this album however, The Suicide Machines had already released an album entitled Steal This Record. The Coup had also released a Steal This Album in 1998.

The packaging for this album is quite unusual. The album comes in a normal CD jewel case with only a disc and no booklet. On the CD and the back of the case, the text is styled as if written by a black permanent marker, in faux-bootleg appearance. This is an obvious response by the band to the people who leaked the original Toxicity II CD.

Most songs on the album have received little appearance in concert. However, songs "Mr. Jack" and "Roulette" were played extensively to live audiences.

After the end of the band's hiatus in 2011, the only songs to have been played from the album are "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "Mr. Jack", "Innervision", and "Roulette".

Multi-instrumentalist Arto Tunçboyac?yan sings on the song "Bubbles", making his third appearance with System of a Down (having appeared on two songs on Toxicity).

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