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Alongside Hypnotize this is a perfect album. I never understood why these last 2 records were always looked down upon, they're my favorite ones. System peaked here, they perfected everything. Serj perfected his singing style, Daron's guitar playing is more technical, Shavo's bass playing was used more creatively here and John's drumming is insane. Revenga has the best drums of any System song. Lost In Hollywood and Soldier Side (intro) are incredibly haunting tracks, and ... read more

System's artistic peak although it's a less consistent album than Toxicity. There's some lackluster tracks (like Bubbles and Pictures, at least in my opinion) although the highs are REALLY high. The vocal harmonies between Daron and Serj are heavenly on this album. It's like if they took Toxicity and perfected it. Strangely the ratings are lower than on the first two System albums? However that's probably caused by the last 3 albums the band ever made being less ... read more

Great but overrated. Out of System's entire discography this has the 2 most well-known songs so it's the album most people listen to first: I think you get a pretty good idea of the band's sound by listening to this album. In terms of production and songwriting, Toxicity is like 100 times better than the debut. System was already developing into something better here, with more instrumental and vocal harmonies. Consistently good track list, no skips at all, and Arto is a nice ... read more

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