Steal This Album

Steal This Album! is an album by System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian, Steal This Album! was recorded in mid-2002 and released on November 26, 2002 by American Recordings. The album reached No. 15 in the Billboard Top 200. The album title is a reference to Abbie Hoffman's book Steal This Book, which is regarded by many 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 titled Steal This Record. The Coup had also released a Steal This Album in 1998. The title of track 12, "Fuck The System", is probably also based off of the Abbie Hoffman book of the same name. It certainly could be argued that, like Hoffman, System of a Down have used some of their lyrics to discuss radical political opinions. The choice of album title could also be interpreted as being a reference to the Recording Industry Association of America's campaign against peer-to-peer MP3 file-sharing, which attracted significant mainstream media attention, both before and since the album's release. Given the aforementioned history of the album, such a view is given credence. It could also be interpreted as a message to those who leaked the unfinished, unmastered versions of the songs, on the Internet. It should also be noted that in the Toxicity II song "Outer Space" it makes brief reference to killer Edmund Kemper.

1. "Chic 'N' Stu" – 2:23
2. "Innervision" – 2:33
3. "Bubbles" – 1:56
4. "Boom!" – 2:14
5. "Nüguns" – 2:30
6. "A.D.D." (American Dream Denial) – 3:17
7. "Mr. Jack" – 4:09
8. "I-E-A-I-A-I-O"– 3:08
9. "36" – 0:46
10. "Pictures" – 2:06
11. "Highway Song" – 3:13
12. "Fuck the System" – 2:12
13. "Ego Brain" – 3:21
14. "Thetawaves" – 2:36
15. "Roulette" – 3:21
16. "Streamline" – 3:37

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