System of a Down (album)

System of a Down is the debut album by American rock band System of a Down, first released in 1998. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2000. Two years later, after the success of Toxicity, it was certified platinum.

Album information

The cover artwork is from a poster designed by the artist John Heartfield for the Communist Party of Germany during the Third Reich. The text in the original poster is: "5 fingers has a hand! With these 5 grab the enemy!". This slogan inspired part of the text contained in the back of the System of a Down album: "The hand has five fingers, capable and powerful, with the ability to destroy as well as create". Later, it is written in bold letters: "Open your eyes, open your mouths, close your hands and make a fist".

This album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

#	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Suite-Pee"	Serj Tankian	Daron Malakian	2:32
2.	"Know"	Tankian	Shavo Odadjian, Malakian, Tankian	2:56
3.	"Sugar"	Tankian	Odadjian, Malakian	2:33
4.	"Suggestions"	Tankian	Malakian	2:44
5.	"Spiders"	Tankian	Malakian	3:35
6.	"DDevil"	Tankian	Odadjian, Malakian	1:43
7.	"Soil"	Tankian	Malakian	3:25
8.	"War?"	Tankian	Malakian	2:40
9.	"Mind"	Tankian	Odadjian, Malakian, Tankian	6:16
10.	"Peephole"	Tankian	Malakian	4:04
11.	"CUBErt"	Tankian, Malakian	Malakian	1:49
12.	"Darts"	Tankian	Malakian	2:42
13.	"P.L.U.C.K."	Tankian	Malakian	3:37

Japanese Edition
#	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
14.	"Marmalade"	Tankian	Malakian	3:02
15.	"Störagéd"	Tankian	Malakian	1:19

Limited Edition bonus CD
#	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sugar" (Live)	Tankian	Odadjian, Malakian	2:27
2.	"War?" (Live)	Tankian	Malakian	2:48
3.	"Suite-Pee" (Live)	Tankian	Malakian	2:58
4.	"Know" (Live)	Tankian	Odadjian, Malakian Tankian	3:04