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Steal This Album! | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Steal This Album! | | lign="center" colspan="3"| | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|CD Album by System Of A Down | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|November 26, 2002 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|2002 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Heavy/Eclectic metal | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|43 min 31 s | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|American Recordings | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Rick Rubin | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic | valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|E! Online | valign="top"|B+ | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Rate Your Music | valign="top"|3.4 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|System of a Down Chronology | align="top"|Toxicity
(2001) | valign="top"|Steal This Album!
(2002) | valign="top"|Mezmerize
(2005) | Steal This Album! is the name of an album released by System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin, 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. This album was released as a reaction to a collection of MP3s which were distributed under the name Toxicity 2. The songs of Toxicity 2 are for the most part the same songs as on Steal This Album!, though they are the unfinished demos, and some songs are credited by different names. 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. 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 creedence. "Streamline" was used in The Scorpion King soundtrack, which was released in early 2002. Track listing - "Chic 'N' Stu"
- "Innervision"
- "Bubbles"
- "Boom!"
- "Nguns"
- "A.D.D."
- "Mr. Jack"
- "I-E-A-I-A-I-O"
- "36"
- "Pictures"
- "Highway Song"
- "F**k The System"
- "Ego Brain"
- "Thetawaves"
- "Roulette"
- "Streamline"
Toxicity 2 - "Everytime"
- "Steamline"
- "Virginity"
- "Waiting For You (Version 1)"
- "We Don't Give a"
- "Side of the Freeway"
- "On My Mind"
- "Want Me to Try"
- "Why?"
- "Chupa Cabra / Power Struggle"
- "Therapy / Chic 'N' Stu"
- "Outer Space"
- "Your Own Pace"
- "Defy You"
- "Waiting For You (Version 2)"
Charting singles 2003 Innervision Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 14 2003 Innervision Modern Rock Tracks No. 12
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