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Elect the Dead by Serj Tankian
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Empty Walls | 3:49 | 347,565 | ||
| 2 | The Unthinking Majority | 3:48 | 209,649 | |||
| 3 | Money | 3:52 | 182,222 | |||
| 4 | Feed Us | 4:30 | 187,063 | |||
| 5 | Saving Us | 4:40 | 199,869 | |||
| 6 | Sky Is Over | 2:56 | 247,684 | |||
| 7 | Baby | 3:30 | 184,976 | |||
| 8 | Honking Antelope | 3:49 | 171,058 | |||
| 9 | Lie Lie Lie | 3:32 | 212,139 | |||
| 10 | Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition | 4:22 | 143,692 | |||
| 11 | Beethoven's C*** | 3:12 | 71,314 | |||
| 12 | Elect the Dead | 2:54 | 161,431 |
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About this album
Elect the Dead is the solo debut album by (System of a Down frontman) Serj Tankian. Tankian played a majority of the instruments himself but did receive assistance from System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan and former Primus and Guns N’ Roses drummer Bryan “Brain” Mantia, along with Dan Monti on guitar and bass, opera singer Ani Maldjian and some string players, Antonio Pontarelli among them. The album was leaked on October 18, 2007. The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007 with a show at Chicago’s Vic theater.
The first concert had roughly 1,000 people attending, in a medium sized venue. Although Serj had stated he would not be performing any of System of a Down’s material, he performed “Charades”, a song co-written by Daron Malakian, the guitarist of System of a Down. Although it is originally a song restricted to piano and vocals, Tankian used his backing band, The Flying Cunts of Chaos (F.C.C.), to provide guitars, drums and bass.
Serj Tankian has stated that while some of the songs are new, a lot of them have been with him for a while. The song “Blue”, which appears on the special edition bonus CD, is a reworking of the System of a Down demo song “Blue” that appeared on the Columbia promo tape which was given away before the release of the band’s debut album.
“ It’s very wide sounding — lots of different sounding instruments. The excitement I had making this record was the same excitement I had making the first System record. „
—Serj Tankian
The first concert had roughly 1,000 people attending, in a medium sized venue. Although Serj had stated he would not be performing any of System of a Down’s material, he performed “Charades”, a song co-written by Daron Malakian, the guitarist of System of a Down. Although it is originally a song restricted to piano and vocals, Tankian used his backing band, The Flying Cunts of Chaos (F.C.C.), to provide guitars, drums and bass.
Serj Tankian has stated that while some of the songs are new, a lot of them have been with him for a while. The song “Blue”, which appears on the special edition bonus CD, is a reworking of the System of a Down demo song “Blue” that appeared on the Columbia promo tape which was given away before the release of the band’s debut album.
“ It’s very wide sounding — lots of different sounding instruments. The excitement I had making this record was the same excitement I had making the first System record. „
—Serj Tankian
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missdelarge719 wrote:
forgot how awesome this album is.. <3
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Soundservant wrote:
My only complaint about this album is that pretty much every song (except for "Praise the Lord..." and "Elect the Dead") follows a similar quiet, acoustic verse / heavy chorus pattern. [3] Well said.
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DDevilized wrote:
v ever heard Goddamn Trigger?
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
I would like to hear more songs like Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.
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Ldk666 wrote:
I fucking love this album! The best album I've ever seen
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
Beethoven's C*** has the least number of listeners because lots of people tag it as 'Beethoven's Cunt'.That's not fair!
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thiagoh10 wrote:
Fucker!!
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thiagoh10 wrote:
poooooorrra!!
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
Serj is getting old.
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Verginix wrote:
http://www.lastfm.de/music/Serj+Tankian/+images/52152815
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
My only complaint about this album is that pretty much every song (except for "Praise the Lord..." and "Elect the Dead") follows a similar quiet, acoustic verse / heavy chorus pattern. [2]
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HempLeaf wrote:
perfect
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
Would like to hear acoustic versions of songs other than those on the limited edition CD.
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acoustic_pl wrote:
Awesome!
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wawaneswawan wrote:
whoaa... serj "great" tankian
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razvlekateljnuj wrote:
SOAD recorded like 5 albums in 15 years.Since the hiatus began we can expect more music from them.I mean they split up because everything they could have done together they've already done.The reunion now would lead to nothing.You guys like have no brains at all,only screaming:'We want SOAD' again and again.Think more.Please.
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mar1shant1 wrote:
è bellissimo, Serj sei un grande, bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mikelnqn wrote:
MAJESTUOOOOOOSSOOOO!
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suaveslav wrote:
My only complaint about this album is that pretty much every song (except for "Praise the Lord..." and "Elect the Dead") follows a similar quiet, acoustic verse / heavy chorus pattern. I was expecting some more experimental music in the vein of Serart, but with that said it's a solid album, especially once you get your Serart or SoaD preconceptions out of the way.
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kookiestarX wrote:
One of the most original and unique metal albums I've heard in a while. This will always be one of my favourites. Much better than a majority of System Of A Down albums. I only hope some of the narrow minded SOAD fans learn that a little experimentation here and there goes a long way. Can't wait for another solo album [3]
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