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Hypnotize 
Studio album by System of a Down Released November 22, 2005 Recorded 2004–2005, The Mansion
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California
Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research
Los Angeles, CaliforniaGenre Alternative metal, progressive rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, experimental rock Length 39:46 Label American Producer Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian System of a Down chronology Mezmerize
(2005)Hypnotize
(2005)Singles from Hypnotize - "Hypnotize"
Released: October/November 2005 - "Lonely Day"
Released: March 2006 - "Kill Rock 'n Roll"
Released: 2006 - "Vicinity of Obscenity"
Released: 2006
Hypnotize is the fifth album by American heavy metal band System of a Down and the second half of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize double album. It was released on November 22, 2005, six months after the release of companion album Mezmerize. Mezmerize and Hypnotize both debuted at number #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart making the band one of the few to achieve this with two albums in the same year. Hypnotize was System of a Down's last studio album before their four year hiatus from August 2006 to November 2010.
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Metacritic (78%)[1] Review scores Source Rating AbsolutePunk (91%)[2] Allmusic 
[3]E! Online (B) Entertainment Weekly (B+)[4] The Guardian 
[5]Kerrang! PopMatters 
[6]Rolling Stone Stylus Magazine (C)[7] Sputnikmusic [8]Hypnotize opened at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 320,000 copies the first week. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 47,000 copies in its first week.[9] The album was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA on December 13, 2005.[10] Since its release, Hypnotize has sold 8 million copies worldwide.
Entertainment Weekly (No. 851, p. 100) - "[T]hey're flaunting a heretofore underexplored sensitive side, offsetting their trademark stampeding riffology with flashes of delicate lyricism." - Grade: B+
Rolling Stone (No. 988, p. 117) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "Hell immediately runneth over on Malakian's scoured-staccato guitars and Dolmayan's furious hammering."
Spin (p. 62) - Ranked #20 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of 2005".
Uncut (p. 109) - 3 stars out of 5 - "System succeed through their skill at wielding complex, progressive heaviness in a pop context."
Track listing
All songs written by Daron Malakian, except where noted.
No. Title Length 1. "Attack" (Malakian, Serj Tankian) 3:06 2. "Dreaming" (Malakian, Tankian, Shavo Odadjian) 3:59 3. "Kill Rock 'n Roll" 2:28 4. "Hypnotize" (Malakian, Tankian) 3:09 5. "Stealing Society" (Malakian, Tankian) 2:58 6. "Tentative" (Malakian, Tankian) 3:36 7. "U-Fig" (Malakian, Tankian, Odadjian) 2:55 8. "Holy Mountains" (Malakian, Tankian) 5:28 9. "Vicinity of Obscenity" (Tankian) 2:51 10. "She's Like Heroin" 2:44 11. "Lonely Day" 2:47 12. "Soldier Side" 3:40 Total length:39:46 The album was initially going to start with a Middle Eastern style instrumental track entitled "Hezze", which Malakian stated was one of his favorite songs on the record prior its release. It was dropped at the last minute because the group wanted to open the album with a heavy song and because the band felt it was incongruous with the other songs on the album. However, during live performance of "Mr. Jack" Daron will yell "Hello Hezze" after the first chorus. A funk/jazzy guitar instrumental, believed to be "Hezze" is then played after.
DualDisc edition — DVD side
- Entire album in enhanced stereo
- The Recording of Mezmerize / Hypnotize
- "B.Y.O.B." and "Question!" videos
Personnel
- System of a Down
- Serj Tankian – vocals, keyboards
- Daron Malakian – vocals, guitars, bass,[11] keyboards [11]
- Shavo Odadjian – bass
- John Dolmayan – drums
- Production
- Produced by Rick Rubin and Daron Malakian
- Mixed by Andy Wallace
- Engineered by David Schiffman
- Editing by Jason Lader and Dana Neilsen
- Assistant engineer: Phillip Broussard
- All artwork by Vartan Malakian
- Design: System of a Down and Brandy Flower
- String arrangement: Serj Tankian and Mark Mann
- Worldwide representation: Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group
- Mix ProTools engineer: John O'Mahony
- Mix assistant engineers: Steve Sisco (Soundtrack) & Joe Peluso (Enterprise)
- Album production coordinator: Lindsay Chase / Braden Asher
- Recording location: The Mansion in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, CA and Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, Los Angeles, CA
- Mixed at Soundtrack Studios, New York, NY And Enterprise Studios, Los Angeles, CA
- Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY
Chart performance
Album
Year Chart Peak
position2005 Billboard 200 1 UK Albums Chart 11 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 3 Canadian Albums Chart 1 New Zealand Top Albums Chart 1 Polish Albums Chart[12] 16 Singles
Year Single Chart Position 2005 "Hypnotize" Billboard Hot 100 1 Modern Rock Tracks 1 Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 2006 "Lonely Day" Billboard Hot 100 1 Modern Rock Tracks 1 Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 Australian ARIA Top 50 1 "Kill Rock 'n Roll" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 References
- ^ "Hypnotize". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/hypnotize.
- ^ "System Of A Down - Hypnotize - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97964.
- ^ "Hypnotize - System of a Down". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r806636.
- ^ "Hypnotize Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1131697,00.html.
- ^ "CD: System of a Down, Hypnotize". 'The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,16373,1644869,00.html.
- ^ "System of a Down: Hypnotize". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/systemofadown-hypnotize.shtml.
- ^ "System Of A Down - Hypnotize - Review". Stylus Magazine. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/system-of-a-down/hypnotize.htm.
- ^ "System of a Down - Hypnotize (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/4350/System-of-a-Down-Hypnotize/.
- ^ "SOAD knocks Madonna from No. 1". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/System_Of_A_Down/2005/11/30/1330677-ca.html. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ "Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003665671.
- ^ a b Epstein, Dan (July 2008). Guitar World Interview with Daron Malakian: "A Scar Is Born". Guitar World. http://soadfans.com/Article600.htm.
- ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=287&lang=
Preceded by
Confessions on a Dance Floor by MadonnaBillboard 200 number-one album
December 4, 2005 – December 10, 2005Succeeded by
Now 20 by Various artistsSystem of a Down Studio albums Singles "Sugar" • "Spiders" • "Chop Suey!" • "Toxicity" • "Aerials" • "Innervision" • "B.Y.O.B." • "Question!" • "Hypnotize" • "Lonely Day" • "Kill Rock 'n Roll" • "Vicinity of Obscenity"Other songs "War?" • "Peephole" • "P.L.U.C.K." • "Prison Song" • "Needles" • "Chic 'n' Stu" • "Boom!" • "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" • "Revenga" • "Cigaro • "Radio/Video" • "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song" • "Violent Pornography" • "Lost in Hollywood" • "Attack"Tours System of a Down Reunion TourRelated Articles Discography • Awards and Nominations • Axis of Justice • Rick Rubin • Cool Gardens • Elect the Dead • Screamers • SerartArtists Scars on Broadway • Achozen • Buckethead & Friends • The F.C.C. • Mt. Helium • VoKee • Indicator • Chameleon ConductorLabels American Recordings • Columbia Records • Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group • Serjical Strike RecordsCategories Categories:- 2005 albums
- Albums produced by Rick Rubin
- American Recordings albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Double albums
- System of a Down albums
- "Hypnotize"
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