Editing System of a Down (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = System of a Down
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[System of a Down]]
| cover        = system_of_a_down.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1998|06|30}}
| recorded     = <!-- Recording date needs reliable reference -->
| studio       = {{hlist|[[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] (Van Nuys)|[[The Mansion (recording studio)|The Mansion]] (Hollywood)}}
| genre        =
* [[Nu metal]]<ref name=nu-metal>{{cite web|last1=Burgess|first1=Aaron|title=10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/10-nu-metal-albums-you-need-to-own.html#slide-3|website=Revolvermag|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=July 21, 2015|date=September 9, 2014|quote=Technically spotless, wildly eclectic, and out-outspokenly, er, Armenian, System of a Down's 1998 self-titled debut turned more nu-metal on its ear; and with this darker and more streamlined follow-up, the band proved that it was more than just a novelty–though spastic lead single "Chop Suey" is still one of the most awesomely bizarre songs to ever get repeated play on the radio.|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806213337/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/10-nu-metal-albums-you-need-to-own.html#slide-3|url-status=live}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time|title = The 50 best nu metal albums of all time|date = April 2022|access-date = June 17, 2022|archive-date = April 4, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220404175335/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[alternative metal]]<ref name=AllMusic/>
| length       = 40:40
| label        =
* [[American Recordings (record label)|American]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer     =
* [[Rick Rubin]]
* System of a Down
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]
| next_year    = 2001
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = System of a Down
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Sugar (System of a Down song)|Sugar]]
 | single1date = May 24, 1998
 | single2     = [[Spiders (System of a Down song)|Spiders]]
 | single2date = February 10, 1999
}}
}}

'''''System of a Down''''' is the debut studio album by the American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[System of a Down]], released on June 30, 1998, by [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] and [[Columbia Records]]. The album was certified [[Music recording certification|Gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] in February 2000. After the success of the band's following album, ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'' (2001), ''System of a Down'' was certified platinum and has since gone double platinum.<ref name=loudwire>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-self-titled-album-anniversary/ |title=17 Years Ago: System of a Down Release Self-Titled Debut Album |website=Loudwire.com |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-date=July 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703131420/http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-self-titled-album-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RIAA"/>

==Composition==
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The album is generally considered [[nu metal]] and [[alternative metal]], both of which would become staples for the band. Lyrical themes throughout the album vary, with many songs following a theme of being anti-war, but also has topics of [[genocide]], [[religion]], and [[brainwashing]]. "Suite-Pee" is a criticism of [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|pedophilia within the Catholic Church]] and [[fundamentalism|religious extremism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-daron-malakian-dishes-on-politics-and-religion/|title=System of a Down's Daron Malakian Dishes on Politics and Religion|website=Loudwire|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503133003/https://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-daron-malakian-dishes-on-politics-and-religion/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Sugar" is about the world's population's over use and reliance on [[Recreational drug use|drugs]] and other substances, as well as the predatory state of [[Mass media|media]] like the [[news]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-30 |title=Revisiting System of a Down's chaotic, anti-fascist debut album 20 years after its release |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/revisiting-system-of-a-downs-chaotic-anti-fascist-debut-album-20-years-after-its-release-4570621.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> "Soil" is, according to guitarist [[Daron Malakian]] at a [[Lowlands (festival)|Lowlands]] show, "about death, and friends that die, and life that dies". "Mind" talks about government mind control, specifically mentioning [[Project MKUltra|CIA brainwashing]] in the album's liner notes. "P.L.U.C.K." is a song dedicated to the victims of the [[Armenian genocide]], and is meant to be a criticism and denouncing of the [[Government of Turkey|Turkish Government]].

==Artwork==
[[File:John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld) - The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand) 1928.jpg|alt=John Heartfield's poster|thumb|John Heartfield's poster inspired the album cover for the album.]]
The cover artwork is from a 1928 [[anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] poster designed by visual artist [[John Heartfield]] for the [[Communist Party of Germany]].<ref name = loudwire/> The text on the original poster is: "A hand has 5 fingers! With these 5 grab the enemy!"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/john-heartfield-art/political-art-posters/heartfield-posters-fahne/heartfield-five-fingers |title=John Heartfield Poster - Five Fingers Has The Hand |website=Johnheartfield.com |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815081832/http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/john-heartfield-art/political-art-posters/heartfield-posters-fahne/heartfield-five-fingers |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This slogan inspired part of the text contained on the back of the 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" (used later by Serj Tankian in the song "Uneducated Democracy"). The artwork also bears a close resemblance to the cover of [[George Harrison]]'s album ''[[Living in the Material World]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Harrison: Living in the Material World Album Cover Parodies |url=http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world-parodies/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=amIright |language=en}}</ref> 

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/system-of-a-down-mw0000040168|title=System of a Down – System of a Down|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 21, 2010|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629201632/http://www.allmusic.com/album/system-of-a-down-mw0000040168|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Jody |date=October 1, 1998 |title=CoC : System of a Down - System of a Down : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-985 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev3score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Nettleton|first=Chris|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4822/reviews/6744 |title=Album Review: System of a Down – System of a Down|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=April 21, 2003|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090957/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4822/reviews/6744-|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Perry  |first=Neil |date= September 19, 1998 |title=Albums |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=717|page=44}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruggeri|first=Kevin|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/system-of-a-down/system-of-a-down.shtml|title=System of a Down: System of a Down|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001003092540/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/system-of-a-down/system-of-a-down.shtml|archive-date=October 3, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=Q>{{cite magazine|title=System of a Down: System of a Down|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=182|date=October 2001|page=152}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|chapter=System of a Down|last=Harris|first=Keith|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/800 800]}}</ref>
}}
''System of a Down'' received acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musiclegendtrend.com/system-of-a-down-armenian-metal-proprietors/ |title=System of a Down: Armenian Metal Proprietors |website=Musiclegendtrend.com |date=March 12, 2013 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617010142/http://www.musiclegendtrend.com/system-of-a-down-armenian-metal-proprietors/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' called it "an excellent starting point for this most curious band".<ref name=Q/>

The album is featured in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref> ''[[Loudwire]]'' included the album in its list of ''The Best Metal Debut Albums'', at number 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-system-of-a-down-best-debut-metal-albums/|title=No. 22: System of a Down, 'System of a Down' – Best Debut Metal Albums|first=Graham|last=Hartmann|website=Loudwire|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091053/http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-system-of-a-down-best-debut-metal-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Track listing==
===Original release===
All lyrics written by [[Serj Tankian]], except where noted. All music written by [[Daron Malakian]], except where noted.
<!-- All writing credits are listed in the official album booklet. Please do not change any of them. -->
{{Track listing
| title1          = Suite-Pee
| lyrics1         = 
| music1          = 
| length1         = 2:31
| title2          = Know
| lyrics2         = 
| music2          = [[Shavo Odadjian]], Malakian, Tankian
| length2         = 2:56
| title3          = [[Sugar (System of a Down song)|Sugar]]
| lyrics3         = 
| music3          = Odadjian, Malakian
| length3         = 2:33
| title4          = Suggestions
| lyrics4         = 
| music4          = 
| length4         = 2:43
| title5          = [[Spiders (System of a Down song)|Spiders]]
| lyrics5         = 
| music5          = 
| length5         = 3:35
| title6          = DDevil
| lyrics6         = 
| music6          = Odadjian, Malakian
| length6         = 1:42
| title7          = Soil
| lyrics7         = 
| music7          = 
| length7         = 3:25
| title8          = War?
| lyrics8         = 
| music8          = 
| length8         = 2:40
| title9          = Mind
| lyrics9         = 
| music9          = Odadjian, Malakian, Tankian
| length9         = 6:16
| title10         = Peephole
| lyrics10        = 
| music10         = 
| length10        = 4:04
| title11         = CUBErt
| lyrics11        = Tankian, Malakian
| music11         = 
| length11        = 1:49
| title12         = Darts
| lyrics12        = 
| music12         = 
| length12        = 2:42
| title13         = P.L.U.C.K.
| lyrics13        = 
| music13         = 
| note13          = Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers
| length13        = 3:37
| total_length    = 40:40
}}

{{Track listing
| headline        = Japanese edition bonus tracks
| title14         = Marmalade
| length14        = 3:02
| title15         = Störagéd
| length15        = 1:19
| total_length    = 45:01
}}

===Limited edition bonus CD===
{{Track listing
| title1          = Sugar
| note1           = Live from Irving Plaza, New York, Jan 19, 1999
| music1          = Odadjian, Malakian
| length1         = 2:27
| title2          = War?
| note2           = Live from Irving Plaza, New York, Jan 19, 1999
| length2         = 2:48
| title3          = Suite-Pee
| note3           = Live from Irving Plaza, New York, Jan 19, 1999
| length3         = 2:58
| title4          = Know
| note4           = Live from Irving Plaza, New York, Jan 19, 1999
| music4          = Odadjian, Malakian, Tankian
| length4         = 3:04
| total_length    = 13:17
}}
* An early version of "X" from ''Toxicity'' was originally recorded for this album.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Corey |title=SYSTEM OF A DOWN TO RELEASE TOXICITY OUTTAKES |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1455350/system-of-a-down-to-release-toxicity-outtakes/ |access-date=26 April 2022 |agency=MTV |publisher=MTV News |date=June 21, 2002 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426172910/https://www.mtv.com/news/1455350/system-of-a-down-to-release-toxicity-outtakes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The songs "Honey" and "Temper" from Demo Tape 2 were also recorded for this album but ultimately did not make the cut. The re-recorded versions of these songs have yet to surface anywhere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/works/publisher/423440/DDEVIL+MUSIC|title=ACE Repertory|website=www.ascap.com|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504145155/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/works/publisher/423440/DDEVIL+MUSIC|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personnel==
<!-- All following personnel credits are listed in the official album booklet. Please do not change any of them. -->
'''System of a Down'''
* [[Serj Tankian]] – vocals, keyboards, samples
* [[Daron Malakian]] – guitars, backing vocals
* [[Shavo Odadjian]] – bass
* [[John Dolmayan]] – drums

'''Production'''
* Produced by [[Rick Rubin]] with System of a Down
* Mixed by [[Dave Sardy|D. Sardy]]
* Engineered by [[Sylvia Massy]]
* Engineer/assistant engineer: [[Greg Fidelman]]
* Additional recording/finishing touches: D. Sardy
* Assistant engineers: Sam Storey, [[Nick Raskulinecz]]
* Assistant mixdown engineers: James Saez, Greg Gordon, Andy Haller
* Second assistant mixdown engineer: Bryan Davis
* Extra piano by [[Rick Rubin]]
* Photography: Anthony Artiaga
* Cover art: [[John Heartfield]]
* Art direction: Frank Harkins & System of a Down
* [[A&R]] direction: Dino Paredes, Sam Wick
* Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California
* Vocals and additional recordings at Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, Hollywood, California
* Mixed at [[Record Plant Studios]], Hollywood, California & Hollywood Sound, California
* Mastered by Vlado Meller at [[Sony]] Studios, New York City

== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=System+Of+A+Down&titel=System+Of+A+Down&cat=a|title=System Of A Down - System Of A Down|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030150759/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=System+Of+A+Down&titel=System+Of+A+Down&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 48
|-
!scope="row"| [[Album Top 100|Dutch Albums]] ([[Dutch Charts|Album Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=System+Of+A+Down&titel=System+Of+A+Down&cat=a|title=System Of A Down - System Of A Down|publisher=Hung Medien|language=nl|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030150758/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=System+Of+A+Down&titel=System+Of+A+Down&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 68
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Tobias|last=Zywietz|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System Of Life|publisher=Zobbel|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217041536/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 103
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|title=System of A Down Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117144754/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 124
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Top Heatseekers]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tln/|title=System of A Down Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=March 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305215458/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tln/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"| Chart (2002–2022)
!scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"| [[Scottish Albums Chart|Scottish Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20020602/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=June 2, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
| 75
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart|UK Rock & Metal Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20050522/112/|title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=May 22, 2005|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
| 16
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|title=System of a down Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117144754/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 113
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Top Rock Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/rck/|title=System of a Down (Top Rock Albums)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
| 17
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Top Alternative Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=System of a Down Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 January 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120190312/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 9
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Top Hard Rock Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=System of a Down Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 January 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120190312/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Tastemaker Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=System of a Down Chart History (Tastemaker Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 January 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120190312/https://www.billboard.com/artist/system-of-a-down/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 19
|-
|}
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=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 180
|-
!scope="row"| Canadian Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name = "CANALTYE02">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 58
|-
!scope="row"| Canadian Metal Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archivedate=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 28
|}
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== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''System of a Down''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|title=System of a Down|artist=System of a Down|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=System of a Down|artist=System of a Down|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=2002}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|title=System of a Down|artist=System of a Down|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=2019|id=1502|access-date=July 22, 2019|note=sales since 2009}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=System of a Down|artist=System of a Down|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=2021|id=12472-2057-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=System of a Down|artist=System of a Down|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1998|certyear=2022|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|5Yop5mahaUU|"Sugar" Live Performance Video}}
*{{YouTube|lLen2eerZhk|"War?" Live Performance Video}}
*{{YouTube|q94dA8pTTyo|"Spiders" Live Performance Video}}

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[[Category:1998 debut albums]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Daron Malakian]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Sound City Studios]]