System Of A Down
by System Of A Down

System Of A Down by System Of A Down
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-06-30
Overall rank: 1,115th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 441 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1998 (17th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (212th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,115th)

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System Of A Down bestography

System Of A Down is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by System Of A Down on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by System Of A Down is Toxicity which is ranked number 245 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,539.

System Of A Down album bestography « Higher ranked (838th)
Mezmerize
This album (1,115th)
System Of A Down
Lower ranked (1,862nd) »
Hypnotize

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System Of A Down track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,115th | 1990s rank: 212th | 1998 rank: 17th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 441 votes)
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80/100
 
05/11/2026 19:43 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,37470/100
 
40/100
 
05/05/2026 22:14 seaniedimes_  Ratings distribution  7480/100
 
90/100
 
03/30/2026 01:48 thedudeabides  Ratings distribution  16983/100
 
90/100
 
03/17/2026 19:16 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,19284/100
 
100/100
 
03/02/2026 23:37 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,23497/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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85/100
From 03/15/2025 20:39 | #308054
Shit hot debut. Where the building blocks were being laid to establish the sound and style that make them completely unique. I always seem to have a misconception with this album, thinking it's not as good as it is, due to all their other albums being greater. Even though it's the runt of the litter within their catalog, this is a fucking fantastic album
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Rating:  
90/100
From 03/04/2023 19:39 | #294701
Under-rated for sure. The riffs and guitar tone is way better here than on Toxicity, and Serj puts one hell of a performance.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/06/2022 06:47 | #282370
Weirdness and goofiness carries sometimes a long way, but not for me, this time. Raw!
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Rating:  
55/100
From 02/06/2022 09:30 | #280849
First half is just awesome, the second half drags the album down unfortunately. Spiders is brilliant, and I love Suite-Pee, Know and War too.
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80/100
From 01/21/2022 13:28 | #279778
Pesado e bem criativo quanto as melodias.
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From 03/25/2021 01:12 | #267730
Unique as it is heavy!
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55/100
From 11/24/2020 14:46 | #261321
Their style makes them stand out, but I prefer some of their other albums, this was too loud, too heavy, too aggressive for me. Overall, 55/100.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/27/2020 12:44 | #254601
Not a lot of albums sound much like this. Very raw and aggressive. They had a message to send and sent it. Suite-Pee, Spiders, and Suggestions are some of my favorite SOAD songs.
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From 07/20/2019 01:55 | #239931
Favorite Tracks:CUBErt
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Rating:  
95/100
From 07/03/2019 19:12 | #238878
Really good album, and quite unique in the nu metal world.
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