This is an awsome album. I may be wrong, but isn't this the first album that has the guitar player doing vocals? Anyways, B.Y.O.B. and and that last track are my favorite songs off this album. I love what b.y.o.b. stand for and what it means. That song really shows there hippie side. And that's cool because I'm kind of a hippie.

Hmmm. My first impressions of the album were mixed. I'm not actually too impressed with BYOB due to it's totally repetitive nature.

What I do like however is Radio/Video and Lost In Hollywood, the acoustic/folk style shows me a bit more of a creative side for Malakian, moving away slightly from just fast powerchords riffs.

I particularly like the inclusion of Malakian singing in some songs, rather than just err 'shouting'.

Some songs I can't stop listening to, some I just don't like at all, thus:

3.5/5 Marks.

I love this album so much. this album is sure as hell my favorite. Violent porno has a nice begining to it. So Does Revenga.

This albumis amazing 5/5

Album Rating: 4.5

oh yes i love this cd

really shows how good they are even though there has been such a long wait in between

oh and the second part of this cd is coming in july or something

HYPNOTIZE instead of mesmerize

Violent Pornography and Radio/video are ridiculously good.

Good album, it's my favorite of their's.

Amazing album 5/5

good review, although i disagree with the rating

violent porno and lost in hollywood are good

everything else is just ok

has any1 noticed that the ending songs on soad are usually there best songs on the album? or at least top 3?

soad- pluck owned
toxicity- aeirels was awesome
steal this album- streamline.. nvm
mezmerize- lost in hollywood is 2nd to violent porn

this is probably there worst album IMO, but they still own alot of other bands out there

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they have really evolved their sound for the better. Lost In Hollywood is one of my most personal songs to me (that and Short Stories with Tragic Endings)

That's a good review and an equally good album. *Thumbs Up*

*Listen's to BYOB*

Well, I would do if my speakers were working and it wasn't Twenty Past Twelve at night! Grr!

Fuckin' amazing album though!

cant wait till Hypnotize commes out.

Album Rating: 5.0

Very good review, i think this album is fucking awesome but im getting tired of listening to b.y.o.b although i still love it. my favourite song of this album at the minute is revenga i think.This Message Edited On 07.06.05

this album is good but it gets old

this cd is an okay one. toxicity all the way

haha great review

and yes i do remember a little song called jet pilot

sad statue, lost in hollywood, and question are the best.

Album Rating: 3.5

This was a definite grower on me.



I couldn't stand "Old School hollywood" at first, and I still don't love it, but it's kinda growing on me.



On the other hand, I'd suggest Daron Malakian to STOP THE SONGWRITING and focus on guitar playing. It's fun to listen to stuff like that sometimes, but A song that repeats itself a billion times is just... not right. My favorite track is "question!" and it was written by Serj only. I just seem to have a problem with the songwriting of Daron and I missed the solos, but hopefully Hypnotize will do better.



That and the fact that the freaking album cost me 16 bucks. With a discount! That makes it about...23 bucks on regular cost or something. I don't even know why was that. If it would've been a regular double album, 30 bucks would have been fine, but it will be about 46 bucks over all... :angry:



Why!!

they should have released mezmerize and hypnotize together in one disc....anyway this album was pretty good. best track has to be revenga

Album Rating: 5.0

I would give it 5/5

I still think that Toxicity is their best album and most people may disagree with me on that but with Mezmerize, all of the tracks are really and I could listen to the album all the way through over and over again for a long time.

Album Rating: 4.5

The reason that they released Mezmerise/Hypnotize in two installments is to allow time for each track to sink in, if they had 22 songs released at once they wouldn't be as noticed. IT works out nicely in the end because, by the time i'm finally starting to grow sick of this one, out comes the next album