System Of A Down: Every Album Ranked Worst To Best

5. Steal This Album!

You couldn't ask for a better position to be in if you were System circa 2002. Despite people wanting to ban you from stations, your last album created an entirely new lane in rock music and set you on the path to being one of the greatest modern metal acts. And then all it takes is for a few sneaky people on the Internet to leak your album early.

That's not to disparage what's on Steal This Album! though. Making the best of a bad situation, the cheeky title comes from the leaks, and is made up of what is known as a collection of both B-sides along with original material that the band were planning for the next album they were going to release. The fact that any of these songs were considered B-sides in the first place though is a crime, with songs like Boom and F*** the System holding up as some of the most scathing songs of their career.

Outside of the political stuff, we also have some tongue in cheek moments like Chic n Stu and songs about how you perceive everyone around you like Innervision. Compared to the rest of the albums on this list, Steal This Album! is a great bridge record that connects both sides of their career perfectly.