Hypnotize
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Publication |
November 22, 2005 |
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Columbia (UK) American Recordings , Columbia (US) |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
39 min 36 s |
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Hypnotize is the fifth studio album by the American metal band System of a Down . With Hypnotize , the second part of the double album Mezmerize / Hypnotize was released on November 22, 2005.
Music genre
The musical style of the album is very similar to that of its predecessor Mezmerize , which can be explained by the fact that System of a Down wrote the tracks for both albums at the same time. Lead singer and keyboardist Serj Tankian and guitarist and singer Daron Malakian also share the vocal parts on Hypnotize . Accents are set by fast blast beats and the use of double bass . The more unusual keyboard melodies are new and complement the sound spectrum of the band in some songs.
Cover design
The graphic design was again done by Vartan Malakian , father of guitarist Daron Malakian . The design ties in with the Mezmerize, also designed by Vartan, and forms a unit with it. The CD sleeves can therefore also be put together. In addition, the two albums also form a musical unit: Soldier Side , the intro of Mezmerize , is continued on this album as a real song and closes the album or double album.
Versions
The album was released in two different versions: on a normal CD and on a DualDisc . In addition to a documentation about the creation of the double album, the latter also contains the videos BYOB and Question! from the Mezmerize album, as well as the enhanced stereo version of the Hypnotize album.
Track list
- Attack - 3:06
- Dreaming - 3:59
- Kill Rock 'n Roll - 2:27
- Hypnotize - 3:09
- Stealing Society - 2:57
- Tentatives - 3:36
- U-Fig - 2:55
- Holy Mountains - 5:28
- Vicinity of Obscenity - 2:51
- She's Like Heroin - 2:44
- Lonely Day - 2:47
- Soldier Side - 3:40
Singles
- Hypnotize (first broadcast on MTV2 on November 1, 2005 )
- Lonely Day (released March 24, 2006)
successes
Hypnotize reached number 4 in the German album charts in the first week. In the United States, the album went platinum on December 13, 2005 and first place on the Billboard 200 on December 10, 2005 . In Germany, like its predecessor, it went gold . The German magazine Visions had the album in its list of the 66 + 6 best metal albums of the third millennium in spring 2017 .
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 gold
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35,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Finland (IFPI)
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 platinum
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31,990 |
 Ireland (IRMA)
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platinum
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15,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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gold
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50,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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platinum
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15,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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20,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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gold
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20,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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platinum
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1,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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gold
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100,000 |
| All in all |
6 × gold 4 × platinum |
1,386,990 |
Individual evidence
- ^ System of a Down: Hypnotize: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone. In: rollingstone.com. Internet Archive, November 17, 2005, accessed May 8, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/system-of-a-down/hypnotize/746535
- ↑ oA: The 66 + 6 best metal albums of the millennium . In: Visions, issue 289, pages 52–66
- ↑ Award in Australia
- ↑ Award in Germany
- ↑ Award in Finland
- ↑ Award in Ireland
- ↑ Award in Italy
- ↑ in New Zealand
- ↑ Award in Austria
- ↑ Award in Switzerland
- ↑ Distinction in the United States
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom