Elect the Dead

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It's very wide sounding — lots of different sounding instruments. The excitement I had making this record was the same excitement I had making the first System record.

—  Serj Tankian, in an interview with Billboard.com [19]

An Elect the Dead tour commenced October 12, 2007 at Chicago's Vic Theater. Tankian cautioned fans this production featured a new band, Flying Cunts of Chaos (a.k.a. The F.C.C.), which was not promoting the System of a Down.

In 2009, Tankian did a symphonic tour with an orchestra in order to perform symphonic renditions of most of the songs from Elect the Dead. A recording of this tour titled Elect the Dead Symphony was released February 23, 2010 in the US.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serj Tankian

Elect the Dead
FinalElect The Dead.jpg
Studio album by
Serj Tankian
ReleasedOctober 22, 2007
RecordedSerjical Strike Dungeons, The Pass (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length45:03
Label Serjical Strike, Reprise
Producer Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian chronology
Serart
(2003)		Elect the Dead
(2007)		 Lie Lie Live
(2008)
Serj Tankian studio album chronology
Elect the Dead
(2007)		 Imperfect Harmonies
(2010)
No.TitleLength
1."Empty Walls"3:49
2."The Unthinking Majority"3:46
3."Money"3:53
4."Feed Us"4:31
5."Saving Us"4:41
6."Sky Is Over"2:57
7."Baby"3:31
8."Honking Antelope"3:50
9."Lie Lie Lie"3:33
10."Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"4:23
11."Beethoven's Cunt"3:13
12."Elect the Dead"2:54
Total length:45:03
iTunes and Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."The Reverend King"2:49
Total length:47:52
Special edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Blue"2:45
2."Empty Walls" (Acoustic)3:46
3."Feed Us" (Acoustic)4:21
4."Falling Stars"3:05
Total length:14:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 50
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [24] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [26] 12
French Albums (SNEP) [27] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [28] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI) [29] 43
Japanese Album Charts (Oricon) [30] 55
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [31] 14
Scottish Albums (OCC) [32] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [33] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [34] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [35] 26
US Billboard 200 [36] 4

References

  1. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Review". IGN . October 22, 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Partridge, Kenneth (August 11, 2010). "SERJ TANKIAN + Elect the Dead Symphony". M Music & Musicians Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  3. 1 2 AllMusic review
  4. 1 2 "CD: Serj Tankian, Elect the Dead". The Guardian . October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ SERJ TANKIAN Paints Grim Picture With 'Sky Is Over' - Jan. 16, 2008
  6. ↑ "Elect The Dead". Metacritic.
  7. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. August 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Elect the Dead - Serj Tankian". Billboard . Archived from the original on October 23, 2007.
  9. ↑ "CG: serj". Robert Christgau.
  10. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Review". Music Emissions. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
  12. ↑ Serj Tankian biography on SOADFans fansite Archived August 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Swedish MTV
  14. ↑ UK MTV Archived February 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "Blabbermouth.Net - Serj Tankian, Rob Zombie, Soilwork, Exodus, Skindred First-Week Sales Revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". HITS Daily Double. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  17. ↑ System of a Down Frontman To Post Videos For Each Track On Forthcoming Solo Album Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ Picture of the Elect The Dead promo CD-R [ permanent dead link ]
  19. ↑ Graff, Gary (April 27, 2007). "SOAD's Serj Tankian Finishing Up Solo Debut". Billboard.com . Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Serj Tankian Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  26. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  28. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  29. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  30. ↑ "エレクト ザ・デッド | サージ タンキアン" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  31. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  32. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  33. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  34. ↑ "Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  35. ↑ "Serj Tankian | full Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Serj Tankian Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved October 31, 2021.
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