The initial single from the album was a two-track promo including "Empty Walls" and "The Unthinking Majority", released on September 10, 2007. Tankian immediately appeared on MTV's "You Rock the Deuce" program. Meanwhile, a music video of "Feed Us" was released in Sweden[13] and on UK MTV.[14] The album was released October 22, 2007 and opened at number 4 with 66,000 US units sold according to the Billboard 200 trade listing.[15] By September 2010, the album had sold 319,000 copies total.[16]
Music videos of the album's songs were each filmed by discrete directors. Tankian revealed: "I asked each of the directors for their visual interpretation of my work. They were asked not to write treatments and that they could make whatever they liked. The results have been overwhelmingly amazing".[17] Initially some videos were released as limited edition premiums. All videos were later freely offered on Tankian's website and his YouTube channel. Some of these "official videos" were alternate versions released one version at a time, suggesting incrementally evolving narrative.
Collectible versions of the album include an instrumental disc offered by Serjical Strike/Reprise Records, and the "final master" from Reprise intended for specific journalists and reviewers. That embargoed disc was labeled "Smart Talk" [a coded reference to the artist's own name].[18] Previously an undated, un-mastered 'Smart Talk' promo featured these same 'final versions' of the songs, but the sequence of tracks ten and eleven was juxtaposed.
Productionedit
Tankian stated that some of these songs were new, and others had developed earlier. An acoustic version of "Blue" was released on the album's special edition bonus disc. The original version appeared on System of a Down's fourth demo tape but had no other recordings of the song were known to exist.
The title track was also recorded by System of a Down during the recording sessions for Mezmerize and Hypnotize but this version remains unreleased.
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.
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.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Elect the Dead news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Elect the Dead is the debut album by rock musician Serj Tankian lead singer and founding member of Armenian American metal band System of a Down It was released on October 22 2007 Alongside Tankian appears Armenian American coloratura Ani Maldjian drummers John Dolmayan System of a Down and Brain Primus Guns N Roses Dan Monti on guitars as well as a string section featuring Antonio Pontarelli 12 Elect the DeadStudio album by Serj TankianReleasedOctober 22 2007RecordedSerjical Strike Dungeons The Pass Los Angeles GenreAlternative rock 1 2 hard rock 3 heavy metal 4 Length45 03LabelSerjical Strike RepriseProducerSerj TankianSerj Tankian chronologySerart 2003 Elect the Dead 2007 Lie Lie Live 2008 Serj Tankian studio album chronologyElect the Dead 2007 Imperfect Harmonies 2010 Alternative coverSpecial edition coverSingles from Elect the Dead The Unthinking Majority Released July 30 2007 Empty Walls Released September 10 2007 Lie Lie Lie Released December 24 2007 Sky Is Over Released January 16 2008 5 Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic 68 6 Review scoresSourceRatingAbsolutePunk 69 7 AllMusic 3 Billboard favorable 8 Robert Christgau 9 IGN 7 1 10 10 Kerrang Music Emissions 11 NME October 27 2007 p 39 Rolling StoneThe Guardian 4 Contents 1 Marketing 2 Production 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 References 7 External linksMarketing editThe initial single from the album was a two track promo including Empty Walls and The Unthinking Majority released on September 10 2007 Tankian immediately appeared on MTV s You Rock the Deuce program Meanwhile a music video of Feed Us was released in Sweden 13 and on UK MTV 14 The album was released October 22 2007 and opened at number 4 with 66 000 US units sold according to the Billboard 200 trade listing 15 By September 2010 the album had sold 319 000 copies total 16 Music videos of the album s songs were each filmed by discrete directors Tankian revealed I asked each of the directors for their visual interpretation of my work They were asked not to write treatments and that they could make whatever they liked The results have been overwhelmingly amazing 17 Initially some videos were released as limited edition premiums All videos were later freely offered on Tankian s website and his YouTube channel Some of these official videos were alternate versions released one version at a time suggesting incrementally evolving narrative Collectible versions of the album include an instrumental disc offered by Serjical Strike Reprise Records and the final master from Reprise intended for specific journalists and reviewers That embargoed disc was labeled Smart Talk a coded reference to the artist s own name 18 Previously an undated un mastered Smart Talk promo featured these same final versions of the songs but the sequence of tracks ten and eleven was juxtaposed Production editTankian stated that some of these songs were new and others had developed earlier An acoustic version of Blue was released on the album s special edition bonus disc The original version appeared on System of a Down s fourth demo tape but had no other recordings of the song were known to exist The title track was also recorded by System of a Down during the recording sessions for Mezmerize and Hypnotize but this version remains unreleased 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 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 editAll tracks are written by Serj TankianNo TitleLength1 Empty Walls 3 492 The Unthinking Majority 3 463 Money 3 534 Feed Us 4 315 Saving Us 4 416 Sky Is Over 2 577 Baby 3 318 Honking Antelope 3 509 Lie Lie Lie 3 3310 Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition 4 2311 Beethoven s Cunt 3 1312 Elect the Dead 2 54Total length 45 03 iTunes and Japanese version bonus tracksNo TitleLength13 The Reverend King 2 49Total length 47 52 Special edition bonus discNo TitleLength1 Blue 2 452 Empty Walls Acoustic 3 463 Feed Us Acoustic 4 214 Falling Stars 3 05Total length 14 17Personnel editAll songs written amp performed by Serj Tankian guitars bass piano vocals synthesizers drum programming melodica bells All songs recorded at Serjical Strike Studios Produced by Serj Tankian Engineered by Dan Monti amp Serj Tankian Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios in New York City Elect the Dead All drums recorded at The Pass in Los Angeles Drum engineer Krish Sharma Assistant drum engineer Bo Joe Drum technician at The Pass Sako Karaian Mixed by Neal Avron at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles Mix assistant Nicholas Fournier Drumming on tracks 1 3 7 9 11 by Brain Drumming on track 2 by John Dolmayan Drumming on tracks 4 and 5 by Brain and John Dolmayan Drum programming on track 6 by Dan Monti Additional guitar on tracks 1 4 6 8 11 by Dan Monti Additional bass on tracks 2 6 9 11 by Dan Monti Additional solo guitar on track 5 by Diran Noubar Additional vocals on tracks 5 and 9 by Ani Maldjian Additional cello on tracks 1 3 4 6 8 11 12 by Cameron Stone Additional violin on tracks 1 3 4 6 8 by Antonio Pontarelli Additional synthesizers on track 6 by Dan Monti and Fabrice Favre Special edition bonus disc Drums on track 4 recorded at The Pass in Los Angeles Additional engineering on track 1 by Thom Russo Drum engineer on track 4 Krish Sharma Assistant drum engineer on track 4 Bo Joe Drum technician on track 4 Sako Karaian Tracks 1 3 mixed by Serj Tankian amp Dan Monti Track 4 mixed by Neal Avron Track 4 mix assistant Nicholas Fournier Drumming on track 4 by John Dolmayan Violin solo on track 4 by Antonio Pontarelli Additional guitars on track 4 by Dan Monti Additional violin on tracks 2 4 by Antonio Pontarelli Additional cello on tracks 2 4 by Cameron Stone A amp R Craig Aaronson amp George Tonikian Original artwork provided by Sako Shahinian Album packaging design by Sako Shahinian Digipack album packaging design by Keith Aazami Photography by Greg WatermannCharts editChart 2007 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 19 19 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 20 5 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 21 64 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 22 50 Canadian Albums Billboard 23 4 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 24 45 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 25 12 French Albums SNEP 26 23 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 10 Italian Albums FIMI 28 43 Japanese Album Charts Oricon 29 55 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 30 14 Scottish Albums OCC 31 33 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 32 36 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 33 11 UK Albums OCC 34 26 US Billboard 200 35 4References edit Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Review IGN October 22 2007 Archived from the original on February 14 2012 Partridge Kenneth August 11 2010 SERJ TANKIAN Elect the Dead Symphony M Music amp Musicians Magazine Retrieved November 1 2022 a b AllMusic review a b CD Serj Tankian Elect the Dead The Guardian October 25 2007 Archived from the original on December 2 2020 SERJ TANKIAN Paints Grim Picture With Sky Is Over Jan 16 2008 Elect The Dead Metacritic Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Album Review AbsolutePunk August 3 2023 Elect the Dead Serj Tankian billboard com Archived from the original on October 23 2007 CG serj Robert Christgau Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Review IGN Archived from the original on November 1 2007 Retrieved October 30 2007 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Review Music Emissions Archived from the original on July 16 2011 Retrieved December 5 2007 Serj Tankian biography on SOADFans fansite Archived August 16 2007 at the Wayback Machine Swedish MTV UK MTV Archived February 1 2009 at the Wayback Machine 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 Upcoming Releases HITS Daily Double Retrieved February 14 2012 permanent dead link System of a Down Frontman To Post Videos For Each Track On Forthcoming Solo Album Archived June 6 2011 at the Wayback Machine Picture of the Elect The Dead promo CD R permanent dead link Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead in German Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead in French Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead in French Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Offizielle Deutsche Charts in German offiziellecharts de Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 エレクト ザ デッド サージ タンキアン in Japanese Oricon Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Elect The Dead Hung Medien Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian full Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved October 31 2021 Serj Tankian Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved October 31 2021 External links editElect the Dead at Serjical Strike Records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elect the Dead amp oldid 1214210438, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
