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I was thinking about System songs - because I've had all their albums for a good while now, the newness has all worn off.
Thinking back:
When I got Toxicity, I loved it. Absolutely. Wholeheartedly. Completely. And then I got used to the songs, and it became still-excellent-but-not-mind-numbingly-so.
Then I got Steal This Album!, and I thought it was alright. Didn't really love it at first (in fact, I was semi-disappointed) but it grew on me.
Mezmerize was my favorite album when it first came out, but that was soon replaced by Hypnotize.
Then I got the self-titled album, which I considered to be decent, but not excellent.

And now that I've listened to all of the songs hundreds of times, I find that the ones that have lasted the longest are the ones from Steal This Album!. That is, I still like them more; they still feel new.

Does anyone else have this? Or is it just me? Or maybe you've got it with a different album.

Their old demo songs seem new to me. What I do to make songs seem newer, though, I try playing them myself, but not on the guitar, but on the piano or clarinet. XD I learn more about the structure of the notes, and I hope to transpose their music to marching band, like what they did with Toxicty. (Man, I wish my band played Toxicity. D: If only I lived in Southern California.)

But now, I'm using all my music-listening time on Serart, AGAIN. The thing I'm looking forward to now is Serj's solo project, even though he has said time and time again that it won't be another Serart.

Well my order is this:
Self-Title
Steal This Album
Mezmerize
Toxicity
Hypnotize

My first album was Mezmerize, I loved it, nothing could get better!! Then I got Hypnotize, I loved it also!! Then I found someone who had the rest and I burned the rest from them. I loved them all soooo much, but that's my order, it's all VERY close though, it's not like I dislike or "hate" any. I, after a while, had to go out and buy the real things of the other three, because I listened to them sooo much.

Well yeah ... in a way I know what you mean.
Mostly because I got Steal This Album! when it first came out
but I didn't really listen to it then, either.
So, yes, it's still the "freshest" in that sense ... xD

The freshest song for me, I think, is Metro. However, it's not really part of an album.

Maybe the reason that Steal This Album! is so fresh for me is because a) I didn't listen to it very much at first, and b) the songs are so different to other SoaD, not to mention varied.

dude so in english we have this really cool sub and he was talking about how he always eats golden grahams for breakfast. he said that after a while he'd get tired of golden grahams and eat froot loops or something then one day he'd have golden grahams again and realized he missed them so much and be like 'omg im sooo sry'
i thought it was hilarious and reminded me of what i said earlier...just thought i'd share XD

toxicity, cuz it's just that bad-a**

I agree whole-heartedly, I love all the albums and depending I will listen to any one of them, but Steal definitely seems to have the greatest replay value, I think it is because of how eclectic the songs are, you have things like Chic n' Stu and 36 as well as Streamline and Ego Brain. So I think it is the diversity that gives it such value.