Soundsystem
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| Soundsystem | ||
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| Studio album by 311 | ||
| Released | October 12, 1999 | |
| Recorded | March - June 1999 | |
| Genre | Loco punk, Rap metal, Funkcore | |
| Length | 48:41 | |
| Label | Capricorn Records | |
| Producer(s) | 311 Hugh Padgham Scotch Ralston |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| 311 chronology | ||
| Live (1998) |
Soundsystem (1999) |
From Chaos (2001) |
- This article is about the 311 album. For other meanings of the term, see Sound system.
Soundsystem is the fifth studio album by 311, released on October 12, 1999.
In 2000, after this album was released they left Capricorn Records and switched to Volcano Records for their sixth album From Chaos. The album was certified Gold, having sold over 500,000 copies.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Freeze Time" (Music: Hexum; Lyrics: Hexum/Martinez) - 3:21
- "Come Original" (Hexum/Wills; Hexum/Martinez) - 3:42
- "Large in the Margin" (Sexton; Hexum) - 3:28
- "Flowing" (Hexum) - 3:13
- "Can't Fade Me" (Hexum; Hexum/Martinez) - 2:10
- "Life's Not a Race" (Hexum/Mahoney; Hexum/Martinez) - 4:26
- "Strong All Along" (Hexum; Hexum/Martinez) - 3:28
- "Sever" (Hexum/Wills; Hexum/Martinez) - 4:42
- "Eons" (Sexton; Hexum) - 3:13
- "Evolution" (Hexum/Sexton; Hexum/Martinez) - 4:17
- "Leaving Babylon" (Miller/Jenifer/Hudson/Hudson) - 3:59
- "Mindspin" (Sexton; Hexum/Martinez) - 4:00
- "Livin' & Rockin'" (Mahoney; Hexum/Martinez) - 2:42
[edit] B-Sides & Outtakes
- "Blizza" (Hexum) - 1:16 - (Available via 311' website) [1]
- "Cali Soca" (??) - 3:36 - (Available via 311' website)
- "Dancehall" - (??; Hexum/Martinez) - 2:51 (Appears on the Enlarged to Show Detail 2 bonus EP)
- "Seal the Deal" (??; Hexum) - 3:22 - (Available via 311' website)
[edit] Unreleased
- "Forward"
- "Hazy"
- "The 90's"
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | The Billboard 200 | 9 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | "Come Original" | Modern Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 1999 | "Come Original" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 39 |
| 2000 | "Flowing" | Modern Rock Tracks | 17 |
[edit] Miscellanea
- 311 is usually known for their very positive-oriented lyrics. Yet Nick Hexum has claimed at the time of this album's release that "I have never written more personally deep songs than "Eons," "Flowing," or "Large in the Margin." I was dealing with serious lack of direction and self doubt at that time."
- "Leaving Babylon" is a cover of a Bad Brains song. It was the first cover 311 had ever done that made a 311 studio album until Love Song was released on their Greatest Hits Album in 2005.
- While the band has consistently put out a new album every-two-years since 1997, Soundsystem had the longest in-studio time of any 311 album (over a year). Members of the band have pointed to "Life's Not a Race" as being connected to the time spent on this album [2].
- Before the release of this album, 311 held a contest asking fans to submit artwork for the album cover. The winning fan's work was used on the finished product.
