EphelDuath666 wrote:hmmm...I also always thought that Steal This Album was and outtake album 
It's not. Serj wanted to release a new album 6 months to a year after Toxicity was released because they had recorded a ton of songs. That was the plan, similar to what they've done with Mezmerize and Hypnotize. Unfortunately before they had a chance to release a new CD all those songs were leaked onto the net in shoddy, unmastered/mixed form.
So the band decided to release the songs still, but they decided to go and change a lot of the songs so that the fans got something a little different. Daron's vocals became more prominent, "Nuguns" was once called "Defied You" and they straight up re-recorded a whole different song, they changed the chorus to "Thetawaves," and basically just tweaked a whole lot of different things.
The good thing is that we got new versions of the songs, but we also got the leaked versions. The quality isn't great, but it's still cool. Plus two unreleased songs were leaked, too: "Cherry" and "Blue Dye." You can also consider "Defied You" and unreleased song, as well, since the vocal melody and lyrics are completely different from "Nuguns."
I think this concept of it being an outtake album has people thinking instantly before even hearing it that it's not going to be that good. It's unfortunate because the album is awesome, in my opinion.
And after a couple listens I know that I'll definitely buy Hypnotize too!
