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Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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Nov 3, 2018
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Aug 23, 2019I have to agree with periscopepete, this album is excellent and deserves wider recognition, though probably won't get it sadly.
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Jan 30, 2022I will never understand why some great albums are largely ignored by critics and the general public alike. Dictator is such an album and if there's any justice it will be better appreciated in posterity.
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May 25, 2023This album is proof of how successful and iconic Daron Malakian is on his own.
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Jul 30, 2018Standouts include the springy “Lives” (a celebration of Armenian genocide survivors that’s a solid Song of the Summer candidate), the scatological “Angry Guru,” the moody “Talkin’ Shit” (one of many songs with drug references) and the disco-thrash closer “Assimilate.” If it had Serj Tankian and the other System members on it, Dictator could be the album so many have wanted.
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Jul 30, 2018Dictator is everything fans might expect from Malakian and more; a complex, thoughtful and invigorating album that nods to his own personal history and simultaneously links to the wider, tumultuous landscape of America.
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Jul 30, 2018Dictator is a strong release that touches on a lot of the elements of System of A Down's final albums without too many of the quirky moments from those records. Still, it comes across as the comeback record that could have been huge but never happened.