Elect The Dead
by Serj Tankian
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. NOW Magazine
    60
    His ambition is never entirely realized, and though his voice is versatile, his almost operatic style at times borders on annoying.
  2. Q Magazine
    60
    There are too few of the brilliant genre-blending moments that make SOAD so special. [Nov 2007, p.147]
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  3. The Guardian
    60
    Here, without the berserk velocity of System's guitarist Daron Malakian, he is a little more conventional and a little less interesting.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Elect The Dead is both impressive and bewildering--almost as if SOAD's wildest excesses have been standardised.
  6. Rolling Stone
    50
    Elect the Dead mostly sounds like a random smattering of ideas, many of them undercooked.
  7. Drowned In Sound
    50
    It's not that bad an album--it's executed with all the gumption you'd expect from the SOAD mainman--but if you've heard any of the band's previous output you just don't need this in your collection.
  8. Uncut
    40
    Tankian combines prog pomp and a variety of vocal techniques, all irritating, to uniformly unlistenable effect. [Nov 2007, p.125]
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#81 Most Discussed Album of 2007

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 86 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 86
  3. Negative: 5 out of 86
  1. dani_soad
    Jul 14, 2012
    10
    Very powerful album...Incredible songs. Very beautiful vocals. Sonds like Honking Antelope, Lie Lie Lie and The Unthinking Majority are unique.
  2. JustinS.
    Mar 22, 2008
    10
    An epic album by an epic man!
  3. LuisR.
    Dec 20, 2007
    10
    It f*cking rocks.
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