three different promo versions of the album have surfaced to the public. the instrumental promotional version, issued by serjical strike/reprise records and intended for the music and movie industry, contains instrumental versions of the twelve album tracks. another promotional version, issued by reprise records and made only for individual reviewers, features the album in final master form. this promotional cd-r, which was labeled "smart talk" as a codename for "serj tankian" to prevent leaking by unauthorized persons, also indicates that the album was finalized prior to . before this a similar but undated promo, also under the name 'smart talk', was issued featuring the final versions of the songs, albeit not yet mastered. whilst the printed track list on this version is identical to the released album, tracks ten and eleven are in fact juxtaposed on the promo itself.