Ornament & Crime

Ornament & Crime is the fifth studio album by the American pop rock band Self (stylized as sElf). Originally planned for release in June 2003, it was delayed and completed in January 2004, before being indefinitely shelved with the folding of DreamWorks Records into Universal Music Group. The album leaked multiple times after its cancellation, followed by the release of its B-sides as Porno, Mint & Grime (2005) and a band hiatus until late 2012. El Camino Media later announced an official issue of the album on vinyl and CD, which was released on August 25, 2017, over 16 years after their previous studio album Gizmodgery (2000).

Upon release, Ornament & Crime was met with favorable to mixed reviews. It was praised for its instrumentation and compared to Self's debut album Subliminal Plastic Motives (1995), but sometimes labeled as more commercialized than their recent efforts. The song "Out with a Bang" appeared in various films, including Evolution (2001) and a Guinness World Record-awarded Team Fortress 2 machinima.