Toxicity is the second album by System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin, Toxicity was released on September 4, 2001 by American Recordings, debuting at #1 on both the United States and Canadian charts.
Album information
Toxicity received mass critical acclaim, making many end-of-year "best of" lists (such as being named SPIN Magazine's #1 record of the year), and earning a Grammy nomination for lead single "Chop Suey!".
The album has sold over 12 million copies worldwide and is multi-platinum in the United States. It is also the only System of a Down album not to feature the Parental Advisory label, with only minor profanities.
The song "Shimmy" was featured in the 2002 video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
The song "Chop Suey!" was featured in the 2008 video game Rock Band 2.
The song "X" was originally recorded for the bands' 1998 self-titled debut but it was re-worked for Toxicity.
"Toxicity" was made available as a downloadable song for Rock Band on August 5, 2008.
"Toxicity" is featured in the video game "Guitar Hero: Metallica
The song "Science" was featured in the 2002 video game ATV Offroad Fury 2.
The album is listed in Blender's 500 CDs You Must Own.
Reception
- Rolling Stone (9/27/01, p.70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "Both manic and schizoid, Tankian veers easily from sing-rap rhythm to Korn-ish hysterics to demonic baritone growl to doomily ruminative....the music insists on forward motion without trapping itself in a thrashy lock-step rut."
- Spin (p.89) - "System have an undeniable nerd-prog charm."
- Entertainment Weekly (9/7/01, pp.161-2) - "Strange and engaging....It all adds up to bizarro type of metal that has a warped majesty and strength." - Rating: B-
- Q magazine (9/01, p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Matches Slipknot for manic intensity while employing a freeform approach to songcraft which invites comparison to the lunatic-fringe rock of the '60s."
- Alternative Press (2/02, p.64) - Ranked #9 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001."
- Mojo (p.54) - Ranked #93 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics."
- Robert Christgau - 1-star honorable mention- "Overarrangements no prob for we who avoid art-rock like the plague this means to cure."
Track listing
| # | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prison Song" | Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian | Malakian | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Needles" | Tankian, Malakian | Tankian, Malakian | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Deer Dance" | Tankian, Malakian | Malakian | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Jet Pilot" | Tankian | Shavo Odadjian, Malakian | 2:06 |
| 5. | "X" | Tankian | Malakian | 1:58 |
| 6. | "Chop Suey!" | Tankian, Malakian | Malakian | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Bounce" | Tankian | Odadjian, Malakian | 1:54 |
| 8. | "Forest" | Tankian | Malakian | 4:00 |
| 9. | "ATWA" | Tankian, Malakian | Malakian | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Science" | Tankian | Malakian | 2:43 |
| 11. | "Shimmy" | Tankian | Tankian | 1:51 |
| 12. | "Toxicity" | Tankian | Odadjian, Malakian | 3:39 |
| 13. | "Psycho" | Tankian, Malakian | Malakian | 3:45 |
| 14. | "Aerials" | Tankian, Malakian | Malakian | 3:53 |
| 15. | "Arto" (hidden track) | Tankian, Arto Tunçboyacıyan | 2:14 |
| Special Edition bonus CD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Johnny" | Tankian | Tankian | 2:09 | |||||
| 2. | "Sugar" (live) | Tankian | Odadjian, Malakian | 2:27 | |||||
| 3. | "War?" (live) | Tankian | Malakian | 2:48 | |||||
| 4. | "Suite-Pee" (live) | Tankian | Malakian | 2:58 | |||||
| 5. | "Know" (live) | Tankian | Odadjian, Malakian, Tankian | 3:03 | |||||
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