Toxicity (album)

   


Toxicity
Album cover
CD Album by System Of A Down
Released September 4, 2001
Recorded 2000-2001
Genre Heavy/Eclectic metal
Length 44 min 3 s
Record label American Recordings
Producer Rick Rubin
Professional reviews
Allmusic 4.5 stars out of 5 link (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70406010926140286&sql=A6j77gjlr16ia)
E! Online A- link (http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2422,00.html)
Alternative Press 90 out of 100 Oct 2001, p.102
System of a Down Chronology
System of a Down
(1998)
Toxicity
(2001)
Steal This Album!
(2002)


Toxicity was System of a Down's second album released. Produced by Rick Rubin, Toxicity was recorded in 2000 and released on September 4, 2001 by American Recordings. The album was a hit across the United States and Canada.

The album expanded on System of a Down's previous work, keeping the angular riffs and harsh rhythms but adding a pop-friendly sense of melody. With oblique, political lyrics, Toxicity established System of a Down as one of the premiere metal bands of the new millennium.


Track listing

  1. "Prison Song" (Malakian/Tankian) - 3:21
  2. "Needles" (Malakian/Tankian) - 3:13
  3. "Deer Dance" (Malakian/Tankian) - 2:55
  4. "Jet Pilot" (Malakian/Odadjian/Tankian) - 2:06
  5. "X" (Malakian/Tankian) - 1:58
  6. "Chop Suey!" (Malakian/Tankian) - 3:30
  7. "Bounce" (Malakian/Odadjian/Tankian) - 1:54
  8. "Forest" (Malakian/Tankian) - 4:00
  9. "Atwa" (Malakian/Tankian) - 2:56
  10. "Science" (Malakian/Tankian) - 2:43
  11. "Shimmy" (Tankian) - 1:51
  12. "Toxicity" (Malakian/Odadjian/Tankian) - 3:38
  13. "Psycho" (Malakian/Tankian) - 3:45
  14. "Aerials" (Malakian/Tankian) - 6:11

Personnel

  • Jim Champagne - Assistant Engineer
  • Glen E. Friedman - Photography
  • Darren Mad Hatter Mora - Engineer
  • Rick Rubin - Piano, Producer
  • David Schiffman - Engineer
  • Arto Tuncboyaciyan - Vocals
  • Andy Wallace - Mixing
  • Al Sanderson - Assistant Engineer
  • Marc Mann - Conductor, String Arrangements
  • System of a Down - Concept
  • Daron Malakian - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
  • Shavo Odadjian - Bass, Art Direction, Concept, Label Design
  • Serj Tankian - Vocals, Producer, String Arrangements
  • Martyn Atkins - Photography
  • Greg Collins - Engineer
  • Brandy Flower - Artwork, Art Direction
  • John Dolmayan - Drums, Artwork, Photography
  • Lindsay Chase - Production Coordination
  • Ryan McCormick - Assistant Engineer

Charting singles

2001	Toxicity	The Billboard 200	                No. 1
2001	Chop Suey	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 7
2001	Toxicity	The Billboard 200	                No. 1
2002	Toxicity	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 3
2002	Toxicity	Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 10
2002	Chop Suey	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 76
2002	Aerials	        Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 1
2002	Toxicity	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 70
2002	Toxicity	The Billboard 200	                No. 1
2002	Aerials	        The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 55
2002	Aerials	        Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 1

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