Album of the day (#453): Toxicity by System Of A Down

[albummaster]

Today's album of the day

Toxicity by System Of A Down (View album)

Year: 2001.
Overall rank: 223.
Average rating: 74/100 (from 172 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Prison Song
2. Needles
3. Deer Dance
4. Jet Pilot
5. X
6. Chop Suey!
7. Bounce
8. Forest
9. Atwa
10. Science
11. Shimmy
12. Toxicity
13. Psycho
14. Aerials

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.

[Applerill]

I normally don't like saying things like this, but

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Really, this is an amazing album that doesn't get the respect it deserves from metal fans.

[Guest]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

An incredible album that I have at #5 on my chart. A more detailed response later, I have to go to work now.

[gussteivi]

My third favourite SOAD-album.

So... a really good one!

[Kiki]

Prison Song is something isn't it?

[Chemical Smile]

I bought this when it came out cause i loved Toxicity & Chop Suey, however when i've since relistened to it i've haven't thought much of it at all....
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"Bunch of opinionated, hipster twats!"

[Facetious]

I once asked some people on another website about what was the weirdest song they had ever heard, and somebody answered Chop Suey! So I went to listen to it, and........well, that was it. That was my introduction to System of a Down.

[Guest]

Okay, here's my more detailed response:

This pacing on this album is the best I've ever heard. Grabbing the listener's attention with the false starts on Prison Song, this album absolutely never lets up. When it's not heavy and fast-paced, the tone is dark and suspenseful, and I feel the adrenaline pumping through every second. The album's best tune is Deer Dance (a fantastic song with an important message regarding police brutality), but Chop Suey, Forest, and Science are phenomenal tracks, as well. Ironically, I would say the title track is the album's low point (it's the one song on the album that I don't really feel fits; it's a good song by itself, but in the context of the album it kind of sticks out like a sore thumb). Tracks 1-11 are absolutely flawless as an album, and though the last three tracks don't necessarily fit as nicely within the album's context, they are strong enough on their own to work.

[19loveless91]

Atwa, Toxicity and Aerials are what I remember to be good from that album. Never been a fan of Chop Suey


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[kidamnesiac]

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