Toxicity
by System Of A Down
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Toxicity is ranked as the best album by System Of A Down.
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Toxicity track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Toxicity rankings
Toxicity rankings summary
Overall rank: 244th | 2000s rank: 39th | 2001 rank: 8th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 4 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted Urgent | 11/70 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 69 Music Albums of 2001 | 9/69 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | LordMark | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 9/100 | 88 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 752 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,455 | |||
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Toxicity ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2026 04:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 02:59 | pharoahstune | 256 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 17:51 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Toxicity forum mentions
This album has been referenced 142 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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KeczSnak 11/18/2016 12:31 | #178643 | TOP COMMENT
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In my opinion it's way too overrated on this site. The album may catch you with simple, rocking riffs and funny, satirical lyrics (that happen to be sort of cringy from time to time). I'm saying this from perspective of a person who used to love this album when I was 14 and it introduced me to more alternative and heavy sounds. It's not anywere near a masterpiece, although it's a good start. In its genre it's outclassed by LPs like Angel Dust or White Pony so I disagree with this album's rating overall. No hard feelings guys, just an opinion of a former fan
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Untitled TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/19/2021 22:12 | #275195 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a fantastic record that is extremely unique and different to anything else I have heard. The lyrics are brilliant and are delivered with such power and emotion that you start to feel connected to the artist. Musically, it is stunning as well with the guitar sounding thick and it completely controls the album. Almost every song is a banger and so you hardly get a minute to rest on this album. A few songs do falter a little and don't have the same feel as the other tracks though. Overall, a great album that is well worth a listen. (Edited)
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Smithy98 09/24/2017 09:22 | #198655 | TOP COMMENT
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I've listened to these songs from this album so many times and it is with great honour that I say this is the best album I have listened to (within the last few months or so). There isn't a song I dislike from this album because from start to finish, it is fantastic (I never get tired of listening to Chop Suey, Toxicity, Aerials, etc). I mean, who doesn't like this album? no one! This is just beyond brilliant, I do also enjoy System of a Down's earlier and later albums as well but this? This is just amazing.
100/100 for me.
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/21/2014 02:37 | #114913 | TOP COMMENT
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One of those rare albums that when you first get it you need to play it over and over again. Crazy tempo changes, great harmonies, strong lyrical content and moments of soft beauty followed immediately by intense agression. It actually kind of shocked me that this album got so much radio airplay, as in my experience contemporary music needs to sound like everything else out there to get commercial airplay these days. This is most definitely unique. (Edited)
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Deckiller TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/29/2016 17:44 | #161024 | TOP COMMENT
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Fun album! Heavy with interesting dynamics, tempos, and an oddly middle eastern flavor to some of the vocal melodies. (Edited)
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