Toxicity (album)

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Reception

• Rolling Stone
  Rolling Stone
  
  Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
   (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
  Spin (magazine)
  
  Spin is a music magazine. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr., it competes with industry stalwart Rolling Stone. Madonna was the artist on the cover of the first issue....
   (p.89) - "System have an undeniable nerd-prog charm."
• Entertainment Weekly
  Entertainment Weekly
  
  Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
   (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
  Mojo (magazine)
  
  Mojo is a popular music magazine published by Bauer Verlagsgruppe, monthly in the United Kingdom.Following the success of the magazine Q , publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music....
   (p.54) - Ranked #93 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics."
• Robert Christgau
  Robert Christgau
  
  Robert Christgau is an United States essayist, music journalist, and self-declared "Dean of American Rock Critics". In print, he often abbreviates his name as Xgau....
  - 1-star honorable mention- "Overarrangements no prob for we who avoid art-rock like the plague this means to cure."

Track listing

Personnel

• Daron Malakian
  Daron Malakian
  
  Daron Vartan Malakian was the lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist in System of a Down until their hiatus in 2006 and is now the lead singer and guitarist in Scars on Broadway....
   — guitar
  Guitar
  
  The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  s, vocals
  Singing
  
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  
• Serj Tankian
  Serj Tankian
  
  Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock music band System of a Down....
   — vocals
  Lead vocalist
  
  The lead vocalist is the member of a Band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. Lead vocalists may also play one or more instruments. They are sometimes referred to as a frontmen , and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the spokespersons in interviews and before the public....
  , keyboard
  Musical keyboard
  
  A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave....
  s
• Shavo Odadjian
  Shavo Odadjian
  
  Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is the bassist for the Los Angeles, California-based alternative metal band, System of a Down....
   — bass
  Bass guitar
  
  The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  
• John Dolmayan — drums
  Drum kit
  
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  

• Produced by
  Record producer
  
  In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
   by Rick Rubin
  Rick Rubin
  
  Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an United States record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. He is given credit for merging hip hop music and heavy metal music as well as producing the "Johnny Cash discography#American Recordings" albums with Johnny Cash....
   and Daron Malakian
• Co-Produced by Serj Tankian
• Mixed
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  
  Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics and panoramic position are commonly being manipulated and effects such as reverb might be added....
   by Andy Wallace
  Andy Wallace (producer)
  
  Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio recording engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the early 1980s production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on "Walk This Way"....
  
• Engineered
  Audio engineering
  
  Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. The field draws on many disciplines, including electrical engineering, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music....
   by David Schiffman
• Additional Engineering by Greg Collins and Darren Mora
• Assistant Engineers: Darrn Mora, Al Sanderson, Ryan McCormick, Jim Champagne
• Assistant Mixdown Engineer: Rich Balmer
• Additional Vocals/Music by Arto Tunçboyaciyan
  Arto Tunçboyaciyan
  
  Arto Tun?boyaciyan is a Armenians in Turkey musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist , he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter and the Earth Band....
  
• Additional Piano
  Piano
  
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
   by Rick Rubin
• Strings
  Strings (music)
  
  A string is the Vibrating string that is the source of vibration in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family....
   Written by Serj Tankian
• Additional Strings Written by Marc Mann
• Strings Arranged
  Arrangement
  
  In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
   and Conducted
  Conducting
  
  Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
   by Marc Mann

• Photography: Martyn Atkins (Studio), Glen E. Friedman
  Glen E. Friedman
  
  Glen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist....
   (Back Cover, Water), John Dolmayan, Hallie Sirota
• Cover Art: Mark Wakefield
• Art Direction: Shavo Odadjian & Brandy Flower
• Album Art Concets: Shavo Odadjian & System of a Down
• Inside Collage Art: John Dolmayan & Brandy Flower
• Co Label Art: Shavo Odadjian
• A&R
  A&R
  
  Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
   direction: Dino Paredes
• Production Coordinator: Lindsay Chase
• Worldwide Representation: David Benveniste, Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group
  Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group
  
  Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group is an artist development and management company and record label located in Los Angeles, California in the United States....
  

• Recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA
• Mixed at Enterprise Studios, Burbank, CA
• Mastered
  Audio mastering
  
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced ....
   by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering, Studio City, CA

Chart performance

Album

Singles