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==Reception== ===Critical=== {{Music ratings | MC = 73/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/toxicity/system-of-a-down |title=Reviews for Toxicity by System of a Down |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227004035/http://www.metacritic.com/music/toxicity/system-of-a-down |archive-date=February 27, 2015 }}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/toxicity-mw0000620587 |title=Toxicity β System of a Down |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 9, 2015 |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209082253/http://www.allmusic.com/album/toxicity-mw0000620587 |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | rev2Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=159 |date=October 2001 |page=102}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Blabbermouth.net]]'' | rev3score = 10/10<ref name="Blabbermouth">{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/toxicity/ |title=System of a Down 'Toxicity' |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=February 9, 2015 |last=Kaye |first=Don |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216004620/http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/toxicity/ |archive-date=December 16, 2014 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev4Score = Bβ<ref name="Entertainment Weekly">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/09/03/system-down |title=Toxicity |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=September 3, 2001 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |pages=161β62 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121104903/https://ew.com/article/2001/09/03/system-down/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 }}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Kerrang!]]'' | rev5Score = 5/5<ref name="Kerrang">{{cite journal |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |journal=[[Kerrang!]] |issue=867 |date=August 25, 2001 |last=Myers |first=Ben}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' | rev6Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="LAT">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-02-ca-41171-story.html |title=Inventive Metal to Satisfy Headbangers |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 2, 2001 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Lecaro |first=Lina |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211131109/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/02/entertainment/ca-41171 |archive-date=December 11, 2015 }}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev7Score = 8.2/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/system-of-a-down-toxicity/ |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=November 11, 2018 |access-date=December 21, 2018 |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111101332/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/system-of-a-down-toxicity/ |archive-date=November 11, 2018 }}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite journal |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=181 |date=September 2001 |page=121}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev9Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/systemofadown/albums/album/130634/review/6067395/toxicity |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 4, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2007 |last=Harris |first=Keith |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708232915/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/systemofadown/albums/album/130634/review/6067395/toxicity |archive-date=July 8, 2007}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=System of a Down |last=Harris |first=Keith |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/800 800] }}</ref> }} On [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]], ''Toxicity'' holds a score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from nine critics, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Metacritic"/> [[AllMusic]] writer Eduardo Rivadavia called ''Toxicity'' "hands down one of 2001's top metal releases" and wrote that the album "may well prove to be a lasting heavy metal classic to boot".<ref name="AllMusic" /> ''Toxicity'' is one of only 21 albums to achieve a perfect rating from ''[[Blabbermouth.net]]'', with writer Don Kaye praising System of a Down in a contemporary review of the album as "one of the few bands that people may still be talking about ten years from now".<ref name="Blabbermouth"/> ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' writer Don Kaye praised the band as "probably the most vital band around in the big, wide world of metal right now".<ref name="DOS">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2682/reviews/1998- |title=Album Review: System of a Down β Toxicity |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=August 28, 2001 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |last=Kaye |first=Don |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106040552/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2682/reviews/1998- |archive-date=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> Ben Myers of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' stated that the band had "gone and bettered" their [[System of a Down (album)|debut album]] and hailed ''Toxicity'' as "metal album of the year, hands down".<ref name="Kerrang"/> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' wrote that ''Toxicity'' "matches [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] for manic intensity while employing a freeform approach to songcraft which invites comparison to the lunatic-fringe [[Rock music|rock]] of the '60s".<ref name="Q"/> Referring to ''Toxicity'' as "both manic and schizoid", Keith Harris of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' noted Tankian's ability to veer "easily from sing-rap rhythm to [[Korn]]-ish hysterics to demonic baritone growl to doomily ruminative" and that "the music insists on forward motion without trapping itself in a thrashy lock-step rut".<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> Tom Sinclair of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called the album "strange and engaging", with a wide variety of sounds which "all adds up to bizarro type of metal that has a warped majesty and strength".<ref name="Entertainment Weekly"/> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' cited "Prison Song" and "Bounce" as highlights and later assigned the album a one-star honorable rating.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv202-02.php |title=Consumer Guide: Throw Your Hands in the Air |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=January 29, 2002 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141508/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv202-02.php |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=11026 |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |date=January 29, 2002 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723012045/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=11026 |archive-date=July 23, 2016 }}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'}}s Joe Gross wrote that the band "have an undeniable nerd-prog charm".<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvowiBHKWgsC&pg=PA89 |title=Heavy Metal |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=21 |issue=2 |date=February 2005 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |last=Gross |first=Joe |page=89 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131174950/https://books.google.com/books?id=LvowiBHKWgsC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89 |archive-date=January 31, 2018 }}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', on the other hand, panned ''Toxicity'' as "virtually unlistenable".<ref name="Uncut">{{cite journal |title=System of a Down: Toxicity |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=55 |date=December 2001 |page=118}}</ref> ===Commercial=== ''Toxicity'' peaked at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78420/chart-update-system-of-a-down-debuts-at-no-1 |title=Chart Update: System Of A Down Debuts At No. 1 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 13, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006033304/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78420/chart-update-system-of-a-down-debuts-at-no-1 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=OnlineLeaks>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73120/online-leaks-force-system-of-a-downs-hand |title=Online Leaks Force System Of A Down's Hand |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 16, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223224843/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73120/online-leaks-force-system-of-a-downs-hand |archive-date=February 23, 2016 }}</ref> selling 220,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=TenThingsLoudwire>{{cite magazine |date=September 4, 2011 |access-date=February 20, 2018 |url=http://loudwire.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-toxicity/ |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Toxicity' |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |first=Spencer |last=Kaufman |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118130929/http://loudwire.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-toxicity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album also topped the [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref name=CanadianAlbums>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=309 |title=System of a Down β Chart history (Canadian Albums chart) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505064827/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=309 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 }}</ref> ''Toxicity'' sold at least 2,700,000 copies in the United States,<ref name=OnlineLeaks /> and at least 12,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/albums-of-the-decade-system-of-a-down-toxicity/ | title=Albums Of The Decade: System Of A Down β 'Toxicity' | work=[[Metal Hammer]] | date=July 28, 2009 | access-date=January 11, 2014 | author=Terrybezer | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112020405/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/albums-of-the-decade-system-of-a-down-toxicity/ | archive-date=January 12, 2014 }}</ref> On July 19, 2022, the album was certified sextuple platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="RIAA" /> All of the album's singles reached the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]; "Chop Suey!" peaked at number 76, "[[Toxicity (song)|Toxicity]]" at number 70, and "[[Aerials (song)|Aerials]]" at number 55. "Aerials" would remain the band's biggest domestic hit until "[[B.Y.O.B. (song)|B.Y.O.B.]]" surpassed it, reaching number 27 in 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=379 |title=System of a Down β Chart history (The Hot 100) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052112/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=379 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }}</ref> "Aerials" peaked at number one on the [[Mainstream Rock Songs]] chart<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=376 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Mainstream Rock Songs) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003142914/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=376 |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> and number one on the [[Modern Rock Tracks|Alternative Songs]] chart.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=377 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Alternative Songs) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003143748/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=377 |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> "Chop Suey!" and "Toxicity" were both top ten hits.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, ''Toxicity'' went to number one on the [[Catalog Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=332 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Catalog Albums) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726030751/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=332 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 }}</ref> Added to the [[2001 Clear Channel memorandum]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.snopes.com/rumors/radio.asp |title=Clear Channel Banned Songs |website=[[Snopes.com]] |date=March 29, 2011 |last=Mikkelson |first=David |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323120751/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Chop Suey!" was temporarily pulled from playlists of most radio stations after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, as it featured some lyrics that [[IHeartMedia|Clear Channel]] deemed inappropriate following the attacks. The song returned to the airwaves when things settled down.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2425 |title=Chop Suey by System of a Down |publisher=Songfacts |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131190243/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2425 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Accolades=== The album is listed on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''{{'s}} 500 CDs You Must Own.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/67144/500-cds-you-must-own-alternative-rock.html |title=500 CDs You Must Own: Alternative Rock |work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419053249/http://www.blender.com/guide/67144/500-cds-you-must-own-alternative-rock.html |archive-date=April 19, 2009 |date=March 15, 2003}}</ref> [[MusicRadar]] held a public poll and ''Toxicity'' was ranked as the 28th greatest heavy metal album on its list of The 50 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-50-greatest-heavy-metal-albums-of-all-time-245511|title=The 50 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time|date=April 28, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111114959/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-50-greatest-heavy-metal-albums-of-all-time-245511|archive-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref> The album is ranked number 44 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} 100 Best Albums of the Decade for 2000s<ref name=RollingStoneProgMetal>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/system-of-a-down-toxicity-20110710 |title=System of a Down, 'Toxicity' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705042524/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/system-of-a-down-toxicity-20110710 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 }}</ref> and 27th on the magazine's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany |title=100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/pantera-far-beyond-driven-1994-w487081|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 21, 2017|date=June 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810090739/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/pantera-far-beyond-driven-1994-w487081|archive-date=August 10, 2017}}</ref> ''Toxicity'' was voted the 27th best album of the year in ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll for 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php|title=The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll|date=February 12, 2002|publisher=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234415/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres01.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' named the album one of The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years, with ''Toxicity'' being one of the highest-listed heavy metal albums on the list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/2/|title=The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985β2014)|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616052456/http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/2/|archive-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> ''Spin'' also named ''Toxicity'' the Album of the Year in 2001, and finally ranked it number 38 on its list of The 40 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xfEjLof28w8C|title=SPIN|date=September 1, 2002|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/401-spins-20-best-albums-of-2001/|title=SPIN's 20 Best Albums of 2001|access-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106072859/http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/401-spins-20-best-albums-of-2001|archive-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' ranked it number five on their list of best albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Arturo|title=Top 10 Albums of 2001|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040722004951/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' ranked it number nine on its 25 Best Albums of 2001.<ref name=TenThingsLoudwire/> [[Mojo (magazine)|''Mojo'']] ranked it number 93 on its 100 Modern Classics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#100%20Modern%20Classics |title=100 Modern Classics |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=February 20, 2018 |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221101308/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#100%20Modern%20Classics |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The album won a 2001 ''[[Metal Edge]]'' Readers' Choice Award for Album of the Year.<ref>Metal Edge, June 2002</ref> ''[[Loudwire]]'' listed the album at number one on its list of Top 11 Metal Albums of the 2000s, number two on the Top 100 Hard Rock + Metal Albums Of The 21st Century, and number 11 on its list of Top 50 Metal Albums of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-metal-albums-of-all-time/|title=Top 50 Metal Albums of All Time| website=[[Loudwire]] |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216205951/http://loudwire.com/top-metal-albums-of-all-time/|archive-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-11-metal-albums-of-the-2000s/|title=Top 11 Metal Albums of the 2000s|website=Loudwire|date=November 10, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720100923/http://loudwire.com/top-11-metal-albums-of-the-2000s/|archive-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/?default#photogallery-1=100|title=Top 100 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century|website=Loudwire|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715181034/http://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/?default#photogallery-1=100|archive-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' listed the album at number six on its list of 20 Greatest Metal Albums Ever.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/20-greatest-metal-albums-ever-as-voted-by-you/212959#/photo/15|title=20 greatest metal albums ever - as voted by you - NME| website=[[NME]] |date=April 19, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016200504/http://www.nme.com/photos/20-greatest-metal-albums-ever-as-voted-by-you/212959#/photo/15|archive-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' declared ''Toxicity'' the best album of 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/metal.htm|title=Rocklist.net ... Metal Hammer Albums The Year|website=www.rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706192100/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/metal.htm|archive-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' ranked ''Toxicity'' as one of the Top 50 Albums Of The Decade, at number 34.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/29/albums-of-the-decade|title=OMM's Top 50 Albums of the Decade|date=November 21, 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818093659/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/29/albums-of-the-decade|archive-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref> In 2007, ''[[The Guardian]]'' placed the album on its list of the 1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/22/1000tohearbeforeyoudie|title=1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die: Artists Beginning With S (Part 2)|date=November 22, 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213174702/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/22/1000tohearbeforeyoudie|archive-date=December 13, 2011}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' also put ''Toxicity'' on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1983β2008 Period, at number 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/10586/ews_100_best_albums_from_1983_to_2008/franchises/list/|title=EW's 100 Best Albums From 1983 To 2008|date=June 20, 2008|access-date=July 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807000148/http://www.stereogum.com/10586/ews_100_best_albums_from_1983_to_2008/franchises/list/|archive-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> [[Revolver (magazine)|''Revolver'']] named ''Toxicity'' the eighth greatest metal album of all time on its list of the 69 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=9235|title=New List to rip apart: Revolver Mag's 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|website=www.ilxor.com|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221094002/http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=9235|archive-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref> The album was included on ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s list of the best metal records of the 2000s.<ref name=AVClubLeonardPierce>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/the-decades-best-metal-35509 |title=The decade's best metal |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |last=Pierce |first=Leonard |date=November 18, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104020507/http://www.avclub.com/article/the-decades-best-metal-35509 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 }}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]'' ranked ''Toxicity'' at 62 on its Best Albums of the 2000s list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2000s-part2-2495609417.html|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 80-61|date=October 29, 2020|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008061149/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/186450-the-100-best-albums-of-the-00s-80-61/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Chop Suey!" was nominated for [[Best Metal Performance]] at the [[44th Grammy Awards]] in 2002 and "Aerials" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance]] at the [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|45th Grammy Awards]] the following year.<ref name=Grammy2002>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/ |title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees |date=January 4, 2002 |access-date=June 24, 2010 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |archive-date=October 10, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, the album was included at the 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list of ''Stacker'', being ranked at 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stacker.com/stories/4750/100-best-albums-21st-century|title=100 Best albums of the 21st century|website=Stacker|date=October 23, 2020|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202244/https://stacker.com/stories/4750/100-best-albums-21st-century|url-status=live}}</ref>
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