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===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>
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