The more cultured people bitch about how modern day music is too repeatitive. Coldplay have gotten a lot of shit for this and I agree, a Coldplay album is too repeatitive to be enjoyed as a whole album. However I am now about to be a hypocritical arse and talk about one of my favourite albums of all time, Toxicity by System of a Down.
Toxicity is SOAD's 2nd full length album and is the one that brought them into the limelight. Being one of the 1st albums I ever got, yes there will be nostalgia interjected into my opinion. Now the problem; 11 of the 14 tracks on the album sound extremely similar and you could be forgiven for mistaking one for another. But I think they're all great. Not good but great. Putting aside the repetition of instruments and the vocals, done by the extremely talented Serj Tankian, are bloody brilliant. He shines through on tracks such as Forest, Psycho and X. But now the other 3 songs, Chop Suey!, Toxicity and Aerials. They are all fantastic with great composition and flow. They're all slower and softer than the other 11 and that's what makes them stand out.
I can't give this album anything but a 10/10. Every song is great and in some cases perfect. Buy it now as a real copy, you'll want to listen to this all the time.
Recommended Songs:
-Chop Suey!
-Toxicity
-Needles
-Forest
-Aerials
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