The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics scoring 77 out of 100 on aggregate website Metacritic. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Winked an eye and point a finger.' 'Dale's Jr.' was the liquor store. I told Serj the story, so the lyrics, 'Meeting John at Dale's Jr. He looked at me and he goes, 'Hey kid,' and he kind of pointed the finger cowboy style. He was walking out and I couldn't believe it! Here was Knight Rider in front of me! And I said, 'Knight Rider!' I must have been 12. He was getting a drink, not an alcoholic beverage, a soda or something. Multi-instrumentalist Arto Tunçboyacıyan sings on the song "Bubbles", making his third appearance with System of a Down (having appeared on two songs on Toxicity).Ĭommenting on the track "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", drummer John Dolmayan said it was inspired by an encounter he had with Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff in a liquor store in Los Angeles when he was around 12: Ī first version of "Streamline" was used in The Scorpion King soundtrack, which was released in early 2002, and as a B-side on the CD2 edition of " Aerials". Similarly, Tankian also called the album his favorite System of a Down album in a 2012 AMA on reddit. In May 2009, drummer John Dolmayan revealed that the album is his favorite System of a Down release.
Vocalist Serj Tankian has said that the songs were left out of Toxicity "because they did not fit the overall continuity of the album". Though often reported in the media as being a collection of B-sides and outtakes, the band insisted that the Steal This Album! material is of the same quality as the tracks which made it onto Toxicity. The band issued a statement expressing disappointment that fans were hearing material that was unfinished, and they worked to release a completed, better quality version of the album, which became Steal This Album!. In early 2002, medium-quality MP3s of the album were released on the internet under the name Toxicity II.
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