Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit is the fifth album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released July 10, 2001 through Fat Wreck Chords.

[2] Like The Phenomenon of Craving and their previous album Operation Phoenix, Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit was recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado with the production team of Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, and Jason Livermore.

Like, the year that that came out, we were in every weekly, all of our shows were bumped up to the bigger rooms, we sold out our whole European tour, and that was about as good as it ever got for us and that was pretty cool for that to happen.

[3]Guitarist Luke Pabich stated that the album's title was inspired by a quote from U.S. President James Madison, wherein Madison used the phrase "symptoms of a leveling spirit" to express concerns over the idea of power and equitable wealth distribution benefiting "non-elite citizens" of the U.S.[4] Rankin, a dedicated fan of the Psychedelic Furs, convinced the rest of the band members to cover one of their songs.

"[7] Jo-Ann Greene of Allmusic gave the album four and a half stars out of five, saying that it "finds Good Riddance huddling ever closer to the melodic punk sound they've been moving towards over the few preceding years ...