Album Rating: 2.5

Jared sounds like shit on this. The improvement in his vocals from this to A Beautiful Lie was significant.

That Hollywood cock probably cleared out his throat

Album Rating: 4.5

That chainsaw riff on Oblivion still rips

Album Rating: 4.0

I really don't think he changed THAT much from this to ABL. Certainly more confident.

Album Rating: 2.5

The difference is like night and day to me.

Album Rating: 4.5

Either way this album absolutely rips

Album Rating: 4.5

[2]

Album Rating: 5.0

Arguably the second best Tool album.

probably better than any tool album

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah

but arguably the second best

Album Rating: 5.0

arguably

Never listened to this but a beautiful lie is OK. Kinda curious

Album Rating: 5.0

this is like the late 90s version with more band and less leto

Sounded a hell of a lot like Deftones

Album Rating: 4.5

I feel like this leans more into Rush territory

Album Rating: 5.0

If they had followed this up with a better version of the same album it would be a sputnik classic.

Album Rating: 5.0

Never listened to this but a beautiful lie is OK. Kinda curious



You should definitely give it a try. You won't regret it. Trust me, I'm a hardcore fan of their first 2 albums

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed with Storm. If the band added a little more diversity to their music and songwriting while still keeping the synthetic space-rock vibe, it would be an easy 5 for me. I always scratched my head on how ABL broke them into the mainstream and not this. Because this album came out at a time when people were getting tired of the same old sappy alt. rock that was ruling the airwaves. This album felt more unique in both it’s musical style and lyrics. Not a perfect record by any stretch but it could’ve been a masterpiece if they’d added a couple new elements to tweak it a bit. And the singles sound like they could’ve become mega hits on rock radio.

Album Rating: 5.0

Perfectly stated Chrimz