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Koris
Emeritus
March 2nd 2022


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The last two songs are the only ones that are meh to me, but everything else is fantastic

Trifolium
March 2nd 2022


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Disposition and Reflection are nice indeed, but Triad and particularly Faaip are blegh to me.



Some super addicting tunes here, but Ænima will always be my fave Tool.

PurpleDino
March 2nd 2022


3839 Comments


"best tool album easy but everything after the t/t bores me to tears"

smae, but not quite to tears it's just very anti-climactic

kalkwiese
March 2nd 2022


11054 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Tool are the post rock band of grungy stoner prog

Koris
Emeritus
March 2nd 2022


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fibonaccicore

DarkSideOfLucca
March 2nd 2022


19182 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Music for math nerds who do LSD and have the headspace app

benkim
March 3rd 2022


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I actually really like Triad.

keaton_86
March 4th 2022


1380 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Triad is awesome! It's the closest song tool will ever make to a party song.

DarkSideOfLucca
March 4th 2022


19182 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I just jam the interludes at parties, really gets the crowd going

TheSpaceMan
March 4th 2022


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

disposition reflection triad is like what makes this album a 5 i cant comprehend liking post aenima tool and not liking that movement

evilford
March 4th 2022


71771 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed but Ænima >

evilford
March 4th 2022


71771 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Inb4 base

DarkSideOfLucca
March 4th 2022


19182 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Nah, Lateralus >>>



But Aenima is still a 5/5 album so I mean, whatever

Koris
Emeritus
March 4th 2022


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lateralus > Ænima > 10,000 Days > Undertow > Fear Inoculum



Band has never had a bad album though imo

TheSpaceMan
March 4th 2022


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i prefer aenima. i like the abstract and experimental sounds on it more than the "look how in tune we are with eachother" and timing based stuff on this. both great though yeah

TheSpaceMan
March 4th 2022


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i really really like rythmic tool dont get me wrong but for some reason they got super gased on themselves and just meander a lot when they try to tap into that now. like every song is your typical prog fest of just shoving riffs into it with very little care for song writing. shame cause this album always felt like everything sorta served a purpose in each song. like schism is one of the most impressive rock songs in terms of just timing and a band playing well together and not overstaying its welcome. theres some parts that kinda drag for me like a few stretches in the grudge, ticks and t/t but its like not boring or anything. then 10k days and after they just shove so many instrumental breaks into every song that i dont care for

DarkSideOfLucca
March 4th 2022


19182 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The only thing that arguably drags for me here is Ticks and Leeches, but The Grudge is perfection imo



And yeah, this is prob like my #1 or 2 album of all time so almost every note here is my shittt



Aenima is like top 10 albums, which is still fucking wild considering how many albums I am viciously obsessed with

TheSpaceMan
March 4th 2022


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i dont really like that whole "define it. refine it. and sign it" part it

TheSpaceMan
March 4th 2022


13614 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i honestly cant remember what he actually says

Koris
Emeritus
March 4th 2022


22631 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@SpaceMan: I definitely see what you mean about the meandering passages, especially when it comes to 10k and FI. I guess the reason I like them on Lateralus is because the band always found a way to use key motifs and melodies to bring them back around in a meaningful way, which is something they couldn't always accomplish in the last two albums. For instance, even though the middle of Ticks and Leeches might be a bit overlong, the whole thing acts as a great buildup to the final stretch of the song.



Then again, the meandering stuff isn't even my least favorite thing about 10K. Rather, I just think the sequencing of that album is atrocious. Don't get me wrong, I do like the album, but still... the Wings and Rosetta suites really needed to be switched around to give the record much better pacing and a more emotional climax



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