[QUOTE=The JoZ]This is my favorite CD ever...because of the real songs, there are no bad moments at all...except one...where Triad is listed as being 8:46 but really ends at like 6:39 or something :upset:[/QUOTE]

I think they count the minute or two that sits between Triad and the closing track (in negative time).

Album Rating: 5.0

[QUOTE=The JoZ]Yeah I know that



I guess a better question should've been "What the hell does their popularity have to do with what genre they are?"[/QUOTE]



an even better question is "why do people argue about what genre a band is?"



i really don't understand it, it's really annoying.



in my book, there are two genres, music you like, and music you don't. if only the world could be this simple.



back on topic.



this is my favourite Tool album aswell, and when they have finished with making the next album, hopefully they will tour UK again, and hopefully this time i will be able to see them. last time i missed out, and am still very annoyed at it.



the album itself, just has no end of great music. it's just supreme to the other albums IN MY OPINION, i just love this album. there isn't a bad song on the album. ok, Faaip De Oiad isn't that great, but still, it's quite eerie, and spooky at the same time.



it starts off with an awesome track, and i love the way Eon Blue Apocolypse easily makes the transition from The Grudge to The Patient, i think that's great.



i think there was a name for Disposition, Refelection and Triad, as they were going to be one song, i think it was going to be called Resolution, but i can't really confirm that info.



anyway, great album, probably my favourite of all time. it hasn't left my cd player since i bought the album, it's that damn good.



11/10

Great album, nice review... Lateralus and The Patient are the songs I like the most now... And the bassline on Schism always amazes me... Just great

Oh forgot to say .: 9.5/10

I listened to this album for the first time in a while, and it was amazing. "Parabola" is definitely one of my top three songs of all time; I was almost moved to tears by it for some reason. Great album.

Album Rating: 4.0

Mine was in the car and someone put it on the floor and stepped on it. Now it's cracked and doesn't work. I am sad. Very sad.

Album Rating: 2.0

[QUOTE=Bartender]That's just because the definition of prog has changed. Technically, it still means progressive, meaning trying something new in each song. With early prog bands, that's why they were called prog. But then bands which made the same type of music came along, and they were also labelled prog, so now there's really two different meanings for the same genre description - one meaning actually progressing and experimenting beyond what's already been done, and one meaning being as the prog blueprint has become. Dream Theater are a good example of a blueprint band - they're nowhere near being actually progressive.[/QUOTE]



To me, the idea of "progressive" rock, means "progressive" as in progressing from theme to theme, style to style, etc within the context of a single song. That's why so many bands labelled progressive write insanely long songs, or songs with several movements. That's how they flesh out the progression.

This album is brilliant. My rating is a 5/5 Very well written.

To me, this is the epitome of a perfect album...music doesn't get much better than this....

I agree with YDLoad...Parabol always kinda gets me emotional...as well as Reflection, but Reflection more *tear

Great **** album!!!! :thumb:

Great review..... This is one of the best albums i've ever heard. It is dark in some places, but also shows hope when youv'e sunk to the lowest you can get. It is a masterpiece and will surely go down as one of the greats(at least in my book it will=)...................5/5 perfect

[QUOTE=IvortheEngineDriver]To me, this is the epitome of a perfect album...music doesn't get much better than this....

I agree with YDLoad...Parabol always kinda gets me emotional...as well as Reflection, but Reflection more *tear

Great **** album!!!! :thumb:[/QUOTE]

:eek: that is the exact same thing as me. Reflection just has something about it thats get me all emotional.

Reflection? Meh. I'm all for good bass riffs, but not when they're repeated SIX THOUSAND TIMES! And although the guitar solo is Adam's usual Gilmour-esque slow piece, it's not as emotional as Parabola's.

Lateralus is definately one of my favorite albums. I love everything about it.

[QUOTE=YDload]Reflection? Meh. I'm all for good bass riffs, but not when they're repeated SIX THOUSAND TIMES! And although the guitar solo is Adam's usual Gilmour-esque slow piece, it's not as emotional as Parabola's.[/QUOTE]

Well, i was mainly talking about the lyrics or really just how maynard sings in the song.

This was my first Tool album, and when I first got it I didn't like it. I love it now, however, I guess it just needed some time to sink in. Yeah, great album, great band. I don't think that this is their best album,though. Tool has evolved with each release. On Opiate, they were raw and angry. Pure metal. On Undertow, they got a little less raw and they had a message. On Aenima, they got more "progressive", and closer to this album. The playing was awesome, the songs were all awesome, and, yet again we have a "big picture" behind all of the music. Then comes this album, which enough has been said in this thread about already. Which makes me think that the next Tool album will be even more different, and even further away from what popular music is today. So, I guess my point is that, each Tool album is too unique in it's own right to simply name one the best.

Best. Album. Ever.



Oh, and good review too. :thumb:

that was a sweet review. i agree with it.

My favorite Tool album, definitely. The atmosphere on this album is just amazing. I've had it for 3 years and I can't get enough of it. Parabola and Lateralus are great songs.
5/5

i could say the saaaaaame thing here, and in the offical thread 900000 times, but ill save it for once here...

its good, i like it...alot, im fact i listened to it today...its solid, no cracks or leaks, just Tool doing what Tool does, in a good way...ok later

I think this is an awesome album, definitely some of my favorite listening. I prefer Carey's style to Portnoy's any day. I love Dream Theater, but I love Tool even more. I would say the stand out tracks on this album are definitely the title track and Parabola. However there are others of course. Schism is hard not to love because the bass is so catchy, and Maynards voice at the end when he says "between supposed lovers" is so musical. Ticks & Leeches I'm addicted to for the excellent drumming, and how incredible Maynard's voice sounds. The whole album is great, but when you listen to it lots, there are a few parts that seem dragged out for no real reason. I give this album a 4.5 out of 5.