Album Rating: 4.0

Aenima of the State by Blink-180Tool

Album Rating: 4.0

Lose the interludes, saves about 11 minutes (!) and they don't really do anything anyway, except for Intermission. Always loved how that flows into Jimmy.

Album Rating: 4.0

Pika why haven't you rated this yet?! What do you think about it?

Album Rating: 3.0

I have't rated this because I dread the day I get prog in my colour chat

Album Rating: 4.0

Lmfao pika

Album Rating: 5.0

Did FI passed this already Trif?

Album Rating: 4.0

@Pika: Ah, gotcha (HA! GET IT!?)



@DDD: You know, I reeeaaalllyy enjoy FI! Overall it might have surpassed this in rating, but that is because of the interlude business. I still think this is best Tool if only the real songs would have counted.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah...totally get, FI is not exactly a track by track kinda exp (for me)

Album Rating: 4.0

Exactly. I think I jammed FI twice a day for the last couple of days and it really helps to just let it wash over you instead of dissect it. I get that some people are put off by that though, I was too.

Album Rating: 5.0

Correct dosage

Album Rating: 5.0

It’s splitting hairs because both are amongst my favorite albums.



Aenima is a bit more consistent, more immediate, more aggressive, more fun. Has the best song (Eulogy). Has only one relatively weak track (Stinkfist).



Lateralus hits higher highs, but is less consistent. More ambitious so there’s some really brilliant moments but then they get lost in the weeds of a bit of meandering prog filler. Two pretty long relatively weaker songs (in the context of these 2 albums quality) - Ticks and Leeches and the title track. After Eulogy probably spots 2-5 in a top 10 songs list come from this album.

Album Rating: 5.0

Trif, definitely none of these albums are 5s or 4.5s if you account for the pointless interludes. Gotta skip em

Album Rating: 4.0

How is Lateralus t/t weaker though? It's one of their best tracks!

Album Rating: 4.0

'Has only one relatively weak track (Stinkfist).'



Better song than anything off FI tho

Album Rating: 5.0

"How is Lateralus t/t weaker though? It's one of their best tracks!"

indeed...also I like interludes...specially ones on Lateralus. They just draw me into the atmosphere there. And that album is my absolute Tool fave and for many.



Stop cunting Doof

Album Rating: 4.0

The interludes on Lateralus are more like intros.



Aenima they were mischief for the most part

Album Rating: 5.0

I find the Lateralus t/t to be kind of trite with the whole Fibonacci thing in the verses, the very on the nose lyrics, and a kind of dragging midsection. Definitely not one of my favorite tool tracks.



Doof, pretty hard to compare a 4 minute verse/chorus single to a bunch of 10 minute prog songs so it’s kind of whatever. Descending is the only song on FI that I’d put in contention with the band’s best stuff though.

Album Rating: 5.0

yap...def not a track by track album

Album Rating: 5.0

Literally the only thing that holds back FI is that Maynard lost his range. The band totally delivers musically and it’s way more consistent than 10K days, where I really only like 3 tracks. Feels more like a follow up to Lateralus.



It’s not as harmonically interesting as Lateralus but rhythmically is awesome and generates a really consistent and engrossing atmosphere.

Album Rating: 4.0

it's very retread-y and Maynard has lost the passion from his voice - yeah, that's my assessment too