The Official Tool Thread

I agree with the stuff about Chancellor above. That guy is amazing to behold live. He rocks out way harder than anyone else in the band. Whenever I'm at a Tool show, my attention is on him or Danny Carey the vast majority of the time.
 
In no particular order my top 5 would go:

10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
Reflection (neeRAB Disposition and Triad though)
Pushit
Flood (was thrilled that they played this live during the 10k Days tour)
Vicarious

I've never understood Ticks & Leeches. It is the only Tool song that actually annoys me, not because it's necessarily bad but just because it's so random and disrupts the flow of the album.
 
I love those lyrics, Big3. Some of my favorite Tool lines, too, but my top album has got to be Lateralus. I perceive it as more of a transitional album for them and I can relate to it more. The lyrics and theme of the album always blows me away. What a great album for personal and spiritual growth.

"I erabrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human."
 
I would have to agree with you that 10,000 days isn't as good as Aenema... it's still great, but Aenema has gotta almost be the band's greatest album, and it was released at the high point of their commercial / artistic recognition...
 
For now I listened to Opiate and Undertow.
I'm going a bit slow with Tool, it's just cause I got a lot of banRAB to listen to.

Opiate:
the first five are just average. I didn't get into them, enjoyable, but didn't catch my attention. As for Opiate (the track), it took me some time to sink into, but at the third minute I began to really like it. And the lyrics are pretty good too.
Tho my favorite of that EP is the hidden track "The Gaping Lotus Experience", which I loved! the flaw in it is that it's too short, I never listen to it without felling I have to listen to it again.

Undertow:
Much better than the EP, it's obvious that the studio album was professionally made. I actually liked every song. Still haven't listened to them much to feel which are my favorites.
> For now it's "Sober", "Disgustipated"

Still haven't listened to any song with Chancellor on base yet. I'm assuming it's gonna be much better than what I've listened for now, as felt like in a way the base was lacking in the EP and the album. And from what you've been talking in this thread, you all seem to agree on the greatness of Chancellor.

Will be filling you up soon ...
 
You obviously didn't read the part where he called someone an uptight fuck (could have been bitch, or cunt) and referred to his participation in this thread as a "fanboy wank party". Not to mention the previous deleted comment.

Yea, that was all part of his 'opinion'...
 
I agree the album experience is like nothing else, which is why I listen to albums. I just prefer the tight feel of a 45-50 minute album, and I feel that longer ones have a tendency to have a little filler here and there. Trimming the fat on some of these albums (even the slightest amount) could turn a 4.5-star album into a 5-star one. ;) And yes I can pause an album and pick it back up later, but I usually prefer to do it in one sitting, and sometimes grow impatient. My attention span isn't what it used to be...even if it's a great album.
 
^^^^ I agree. The bass is the only thing you could ever use to coax me into re-listening to a Tool album. The vocals and lyrics are definitely their weak point.
 
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