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— go to most recent comments26 - zach
I love it and you know what. I couldnt possibly think they could put out a horrible album. I mean all the stuff they do is awesome. The pot fed my hunger of the angry kind. I couldnt find anything thats so much fullfilling this year. I have waited so long and not to be dissapointed. The crap we have had in the music scene is unbariable.
27 - zach
I want everyone to know you should here this all the way through one after another. DONT SKIP TRACKS TO FIND THE BEST ONE YOU HEAR. Some of the songs go from a slow beat to fast and erratic.
28 - Gonzo
Amis wypierdalajcie!
29 - avasj
Good review. You know your Tool. Everyone buy it when it comes out!
This album is epic. Forget everything else.
I could destroy the world to this album. I could also save it.
30 - Grant-In-Indianapolis
I don't know why people are acting like it's some cardinal sin to say this album isn't quite as good as the last two. The last two are damn-near masterpieces. I do appreciate Tool getting back to their roots, though...which this album does in abundance. 10,000 Days sounds more like Undertow than anything they've done since. It's harder. More abrasive. More organic. I can't wait to hear Vicarious, Right In Two, and the Wings songs in concert. They're definitely on par with past classics.
31 - gonzo marx
for the record: the "Gonzo" above is NOT yours truly
also..i have refrained form finding and downloading the album yet, very difficult to resist the temptation
but i will wait until the 2nd...and comment then
nuff said?
Excelsior!
32 - lemures
Ok, my original impression of this album was extremely harsh. I hated it, partly because Meshuggah is just so dam bad ass, teched out, fresh, sci-fi, cutting edge, etc. I was just really hopeing that Tool would come out with an album that would rival Meshuggah. But after more listens, I think I am able to pinpoint what exactly I like and dislike about this album. I love Vicarious. I really like track 2 also. It sounds fresh, I love the groove, the only thing I don't like is the guitar solo. I hope I'll eventually change my mind because it ruins the rest of the song for me. Danny Carey in tracks three and four came up with really interesting phrasing on kit. On first listen, it sounded too jam-like for me, but once I gave it more chances, the parts are actually intricately moving with the Justin's lines in totally set interweaving lines, it's bad ass. Also, this might have Adam's best guitar work on the whole album. Track 5...I still absolutely hate this song. Maynard still sounds like Sammy Hagar on this to me. I just don't like the feel of the song(groove wise)at all. Also, I absolutely hate the "ya musta been Hhhhiiiggghhhh" lyric. This song has got to be the worst song Tool has ever written. Track 8 has a lot of interesting vocal parts, effects, phrasing. This song might have Maynard's coolest vocal parts...this and track 4. I hate the "shit the bed" line though, it drives me nuts...especially because it rhymes with other lyric parts. I absolutely love Carey's drum parts on this song. The overall song structure through me off on first listen with this song in particular, but again after more listens, it's bad ass. I am still a little disappointed with the electronic drum sounds on this song. Track 9 finally has Carey using new electronic drum sounds. I like it, I just wish it was louder in the mix. Track 10 unfortunately has the second most annoying lyric in the album..."Monkey", again it just drives me nuts. It just sounds soooo stupid to me, it ruins the song. I hope I can get over this because the song is cool besides this. Carey plays really cool mixed sticking patterns on the drum triggers. The overall song structure again is unusual and requires multiple listens...which definitely seems to be the big change overall with this album. I'm disappointed with the electronic drum sounds overall though. Carey really needs to focus on improving this. Overall, Justin's bass sound and use of delay I love...it comes through the guitar mix in a moody, textural, bad ass way. I am convinced that live justin's sound and effects will possibly make this material way darker than the way it comes across on the album. There is also a really interesting play of answering back and forth, not only between the bass and guitar, but with the drums as well, unusual. It seems that the bass lines carry more of the melody load than on previous Tool albums. I think Adam's guitar lines play way more of a traditional bass line role than before, which led me at first to think the guitar lines were weak...untill I noticed how it was effecting the overall composition of songs with the other instruments. Also, I hope this isn't the whole album because it seems very short.
33 - Liam
I agree with Dave - Tool Tool Tool!
34 - V
The album leak is a hoax!
Hey everyone, I've just recently come across this information through various legitimate sources from the rumor mill, and rest assured this latest leak scare is a decoy album.
No, it is not an album produced by earshot or Chevelle, but a cleverly devised ruse by the members of Tool themselves. After having listened to select tracks, it occured to me that many of them had blatant similarities to past tracks. One track, for instance, is reminiscent of Pushit Live, and one of the filler tracks will remind listeners from a certain filler track on AEnima.
I can't say much else except for the fact that this is all leftover material from past recordings and recent recordings that were never used on their past and upcoming releases. The real album, with the real single, and the REAL album title and cover art will be released on May 2nd, while the decoy, cleverly made as it was, will be placed right next to Ten Thousand Fists on store shelves.
Don't believe it's fake? Maynard is particularly quiet on this decoy, barely making himself heard on many tracks, and with a talent like Maynard why wouldn't you utilize him? Even the lyrics themselves seem to be a rather ingenius joke.
35 - kris
haha great review i cant fucking wait
36 - jeff
I couldn't agree more, Andrew...I'm disappointed..I've been a tool fan a long time, and I simply expected more..I'm also a drummer..this is not Danny's best performance..
37 - puzzled?!?!?!
Amazon has an import version of 10,000 days for sale May 16th for $26. Is this a double disc or something? What's the differance?
38 - Jeff
Hey V.... I said to my brother yesterday that this sounded like a bunch of B sides from all their records....is their credibility to your sources??
39 - dave
I don't know all the stuff about "is this the real album" and all that hoax stuff but either way, it's still a wicked album.
40 - s!
hey there.. i really identified with what you said about waiting for this album, and many of my feelings about the songs on it are similar to yours.
'Right In Two' is by far my fave song too.. this was an excellent review, thank you!
41 - k
I am interested to know how credible your sources are "V"
42 - ryan
First, totally agree with your review. It's funny actually, cause my review of this album would be broken down by the number of times i listened to it:
1st listen:
Hmm... Jambi is amazing. powerful, emotional, angry, sad. just great. I'm not so sure about the rest of the album.
2nd listen:
Jambi still kicks ass. Skipped Vicarious this time. I like the buildup and release in Wings for Marie pt 1 and 2, i might start to like this song. Right in Two is kind of cool now that I'm not stuck on the fact that Maynard's singing about Monkeys.
3rd listen:
Wow... really starting to like Wings pt 1 & 2, and what's up with Rosetta Stoned? This song rocks. still don't get The Pot.
4th listen: (after reading some of the lyrics)
Damn. Jambi, Wings pt 1 and 2 are the best Tool I have ever heard. The Pot breaks the mood up for a little bit, but then damn it comes right back for Lost Keys through the end of the cd.
5th listen: I'm officially addicted to Jambi, Wings pt 1 & 2, skip The Pot, addicted to Lost Keys, Rosetta Stoned, Intension, Right In Two, and I even think Viginti Tres is cool in a weird way.
6th: heh... so now I like The Pot too. Even started listening to Vicarious.
So yeah, thought it was funny how my opinion of this album went from "What the hell is going on here?" to "This is one of the most amazing CD's I've ever heard."
43 - k
"This album SUCKS" (21):
Tool does a handful of U.S. dates before they go overseas to kick-off the albums' tour, then they come back to the U.S.. Think of it as a "pre-tour warm-up". They do that before every record.
As far as the record.... I'm only two times through and over half of it went right over my head. The half that has sunk-in thus far, god damn. I can already tell this is a motherfuck. Tool takes time to digest. Those who don't know that, don't know Tool.
44 - TOOL RULZ
I GOT THE ALBUM AND IT IS SICKKKKKKKKKKK
GET MIRC AND DOWNLOAD IT YOU LAMERS
45 - YOUR ALL IDIOTS
1. Vicarious - AWESOME
2. Jambi - AWESOME
3. Wings For Marie - GOOD
4. 10000 Days - BETTER
5. Pot - Took a couple listens to, now it's "ok"
6. Lipan Conjuring - WTF IS THIS? SH*T, THAT'S WHAT
7. Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) - SEE #6 ABOVE
8. Rosetta Stoned - took a couple listens to, now it's a FANTASTIC SONG
9. Intension - It's ok, kinda repetitive
10. Right In Two - I really like it, GOOD SONG
11. Viginti Tres - OK, The third mantra on the CD that would be better filled by silence then whatever the f*ck this is..
that is the track list and all of you that think its a hoax are fucking idiots
46 - Chris
I'm not sure if it's a hoax or not - doesn't bother me, because either I get stuck with this album (which is amazing) or I get a whole nother album along with it on the 2nd. I torrented it, yeah, but I'm buying it on May 2nd the moment I can.
By the way, 10,000 Days takes a few listens.
47 - forensic
As a fan, I found this album to be their worst. I get the somberness and reference of 10,000 days (Vietnam) and the feel they were aiming for (the state of our society). Intension and Vicarious felt more like APC songs than TOOL. Personally, I think Rosetta Stoned is the diamond in the rough followed by a distant second by the single Vicarious. The instrumentals are simply not worth the time. I find the feeling I have now spot on to the emotions portrayed in the album. That could be comforting and uplifting to some, personally I find it a fall from grace. I think this is the "With Teeth" of Tool, a sense of disapperance and fading. I felt the execution was a repeat of eMOTIVe, quite disappointing. I see the positives others have posted as negative, which is legitimate to see both ways. Definitely a provoking album. Give it a listen.
48 - enigma
well well well...
after such a long wait...(not to mention slightly dissapointing work with APC) its great to hear tool again. Is the album great too? What follows is my humble opinion:
Overal it seems very much a continuation of the album before lateralus...with a lot of lat. touches though (definitely feeling the "schism")
Most of the music is stunning, it certainly feels like tool...so i dont think the hoax bla bla is true. I think this song was a nightmare to produce, because there simply isnt anything like tool and expectations are laden. I think thats where maybe the price of success is hurting this album. It feels more clinical than organic in terms of how its recorded. Vocals seem thinner (eventhough they must have been filtered and compressed a million times).
I think the real impression of 10,000 wil be when we get to see them live. Thats when the music breathes and lives more. Right the album feels more like a beautyful corpse. Beautyful but dead...
Before all you toolheads get offended...i absolutely love tool. And im not dissapointed by the album, i just think it could have been better...and thats not what i can say about any other tool album
49 - crossen
This album is incredible. it is a culmination of all of their previous work, which is why so many of the tracks sound like their earlier stuff. as for the hoax nonsense, so fucking what. if it is old ass b-sides, theryre marvelous and that means more new tool on may 2. it more than likely isnt a hoax but, if it is that would be a good joke. back to the quality of the album. how can anyone really question its brilliance. one of the greatest things about tool is that they are always progressing and evolving, doing different things, never just sounding the same. they are our generation's Pink Floyd.
i can not stop listening to this. i dont want to stop. about the tour dates, god i hope this short US tour is just a warmup. ive never seen them live and i will do whatever is neccessary to do so. also, to anyone who bitches about A Perfect Circle being inferior to tool and a poor substitute, think of it like this as i heard in maynards own words: A Perfect Cirlce is the other half, the other side, the female side to tools more aggressive more masculine nature. they are two parts of one entity. but their music is however it speaks to you, in whatever way that it resonates with you. to each their own.
The review, however was utterly magnificient. i have never in my life heard such a beautifully complete, well thought out, and more importantly heartfelt critique of any album. my utmost respect and kudos to jessa for thinking, feeling, and writing so well.
50 - john smith
please stop saying that its a reference to vietnam with the 10,000 days. it refers to maynards mother, the title track is about his mom, she was paralized for 27 years before she died, about the equivelent to 10,000 days... no more war/vietnam references please learn a thing or two before you ruin tools name i hate people that put meanings to their songs when they have no clue
51 - nimrod
One must simply spend a day without sleep and listen to this album while studying for an acient greek philosophy exam to be completly consumed... you will not believe the connections one will make. The one, being the one, mentioned at the end of Rosseta stoned at around 8:40 is perhaps the most articulate, lyrical motif that I have ever enjoyed. It coincides so well with notions of what the pagan god is its almost mind bogaling. The one, aristotles god or plato's demiurge falls so well with that part of the song.... Tool, is so subliminally spiritual, yet people over look this.... Spiritual in a good way.. though wings for maria kinda takes one back.
52 - johny b good
opiate and undertow had me hooked instantly, aenima took some listens, lateralus took me a month to get it, 10,000 days takes even longer.... i have always said, the best music takes the longest to understand. Tool isnt about a first listen WHATSOEVER. if you listen to a song one or two times and like it you dont understand what tool does. tool does it for the art, you have to listen and try to understand, its almost more of a task at times than a pleasure, but once u get it, you are hooked, and it is beautiful. Tool have really hit it home with this one, no there is no decoy or double disc, thats all crap. If this album is a decoy what are they gonna do on tour play these songs for a little bit then add the supposed new ones? there is no double disc or other cd comming out, this is 77 minutes of the best tool ever and some people are just idiots and think it sucks and they have to make another record like aenima that isnt as creative and rocks their socks off. Tool isnt about rocking out, because they have rocked out pretty good before doesnt mean thats the idea of it. They do it for the art, they progress, they have progressed much further here than they did with lateralus, this might mean you dont get to bang your head as much, go listen to slayer than. Tool is art, to understand art you must know it as well. This cd takes more and more listens to get it and the more you listen the more you understand what the band is doing. I like lateralus the best of all tool cd's, its too early to say how i like this one compared to others. But I can certainly say this is by far their most artistic. Like Maynard himself sais, "most people just dont get it." people judged what the songs meant before they even heard them, and people now are saying 10,000 days is a reference to vietnam.... as said in the above post its about maynards mother, 10,000 days is easily one of the best tracks Tool has ever recorded, so strong in meaning you can feel the emotion. All you people that shot this album down think you understand Tool, they dont care what you think about them is the bottom line. They make art work, whether joe shmoe likes it or not does not matter to them. Go listen to Korn or Disturbed if you dont understand what im saying, you are probably to absent minded to get the concept. 10,000 days is an excellent album, no there is no extra disc comming out, if you weren't satisfied with this one then dont listen to it. you still have other Tool records you can listen to. Tool is not making cd's to please you, trust me, they dont even know who YOU are. Once you begin to understand Tool and what they practice, you will cherish this cd, along with the rest.
53 - Josh
The 10,000 days reference doesn't refer to Vietnam. Maynard's mother suffered a stroke early in life, and was left partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair for 27 years (or 10,000 days) until her death. This is the basis for the songs Wings for Marie/10,000 days (his mother's name was Judith Marie, APC song Judith also deals with this theme). The song is, in part, a tribute to her and how her love saved his life. Amazing.
54 - ToolFan060606
yeah,,, people have been saying for months,,, 10,000 days isnt the real name I KNOW ILL BET MY LIFE ON IT!!! well, they were wrong obviously. these are people who are just dumb and think they know 4 guys theyve never met better than anyone else. Everything is hear for us, no hoax this time. no double disc no fake names no none of that. its time to take this album seriously. 10,000 days has alot of meaning, its about maynards mother, and the way he wrote the lyrics to that song is just incredible, almost like he has found religion, (did he ever not have it though? not sure) Im not even religious, and I love the song wings for marie-10,000 days, which i wouldnt say praises religion but certainly accepts it.
55 - Flush It Down
Ambient noise ridden, drawn-out, built-up, pretentious and tired. These are just a few of the many labels that could be given to 10,000 Days, the new release from Tool. Only a band that is known for their relentless ‘horror film’ tacks could get away with releasing a mess such as this. Though one may argue that Tool has never released two ‘like-albums’, they have always written good music. Maynard and company really dragged the waters to capture this cacophony. There is absolutely little to no musical solidarity or structured cohesion. Unlike earlier albums, 10,000 Days lacks fluidic movement as well as thought provoking transitions found in songs such as Ænima. While the band has never been known to write and release substandard music, perhaps they’re merely following in the footsteps of their peers. This doesn’t add up when taking into consideration that this is Tool, and not Metallica. An album should not have to grow on you like cancer, it should have that one track which grips you from the start and drives you to explore the rest of the album in its entirety. Unfortunately, this album has none. Released by any other band, 10,000 Days would serve to be an abstract experience. Released by Tool, it serves to invite disappointment. Be prepared for a sorry excuse of a tour, where you will most likely find yourself staring at an empty stage while loud noise is regurgitated through the stadium speakers.
I am sorry for Tool, because whether you wish to believe it or not, this album is real, and not a hoax " though we wish it were.
56 - ozz
I saw NIN in LR and it was fucking amazing, cannot WAIT to see TOOL in KC!!!
57 - brianS132
WILL YOU STOP WITH THIS RUMOUR CRAP, THERE IS NO DOUBLE DISC, THERE IS NO FAKE ALBUM, THE BAND WORKED HARD TO PUT OUT 76 MINUTES OF MUSIC AND YOU GO AND CALL IT A DECOY, DONT EVER LISTEN TO A TOOL RECORD AGAIN IS MY OPINION, IF YOUR GONNA INSULT THEM LIKE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING RID OF AENIMA OR LATERALUS, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE GET SO MUCH OUT OF A BANDS ALBUM, IT HELPS THEM IN SO MANY WAYS, THEN THE BAND MAKES AN ALBUM THEY DONT UNDERSTAND, SO THEY BASH IT, PLEASE DO NOT FREQUENT CHAT ROOMS ANYMORE, YOUR OPINIONS SHOULD BE SPOKEN INTO A TAPE RECORDER AT BEST.
58 - karl
I downloaded this fake tool band called counterfist and I really thought it was Tool for a bit, with hesitation. Unfortunately I liked it but then found out it was fake, Its kinda weird liking what u think is tool but then finding out its not.
I did hear the real one though and thought it was awesome for the first 5 songs ive heard so far.
That would be kick ass news if there was a double disk, but I very highly doubt it.
If this is the only single leaked CD tool should make the release date much sooner to save their album sales. Im still buying it anyways.
59 - Chaos Aegent
I think people who have said this is a disappointment have missed the point... to some extent the tool albums up to and including 10,000 days have contained a commentary on society and the way people interact with each other and the media. go through and find the link between the albums on this theme... give you a starter "vicarious" and "schism"...
That said the music is nothing short of amazing and the lyrics are intense and well thought out... i havent ever come across a band that makes me want to sit down and actually think about what i am listening to... they definately have their work down to an art and anyone who doesnt see it really doesnt understand it.
As for the people that were bagging out Lipan Conjuring and the other segue tracks here, go back and have a look on Lateralus and Aenima... they were on those albums too or are you listening to Tool for the first time with this album?
In closing i would just like to give you new listeners a little advice... do not listen to it like you listen to everything else, you will miss everything, there is subtlety, there is some blatantly obvious stuff, but you need to be willing to open yourself up to see it.
Art not Music
60 - rae
im half way between believing that 10,000 days is a decoy and accepting it for what it is. good reviews.i think that the whole cd has striking resmblence to lateralus, but it does grow on you. when i first heard the cd it was too overpowering to develop and idea of the point of the cd. maynard is makin it real hard to understand him, but i appreciate what he's tryin to do.my friends and i have been talking of course- about why it cud be a decoy- tool has always been good at deception and keeping secrets ( not that we dont love them for it) but that is a huge (leak) for tool. also extremely short and has little difference in sound compared to the huge difference between each of the others. i just take what i need from it, i suggest you all do the same, it is of course tool. peace and love
61 - lytic
I agree completely with your synopsis Jessa.
62 - Monster
I'm 41 years old. I've been listening to "rock" since I was 4. I've been listening to Tool for over a decade. That doesn't make my opinion right, just informed.
10,000 Days is a masterpiece.
I am praying for Keenan. I know he is wrestling with God. Thankfully his mother was a good example to him in a world full of misrepresentations.
Please support Tool's efforts by purchasing the CD if you have the means.
-Monster
63 - systoolsys
Few more days and we'll all know for shure... Anyway IMHO it may well be either a B-side or perhaps an earlier less developed version of the final album... unless that's the "real deal"... and then I'm not shure I'll buy it (as intended) at all. It's not that it's a bad album - it just lacks the GENIUS of Lateralus and Aenima... As somebody said, it sounds more "FEMININE", like A Perfect Circle more than like Tool, not that A Perfect Circle are not a very good band, still - they are not Tool. They lack the "BALLS" and the GENIUS Tool have... Same with this album - Just listen to Maynard's voice gamma in both Lateralus and Aenima or to Carrey's drumming, and Justin and Adam's guitars - they are AMAZING!!! and what about here? Very good, O.K. I agree, but far from brilliant... It reminds me of the first released hoax - that with Counterfist - hey, they were more than O.K - they are a good band indeed, but after listening, even for the first time I immediatelly felt they were not Tool. This second leak, although much more close and alike to the Tool we all love, is still far from the genius of Lateralus and Aenima... and I don't think it's a question of "it will grow on me" or not - I just feel the "spark" is not there, not like in Lateralus and Aenima... It sounds like Maynard's voice, but without the huge gamma in the other albums, the passages between complete sofftness and gentle weeping and the roughness of some other passages... the same with the drumming and the guitars. I realy,realy hope that on May 2'nd I'll return home with a copy of the new Tool album - a better one that this leaked version ... The new TOOL album, after Lateralus and Aenima, should be a 10, not an 8 and a 1/2...
64 - Josh
I wish everybody would just accept this album and realize that its not a decoy. I agreed with many of you that it was a possibility at first, but once you get to know these songs you see the brilliance in them. And that is exactly how Lateralus was at the beginning too, and I guarantee if that had been leaked early people would have been thinking a lot of that was a "decoy" until they realized it wasn't and grew to appreciate its genius. I think its just so hard for people to hear new Tool because there is five years of hype surrounding it, and we all know how talented they are, so I feel for the guys because it must be almost impossible to have so much expectation surrounding everything you do. We expect so much that anything we hear isn't going to seem like enough right away, its going to take time to let it sink in to appreciate it. Props to them for not giving a shit what people think and making what they want to make. As for the spark not being there... in my opinion a spark could have been created in you without you even knowing it until it becomes a fire burning inside you, and I think most Tool fans they will be consumed by the new material in time. Wings for Marie/10,000 Days is one of the most touching pieces of music I've ever heard in my life. It is a poignant tribute to Maynard's mother and how her love saved his life, and is the the most personal and moving thing Maynard has ever written. If you disagree, realize how he's spilling his heart for us to hear and how soul searching it is and how much he loves and misses his mother. And this song is a lot more than that, it's too deep to get into here and anything I've said barely begins to scratch the surface. Hearing through Maynard's words his mother's cries outside the gates of heaven that she has come home, that its time for her to get her wings and fly above the pain that she experienced in this life is mind shatteringly beautiful, I can't listen to this song without crying. Think what you want about my opinion, but I've lost my mother to cancer and see a lot of parallels in his agony and its simply beautiful; if you realize the emotion behind the song you will see how its as brilliant and beautiful as anything Tool has ever done. Even more so in my opinion. Right in Two is my other personal favorite, written from the point of view of angels questioning how humans could be blessed with reason but still kill each other over such meaningless things. The rest of the album, mainly Vicarious, Jambi, The Pot, Rosetta Stoned, and Intention I have begun to fall in love with as well. I like some more than others, but that is the case with all music obviously. If it's not what you expected, than fuck you buddy for not letting go of your expectations. Is it as good as Aenima or Lateralus? Irrelevant question... its different and its not meant to be compared, treasure it for what it is, find the beauty in it. I hope somebody will listen to this and find some truth in what I'm saying and echo it.
65 - blubberst
I got a copy from a friend and this is clearly not a hoax. No one would put this much effort in to the quality of a hoax. Though i have to agree with everyone who is dissapointed in this album. Sure, we can judge it from the message it contains, all the many theories that are out there, but if i wanted a "commentary on society" then i'll read don delillo, or watch a documentary on PBS. I don't buy CD's to learn about my times, i buy CD's to rock the fuck out in my car with the windows down. Let's face it, a majority of tool fans are going to be hitting the NEXT TRACK button on their CD/MP3 players 4 or 5 times for this one.
I read somewhere that Maynard purposefully decided to drown out his vocals with the other members, and all I can think of is why? His mother died from a stroke or something? Oh, okay, then that's a logical choice. The reason TOOL is so great is due almost entirely to maynard's voice. not only has he almost completely removed his voice, what does shine through is flacid and thin. The lyrical content is almost cartoonish.
I originally felt that this album was Tool with a little APC aspects, now i've realized its more like APC with some Tool aspects. I mean, come on, if they had released this album 3 years ago, i'd accept it for what it is, but 5 years later and they give us a CD with 25 minutes of meandering ambience? No excuse. They basically produced 10 minutes of good music a year.
And for all of you who will respond to people like us that say we aren't true tool fans and that we don't understand: STOP IT! You need to realize when something you like lets you down and there is no shame in saying they haven't done their best. Tool could release an album of slowed down fart sounds and you'd defend its aesthetic meaning to your grave.
Bottom line is after 5 years, we get basically half an album. they better release something a little sooner next time and maybe there won't be so much expectation.
66 - Tool Rool
#5 The Pot - this was one of the first tracks i dug, even before Jambi (everyone seems to love jambi except me... i felt it could have been more!)
The Pot has some really cool bass melodies, the guitar takes a backseat and lets the bass do the work its cool.
Lateralus is still my favourite Tool album though...
67 - ScrotumMcgee
Blubberst, i agree with everything you have said, 10,000 Days is more half than whole. May 2nd, i expect some alterations in the new cd/cd's? Josh, im glad you could emotionaly relate to Maynard's personal experiences, having your mother die of cancer must have changed your life and after hearing that song has made me apreciate my own mom as well as should it to all. Patience will play a large role in the release of 10,000 days so i guess wel just have to wait a couple weeks and see what happens.
Don't these talking monkeys know that edens got enough to go around?
68 - mayalo
listen to it closely listen to the bass its not him at all listen for the message in the vocals and remember,THINK FOR YOURSELF
69 - R Shah
I too have downloaded the album (and intend to buy it upon release).
A few comments firstly its certainly a grower, and there are some moments which sound like bog standard metal.
Also you cant possibly compare it to Lateralus which is a masterpiece, this album is a classic example of a band experimenting after producing such an album e.g. Radiohead's Ok Computer followed by Kid A.
Thats not to say its a bad album, its very good (although I have to refrain from calling it a masterpiece for now,) but should be judged on its own merits not compared to previous albums, how could you possibly do that? each Tool album is unique and distinctive.
p.s.
If this album is a hoax, and I go ahead and pre order it what am I going to get? A Tool album with a different name and track listing? Or a copy of this 'hoax'?
70 - Deano
fuck your veiws on this album are fuckin shit.. its the best album ive ever heard.. take drugs and listen.. maynards lyrics are soo encrypted.. nothing is what it seems with tool.. my meanings to the songs have no relation to any of the meanings i have read hear.. maynard is a supreme being.. this album is fuckin amazing its not a decoy and if it is the next album will be god himself singing , because nothing can top this albumm in anyway.. definatly goign to be my all time favourite..
peace out..xoxo
71 - R Shah
I dont need to take drugs (and I pity anyone who has to take drugs to appreciate a Tool album) to appreciate a good album, I dont need to swear constantly to get my point across.
'my meanings to the songs have no relation to any of the meanings i have read hear.. maynard is a supreme being'
-I dont really care what your 'meanings to the songs' are, I'm sure MJK is the only person who knows the true meaning OF the lyrics and frankly what the rest of us think is irrelevant.
The point I was making was that 'Lateralus' sounded like a masterpiece the first time I heard it, however with the new album you need to listen to it several times, it really does get better everytime I listen to it, but at this point in time I feel 'Lateralus' still has the edge although that may change.
72 - iota
UHM, 10k days sucks! How's that?
73 - rae
I agree with josh. after sitting down and doing that thing that i hope all of you do when you get a new tool cd, i have found that there is actually more soul in it than i had previously thought.im getting more out of 10,000 days than i think i would out of a decoy.the genius is definately there, that sheet music must be fucking insane. anyway, my point is that if you havent taken the time to pry it open for yourself with 10,000 days, sit down and take it in.
74 - rumblefish
I find it a little ridiculous that some of you out there are so "sure" it's a decoy. But also how some of you are so "sure" that it's not. This is a good album at the very least, whether or not it's real. Be patient - it comes out in less than a week for God's sake. The lyrics do coincide with the official song titles, and considering those are the ones that Amazon and all the other companies have posted as the official record, it would seem more likely that it's the real thing - I can't see how such companies would post fake artwork and song titles, and then send out something different to the people who pre-ordered... But on the other hand, I don't think any of us would be surprised if Tool incorporated the same titles/themes into the lyrics of a bunch of fake songs (well, the songs are real Tool clearly, but possibly just b-sides if you follow that thinking) and leaked those out to f*ck around with people. So ultimately, let's all just be patient and wait till the 2nd to find out.
75 - Sam
hm...for those of you who posted negative comments about tool. i say you are not real tool fans, and do not fully fathom their artistic talent. I say this because i believe that you cannot simply like one album and not the other, there is something in every album for fans to take. You must dig deeper in the meaning of the songs, and you cant look them up on the internet, you must feel them.