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Picked up Lateralus on vinyl recently, hadn’t listened to it for a while, what a killer album, Their best IMO, in what is a killer field of releases!!Melbourne #1 '98
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Agreed. I love every Tool album, but Lateralus is on another level for me.BrainofBGA said:Picked up Lateralus on vinyl recently, hadn’t listened to it for a while, what a killer album, Their best IMO, in what is a killer field of releases!!0 -
BrainofBGA said:Picked up Lateralus on vinyl recently, hadn’t listened to it for a while, what a killer album, Their best IMO, in what is a killer field of releases!!
I rate Lateralus as the best rock album of the millennium so far. It's insanely good.
"...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."0 -
It really is their masterpiece.Edved82 said:BrainofBGA said:Picked up Lateralus on vinyl recently, hadn’t listened to it for a while, what a killer album, Their best IMO, in what is a killer field of releases!!
I rate Lateralus as the best rock album of the millennium so far. It's insanely good.
Aenima will always be my favorite by them for sentimental reasons, but Lateralus is their best album, hands down.0 -
I liked 10,000 days more than Lateralus and I know I am in the minority.0
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I like FI more than them all. That probably puts me in the minority too. To me it’s their best work.tempo_n_groove said:I liked 10,000 days more than Lateralus and I know I am in the minority.
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#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).0 -
The song literally builds into a climax... A crescendo if you will.Merkin Baller said:
#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).0 -
No doubt, but I find that crescendo pretty underwhelming, when considering the buildup towards it (& the fact that it's the title track).tempo_n_groove said:
The song literally builds into a climax... A crescendo if you will.Merkin Baller said:
#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).
It's at the point where I skip those 2 songs when I listen to the album because when it hits that crescendo I feel like I wasted my time getting there
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It's my opinion that if not for the lyrical content, those two songs wouldn't be half as highly regarded as they are.
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“Tell them their pillar of strength has ascended.” That whole set of lyrics…oh man, they just get me.Merkin Baller said:
No doubt, but I find that crescendo pretty underwhelming, when considering the buildup towards it (& the fact that it's the title track).tempo_n_groove said:
The song literally builds into a climax... A crescendo if you will.Merkin Baller said:
#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).
It's at the point where I skip those 2 songs when I listen to the album because when it hits that crescendo I feel like I wasted my time getting there.
It's my opinion that if not for the lyrical content, those two songs wouldn't be half as highly regarded as they are.
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hedonist said:
“Tell them their pillar of strength has ascended.” That whole set of lyrics…oh man, they just get me.Merkin Baller said:
No doubt, but I find that crescendo pretty underwhelming, when considering the buildup towards it (& the fact that it's the title track).tempo_n_groove said:
The song literally builds into a climax... A crescendo if you will.Merkin Baller said:
#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).
It's at the point where I skip those 2 songs when I listen to the album because when it hits that crescendo I feel like I wasted my time getting there.
It's my opinion that if not for the lyrical content, those two songs wouldn't be half as highly regarded as they are.
Agreed, no knock on the lyrics, they're pretty fantastic, and obviously the subject matter is as personal to him as it gets (& a lot of people can relate to it through their own experiences - I'm INCREDIBLY fortunate 45 years into life that I haven't lost either of my parents, or anyone else close enough for me to relate to the song in that way... not that that's a prerequisite, but I've heard a lot of people relate those tunes to the loss of their own parent / someone close).
Still in all, they're some of my least favorite Tool songs, enough so that I skip over them when listening to 10K Days.
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Agree. 7empest on a loop for 2 years in my wife's vehicle. Impossible to get tired of it.Cropduster-80 said:
I like FI more than them all. That probably puts me in the minority too. To me it’s their best work.tempo_n_groove said:I liked 10,000 days more than Lateralus and I know I am in the minority.
Agree here too. Couldn't get into Tool via Lateralus back in the day, but 10000 Days did the trick I had to mature to appreciate Lateralus properly.tempo_n_groove said:I liked 10,000 days more than Lateralus and I know I am in the minority.
1. Fear
2. 10k
3. Aenima
4. Lateralus
5. Undertow0 -
Exactly. "It's time now, my time now, give me, give me my wings!"hedonist said:
“Tell them their pillar of strength has ascended.” That whole set of lyrics…oh man, they just get me.Merkin Baller said:
No doubt, but I find that crescendo pretty underwhelming, when considering the buildup towards it (& the fact that it's the title track).tempo_n_groove said:
The song literally builds into a climax... A crescendo if you will.Merkin Baller said:
#1) Aenima
#1A) Lateralus
3) Undertow
4) Fear Inoculum
5) 10,000 Days
FI might be a better / more polished album than Undertow, but like w/ Aenima, the nostalgia of my first introduction to the band clouds my judgment.
10,000 days has some great stuff on it, but feels less like an album to me as it does a collection of songs.
I also find Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days to be boring and anti climactic (Blasphemy, I know, it is what it is).
It's at the point where I skip those 2 songs when I listen to the album because when it hits that crescendo I feel like I wasted my time getting there.
It's my opinion that if not for the lyrical content, those two songs wouldn't be half as highly regarded as they are.
Then that phat bass line kicks in!0 -
Aenima
10k
FI
Undertow
Lateralus
Opiate
Throw Salival in the middle for Maynard's P.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Aenima
10k
FI
Undertow
Lateralus
Opiate
Throw Salival in the middle for Maynard's P.
Not to mention No Quarter, or the live versions of Pushit & Third Eye.
Those tracks are glorious.
Lateralus as your least favorite studio album - not something you hear often... to each his own though, I respect the rankings.0 -
I have to go:
Lateralus
Aenima
Opiate
Undertow
10,000 Days
FI
Wings For Marie/10,000 Days is epic. I can't stand Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned and I skip that every time - talk about boring (I know some love those tracks).
The tracks on FI are just too damn long and I lose interest after a while.0 -
It should be higher than Undertow, that was an error.Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Aenima
10k
FI
Undertow
Lateralus
Opiate
Throw Salival in the middle for Maynard's P.
Not to mention No Quarter, or the live versions of Pushit & Third Eye.
Those tracks are glorious.
Lateralus as your least favorite studio album - not something you hear often... to each his own though, I respect the rankings.0 -
Aenima
10k
FI
Lateralus
Undertow
Opiate
Undertow was always up there for me but I would love to see it get a remix. Some of the recordings sound off to me now.0 -
I listened to Rosetta Stoned again recently, and while I don't dislike it, I do agree it's way over rated by many fans. It's kind of a mess.Of The Aggie said:I have to go:
Lateralus
Aenima
Opiate
Undertow
10,000 Days
FI
Wings For Marie/10,000 Days is epic. I can't stand Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned and I skip that every time - talk about boring (I know some love those tracks).
The tracks on FI are just too damn long and I lose interest after a while.
I love the crescendo, but the shit show it takes to get there... it's probably not even in my top 50%.
Right in Two otoh... I was pretty psyched to hear that live earlier this year. That might be my favorite of 10K Days.0 -
The drums in both RiT and Stoned are what I love about the songs. They start me on the journey. Then the guitar and bass help my ride.Merkin Baller said:
I listened to Rosetta Stoned again recently, and while I don't dislike it, I do agree it's way over rated by many fans. It's kind of a mess.Of The Aggie said:I have to go:
Lateralus
Aenima
Opiate
Undertow
10,000 Days
FI
Wings For Marie/10,000 Days is epic. I can't stand Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned and I skip that every time - talk about boring (I know some love those tracks).
The tracks on FI are just too damn long and I lose interest after a while.
I love the crescendo, but the shit show it takes to get there... it's probably not even in my top 50%.
Right in Two otoh... I was pretty psyched to hear that live earlier this year. That might be my favorite of 10K Days.
Stoned is a bit of a childish story but the riffs in that are friggin great. "I forgot my pen, typical.." Love that part.0
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