TOOL - Help Needed

jack_bass_player · April 2006

Hey, I'm looking to get into Tool. Can anyone recommend any individual tracks or albums that would be a good starting point?

Cheers, Jack.

uninnocent · April 2006

songwise, i'd recommend starting with (in order of album):
jerkoff
opiate
part of me
prison sex
sober (radio hit for some reason)
eulogy
the patient
the grudge
disposition
ticks & leeches

Drifting Away · April 2006

buy aenima

uninnocent · April 2006

Drifting Away wrote:

buy aenima

that should go without saying. perfect starting point.

dane · April 2006

I didn't become a fan untill Lateralus. IMO their best (don't flame me)

Inkdaub · April 2006

They get better with each release so Lateralus is a good favorite. I will suggest the songs "H" from Aenima and "Opiate" from Opiate.

facepollution · April 2006

Yeah I'd go with what everybody else has said, but also check out the song Stinkfist, it's probably their most accessible.

moleman · April 2006

I only just got into tool at the end of last year but I now have all their albums and would say that they are now one of my favourite bands. Although I would say I am still becoming familiar with alot of their music I'll suggest a good starting point off each of their albumns

Sober- Undertow

The guitar on this track sounds amazing. Pretty mournfull song really but has lots of passion.

Stinkfist- Aenima

You probably would have heard it before. Cool little guitar riff and the song just explodes in the chorus. Not one of my favourite tool songs now, but as someone else said its pretty accessable.

Lateralus- Lateralus

This goes for over nine minutes but you'll want to listen to it over and over. Its got this great intro that builds up and then the main riff just kicks in. Its a magical moment. The lyrics are really uplifting and there are heaps of cool tempo changes.

These are all good starting points. Not nessesarily the best songs, but these will be stepping stones to others. Getting into Tool can be a bit of an effort, but its well worth the reward. Also check out the song Opiate, off the EP of the same name, and the live version of Pushit, off Salival.

Bradass · April 2006

As for songs You should try (In this order)

Stinkfist
Eulogy
Sober
Schism
Lateralus
Hooker with a Penis
Ticks and Leeches

But you're better off buying Aenima and Lateralus.

murph83 · April 2006

all the recommendations for tool are great. But I think tool are a band that when you throw the cd in the player you are not instantly like, "holy shit, this is awesome". My reaction at first was kinda mixed. Tool music is music that you have to sit down and listen to the detail and work that goes into their music. I am still picking up on stuff in tool songs i have listened to many, many times. IMO

Oh, Jimmy · April 2006

Do this. Buy Aenima and Lateralus. Go home. Load a bowl. Put on some headphones and crank those puppies. Don't forget to plug Aenima in. Turn the lights low or off and use candles. Alright you should be ready. You should really hit the main tracks off of both albums. On Aenima play tracks in this order.

Stinkfist-a rocker, really accessible yet still Tooly

Eulogy- badass song, long, but only b/c the 2 minute build. If its annoying at first fastforward to about the 145 mark

H-just a good tune

46 & 2-you get an idea of what they drummer is about

Hooker With a Penis-a big fuck you to people that talk about sellin out all the time

Aenima- I like this song, but what comes after it is the reward, 3rd Eye

Pushit- a 10 minute song kinda like black lyrically, starts pretty mellow but just build and builds. Its downright amazing.

Remove Aenima and replace with Lateralus and just let it play. Highlights

The Grudge, Eon Blue Apocalypse, The Patient, Schism, Parabol/a, Ticks and Leeches, Lateralus.

I know I am forgetting something. Ah well. Just go buy their 4 albums and listen to them until their new album comes out. I had a Tool cd for over a year before I even listened b/c I used to be a bit close minded about them.

Glad I discovered them.
They have been surprisingly influential on me, as a musician.

murph83 · April 2006

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

Do this. Buy Aenima and Lateralus. Go home. Load a bowl. Put on some headphones and crank those puppies. Don't forget to plug Aenima in. Turn the lights low or off and use candles. Alright you should be ready. You should really hit the main tracks off of both albums. On Aenima play tracks in this order.

Stinkfist-a rocker, really accessible yet still Tooly

Eulogy- badass song, long, but only b/c the 2 minute build. If its annoying at first fastforward to about the 145 mark

H-just a good tune

46 & 2-you get an idea of what they drummer is about

Hooker With a Penis-a big fuck you to people that talk about sellin out all the time

Aenima- I like this song, but what comes after it is the reward, 3rd Eye

Pushit- a 10 minute song kinda like black lyrically, starts pretty mellow but just build and builds. Its downright amazing.

Remove Aenima and replace with Lateralus and just let it play. Highlights

The Grudge, Eon Blue Apocalypse, The Patient, Schism, Parabol/a, Ticks and Leeches, Lateralus.

I know I am forgetting something. Ah well. Just go buy their 4 albums and listen to them until their new album comes out. I had a Tool cd for over a year before I even listened b/c I used to be a bit close minded about them.

Glad I discovered them.
They have been surprisingly influential on me, as a musician.

I'd agree to do what he says. I was the same way, I bought undertow, listened to it once, didn't like it, was in my cd rack for years and I didn't listen to it. After listening to Aenima and Lateralus, i went back to it and I love it. Since there hasn't been much talk of Untertow, here are the highlights in my opinion

Sober (obviously, it is their most well known track)
Flood (fast forward to about 4 1/2 minutes in)
Prison Sex (kick ass song)
Crawl Away

the whole cd is awesome, but those are the ones to pay attention to first if you are just starting off on tool.

Oh, Jimmy · April 2006

murph83 wrote:

I'd agree to do what he says. I was the same way, I bought undertow, listened to it once, didn't like it, was in my cd rack for years and I didn't listen to it. After listening to Aenima and Lateralus, i went back to it and I love it. Since there hasn't been much talk of Untertow, here are the highlights in my opinion

Sober (obviously, it is their most well known track)
Flood (fast forward to about 4 1/2 minutes in)
Prison Sex (kick ass song)
Crawl Away

the whole cd is awesome, but those are the ones to pay attention to first if you are just starting off on tool.

Dont forget Bottom. Just hearin Henry Rollins say "naked and fearless" is worth the price of admission

Dick Jones · April 2006

A MUST NEED:

Pushit [Live] - Salival

MUST

murph83 · April 2006

Dick Jones wrote:

A MUST NEED:

Pushit [Live] - Salival

MUST

Yes! that is great

so is the cover of No Quarter (may have already been mentioned)

Dick Jones · April 2006

murph83 wrote:

Yes! that is great

so is the cover of No Quarter (may have already been mentioned)

Fuckin' right!!!!

LBC1076 · April 2006

Hell, just go get all 4 studio albums and play them every chance you get, even in your sleep. By the time May 2 rolls around you will be so primed for 10,000 Days, that your head could possibly explode.

Lateralus - Parabol/Parabola, tracks 6 & 7. Turn it up loud, enjoy.

harrymanback · April 2006

start with opiate ... their first and very straight forward. then move through the catalog.

OGT

MCG · April 2006

Opiate is what did it for me, that song is nutz.

genevieve · April 2006

harrymanback wrote:

start with opiate ... their first and very straight forward. then move through the catalog.

OGT

I agree.
Start at the beginning.
Listen to each album lots.
You can see the genius early but with every album they become just a
bit more polished, just a bit more creative. And every album is more in
depth into a certain area they are interested in. But you see Maynards
and the bands growth not only in music and art but also thier growth in
thier religion.
And then start buying some A Perfect Circle.

MagnusonPark82 · April 2006

dane wrote:

I didn't become a fan untill Lateralus. IMO their best (don't flame me)

I for one would not flame you. That album is flat out amazing.

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