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| Artist: Tool
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Release Date: May 2, 2006
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 RELAX...THIS IS A GREAT TOOL ALBUM...HERE'S WHY.. May 4, 2006
25 out of 29 found this review helpful
Alright. I know what you're thinking after the first listen. Where's the hate? Where's the patented Maynard scream? Why are the songs so long? What is going on here?
I'll admit I asked those same questions after the first listen. The build up to this release was intense, and probably got out of control. I heard people saying the upcoming Tool release was going to be the band at its heaviest, that they had been listening to Opeth and Meshuggah, and to expect a merge of those Swedish supergroups. But if you've been listening to Tool as long as I have, you know the band likes to surprise people, it likes to throw curve balls, it doesn't release an album until they believe it is finished, and it produces albums that cannot be figured out with just one listen.
To start, Vicarious, Jambi, The Pot, and Rosetta Stoned are absolute rockers. Yes, maybe a bit too much APC influence on the first track, but did Maynard's other band ever have such blasting riffs, and earthquake-inducing drum beats? All of these heavier songs employ odd time signatures, ones that even for me (a former drummer) are hard to keep up with. And the bass...Justin Chancellor explodes in a number of these tracks. I can't remember really noticing his work as much, on any other Tool album (he did not appear on Opiate or Undertow).
Then there are the typical Tool interim tracks: Lipan Conjuring, Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann), and Viginti Tres. They set the mood, they aren't going to blast a hole in your pants...they are what they are. Were you expecting any past tracks such as these to set the world ablaze (like Intermission, Mantra, Cesaro Summability, Disgustipated)???
And finally, the tracks that seem to be causing the most controversy: Wings for Marie Parts I and II, Intension, and Right In Two. They are all very long. On the first listen, I did find myself anticipating some type of bone-crushing guitar line to pop out of nowhere, and then suddenly, the song was over. GET OVER IT. That is not what this Tool album is about. Once I freed myself of this anticipation, I listened to the album again. And again. And again. In the middle of the second listen, my appreciation grew. By the fourth, I found this to be the third best Tool album ever released - which makes 10,000 Days close to being the third best album ever released. (Aenema and Lateralus are one and two in that order.)
Close followers, and those who understand what Tool means, know that the band is an experience. You don't figure them out right away. They are deceptive. They want you to "think for yourself, question authority," to consider other possibilities, to abandon your prejudices. Therefore, your first listen of 10,000 Days will not give you the full story. Maynard's voice is in full form (and you'll find he uses new tonations and distortions this time around), Adam's guitar work cannot be duplicated by any other band (when you hear him, you know it's Adam, sort of like Piggy (RIP) of Voivod, Alex Lifeson of Rush, and even Tommy Victor of Prong). We've already mentioned Justin, and as for Danny...is anyone with a knowledge of percussion out there not floored by how every swipe of his two arms is heard, and felt? His sticks could reverse the blood flow in your arteries.
You were expecting Lateralus 2? You didn't get it. Aenima 2? Undertow 2? Opiate 2? Just think: each of those albums was different in their own right. Tool is a progression. 10,000 Days is the Tool of today. Maynard doesn't hate anymore (at least not as much). There are no Hookers with Penises, there are no Jerk-Offs that need to be shot in the f**** head... The major clue here is Maynard's dedicating the album's title and two tracks to his late mother. (You already know this, right? A stroke paralyzed her, and she died...drum roll...roughly 27 years, or roughly 10,000 days later.)
By the way, Tool probably goes to greater lengths to preserve their music, and keep it out of the hands of free-wheeling downloaders, than anyone else. Buy the CD. If not because the band is owed for its work, purchase 10,000 Days because of the fabulous artwork, and stereo-scopic lenses in the package.
It may be years before everyone fully appreciates this release. I guess that's what happens, when you're a band that is so far ahead of everyone else.
 This album blows!! May 2, 2006
24 out of 56 found this review helpful
I am a huge Tool fan, but what I've learned since laterlus and 10,000 days came out that most tool fans are very stubborn towards giving an actual REAL opinion of a Tool album. People are saying that this album is a masterpiece. This album sucks!! Come on, who are you fooling. Theres really only five songs on this album. And there really not that good, they have their moments, but thats about it. Opiate(EP) great, Undertow is their best work, Aenmima, great, Laterlus is where it all starts, APC and too put together, I like Laterlus, but after I heard this album I really like Laterlus. How can Tool fans get this album and give it 4-5 stars, Let me guess, you liked Metallicas St. Anger too just because it says metallica on the cover. Don't give albums credit just because who makes them. This album is a 5 song EP and the songs aren't really that great. Theres not one song on here thats better than the outsider on APC thirteen step album. Thats sad. This album blows, you want a hear a real band, go get Pearl Jams EIGHTH studio album. FIve years for 78 minutes of garbage.
I'm out
Reaffirms the arrogance of Tool fans May 2, 2006
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
As everyone knows, this album was leaked about two weeks ago. I, like most others, am a simple, simple human, and thus lacked the fortitude to wait the extra two weeks.
But I made up for it by buying two copies of this amazing production.
Tool fans often get ragged on for being very high-strung and arrogant about being a Tool fan. There is some truth to this.
But after opening this CD package up and looking at the art, as well as digesting the astonishing production and technique that this band exhibits, and reeling over the emotional landscape they cover, I can honestly say that there has not been an album like this ever made, which ever way you look at it.
Tool is a constantly innovative and progressive band; none of their CDs sound alike. This CD almost seeks to violate every assumption someone has about what makes something "epic". The two-parter about Maynard's mother occurs on tracks 3 and 4, and the end of the album is a 5 minute non-song.
But once you really sit down and listen to it, this album is quite simply Tool singing the blues. I can picture the singer sitting on a Mississippi bayou writing the lyrics to this. There are so many allusions to Christian mythology in an attempt to convey very simple human emotions. The songs about drug use in the middle of the album seem to suggest the way we deal with tragedy and loss.
This is NOT Lateralus, both sonically and thematically. The band shows such a progressive landscape, and whereas Lateralus emphasized Danny drums and Maynard's vocal, 10,000 Days showcases Adam's guitar and Justin's unbelievable bass playing. He really has to be heard to be believed; get a good sound system for this CD.
Thematically, this album goes in the opposite direction. Where Lateralus ended celebrating the potential unity of humanity ("we are all one mind"), this album ends with a song about humanity's dark side, aptly titled "Right in Two".
If the artistic direction for the CD package doesn't win an award, then there is no taste left in the music industry. I will simply say that Alex Gray and Tool have changed the way I'll evaluate "liner notes" completely.
The entire spectacle of this CD has completely affirmed my "arrogance" at being a Tool fan, and I'm proud to say it! Go buy this CD. Now. You will not f*cking regret it.
Not quite as heavy, but powerful none the less May 17, 2006
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Tool fans. Give this album a chance please. You need to listen to it a few times through before trashing it. The lyrics are AMAZING as always. If you don't actually listen or know what this album is all about you are missing the point. For instance Marie & 10,000 days WHY?
Judith Marie was Maynard James Keenan's mother's name. She was a very religious person. One day she had a stroke that left her in a wheelchair partially paralyzed. This stroke only strengthened her belief in God - something that Maynard found to be pretty ironic. She was paralyzed for 27 years before dying in June 03, which is approximately 10,000 days. She was very religious, (Maynard wrote the APC song "Judith" at least partially about her - The lyrics in JUDITH reflect how he felt about the whole situation - "It's not like you killed someone, It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side, You praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed." He's saying that his mother was a good person who believed in God and yet this is how she was "thanked."), 10,000 days is about her finding her savior now that she has passed away. The song is saying that she should be in heaven, and god should not hold any thing that Maynard did against her. She kept her faith even when Maynard went down a different path. even after spending 27 years paralyzed and basically a miserable life all for her christ and lord. He's saying that she'd better get her wings, she's damn near the posterchild for keeping faith.
If you don't believe me listen to the lyrics.
10000 days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home...
You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
"I have come home now!"
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father,
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
"It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my
Give me my wings!"...
Powerful and amazing stuff if you ask me!!! This is just one example of the many concepts within the Album. I think True Tool fans realize that the lyrics are often just as powerful as the music so when you hear something that some reviews are calling useless filler (which I can't understand because they are great songs) give it a chance and find the true meaning behind it. It gives it context which helps you realize why the song might not blow your head off like Aenima or The Grudge (which of course we love!!)
Relax... it is Tool all Grown Up... May 24, 2006
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have read close to 100 reviews of this album and it pains me to realize how few people get it. I keep reading phrases like "It sounds like" or "compare song "a" to song "b" and you'll see a similarity". What I have seen very little of are people who have listened, I mean really listened, to this album as music and not just as "the New Tool Album".
If I had paid $15 and the album only had Wings for Marie and 10,000 Days on it, I would have been happy. Not since I heard Mozart's Requiem have I wept at a musical composition. I leap ahead... Let's do this as people expect - shall we?
Vicarious - This is a good opener for a Tool album... Lots of force and easily deciphered lyrics that the angry youth types can sink into... Quite simply - it is a song about the TV generation and the way we have lost visceral experience... in a way, it delves into the loss of even our basic ability to start a journey up the Tree of Life because we couldn't even start to experience Malkuth.
Jambi - This is a song of adoration.. for whome, we are not privy to.. that is for Maynard to know and us to wonder.. but does it really matter? At the end of the song he sings the words "silence Leech and save your poison..." Is this the object of adoration responding to worship? Is it the worshiper losing faith? Make your own choice.. the music crunches here.. ignore the words.. just complain about the sound.. or compliment it... heh.
Wings for Marie/10,000 Days - The first time I heard this I had to hear it again.. clearly.. it felt sacred... perfect in music/word/pitch/emotion. Then I listened again.. and again.. louder and louder.. over spreakers... with headphones. I realized that I was crying at some point, but didn't care. This is a Requiem for Judith Marie, Maynard's mother... There is bitterness here.. love... thankfullness. Maynard and company have managed to take us through most of the grieving process in 13 minutes. I was exhausted and needed sleep. When I awoke... I listened again and found myself singing for his mother along with him. How many Men could write this for their mother? Ask Tool...
The Pot - I love this song... yes - it reminds me of the feel of Hooker with a Penis, but I do not compare the two.. It has that attitude.. Love it or leave it.
I am going to lump Lost Keys(Blame Hoffman), Lipan Conjuring, and Viginti Tres into one portion here.. not because they don't merit review, but because they do. They are easy to discount as "filler", but I don't buy it. Each of these short ambient pieces hold some sort of significance to the band... that is why they are here. If they were created by a band like Dead Voices on Air or Coil, they would by lauded as amazing accomplishments of experimental music, but because this is Tool.. we just can't accept that. As far as the comments I have read elsewhere about the "filler" material... if I wanted to use that ideology on this album... everything before and after Wings for Marie/10,000 Days is filler for those two songs. That being said, I would not be suprised to hear Maynard say in an interview - "Yeah, those were just fluff.."
Rosetta Stoned - This piece is a masterstroke... it took several listenings before it really struck home. At first it seems almost like stream of consciousness gibberish... but wait.. listen... There is a story here of other intelligences affecting our protagonist.. Who is it? Who cares! if you can keep up with the chaos that begets order in this song, you won't care because it is like a good acid trip... Sit back with the headphones and clear mind and just enjoy.
Intension - Will as force. Will is force. Will moves us. The music was made for these lyrics.. the lyrics for this music. It can hynotize you if you let it.
Right in Two - I can't explain why I love this one... but I really think it has something to do with Aldous Huxley and Kurt Vonnegut. Huxley wrote a book called Ape and Essence that has portions that I flash back to in hearing this song. Vonnegut wrote a book called Galapagos where the more "evolved" human race of the distant future is a form of aquatic sea life that mocks the "silly big brained humans with poseable thumbs". My God!! Is that where Maynard got the idea!?! Who cares!!!! Just listen and realize that though this song kicks you in the gut, it might just be a little light hearted..
In closing - If this was the last album Tool ever made, we could ask for no more.. everything after this is a gift.
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