[johnny sack]

Anyone disagree with me about this?

 

[Daemoth]

Not gonna argue that, but it the album is missing the best Tool song ever, Pu**** off Salival.

 

[truant truism]

Well it's not my favorite, but best? I feel that each album serves a purpose for a certain time in your life, so it's hard to decide on a best. For example nothing fits like Undertow when you're down. Did wonders for my teenage angst

And Aenima is a great "trasitioning" record. I guess you could say Lateralus is the furthest along in the chain of development, and as the "new and improved" Tool album it is the "best."

All I know is that I consider Aenima the best for a number of reasons (all of which probably have more to do with me then anything else).

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Well, I'm by no means a major Tool fan, but Lateralus certainly contains the most Tool songs I enjoy, even though some of the tracks are pretty boring and pointless. Songs like the title track, the Grudge, and Ticks & Leeches are just great!

 

[raif]

sometimes I sit and think about classical music and realize that although we see them as "masters" or "geniuses" at one point in time they were "pop"[ular] music.

I think mtv, media, record companies ruin alot bands nowadays from ever one day being considered genius. Tool's Lateralus album restored my faith in musical artistry.

 

[johnny sack]

Just in case it needs to be said, In My Opinion it is the best

obviously not objectively the best, just IMO



Quote:

Originally posted by raif I think mtv, media, record companies ruin alot bands nowadays from ever one day being considered genius. Tool's Lateralus album restored my faith in musical artistry.

Ruin the bands in the sense that they just overplay them?

 

[TheRed]

I definitely agree. Lateralus is a masterpiece. For a while, though, Ænima was my favorite. Both albums have great songs, Forty Six & Two and Lateralus (title track), respectively. While, I like Undertow, I don't enjoy it as much as Ænima or Lateralus.

 

[raif]

In the sense that the people pushed to the forefront of the music scene are there more for image, and money making, not music.

Quick, name the last truly unattractive female vocalist you have seen on mtv, (bjork doesn't count

)

I find it hard to believe that every talented female musician also happens to be attractive.

 

[johnny sack]

dont you know that beauty and talent go hand in hand, and ugliness and no-talent have a similar relationship?

 

[dd3mon]

Those who simply enjoy Tool songs do not understand the band. Tool makes albums, not songs. This is evident in their concerts as well. Lateralus is probably the best example of their continuity. I think AEnima is still my fav, but Lateralus is a close second, with undertow not too far in the distance. Salival is kind of a special case -- a comprimised album, but a must have either way

A Perfect Circle is Maynard's other half - the Mozart to his Beethoven if you will. Tool is progressive, a masterful blend of dissonance and resolution (as was Beethoven's works), a glipse into genius. APC is nearly always pleasing, more rigidly constructed and conforming, which unfortunately leaves it slightly "shallow" in comparison. That said I've listened to APC's new album about once a day since it's release

-dd3mon

 

[superjohnny]

I'm a pretty big Tool fan, but if I had to pick a favorite it'd be Ænima. Hooker with a penis is just such a good song.

The albums are all very different. Tool is just so damn good in concert. MJK pwn's j00!

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I ain't gonna argue with ya. But I find it difficult comparing it to previous Tool albums, it's so different.

 

[redshifter]

while lateralus is a great album, aenima is better produced imho. lateralus' sound is just too brittle--i prefer the chunky thunder of aenima.

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is it just me or does tool sometimes sound like a really pissed off rush?

 

[ArChaos]

Quote:

Originally posted by redshifter ...is it just me or does tool sometimes sound like a really pissed off rush?

ROFL... Never thought of that this way, but now that you mention it - yeah... sometimes...

 

[johnny sack]

haha i guess maybe i don't see it

anything in particular that reminds you of such a thing?