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intereact!Tool
Retail Price (not our price): $18.97
Release Date: 1996-10-01
Manufacturer: Volcano
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
With its heavy-duty distortion, weighty rhythms, and cynical lyrics, Tool is a heavy metal band for the '90s. Rather like Metallica circa ...And Justice for All, the sound is focused heavily on texture, with vocals and guitars layered one atop the other, and heart-pounding drums underlying everything. There's not a whole lot of variety on Tool's second full-length album--most of the songs start off fairly low-key, kicking into high gear for the chorus, and repeat--but Maynard James Keenan's distinctive voice, the prog-rock stylings over a heavy metal base, and a supremely unhealthy dose of vitriol make this the perfect album to bang your head to. --Genevieve Williams
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Genius. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is the best album you will ever own. It is pure genius. The arrangement of the music, the lyrics, the timing, just everything will blow your mind. Don't listen to the bad reviews, those people must have an awful taste in music.2) Aenima [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Tool's first "TOOL" album. Opiate and Undertow were still amazing, but Aenima was the first album where I saw that special blinding power of "TOOL-ness"3) The Real Deal [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this band and when i first heard this record a few years ago i diddnt get it. Dumb me, anyway after getting 10,000 days and getting my head split open by it i went back to see what the deal was. The deal was that this record is amazing. The packaging is genius as well. I am such a fan of the way this band takes so much time to make every aspect of all their products so top notch. It will stand the test of time and move people for centuries. Forever a fan please forgive me for not getting it the first time i heard it. Some of the best things in life take effort to see the whole picture and Tool makes pictures that you can look at forever.4) Perfect Album [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is the best album of there's and the best album of all time so far. Tool is more than just an average band. They stretch your mind to actually think. This is not casual entertainment, this is important art. If you think you don't like it, listen again.5) A totally different perspective now [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Back in 96' when I first heard this album, and being sixteen, I thought that this album was the be-all and end-all of rock/metal. I had never heard a band quite like this. And now I realize why. I didn't know much music back then.Almost twelve years later, being much older now, I realize that this album has not retained that same impact for me. I think the first thing that struck me after all these years is how disorganized of an album it is. There are a few tracks that seem to be thrown in for a joke (intermission, Die Eier Von Satan) , which leads me to not take them seriously. I say this because many reviews that I read regarding this album explain how deep and complex of an album it is. For me, it's really not. I think they had a lot of ideas to express, and instead of focusing on one central theme, they decided to throw many things at you, which ultimately leads to something that not only doesn't flow, but doesn't make sense. Another thing that struck me was the overall musicianship. While these guys clearly play well, they don't play anything that is, at least musically, amazing. They are more rock than metal, and less progressive than many claim them to be. They don't have to play anything super complex to impress, but then they don't really deserve the, "progressive" label that they are normally given. In the songwriting department, their structuring is heavily rock-based, and there isn't anything innovative going on here. The one place where I still find enjoyment though is in the minor harmonics that Adam Jones adds in the background to compliment the central themed-riff for a particular song. Also, the vocals of Keenan are not as great as I remembered. I am still a fan of his lower vocals, but I am now completely turned off by his higher, "emo" (for lack of a better word) type vocals. I know that many are not going to agree with me here, but I find them unbearable now. Yet having said all that, this album will always have a certain meaning for me, as it was something I basically grew up with, from my teens into early adulthood. But like my Nirvana albums, it's more nostalgia than an appreciation for the art itself that will bring me back for further listenings. I give this album a three out of five stars because it's more good than bad, but it's far from great.