This album is tremendous from beginning to end, in my opinion a masterpiece and I dont use that word loosely. I can count the number of albums I like every single song on with one hand and this is one of them. A lot more mellow than their other albums but that's part of the reason I like it so much...part of this is probably coming with age as I'm now pushing 40. The craziest part for me is I have never been a huge APC fan until this album...I always liked a handful of their songs but I never got into them much.
Maynard always provides thought provoking lyrics and this album is no different. I challenge anyone to listen to it from beginning to end a couple times and tell me you dont enjoy it. Dont give up after the first track. While I very much enjoy it, its probably the weakest of the album.
Every track is good but here are some of my favorites.
Sounds like I need to give 10,000 days another try. Was pretty underwhelmed and disappointed back when it was first out but its been a long time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Third Eye:
I keep trying to listen to this album. I keep failing because I get 3 or 4 songs in and find myself struggling to be even remotely interested. It just doesn’t grab me at all.
I’m afraid I’m going to feel the same about the next TOOL album as well. 10,000 Days was somewhat of a letdown and I don’t see how this one can even be that good.
I have only listed a few times but felt things picked up well around the middle of the album. [Reply]
have been listening to this & I agree with the OP. Its flat out good shit ! Not my fav APC album but still much better than all that hipster rock crap I've had to endure lately .
Some excellent guitar work in this album & of course Maynard's vocals are always badass. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
I just wish Tool was on Spotify. Makes me a super sad panda.
They wont let themselves be put on any digital streaming service. Something to do with that they want the listener to listen to the entire album to 'get it' and they didnt think that letting people just pick and choose songs would accomplish that. [Reply]
