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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 2000
Pros: Got Some "Must Have Songs"
Cons: Got some artsy stuff that flops miserably
Summary: I am a Tool Fan, and I realize their are others out there
who think me a Benidict Arnold, I listened to Opiate before
anyone owned it (on Tape) and I have followed the band for
a few years, saw them at lollapoloza on the side show and on ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 12, 2000
Pros: Great message presented in an outstanding way.
Cons: NONE
Summary: It is apperant the first time that you listen to TOOL that this isn't your everday run of the mill rock band. The way Danny Maynard Justin and Adam take what they feel in the deepest most parts of their souls and put it all into what I think is the most ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 12, 2000
Pros: AE N I M A WHAT AN ALBUM
Cons: lyrics and voice of maynard are amazing and the music well what can i say
Summary: OH my god well what can i say about this tool and this album well a couple of words like great..purely amazing ....a kick ass album and theres more this album is brillent it combinds hard guitar with a brillent voice of maynard james keenan who also ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 1, 2000
Pros: Everything
Cons: have to wait for the next album
Summary: There have been many excellent reviews written by Epinions members about Aenima, all of them offering on point observations about the music, the lyrics, the meaning of the lyrics.
My own review is somewhat of a personal tale of discovery ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 18, 2000
Pros: Great cd, disturbingly beautiful and dark.
Cons: None.
Summary: Tool is dark, disturbing, and deeply melodic and one word to describe their music would be beautiful. Maynard has worked out his emotions and put them on tape and we can feel his depression, his happiness, his anger. You can feel him. The subject ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 12, 2000
Pros: The lyrics, the bass, the guitar.....
Cons: Those strange tracks that weren't songs, the perforated folds of the insert
Summary: This was the first Tool album I ever bought. After I listened to this one, I went and bought their first two. I saw the video for "Track #1" on MTV, and instantly was addicted. The haunting music and Maynard James Keenan's voice captured me. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 10, 2000
Pros: Great cd, not much else to say
Cons: Has too many tracks that are like intermissions, no music just sounds.
Summary: On Tool's second full length album, they continue in the vein of Undertow, only this time the music is darker and the guitars are more distorted. People who are looking for the relatively clean and straight-forward music of Undertow might be ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 3, 2000
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Summary: I love this cd. It is a great cd whether you like alternative or not. I'm usually into heavy metal like Pantera, but one day I got a little curios and decided to buy this cd, and I'm glad I took that chance. This appeals to any taste. They have ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 20, 2000
Pros: Very Good Lyrics(Mastermind)
Cons: Nothing i can think of
Summary:
I ummmm.... Agree with this person!
The album definitely has a dark tone to it. The lyrics are intense in all places, downright shocking in a few. "Stinkfist" seems to say that humans are becoming desensitized to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 20, 2000
Pros: Well written, cool cover art
Cons: Not for the faint of heart
Summary: Tool is a dark band with dark music and dark lyrical imagery. Every song the write is well written and is not repetitive at all. My favorite of the Tool trio is Aenima. It is a nice long psychadelic trip into music that isn't for the faint of heart. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 15, 2000
Pros: You'll be singing along
Cons: People in other cars will think you're strange!
Summary: The truth about Maynard is that he is the frontman for possibly the best live band ever! If you haven't seen a live Tool show, please go. Just go and don't expect anything. Just sit and listen. If you are not convinced you have just witnessed the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2000
Pros: Maynard! Great sound, perfect length
Cons: 4 tracks of noise
Summary: Imagine if you will, walking through am area of your mind filled with soothing music comforting lights and the beat of a far of jungle drum. Tool's Third album, Aenima, completes that discription.
Maynard and friends use their own ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 7, 2000
Pros: Its great...
Cons: noth.
Summary: Tool has really inspired me in my artistic side of the brain. Their music is at the same time powerfull, beatifull and spiritual. Their messages are clear, learn about all those things that you don't see in TV. and believe in your truth.
The ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 23, 2000
Pros: EVERYTHINg
Cons: NOTHING
Summary: I recently bought TOOL's Aenima without really knowing much about the band. i knew their lead singer Maynard James Keenan was also fronting for A PERFECT Circle which is among one of my favorite bands. Singer Keenan is a genious, his vocal tones range ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 19, 2000
Pros: Maynard James Keenan's voice and lyrics, Adam Jones' powerful guitar riffs
Cons: The fact that Tool hasn't made another album since
Summary: One of the greatest hard rock albums of all time, easily ranking up there with Metallica's Black Album, Soundgarden's Superunknown, etc. After hearing the whole CD in a friend's car, I went straight to Tunes and bought it. I haven't regretted it or found ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 18, 2000
Pros: good musicianship, good subject matter which may be objectionable to some
Cons: weird songs
Summary: This album is great, it may be one of the best of the 90's. There are at least 7 or 8 great songs. Eulogy and Aenema are epic songs. It is dark and broody and does have some very weird things but all in all a great album which should be in any metal ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 28, 2000
Pros: Perfect songs and sounds
Cons: Its obsessive!!
Summary: I first heard this band on MTV's Headbangers ball in 1996. The song was Stinkfist. The first thing i knew, was that the video was amazing, but although I didn't get the gist of the song (with Tool, you never do until you have listened SEVERAL times) I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 23, 2000
Pros: Tight, precise arrangements, incredible vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Cons: Listen carefully, very carefully
Summary: Tool quietly made their entrance into the national music conscience in the early 90s with their second album, "Undertow." Their unique heavy-alternative sound--thick guitars and innovative bass lines, precision percussion, and soaring, roaring ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2000
Pros: Best Put together Album Yet
Cons: Several CD tracks are just sound effects
Summary: Right around when they released Aenima, I wasn't informed of it. I really loved both Undertow and Opiate. And then I ran into someone who recently bought Aenima and played the 2nd track 'Eulogy'. I literally dropped my jaw hearing this detailed and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2000
Pros: everything
Cons: zero
Summary: The lyrics on this album are well-thought-out. The melodies are haunting. The guitars are grinding. The drumming is skillful. Even the "interludes" (this album contains several tracks that are not actually songs) are meaningful. There is ... read more
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