re: What has been the most disappointing album released during your life-time?

Agree. I liked Vicarious. Maynard is a douche and he didn't even try with the lyrics on that album. Rosetta Stoned's lyrics were funny, but the way he delivers them are irritating. I would happily buy an instrumental Tool album.



Outside of Tool - TV on the Radio's "9 Types of Light" was a turd.

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i'm late, but i'm sure everyone's already said 10,000 days by tool

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most of the music sounded like throw-away or rehearsal riffs from lateralus, and the lyrics were retarded. YA MUSTA BEEN...HIGH...YA MUSTA BEEN...HIIIIGH. they went from teaching calculus and fibonacci sequences to making the audience do it's own long division by giving us pieces of two songs we were supposed to overdub ourselves.

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People who routinely shite on this album are either under the heavy influence of mind-altering substances or are just absolute assholes.

My God, it would have been impossible to exceed the accomplishments of Lateralus. That album is viewed by many fans and critics as the pinnacle piece of progressive music.

Anyone who expected 10,000 Days to continue the upward trend of quality from each Tool release to the next, which had been characteristic of their career to that point, just didn't have realistic expectations. Personally, I consider Animals to be a letdown after following Dark Side of the Moon and you could also make the same argument for Farewell to Kings (after 2112) and Signals (after Moving Pictures).

First off, "Wings for Marie" and "10,000 Days" are two of the most powerful and emotionally stimulating pieces of music I have ever heard. Maynard's final lyrics in Pt. 2 have literally brought me to tears.

Aside from that masterpiece there are also some brilliant lyrics throughout the entire album and some amazing thematic concepts (e.g. man's inherit sin of envy, being abducted by aliens but failing to remember the specifics of the visit, society's obsession with the violence of television, etc.). "Rosetta Stoned" is just brilliant in every sense of the word and "Vicarious" has some of Adam Jones' best riffs to -date.

Plus, you have "Right in Two", "Jambi", and "The Pot" which are all phenomenal in their own respect. "The Pot" is one of Tool's highest charting singles to date and yet manages to maintain its artistic integrity and avant-garde status.

How can people seriously dislike this album when it is better than just about every other musical release since 2006?