Tool - Pick 2 favorite songs from each album = Crash course on Tool!

Opiate - Jerk-Off and Hush
Undertow - Sober and Undertow
Aenima - 46&2 and H.
Lateralus - Lateralus and T&L or The Grudge. Depends on the day
10,000 Days - Rosetta Stoned and Jambi
FI - 7empest and Invincible

Opiate - Sweat and Opiate
Undertow - Prison Sex and Swamp Song
A - Eulogy and Pushit
L - Laterlus and Parabola
10 - The Pot and Jambi

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1) Undertow

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Prison Sex and Sober (which will be the "popular" choices), but the album is really solid, start to finish. It does not quite have the highs of later albums, but is really worth listening to, start to finish (as are all Tool albums). Don't sleep on Intolerance, Crawl Away, Swamp Song, really all of it.

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2) Enima

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It's Ænima.

My favorites are Eulogy and Ænima, but frankly, 46 and 2 is too close to be left out. Don't sleep in Stinkfist, H. or Hooker with a Penis. Fantastic album.

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3) Lateralus

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Probably the finest record (and certainly the finest "heavy" record) of the 21st Century.

Title track is probably the GOAT song of the 21st Century. Parabola and Schism are the next two, but don't sleep on The Grudge or Ticks and Leeches.

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4) 10,000 Days

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My favorite is Right in Two. Beyond that, The Pot, Rosetta Stoned, Vicarious and Jambi kind of swap in and out of that #2 spot. This is an album I took a long time to warm up to, but gets better every time.

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5) Fear Inoculum

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I'm going with Invincible still as my favorite. Most folks favor Pneuma as you did, but I'm taking to that one more slowly. I like Descending, 7empest, the title track and Pneuma all about equally and Culling Voices is almost there.

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Bonus - Is Opiate an "album"?

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No - EP, but great nonetheless.

Not per your request but if I had to pick one Tool song that most completely embodies the spirit and sound of Tool it would be Ticks and Leeches.

I can’t really pick two from each album so there is one from all the albums.

I think Opiate is an album so I will include it.

Opiate- Cold and Ugly; Sweat
Undertow- Prison Sex; Bottom
Aenima- 46&2; Pushit
Lateralus- Parabola; Lateralus
10,000 Days- 10,000 Days; Right in Two
Fear Inoculum- Fear Inoculum, Invincible

Extremely hard to pick two on each. I feel bad leaving some out on each. I love them all.

1) Undertow - Bottom & Sober
2) Aenima - Hooker & Eulogy
3) Lateralus - Parabola & Reflection
4) 10,000 Days - 10000 days 1,2 & Jambi (b/c I've heard it at every live show lol)
5) Fear Inoculum - Invencible & Descending

Super tough b/c it all depends on my mood honestly. Especially Undertow.

Opiate - Opiate and Sweat
Undertow - Prison Sex, Flood
Aenima - (This is hard) H, Pushit
Salival - Maynard's Dick, No Quarter
Lateralus - The Grudge, Lataralus
10k Days - Right in Two, Rosetta Stoned (this was hard too)'
Fear Inoculum - Pneuma, Invincible.

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I don’t recommend listening to bits and pieces of each of their albums. They are better to listen to all the way through IMO. I would start with Ænima and Lateralus (the albums). Then move on however you like.

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frick you for this thread. I'll edit this post in 5 hours after the emotional warfare you're putting me through in having to pick favorites is over, hopefully with a verdict.

Opiate:

Sweat
Opiate

Undertow:

Sober
4°
(Prison Sex honorable mention)

Ænema:

Forty Six & 2
Ænema

Lateralus:

I just can't do it Parabol+Parabola is a masterpiece, Ticks & Leeches is iconic, D-R-T is a fricking ride. I feel bad not mentioning the whole album.

10,000 Days:

I feel similar to how I feel about Lateralus with this but I think I could, at least for now, pick a solid 2 that stand out in Vicarious and The Pot. Although I feel like Rosetta Stoned could take Vicarious' place based on mood. Wings pt. 1 and 2 obviously deserve mention, then again the whole album does.

Fear Inoculum:

Pneuma
Fear Inoculum
(Culling Voices could sneak up based on mood)

God that was hard

ETA: I should also note that their cover of No Quarter is among my favorites period.

Opiate - Part of Me and Opiate
Undertow - Sober and Prison Sex
Aenema - Stinkfist and Eulogy
Lateralus - Grudge and Parabol/Parabola
10,000 Days - Right In Two and The Pot
Fear Inoculum - Pneuma and Invincible