Album Art Tier List (try not to cringe) 

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Every time Tool is mentioned it just becomes a 10 minute roast session

Finn doesn't dare listen to Tool, because he is afraid he would love it.

I can never tell if Finn is serious or joking.

Me leaving my last breath on my death bed - …”listen to… Lateralus.. Finn…” My son - “who’s Finn?”

Finding a copy of Enema of the State in my older sister's bedroom when I was 8 was a combined musical and sexual awakening. No album art has ever come close to having the effect that one did.

A lot of people seem to be jumping on the TOOL hate band wagon lately which is sad to see because they are a high quality band and unbelievably rewarding if you're open to it. I understand their music not being to your particular taste but when it comes to musicianship you have to admit those guys are top tier

i love when you point your finger to camera and start talking sarcastically 🤣🤣

Part 2 should include Nu Metal album covers. Godsmacks debut album from 98 (iconic), Disturbed - The Sickness, Saliva - Every Six Seconds, Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean, Kid Rock - Devil without a Cause, Sevendust - Animosity, etc. Something about 90s-2000s cover art is not only nostalgic but iconic, reminds you how classic those covers were and stories you had them while listening to them reflecting back. They always had a story to tell

little known secret about Viper...his discography mostly consists of the same few dozen songs...but they have been remixed, remastered, slowed down and kinda chopped, even some of them have added instrumentation and vocal samples... he's playin us y'all lol

Demanufacture is one of the definitive albums of its time. I saw Fear Factory in late 94, before the album had come out. During their set, they played about 3 songs off the new album. Usually I don't like when artists play unreleased stuff live because it's unfamiliar. but I specifically remember them playing Self Bias Resistor and it was one of the best songs of their set. A few months later, I ran into Dino a small indie record store where he was promoting Demanufacture's upcoming release and the guy gave me a signed copy a full 2 months before it was officially out. Wouldn't take money for it. I know he's had some issues with his bandmates and collaborators, but towards his fans, he's always been a great guy.

I love this album artwork video, you definitely need to do more of them.

Hey Finn, the UPC code in the album art for Fear Factory's "Demanufacture" is the same upc code on the original pressing of the album (minus the first and last digit)

I know you made a goal to start kind of being more positive sometimes and you are totally doing it. When you were talking about the bull's nuts on the Dude Ranch album I almost fell off of my couch because of how hard I was laughing. That Trick Daddy album almost has a vapor wave aesthetic to it. My brother actually created one of the original vapor wave pictures on the interwebz and people take it and make posters of it and sell them and shit. That's hilarious

My very first boss, Steve "Krusher" Joule, designed those Ozzy covers (I assisted him on "The Ultimate Sin") as well as Iron Maiden's covers, & just about anyone you can think of from that mid-late 80s Era. He did all that lettering by hand! Sharon totally stiffed him on the first one, but he went ahead & did several more anyway. He also did KERRANG!'s first logo. He was in VERY high demand those days & we were making money hand over fist! He posts videos over on his Facebook, stories of some of the crazy 💩 that went on. I HIGHLY recommend you go check it out! He's a National Treasure!

The fact is that when your dog is in that pooping position, he's vulnerable, and he's looking to you to protect him.

Man, I just found your channel and I’m not big into rock by any means. I’m as casual as casual gets but hearing you shit on SOAD and Tool is making me rethink everything about life.

Good ol _Fear Factory..._ I straight up immediately heard _"Edge Crusher"_ just seeing their name.

At this point, we’re only a couple of shows away from a circumcision tier list. I’m pleased with finn’s discussion ratio of art to wieners though - only right and proper for a channel of this calibre. Some great covers though - the man o war was perhaps my fav. 💎💯🔝

Great video Finn. Was looking at your merch and noticed you don't have a shirt for GATE KEEPERS!!!

Will we see or have you already reacted to the new Neckdeep song. And where can I find a VOD if you have already. Thanks finn

I think the lateralus art work is one of the coolest album artworks ever. Would definitely wear it

This tier list made me feel all kinds of ways, from mad to happy to laughing to excitement lol what a great video

Finn, please do a tier list tier list, where you rank which tier lists you liked vs. which tier lists you didnt like.

The CD copy of Lateralus is five or so pages that "dissects" the guy on the cover. The pages are transparent so the front cover still shows you the Alex Grey original, but each individual page reveals details hidden underneath the varuous layers. That ambitious attention to detail is kinda lost when distributing music digitally, though I'm not complaining

Love your tier lists and 100% agree with you eliminating the D and E tiers!!! Please use that formula for future tier lists!

These are legit the most fun videos on RU-vid

How do you not recognize Andres Serrano's Blood and Semen III and Piss and Blood on Metallica's Load and Reload, mr. Art School? 😁

19:07 This is even funnier when you know that Black Country New Road, one of the most "fantano-core" bands out there atm, wrote a 12-minute song about how the singer had a wet dream about Charli XCX (if you don't know, google the original lyrics to Basketball Shoes)

As Beyonce once said "if you wanna build a horse statue, put a wang on it." Or something, idk, not a Beyonce fan

Viper's albums are simultaneously S tier and F tier. If you look at them too long you can feel your mind collapse into some weird antipode singularity

That six feet under album always reminds me of FaceBones from Metalocalypse!

Top tier content yet again, I had a great time 👍👍😊

I love how much Finn loves Charli’s How I’m Feeling Now. It really is such a great album

Album cover art sounding like the album is such a vibe ! You nailed it perfectly , I can’t hear any song of Demanufacture and not see that image . 🔥🔥Pisschrist 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Is anyone gonna tell Finn that the foot guy on Around The Fur was Abe Cunningham, Deftones’ drummer

I love Tool but I could listen to you rip on Tool forever. Pure gold 👌🏼

Finn the best album covers ever are the ones that are just a random photo in the middle of a website like trick daddy’s masterpiece of an album cover. Truly next level shit

This is one of your funniest stream clips so far.

The foot on the Deft Ones cover is from the photographer himself, Rick Kosick who a year or two later became the main camera guy from Jackass, the fat guy with the glasses theyre always messing with, here a clip from the 1st movie with him: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tXeyqoResB4.html

I honestly never noticed there were manfeet on the Deft-Ones cover. And that's my fave D album, and I design album covers- shows my attention to detail focus lol!

Doubt you'll ever do a video on them so I wanted to ask if you're a fan of Billy Talent. Imo super underrated band in the states. Seems like they have a massive following in Europe though.

The quick spider man taint check made me laugh out loud at my quiet work environment. Thanks.

I'd love to know what you think about No Control. That's one of my favorite album covers. I know it's simple, but it hits my brain in a damn good way.

I was honestly shocked that tool is basically just butt rock based off how all their fans act

"A big fat bong load" lmao

Great video man! The armpit and feet part cracked me up

That look that a pup gives you while they shit is the “you got me, bro?” look. They are pack animals, so you are their security blanket while they are vulnerable.

2:25 The bull at Wall Street in New York City has Balls to.

Bro... the "foot guy" moment had me rolling

best thing i've watched in a while

Not only is S the first letter in the alphabet, it is such a badass that it appears *twice*. That's how you know S tier is the best.

Fun fact about Load: despite how overwhelmingly hated it is, the song Until It Sleeps is actually the highest charting Metallica song of all time on the Hot 100, which technically makes Load one of their biggest albums ever. Take that Load haters.

What? Tool Lateralus is a masterpiece!

Silverstein has some of my favorite album art from that scene

When you gonna do a vid on Fear Factory mate? 😀

The foot guy on Around the Fur is likely Rick Kosick! He shot that cover.

I love to look at the full (front and back) follow the leader cover

Dude 4 words, ADEMA - TOPPLE THE GIANTS

This was a fun video to watch.

Id put the Lateralus cover higher just because the booklet and the transparent layers. Cant think of any other booklet done in a similar fashion

Thanks for making me laugh my ass off. It was a rough day.

Absolutely ruthless putting the Alex Grey painting on the same tier as load

Your tier lists are the best content.

Kinda weird for a rock channel to brag they never heard a Metallica or Tool album all the way through.

Genius commentary on the Manowar cover!

Cut > *UNCUT* 4skin preservationists clearly haven’t had to brush with enough… covered toothbrushes.

"The balls make all the difference." - Finn, probably.

I didnt even know there were feet on that Deftones cover until today. You gotta learn something new every day I guess.

Album art used to be important when music stores were a thing. Back in the day, I bought more than a few albums based on the cover art alone. Now, with few exceptions, I have no clue what any of the albums I listen to most now look like.

Load is a great album. It's not thrash so that made a lot of the old heads mad. But if you're gonna be pejorative about 'hell yeah brother' people then you'd hate this album. Tracks 1-8 no skips.

I dont mean to be the AkSHulY guy, but it's really just an interesting fact: dogs look at people (or other dogs) they trust while they are pooping because they are vulnerable and counting on you to alert them if there is any impending danger coming while they are planting a mean log.

If anyone is curious about the feet on the Around the Fur cover, it's Rick Kosick's. He took the photo and is also a crew member for Jackass. In fact in Jackass you can see an advertisement for White Pony.

Best tier list video ever 😂

As always, clicked like even before watching. Second channel gang baby!

More album art reviews!!

Diary of a madman captures the 60's comic book pulp aesthetic. It's creepy and fun at the same time; which really captures Ozzy Osbourne. If you were early 20's in the early 80's you grew up with comic books that look like this. Marvel Strange Tales for instance (then Conan and other Pulp stuff of the 50s - 80's). If you don't know that world.. 1- this wasn't marketed towards you 2- you might not get it 3- you weren't supposed to get it (Heavy Metal ethos of being outsiders that have their own thing enters the chat).

The first Six Feet Under album art was incredible. It made me buy it. You know, when stores existed.

The skull on the cover of Bringer of Blood is Eddy from the Iron Maiden covers cousin. When he signed up, he thought he was following in his cousins footsteps…he was not.

You should just say screw statistical sensitivity and just sort things into W and L columns

You know, I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin'....but I think that Manowar album cover is hot AF.

Tool album art: S Tier. Tool fans: F- Tier... btw Demanufacture got me into metal, via the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.

Just talk about Blink 182 and we'll be happy

That Trick Daddy cover is S+

Dude ranch is s tier! this is an outrage!

I literally had to check for myself to see if that Six Feet Under cover was a real thing.

The “Doin thangs” album cover by Big Bear from 1998 needs to be on these tier lists. That’s 🐻🔥

I didn't recognize the Charlie XCX album cover until you said it.

My wife and I are massive Tool fans and I fucking love it when you dunk on them🤣🤣 Maynard is so goddamned pretentious lol

Aktuellly dogs stare at you bc they think you're looking out for other predators for them. It's an instinctual behavior.

"Who doesn't recognize this cover?" I have never seen that cover in my life. I've seen that Goblin Cock cover before today. I have never seen the Charlie XCX cover.

Apparently the Deft One himself (Chino) doesn't really love the Around the Fur cover. I think it was just a random pic and not specifically meant to be cover art.

Lmao i lost it at the bringer of blood impression

I hate being a tool fan with a lateralus tattoo because I have to be lumped in with most of em. That being said tool isn’t the second coming of Christ but mediocre? Not sure about that Finn. Much respect tho man 😤

S Tier "Tier List" video. Now we need a "Tier List" video of "Tier List" videos.

ghost has the best album arts, and i can prove it

"Big fat bong load" lmaoo

When u said computer enhance i not only laughed pretty hard but expected the image to get graphically enhanced hahahaha

Follow the Leader reminded me of a demented Shel Silverstein cover of Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Glad i had my notebook and pen out when you played that Viper. Nuggets in there. Seriously though, great vid Finn 😃👍