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Nah. He did this just to give his opinion and to show people (like you) who can't take it and accept the fact that people think different. Fear Inoculum is great but not as great as people say. Lol (I just can't stand people who can't take a different opinion. Bunch of whiny bitches if you ask me)
10,000 Days is S tier and you can fight me over it. Wings 1 and 2 are musically perfect. The Pot, Rosetta Stoned, Jambi, Vicarious, and Right in Two are impeccable
I'd put it in A, but that may change. I just may be excited to finally have a new Tool album. I also understand why people don't like it as much, and not in an "I'm smarter than u" sort of way. I just really enjoy it.
I liked it a lot, but that being said I would still say it’s Tool’s weakest project. B tier feels appropriate. That being said I still think it’s worth acknowledging that Tool’s weakest record is still head and shoulders above most of their contemporaries in terms of sheer creativity.
Yes, that is exactly what i thought. It took me quite a long time to appreciate some very nice lines and tones in some songs. It is definitely no Aenima or Lateralus, but it gets on par with 10 000 days. As oddly as it sounds - even after waiting 12-13 years for the next album it feels as if they rushed this album in the last 2-3 years, when they actually needed more time to make a good album. Dont get me wrong, but I feel that Danny and Adam are holding the project Tool more together than Maynard does and that those two guys were mainly responsable for the albums we rate S+Tier. So if there will ever be a new album with which the band unites under a common goal, which i doubt, since I feel Maynard fell for the trap of aging (aging=not only getting wiser, but also more anxiously and weaker), the album would be formidable. Technically wise, no one of them got weaker.
I don’t know why you felt the need to make this video. Putting all of the albums in the F tier felt unnecessary but as soon as you called Maynard ‘even balder than Billy Corgan’ and said he should ‘stick to wine making’ instead of using what you called “weed vision” to make the ‘unintelligible, coma inducing nightmare that is his songwriting” I totally tuned out. just no respect man.
This, I don't know what everyone's beef is with 10,000 Days. Right in Two, Rosetta Stoned, Vicarious, and of course the title track. 10,000 Days is a voyage.
Even The Pot is next level compared to Lateralus when it comes to musicianship and the pure alchemy of the instruments. People need to take a heavy dose of something and get their head checked.. especially Tony Fantana here..
Literally no one asked for the Tier List, people wanted an actual full length video dedicated to them on the main channel because chances are this will be the last time we can honor their legacy.
@@justin2597 Also no way to really know this will be the last album, I'd actually say it's unlikely we won't see another album, they guys aren't really that old, and they were just freed from their contract by releasing FI, a contract they've been locked into since the early 90s. They've also said they wrote an entire album worth of material and scrapped it, and were dealing with legal troubles during the process.
As far as I can tell there was only 1 mention of drums in this video and it was to point out a negative feature. Danny Carey is among the top drummers of all time and those that are still living today. Both FI and 10kDays feature unbelievable drums but receive no points added for this. The FI review was remarkably silent on the drums as well. Not sure drumming enters into most reviews in the way that guitar or vocals do and it's kind of a shame in this case.
yeah but the genius of tool is their composition, which is done by their guitarist and bassist first. Other than the polyrhythms he creates which are fantastic, the weird timing he drums in is based largely on the guitar parts. Agree the drumming should be mentioned though, its equally important as everything else
I think most music fans (99%) focus on the quality of the song over technique. And rightly so. There's thousands of prog bands throughout music with incredible technique and awful songs. Danny's drums can't compensate for bad songs, and, sadly, most of FI is not good songs, so, really, who cares whether the drums are good or not? What does it matter? Musicians can drool over them, but the 99% of music listeners who listen to hear good songs aren't going to care.
I noticed the same in his Led Zeppelin tier list. He was critic of Presence which features arguably the best drums Bonham has to offer in Achilles Last Stand
Honestly never listened to Tool before this year. When Fear Inoculum came out, it made me delve into Tools discography and I cant stop listening to Tool. I was literally listening to the rapper Pop Smoke before and you cant get me to blast that in my car anymore lol.
salad man i don’t understand the comparison. If you’re correct, this likeness doesn’t inherently make fear Inoculum good. A classical composition can suck too. Fear inoculum is super bland regardless of its compositional qualities...
@@gusnwosu928 oh no, absolutely. just because the album is unique in that aspect doesn't mean its good. its objectively their worst album, and an okay album at best. that being said it still has a unique sound and composition that set it apart from other albums in 2019. that's probably why its a commercial knockout.
Jambi is honestly my favorite Tool track overall, I wish 10,000 Days had had more things like that. Yeah the chugginess wasnt really Tool but I felt like that would have been a better direction than trying to do more Lateralus which I felt like they did try to do.
I give it C imo... so I kinda disagree with anthony... its not as bad as he mention... FI just have ok songs with the worst interludes moment in combination (lol).... its because tool have put out so many amazing albums somehow FI being the weakest also kinda disheartening my enjoyment
Len Flakisinski I think apart from the interludes all of FI tracks are top 15 tool tracks for me. the problem with the album is that those great ideas are unnecessarily extended
You should have included the Opiate EP it's an essential part of their discography. It's like doing an Alice in Chains tier list but omitting Jar of Flies.
yoshi yeah, but when they only have one EP, it feels kinda wrong not to include it considering how crucial it is in their discography, that’d be like not including Come On Pilgrim in a Pixies ranking
10,000 days is my favorite album personally. It’s much less angry in its approach, most likely due to Maynard James Keenan simply getting older. That said, it’s much more introspective when it comes to concepts of religion, life, and death. This album also has a lot of varied vocal performances from Keenan as well, he gets to show off his range quite a bit more than on any previous tool record
it's sloppy, meandering, poorly performed at times and feels like a step down from them as far as integrity in song writing and performance that said it's certainly them at their least challenging and most accessible, which might be a plus for some.😊
yeah I don't know about that one. I do agree about FI, my hype for that pretty much died away after the initial few weeks, its just not as sticky as their other records. Oh well
@@shadic555 Oh I guess you're technically right, I just never saw it as the closer since it's just an ambient outro thingy. But if that's what he meant, I'd probably agree. Right In Two is one of, if not the, best song they've produced in my opinion, hence my comment.
Erik Frost you guys are being kinda silly even comparing the two. You may like one more than another for different reasons but I think both bands have put up clear classics. The bands are apples to oranges though.
ploob man Mastodon is just much more innovative, technical and fun to listen to. They push their craft in very unique directions. Granted, their latest album is not as great. But Tool is just proggy Metal, and their members are creeps and dicks
For whatever reason he just really likes to rag on Fear Inoculum which to me is a masterpiece. It carries a different tone from the rest of their discography but these guys are all in their 50's now. There's so many music "fans" that want everything their favorite artist puts out to sound the same. If that's all you want why don't you save yourself a lot of time and money and just listen to whichever album you bought first on repeat. Fear Inoculum is the evolution of Tool and any true fan will recognize and appreciate it as such.
10,000 days is soooo underrated. Vicarious, amazing opening track. Into and opening riff perfect to kick off the album. Verse chorus structure, tool kinda going back to a more radio friendly alternative rock undertow sound but with their more developed. Same with the pot. Also great ending. Jambi is heavy and progressive as fuck. Wings/title track is just beautiful. The lyrics, tone, the whole vibe, the rain sounds, progression, I could go on forever.... The pot is my favourite song of all time ever. It’s perfect. I’ve listened to it over 1000x and the screen at the end still gives me goosebumps. ANTONY PA-LEEZ! YOU MUST, HAVE BEEN, OUT YOUR.... MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!!!!! Rosetta stoned - err sure Anthony they didn’t try anything new on this album😂😂 Lyrically, the vocal effect, time signatures, the different sections, the groove, breakdown, guitar solo, the climax and ending GODDANN SHIT THE BED!!! Intention... ok I’ll agree on the drums but still a great track and so what if they experimented? Right in two... so/so closer?!?! Perfect closet. The drum solo/middle 8 section is phenomena. The way the 3/4 riff complicates to simplify to complicates for dynamical purposes in order to build up tension for ending. Way better closet than reflection. Reflection starts off brilliantly but gets a lil stale towards the end. Right on two is on par with 3rd eye as a closer but even better IMO as its softer and therefore brings you down in a gentler manner. One of my favourites. 10,000 days, their heaviest album so far, sees tool 1/2 stripping their sound to alternative hard rock metal (vicarious, Jambi, The Pot) 1/2 pushing the progressive envelope (wings/10,000, Rosetta stoned, right in two, Jambi) resulting in a tremendous Progressive Alternative hard rock Metal album. It may not be as psychedelic as ænema or laterlus but Rosetta stoned sorts that out by being so psychedelic it would make aliens tripping on dmt get the fear through inoculation. 10,000 days has some if Maynard best vocals (the pot) and lyrics (10,000 days, Rosetta Stoned), Jones best riffs (vicarious) solos (Rosetta) Justin’s bass (10,000 the pot) and Carey’s drums (right in two) The production is amazing and the cover art won a Grammy with the lil stereoscopic glasses. Like I said it their darkest heaviest album and I reckon maynards most personal album lyrically. I give it a S tier heavy 10 🤘 GOD DANM... MELON HEAD!!!
Am I the only one who hears Fear inoculum as a live album? I feel like the whole point of it is to tease how amazing their next major tour will be. The album is very much guitar, bass, drums n vocals. Perfect for touring without needing a huge array of instruments and synthesisers etc.
@@somedumbddstuff7319 I listened too that at 3am in a pitch black room alone with my audiophile headphones on. I still haven't recovered. It was four years ago.
time has only done wonders for Fear Innoculum. I didn't like the album for years, but after going through the Tool discography again, it really had a stronger impact and felt like a boiling point, like every album before builds up to it. Maybe it's just me, but after the revisit, it's definitely higher than D
@@myroflcoptergosoisoi idk being the only album with official live tracks and covers of Chancellor's previous band and Zeppelin make it worth at least acknowledging. It also has my personal favorite track (the only track where Adam Jones play acoustically) Maynard's Dick. Saying it shouldnt be on the level of the others is kinda discounting it. Some of use will never see a Tool show, all we have salvial and bootlegs.
Really hoping to one day get either a worst-to-best or a tier list video for Converge. Such a legendary punk band with a long and consistent discography would be fun to see on one of these.
I first listened to Fear Inoculum on a pair of normal beats type headphones and thought it was pretty meh. I listened to it again at my friends place on his much much better audiophile type speakers and it fucking rocked. Almost a totally different experience. Much deeper feeling to the songs. I'm a big fan of the latest album now. If you listened to FI on some average speakers I'd suggest giving it another listen on something better.
Going back to the previous albums will slap the hype right out of people and make it clear that Anthony is right. No matter what score you want to give it it is indeed their weakest album.
@@mck7646 Yeah for me, it just felt like Justin and Maynard (especially Maynard) were asleep while making this. The musicianship is there, but the memorability took a nose dive.
I recently just got into tool but have only carved out enough time to get a feel for 10,000 days. Any recommendations for which album is worth checking out after days?
I went in to Fear Inoculum with the memory that Lateralus and 10,000 Days were also shit on pretty hard when they first came out. It has grown on me big time, just like those two have for nearly everyone else.
What do you mean undertow is not mathematical? The riff of Intolerance is in 29/16 lol Glad you like Ænima, sad you didn’t say anything about third eye. Ænima is my second favorite album behind Lateralus Lateralus doesn’t need much of a review, it’s legendary for a god damn reason. I disagree with your point on tracks segueing during Lateralus tho, all of the albums have good transitions Fair 10,000 Days review. Liked the shoutout to the title track. Strongly disagreed with your opinion on Jambi, it’s a fan favorite man. Intention is one of TOOL’s best and unique intermission tracks just because of the electronic parts that they use 13 years later in Fear Inoculum I didn’t like your overall review on Fear Inoculum, it deserves to be placed higher. All of your complaints with the album aren’t consistent with the album at all. Most things you said were about the band as a whole instead of the album. YOU MISSED OPIATE MEGAFAIL
Funny, I totally agree with everything said about the first 3 albums and their rank. I also agree with the ranking of 10k Days and how they hadn't really grown musically. But Fear is easily A level for me. Musically it is the opposite of Undertow like you said but that's WHY I love it. It is less complex and meditative and that's almost a new direction for them and since we already have Undertow I'm glad for FI. EDIT I'll just add my Reddit reply about Undertow and FI After my 3rd or 4th listen to FI I started thinking about Undertow. I just feel this connection and relationship between the 2 albums. I feel they are the most consistent albums within themselves. The most even flow. They are both smart albums yet Undertow is a raw assault and immature in sound (for TOOL) and lyrically it deals with (surviving destructive) addiction. FI on the other hand is so refined and confidant musically. It's a meditation. Lyrically it deals with just survival of life and purpose. For me they really connect and contrast and I love both albums so much.
I loved Inoculum. It might be because I just feel and see the art in my head different, maybe it's me projecting my life onto it, or I just appreciated it. I can't put my finger on it. The dreams that pop up while I listen in my sleep are amazing too.
For Anthony and anyone else who still doesn't know. It's pronounced Aw-Ni-Ma with the focus on "Aw", not "Ni". They pronounced it in a few video interviews at the time.
Hey melon I hope to put you onto the death metal band blood incantation. Definitely highly anticipating their new album because they integrate psychedelic sounds really well into death metal structures. Hopefully it doesn't slip by you man. They are front runners of the genre to me while experimenting and pushing the music forward. That is all👍 definitely agree with this list though
Dude, Starspawn is nuts! They're expansive and legitimately progressive but geniusly paired with grimy death metal production in a way that blends their virtuosity into the evil scenery instead of putting it upfront. It sounds more like unrestricted aggression instead of a group of shredders trying to write something intentionally and overtly complex.
