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DiscountDelight - 10,000 Days
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List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Volcano
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828768199121
Label: Volcano
Manufacturer: Volcano
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Volcano
Release Date: 2006-05-02
Studio: Volcano
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Summary: Maybe my expecatations were too high?
Comment: I *TOTALLY* agree 100% with the review of this new album from "andreaabs". But I feel it only deserves 3 stars. I, too, was expecting better. I was SO impatient waiting for this cd to arrive in the mail hoping for new AWESOME Tool. It arrived one day after it was released and I was so excited!
I have trouble hearing the words in the songs. I think the cd is more about the music, this time, which I found disappointing, because I *LOVE* Tool lyrics and trying to figure out what is meant.
There's a chance that with a few more listenings, the cd will grow on me, and I'll know the whole thing, but at this point (probably have listened to it about 3 times) I'm not sure how much listening-to this cd will get. Aenima *STILL* is cranked up regularly. In MY opinion their best album is Aenima - by far. Then I think Lateralus & Undertow tie as my second favorite(s).
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Summary: This band kills me
Comment: How can a band like this put out so few albums, write some of the most ingenious songs, and spend so much time between recording, and then tour infrequently. Please STOP doing that!, it is driving me insane. Music needs this band so badly right now more so than even I do!
Their latest offering is no different in terms of greatness that other people have mentioned. Simply every Tool album opens with such a killer track. With Undertow it was Intolerance. With Anenema it was Stinkfist. With Lateralus it was The Grudge, and now with 10,000 Days the album opens with the crushing rumbling sounds of Vicarious. An absolutley unbelievable perfect song.
The first thing that comes across about this album compared to their previous ones, is that Maynard seems to have taken a back seat to let his bandmates shine (if I could use that term). Maynard's vocals are a bit subdued, sometimes burried, sometimes overwhelmed by the frenetic drumming of Carry and Chancellor's superb punchy bass tone and chops, but mostly through Adam Jone's sonic guitar and his phrasing which even involves some awesome one note sustained solos (Jambi). Maynard isn't belting as often, and on many tracks he comes across as whispering.
This gives the album and absolute musical sonic assault through the somewhat middle Eastern sounding/like songs and stomping drumming. It is as if Maynard decided to take the focus away from himself and let his band not so much shine... but litteraly soar to the stratosphere.
The first 4 tracks on this CD are not gold, they are litteraly DIAMONDS..
The second half of the CD (from The Pot onward), goes into familiar experimental Tool soundscapes, and Maynard's vocals change somewhat. There is the peppering in of follow/filler tunes, but Maynard and the gang always manage something to grab your attention particularly on Rosetta Stoned, and even more so on a great closer... Right In Two.
I don't think the guys have made the absolute perfect album yet. I am not even sure they can, if I think I heard it, It would probably kill me.
No band I have heard of in my 20+ years of listening to music hits it so perfectly. Soaring, Majestic, Grandiose, Mindbending, Pure-Chaotic-Elated-Fury, I can't think of enough adjectives to describe the work these guys make and 10,000 Days is no exception.
Please make it more often.
Thanks
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: After another five year wait, Tool return with "10,000 Days", and at first glance, it looks like another instant classic that was worth the wait. The funky and imaginitive case and artwork are a good sign, as well as opening track "Vicarious" which features a moody bass line and Maynard James Keenan's haunting voice. All's well right? Well, from that point onward, "10,000 Days" is sadly disappointing. Like the above Amazon review says, many tracks here are lengthy, which wouldn't be a bad thing if many of the songs here ("Lipan Conjuring" and "Rosetta Stoned" in particular) weren't so predictable. That alone is something I've never seen from Tool, predictability. That's what made "Undertow" and "Aenima" masterworks, the fact that you didn't know or could predict what was going to come next. With "10,000 Days", you get the feeling of what is going to come next in terms of tempo, and it nearly kills the album. However, what saves "10,000 Days" are solid tracks "Vicarious", "The Pot", and "Right in Two", which harken back to what made Tool such an incredible band in the first place. Maybe my expectations were too high. Maybe Maynard, Adam, Justin, and Danny are losing steam. Who knows, all I can say is that "10,000 Days" is the most disappointing album of the year, and definitely the worst to come from Tool, but it's still better than a lot of the crud classified as hard rock these days as well.
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Summary: Continues to amaze
Comment: No two Tool LP's are alike. Having said that, 10,000 Days is no different. The band illustrates its ever evolving musical style. This album really must be listened to as an entire entity. From start to finish, Tool reminds you why they are one of the best metal bands of our era.
Taking a different road than previous albums, 10,000 Days greatness is found in its lyrics. The instrumental sound in this case plays a supportive role in the powerful message the album blares out. To attempt to explain and make sense of the deep lyrics of Keenan would be nearly impossible to explain, you must experience them for yourself in this case to discover the impact they possess.
In terms of the insturmentals, the album takes a slightly softer approach. However they still continue to create the sound that all Tool fans will know and love. From outlandish bass lines, concentrated guitar riffs, and an always impressive drum regiment, the band lays everything out on the table.
If you are looking for a musical epic to take you away from the mundane sound on the radio, pick up 10,000 Days. It is an album that can be greatly appreciated by musical buffs and Tool fans alike.
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Summary: You Must Have Been High !!!!!!!
Comment: Tool is back!!!!! 10,000 Days can keep you fascinated 10,000 Days , delicious instrumental structures all covered with complicated but appealing string constructions, the sometimes nervous, relaxed, histerical Maynard vocals that in moments flirts with anguish and then with madness, bass sections so variated and drums/percussions that take you to the highest levels that only a progressive/heavy band such as Tool can take you, Tool have been considered by many critics the King Crimsons bastard son and theres no doubt they most be their major influence, Tool tracks never last less than five minutes with the exception of some intros or sound effects that transport you from track to track and this is so remarkably from this band , every song is a travel thru variated changes of structures and atmospheres, check out "jambi", "the pot" "10,000 days" and "intension" every track is a journey that as soon its over you want to ride again.
HM
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Editorial Reviews:
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With a majority of the songs on 10,000 Days clocking in well past the seven-minute mark, you wouldn't be entirely mistaken in thinking that the title of the album refers to how long it actually takes to make it through the whole thing. Two of the tracks--the sitar and tabla enhanced "10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)" and its suitably epic psych-rock sister "Rosetta Stoned"--even linger on for nearly a dozen leisurely minutes each. That's delightful news for the legion of Tool fans that have been waiting five years for the follow-up to 2001's Lateralus, which debuted at number one and sold 2.3 million copies in the United States. Singer Maynard James Keenan is back on mystical form after his hiatus with the politically slanted A Perfect Circle, sounding at once ethereal and eloquent as he calmly charges through the metal tempest of the opening track "Vicarious." The rest of the band, meanwhile, hits a series of high-flying moments with tracks such as "Jambi" and "The Pot." When Tool sounds as good as it does on these songs it's hard to get enough. Which makes it all the more baffling that a surprisingly large chunk of the disc is given over to mood-enhancing soundscapes like "Lost Keys" and "Vigniti Tres." Who has time for filler? --Aidin Vaziri
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