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Fear Inoculum by Tool came out one year ago today - What‘s your opinion on it now?
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The album gave us Pneuma, so it deserves respect. Pneuma is one of my all time favorite songs already.
It just seems like they played it too safe. It's the kind of album I would expect a band to make when pressured by their record label not a band with a cult like following that will eat up whatever they will put out. Basically, I was expecting them to come with something a bit groundbreaking and we got a greatest hits of sorts. In some songs they even seem as if they are copying themselves.
It's good music, mind you, but underwhelming considering the artist and the context.
It's good music, mind you, but underwhelming considering the artist and the context.
At first I thought it was just okay, now I think its their best (once you permanently delete the digital edition exclusive garbage troll tracks).
This album needs time, there is so much intricate stuff happening. Just awesome.
This album needs time, there is so much intricate stuff happening. Just awesome.
Interesting that the lack of vocals is a drawback for a lot of posters. I dig letting the music breathe a bit more. Still not crazy about the album, but I do think the amount of vocals is a positive, not a detriment.
Even if I'm not crazy about the album, they're still a phenomenal live band and will go see them when I can.
Even if I'm not crazy about the album, they're still a phenomenal live band and will go see them when I can.
Wasn't aware of this until now. IMO... considering the sociopolitical critique the band's lyrics oftentimes provide, his statement is pretty hypocritical. I hope his words aren't representative of how the other members feel. TBH, he's the most disposable member of the band.
I enjoyed Fear Inoculum though. Only ended up listening to it this year.
I came to the conclusion that no matter how good the new album is, it couldn't live up to the wait. So, I decided to skip listening to Fear Inoculum, and continue enjoying the anticipation instead...
(The self-titled single off the album did nothing to grab me in the visceral way everything on their previous albums did, so I ended up leaving the new album on the backlog of "media I need to get around to". I really need to get around to fixing that.)
(The self-titled single off the album did nothing to grab me in the visceral way everything on their previous albums did, so I ended up leaving the new album on the backlog of "media I need to get around to". I really need to get around to fixing that.)
I feel this. In an age of Karnivool, Mastodon and other, fresher bands, Tool never really evolved despite all the time it took them to make that album.
Why listen to FI if you can listen to Lateralus?
Pneuma is so good. It evokes powerful introspective emotions on the biological need for transcendence of oneself and how that connects not just all humans but all life, as we all share a common evolutionary ancestry stemming from the energy of the sun.
I think it's their worst album. Tom Petty once said something akin to (paraphrased) "A classic album has 3 great songs and no bad ones." FI as a bunch of mediocre songs and the worst song Tool's ever written, Descending. I feel like all of the songs would have been better served and more interesting if they had all been whittled down about 2-3 minutes each.
I thought it was great but not my fave...for me:
Lateralus (undisputed)
Aenima
FI
10k Days
Undertow.
Keep in mind I love all the albums lol so this ranking is baselined as if the worst one (Undertow) is like an 8.5/10 😂
Lateralus (undisputed)
Aenima
FI
10k Days
Undertow.
Keep in mind I love all the albums lol so this ranking is baselined as if the worst one (Undertow) is like an 8.5/10 😂
I really liked Fear inoculum, it's got some great songs on it. I stand by my initial thoughts though that each song should have been about 2 minutes shorter and it needed another main track.
Uhhhh, that's the best song on the album dude. (Pneuma being a close 2nd)
Strangely I didn't like it much at first but I find myself coming back to Invincible more and more to the point where it might be my favorite song on the album now. It's hard to explain but it kind of has a classic hard rock feel to it that I like.
7empest is literally my second favorite Tool song ever now, so I love it for that. But I think I have different tastes than the majority of Tool fans.
Pretty good. Some riffs and patterns are played way too long. 7empest could probably be a 10 minute song.