JohnDarksoul

TOOL's weakest album. That's not to say it's bad, quite the opposite. It says a lot that TOOL's weakest album is still absolutely fantastic.

This is my personal favourite TOOL album. Now will I say it's the best one? No. I think that title goes to Lateralus. However, despite the length of these songs being as long as they are, I think it works. The interludes for this album are by far some of the worst TOOL has ever done, thought the worst still goes to Useful Idiot. The songs, on the other hand, in my opinion, are an experience that I would love to have for the first time again. The songs themselves, though, aren't just ... read more

I believe this album is weaker than their previous works. I do however really like the production on this album and the sound of the guitars that comes with it. Still a fantastic album, about what you'd expect from TOOL.

This might be the last TOOL album that does not take itself seriously. The music is fantastic and clearly the band members are very talented. My only gripe with it, again, is the interludes. I'm not a big fan of interludes to begin with, but these are entirely uninteresting, apart from intermission which stands out the most.