Attention all you Tool heads, help needed...

[Darken Elise]

Hey Tool fans... I like Tool, but nout enough to have purchased one of their CDs, now that I want to, where do I begin? What ONE Tool CD should I pick up? What ONE wowed you and made you think they were a great band? Don't say all of them. You know it isn't true. Every band has a disc or two that you need to really love the band to get into, I'm not there yet though...

Thanks!

[Pudie]

AEnima hooked me , but Lateralus grabbed me. Pick Opiate. JK ... I'd say AEnima is the way to go.

[Keith Moon]

- I'd start off with Lateralus (which is their most recent album) and work your way backwards.

- Aenima is great also, but I just would recommend Lateralus, because you'll get slightly more music for your buck. :shrug:

[Jonesy]

I think Undertow is the easiest to get in to. You don't have to listen to it a bunch of times to get in to it (which i did with lateralus Aenima) If it's between Lateralus and Aenima, then i would go Aenima. :up:

[Pudie]

I dont like Undertow all that much at all actually.

[Mech]

Lateralus is the best musically, I could easily listen to that album 2 or 3 times in a row. Aenima just blows you away as well, and is much harder. I love them both. I disagree about getting into it with Undertow.

[Agent]

lateralus is gay.

aenima is the way to go.

[The Judas Cow]

Lateralus had got to be my favorite album of all time.

Plus you get a neato cover.

[toodef]

lateralus or anima :up:
i got hooked off of anima, then undertow then opiate and THEN lateralus with salival falling somewhere between undertow and opiate.

i think i did it right. :greenwink

[Pudie]

is that Betty Page? Fuckin NICE!

[kris46and2]

Lateralus for me but you need to get aenima as well i would get them both at the same time.

Undertow has some good songs on there but is lacking in comparison as an album to the others.

[DeadOhioSky]

back in 2001, opiate is what got me hooked. then i bought lateralus, aenima, etc.

[Darken Elise]

Thanks guys! Your help is appreciated!

One Kill, what the fuck is with that avatar!?!? Are you trying to get some of us fired!?!?

[Pudie]

I think Opiate is a SWEEEEET Cd , but its fucking SHORT. If you like Tool then you have to get Opiate for sure.

[CloserToGod]

I'd go with AEnima. I picked it up back in the day not knowing if Tool was even a rock band or not. Well, basically it changed my taste in music and things to come. Good start.

[kris46and2]

yeah i got into aenima first as well but prefer lateralus now.


Get them both, you will eventually anyway

[Pudie]

I'd go with AEnima. I picked it up back in the day not knowing if Tool was even a rock band or not. Well, basically it changed my taste in music and things to come. Good start.
:nod:

tool opend many doors in my impressionable youth

[Halo17]

Gotta go with Ænima.


But then you do have to get the rest. :-)

[Parabola7001]

I would say AEnima all the way. It just is the best.very mind opening.

[DeadOhioSky]

I'd go with AEnima. I picked it up back in the day not knowing if Tool was even a rock band or not. Well, basically it changed my taste in music and things to come. Good start.

right you are man; as lame as it may sound, tool changed my life!

[PatrickBateman]

Just buy Undertow,Aenima, and lateralus.they are all great

[mjk870621345]

Lateralus and Ænima... yeah, get'em both

[bleuMadonna]

I started with Lateralus and it blew me away so much, that I went out and bought everything I could find.

[EtchedInCold]

Ænima is what got me into Tool (courtesy of Sean Hovell),
but Lateralus is my favorite of all time.

[B]

Salival.

[EtchedInCold]

Salival.
HA! good luck trying to get that. for under 100.

[Ellen Degenerate]

get aenima first so that you are not disapointed when you get lateralus 2nd and find that it is even better than aenima (if that makes sense)

[mud_]

its aenima by an overwhelming majority

i got lateralus pretty much the day it came out in Australia and im still getting into it
theres some awesome shit on it but i gotta go with aenima for FIRST buy

[Trizzak]

Download the tracks from all their cd's, seperate them by album, listen to them all, find the album you like best.

Then buy Lateralus

[The Judas Cow]

Lateralus pwns all :guitarist

[DeadOhioSky]

what evers cheaper

[... Scott]

Late for the bus all the way ! ...

[deedlez]

aenima, definitely

[Darken Elise]

Thanks again gang. I'm going to grab Aenima today after work (well, weather permitting). If I like it, I'll probably grab Lat soon after and take it from there.

[Ellen Degenerate]

remember : If you find you don't like aenima as much as people say you will, don't let that stop you buying lateralus (the best album ever)

[jazz]

i'd start from their first album, undertow (opiate's an e.p.). then move on to aenima, then to lateralus. you'll appreciate the progression as you go along. then pick up opiate at your leisure.

[B]

Download the tracks from all their cd's, seperate them by album, listen to them all, find the album you like best.

Then buy Lateralus

Exactly what i did, then bought the remaining four within a week :up:

[EtchedInCold]

i'd start from their first album, undertow (opiate's an e.p.). then move on to aenima, then to lateralus. you'll appreciate the progression as you go along. then pick up opiate at your leisure.
it is kind of weird to go from Lateralus to Opiate. a huge step backwards as far as Maynard's anger goes.

[FOXON]

i got lateralus first... then i bought aenima and preferred it by far... i guess its more accessible... but now that i'v given lateralus another try, i appreciate it so much more

aenima is the best
lateralus is better.... if that makes sense

[mjk870621345]

aenima is the best
lateralus is better.... if that makes sense

:confused:

[kris46and2]

I Like balls

I agree

[toodef]

WELL did you like it or what!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?
give us some feed back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mjk870621345]

WELL did you like it or what!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?
give us some feed back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:nod:

[CloserToGod]

Another soul saved.

[paygee]

Another soul saved.
ha

[B]

i didnt get it.

[paygee]

i didnt get it.
what, the memo?

[B]

clue me in?

[paygee]

clue me in?
on what

[B]

um, yeah. Hi paygee!!! *waves*

[paygee]

um, yeah. Hi paygee!!! *waves*
hi there soso

[B]

post some chocolate-fetish art. yum.

[paygee]

post some chocolate-fetish art. yum.
:hmm:

[Ryan]

say hi to me

[paygee]

hi

[Ryan]

:bow:

[Trizzak]

I only own Lateralus and Aenima, but I would buy Undertow if it wasn't $25.

[paygee]

:dude:

[Ryan]

I only own Lateralus and Aenima, but I would buy Undertow if it wasn't $25.

do you own opiate? give me your address and i'll buy opiate & undertow for you and send

[Trizzak]

do you own opiate? give me your address and i'll buy opiate & undertow for you and send
At the moment I don't really like the songs from Opiate.

[paygee]

At the moment I don't really like the songs from Opiate.
huh?

[Trizzak]

huh?
hmmm?

[paygee]

exactly

[Ryan]

the only bad song on opiate is hush

[Trizzak]

exactly
clarify, please.

[paygee]

clarify, please.
i just didnt really see how you could not like songs from opiate "right now". is now not a good time for you?

[Trizzak]

i just didnt really see how you could not like songs from opiate "right now". is now not a good time for you?
A few months ago I didn't like the songs from Undertow. Now I do.

I currently don't like the songs from Opiate. Maybe I will later.

[mjk870621345]

the only bad song on opiate is hush

no is not bad. just not as good as the rest of the songs.

[B]

no is not bad. just not as good as the rest of the songs.

Hush is an awesome song, losers! And Sweat makes an apperance in the cheezy cornball movie Escape from LA!!! TOOL are SELLOUTS! :wookie:

[Ellen Degenerate]

I only own Lateralus and Aenima, but I would buy Undertow if it wasn't $25.
i got myself a replacement copy of lateralus. it was $13 instead of $35 :drool:

[Agent]

damn that's alot.

[Ellen Degenerate]

damn that's alot.
not really, well...$13 isnt. $1 NZ is worth about 60 cents US, so that is less than $8

[DeadOhioSky]

well $35 seems like a lot

[Ellen Degenerate]

well $35 seems like a lot
it is. i have never paid that much for a cd and i don't intend to ever. that is just how much they are here if there are no discounts

[toolgemini]

spend yall money

[bleuMadonna]

Hush is an awesome song, losers! And Sweat makes an apperance in the cheezy cornball movie Escape from LA!!! TOOL are SELLOUTS! :wookie:

:lmao:
I like the video for Hush, though. It makes me laugh.

[B]

i like the hush video too. I bet it was hard to put a sign over dannys surely massive ding-a-ling.

[bleuMadonna]

i like the hush video too. I bet it was hard to put a sign over dannys surely massive ding-a-ling.
:ha: He is one fine specimen :drool:

[B]

humunkulus mongoloid of a specimen.

[mjk870621345]

i like the hush video too. I bet it was hard to put a sign over dannys surely massive ding-a-ling.

:haha:

[B]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/burningsosobra/dannyhead.jpg

[kris46and2]

yeah i had to get another version of lateralus mine was fucked, listened so much and taken everywhere, i think i might have to replace aenima soon.

[mjk870621345]

mine is fucked too :cd:

[B]

when i bought lateralus, right from the store it went into my friends car cd player, where it refused to eject and cracked the side and scratched it. Its the devil. I cried.

[bleuMadonna]

Man, that's a bitch. Car CD players can be harsh on discs. I make copies of ones that I play a lot on the car. I hate putting originals in the car player.

[B]

well that was back in 2001. Now i only put new cds in my computer, one time to rip, then i stash them up on my shelf for all time. So my dozens of albums ive bought in the past couple years are completely scratch free. I just wish i would have done this back then, especially when I bought Salival :brick:

[bleuMadonna]

I just wish i would have done this back then, especially when I bought Salival :brick:
Ouuuuuch :(.

[Toolfan]

Lateralus pwns all :guitaristPurchase Opiate, Undertow, Aenima, Salival and Lateralus.


Seriously.

Then just start at Opiate.


My order was this.

Aenima
Undertow
Opiate
Salival
Lateralus.

:)

I found Tool in 1997.

[paygee]

yet, youre almost a year late on this thread..

[Trizzak]

yet, youre almost a year late on this thread..
just to let you know paygee, because I know you won't sleep soundly till I tell you..... I still don't really like the songs from Opiate.

Except Opiate. That's a good song.

[bleuMadonna]

just to let you know paygee, because I know you won't sleep soundly till I tell you..... I still don't really like the songs from Opiate.

Except Opiate. That's a good song.
:eek2: I love all of the songs on Opiate, with Opiate being the best one for me :bleu:

[Keith Moon]

yet, youre almost a year late on this thread..


- I don't know...Darken is a little :imslow: sometimes.

[Tertius Oculum]

Jerk-Off > *

[Ryan]

Purchase Opiate, Undertow, Aenima, Salival and Lateralus.


Seriously.

Then just start at Opiate.


My order was this.

Aenima
Undertow
Opiate
Salival
Lateralus.

:)

I found Tool in 1997.

http://www.toolnavy.com

i think you belong there.

[Spark]

tool are headlining download festival uk on the friday.

[paygee]

just to let you know paygee, because I know you won't sleep soundly till I tell you..... I still don't really like the songs from Opiate.

Except Opiate. That's a good song.
i havnt slept for almost a year not knowing this, thank you.

[Bruce]

Hey Tool fans... I like Tool, but nout enough to have purchased one of their CDs, now that I want to, where do I begin? What ONE Tool CD should I pick up? What ONE wowed you and made you think they were a great band? Don't say all of them. You know it isn't true. Every band has a disc or two that you need to really love the band to get into, I'm not there yet though...

Thanks!

You should probably start with 10,000 Days. It pretty much falls under the "easy listening" category.

[Keith Moon]

- Nout ftw.

[B]

Opiate, Undertow, and bits of Aenima make for some great, pissed off music to listen to when driving.

Lateralus is the best album (yeah, it is). Best to listen in seclusion.


10,000 days has little eye-goggle things.

[Ellen Degenerate]

today i realised radiohead has replaced tool as my favourite band
i dont know if this is good/bad news. probably neither, just boring.

[jazz]

my :quote:top bands:quote: change periodically

[Bruce]

I'm still partial to Def Leppard. Nothing quite hits the spot like On Through the Night.

[jazz]

i like their hysteria album :byrche:

[Bruce]

For tribute, I play Rock band with one arm and two kick pedals. :byrche:

[Keith Moon]

- :letgo: