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Universal acclaim- based on 517 Ratings
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Positive: 440 out of 517
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Mixed: 34 out of 517
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Jul 14, 2022
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Jan 26, 20222022 Album of the Year Baby Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Mar 17, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 14, 2020
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Nov 16, 2020
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Jan 2, 2020My favorite album from my favorite band...
Not a single bad song here, everything is top level
Rosetta Stoned is a complex masterpiece, at first I didnt get it, it was long and pointless. But after some listening, it became one of my favorites songs of all time -
Dec 12, 2018
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Jun 25, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013That fact that an album like this can sell over half a million copies in its open week in the US is almost astonishing in 2012. Its not their best, but its got plenty of highlights, and like most of their output, has a way of growing on you to an almost uncomfortable degree.
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Apr 4, 2013Tool is in my opinion one of the finest rock/metal bands ever, Tool manages with 10,000 Days to blend hard rock with extremely symphonic melodies to such a degree that my 80 year old grandfather actually liked them. If you like metal, rock, punk, classical, pop, or any kind of music you would be doing yourself a disservice if you don't listen to Tool.
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Jun 15, 2012First two songs are good, there are a couple i can bearly hear, and the rest are ordinary. they all have great bits in them, but on a whole, ordinary. this from a bloke who loved lateralus and reckons anema(Spelling?) is the best album ever.
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Jan 20, 2012
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Sep 22, 2011Following in the steps of Lateralus helps this record from being just average. It feels like Maynard's lyrics are slipping a bit here, but the music is metal heaven.
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KcSJun 27, 2009First off I would like to say to some, not all Tool fans are pot heads or 16 year olds, or those that know nothing. I am a University graduate, and most definately not a moron, so those with those comments can shove them wherever they please. I like this albulm but their older stuff is much better I agree to that, but not everyone who listens to Tool are potheads or drug addicts.
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DogstarrMar 19, 2009This one would deserve a 10 if only Lateralus and Aenima didn't exist, yet the critics seem to have given it fairly low scores. I guess you either appreciate the best heavy band since Zeppelin, or you don't quite get it. Oh well, if you like heavy rock at all, you have no real choice, you need to get it.
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studentSep 17, 2008It was no lateralus, but still great. half of the cd is awesome and half is filler.. who cares. as for the people who said "go listen to franz ferdninand and the killers" and shit like that.. get a clue.
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BryanMay 3, 2008Great album, not as good as the earlier ones like lateralus or aenima but awesome.
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MattOMay 1, 2008
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MikePApr 21, 2008Your comments are meaningless ..beware the new world order.
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vocaliusMar 31, 2008The most amazing thing with this record is,that it's very(very) hard to mesmerize it. words are meaningless with band.
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ChrisL.Feb 17, 2008This album contains brilliance and genius of the highest order. I think it's the greatest album of the decade thus far and Tool is the only band I know that gets substantially better with each album.
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JinL.Feb 6, 2008Don't listen to critics. This album rates a full 10/10.
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ColinMJan 18, 2008Awesome album...Maynard wrote some great lyrics for this album and of course the music is masterly put together. You cannot say enough about the talents of Danny Carey!!
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ScottH.Jan 11, 2008
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BenLApr 20, 2007This CD is so abstract and ideal. The music and lyrics flow perfectly. Vocals are obsolete. Amazing.
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BobbyMonApr 9, 2007It's TOOL
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notanetgeekxApr 6, 2007i love tool but u dorks have too much time on ur hands suck bon jovi's dick u fat lazy virgin , moms basement livin ,fat no life havin wish u had a stink fist to to smell . i say good day
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knucklesfumpaApr 6, 2007aenima is more epic 10,000 days is more soulful
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JohnDoeMar 31, 2007
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EddieCMar 21, 2007Nothing but truth and great tunes.
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MattSMar 21, 2007
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KennyGMar 16, 2007Superb album... not a definite improvement upon Lateralus but definitely not a step down in any way. Songs still epic and on caliber with Lateralus, the only flaw is the transitioning of the songs. Even though all the songs satisfied me there was a little bit too much filler and vigini tres and lipan conjuring could've left room for another awesome track.
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paulofMar 14, 2007.....different, but they can always lunch the real substitute for lateralus....
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JuanAMar 12, 2007It is an incredible disc!!!!!!!!
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BobbyNuggetsMar 5, 2007
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LouLMar 2, 200703/02/07 - I purchased the cd the day it came out and can not listen to anything else. This album and tour were done to perfection and I appreciate it. Few bands put forth the obvious hard work that it takes to create a masterpiece such as 10K Days. I have not been moved by an album in this manner since I discovered Pink Floyd Animals.
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clydegMar 1, 2007Definately not Tools best work, but better than most of the music thats out there. Maybe Meynard and the boys can call Willie G and the rest of the self professed musical geniuses and get some pointers for the next album. Better yet maybe they should just go out and buy Willies albums and then they'll know how to do it right the next time.
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NonameNolastnameFeb 10, 2007
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ZachLFeb 5, 2007My favorite Tool album yet. The entire CD is chock full of engaging and thoughtful tracks, some mellow and some upbeat. It is, in my opinion, perfect.
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PaversJan 24, 2007This album really does kick ass. Tool have improved with each album.
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exdrasaaronJan 16, 2007this is agrat disc, is the best
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coreysJan 14, 2007one of tools best.from kick ass bass lines in The Pot all the way to the constantly changing epic that is Rosseta Stoned,then the thought provoking tracks that follow.
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SteveDouglasJan 12, 2007What do you get when you combine and upvoter, a mindless automaton, and a fanboy. You get a tool fan. Their fans may be tasteless mindless followers, but the ratings will never follow the fans.
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ToolFanaticJan 8, 2007My favorite CD of all time. Danny Carey is the best drummer of this generation. Maynard has one of the most recognizable voices, and when you put that with the distinct sound that Adam, Justin, and Danny bring, you get one of the greatest bands in the past 20 years
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JustinCJan 5, 2007One of the best fucking albums ever, all you Tool haters just shut the hell up. I mean no shit your going to give the album a bad rating if you don't like the band. So just keep your mouth shut. Fuck!
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CameronDJan 5, 2007One of the best Tool albums yet if not the best. Danny Carey is the best drummer of today. And when you collaberate that with Maynards singing ability, Adam Jones guitaring, and Justin's bass playing skill, you get the best album to come out in 2006!
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scottDec 29, 2006Far beyond anything on the radio these days. Tool unlike many of todays bands do not play for the big bucks (which they do have) but they play for themselves and don't just follow the crowd. Tool is everything that Rock is meant to be and more. 10 out of 10
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KevinBDec 18, 2006The best TOOL album ever. The band shows off their range of talent in this album. I don't mind if it takes them another five years to do the next one either. It'll be worth it.
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markeDec 14, 2006one of the best, if not the best, tool albums. besides, what the hell else are you going to listen to?
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StephenTDec 12, 2006One of these dudes actually compared Tool to Staind and Godsmack in his review. What a douche-bag.
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FraknMDec 11, 2006This fabulous collection of work is the epitome of what other bands wish they could be. Far better than I had expected, given the hiatus the bad took these past few years and given that Manyard had performed with "A perfect circle" which was ho-hum in my not so humble opinion. I only hope that Maynard and company will continue to turn out such great masterpieces...
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jhonatanmNov 30, 2006the best album of the year!!!!!
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DougCNov 25, 2006All the pomp and pretention of Pink Floyd's classic Atom Heart Mother - minus the strings, horns, chorus, and interesting musical ideas. High concept with the emphasis on the HIGH. The CD package (featuring Alex Grey's hypercool psychedelic artwork) with 3D viewer and all, is way more fun than the sonic silliness it contains.
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RobRNov 22, 2006The lyrics are cringingly trite and hollow, the music is pedestrian, the only thing this joke of a band have going for them is the good production and the distinctive, well-refined sound of the instruments themselves.
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JonSNov 11, 2006
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DarrelldNov 2, 2006this cd is the sh*t, just like every one i have herd. All of you non tool fans just need to shove it becuase of course you r going to give them bad ratings. Tool is not any thing like a religious cult. they r spiritual but is that a big issue...Tool started out in a local bar to record their album unlike most other bands. oh yea what kind of crap do you lousy critics listen to?
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angelvOct 31, 2006This album is better every time you listen to it.
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kirksOct 24, 2006I will be listening to this album until the end.
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RichardGOct 21, 2006I find it laughable that people clamour to tool, like a flock of mindless sheep.
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DavidAOct 21, 2006Deep lyrics should be backed up by great music, something tool still hasn't learned to do.
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JamesROct 21, 2006When people stop mindlessly giving zero's instead of things like 4's and 5's etc. I'll stop giving zeros.
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TedJOct 21, 2006Tool is music for people who like very bad sounding music, with the following of a religious cult. That doesn't make any of the music good.
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KenSOct 20, 2006
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KenKOct 19, 2006Wow Tool is the best group of the world and this is the best album of this century, it's amazing and exciting, and feeling in some songs this is "10000 Days", this is Tool.
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JImmyROct 19, 2006That's a great album the songs are diferent from "Lateralus", "Wings for Marie" and "10000 Days (Wings Part 2)" are the best songs of the disc and of Tool, great!!!, they explore new sounds and new experiences, "Rosetta Stoned" remenber "AEnema", and "Vicarious", "Lateralus" and some bass from "Undertow" a great album.
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JhonatanYOct 19, 2006
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qeeOct 6, 2006I seriously don't see why people give Zeros...very few albums are worth that low of a score.
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StevenGOct 4, 2006TOOL is far and away the best hard rock band in the world, and 10,000 Days is the best heavy rock album since TOOL's Lateralus. This is just my opinion, for which I will not apologize.
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OsamaBinLadinOct 4, 2006You can rate that is if it where just any other bands first CD, or you can rate this from the vantage point of knowing their previous work. From the perspective of the later (alus?) this is a weak record. It has a couple standouts, but are those really standouts, or are they lateralus knee jerks? There truly is nothing new to be found. It seems that Maynard really isn
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StefanosPOct 2, 2006
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tkhtySep 23, 2006most of the songs are veryy strong lyrically and musically, a few seem out of place at times (blame hoffman, lipan conjuring) but this album is not something you'd listen to at a party or riding in a car and its nice to have music like this that really mimics the background music of an LSD trip
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karolinaSep 22, 2006With personal preferences of style or musician-ego aside, can you sincerely deny the intensive craftmanship and musically phenomenal sound generated by this band? And if your answer is yes, perhaps your musical knowledge is being compromised with your own perception of aesthetics.
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sosmosisSep 18, 2006Took 5 years to make what sounds like leftovers from Lateralis. They've finally slipped. Well they're old now.
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MichaelPSep 18, 2006Like you could do any better?
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DougASep 17, 2006I'm sure the tons of senseless Tool fans will mindlessly upvote this. Although it's to be expected since Tool is the definition of mindless.
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MinnaarPSep 1, 2006Brilliant. Stand out tracks include The Pot and Vicarious.
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alvarezlAug 30, 2006Capital masterpiece...
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MattiasAug 21, 2006This album is in general order an album that grows on you, you just have to give it the time it deserves. You won't find more thought-provoking music anywhere else.
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SeanNAug 20, 2006
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Opeth314Aug 11, 2006Amazing! Again Tool surprises the crowd with intricate and complex sound. I've said to truly appreciate a good Tool album it usually comes on the third or so listening of it...... Plus Maynard seems to have the most fun with album... especially heard on "The Pot"..with more improv than ever!
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BruinsFan247Aug 7, 2006
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rottencabbageAug 1, 2006
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AdamWJul 29, 2006In a pool of mindless music we've all heard again and again, tool brings to the plate yet another genious endeaver. Yet, not as good as a few previous albums. But tool's back yeahhhhh!!!!
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AnthonyGJul 26, 2006This is only half an album. I only consider 4 of the tracks to be truly good. The rest is filler. The album is not particularly innovative, either. No new sounds here. Disappointing.
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stevewJul 26, 2006
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JesseMJul 24, 2006This album is the beginning of the next level of music. That is the essence of progressive music. If you don't appreciate this music you have no soul.
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JohnDJul 24, 2006
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willfJul 14, 2006best rock album of the year
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DannySJul 7, 2006well, the album has slowly absorbed me, by no means is it immediate...but god what a grower. what a track Rosetta Stoned is, where Maynard appears to be 'off his head' after being left in a hospitals reception - but stand out must be Right in Two, lyrically awesome. if you get a chance to catch them live - grab it with both hands FABULOUS
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JasonEJun 29, 2006
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LyndonVJun 25, 2006
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DennisDJun 23, 2006This is definately the best album I heard for years, even surpassing Lateralus... It has everything, from the politically laden, over strange trips, to the pure heartache of loosing family members. The way he honors his mom, whoose choises and beleifs in live he didn't agree with (and all but ridiculed with APC's "Judith"), is just amazing.
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graemerJun 23, 2006Despite Christian W's claims to the contrary, the only people this album would even potentially interest are braindead 16 year old stoners. You know, all of Tool's fanbase. Utter tripe, and therefore I would recommend that you check out Franz Ferdinand.
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AndyOJun 22, 2006It's not Lateralus II, but that's a good thing. After the initial shock of the new sound, wears off, give it another listen, it's an excellent album. All it lacks is a cohesive "album" feel, so I'd give 9.5/10, so I round up on the generous side for my favorite band.
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JonJun 22, 2006
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ThemistoclesCJun 20, 2006Bold, powerful, epic, emotional - this album is truly a journey. After the technical triumph of Lateralus, TOOL return to their warmer Aenima/Undertow sound with lyrics more upfront and personal than ever before. Some people dislike the so called "filler" - I think it's integral to the album's cohesion...
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SlyJun 20, 2006Tools best album to date. Buy it now.
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It's not only a step forward for the band, but a re-embracing of the epic-length rock songs found at the roots of early heavy metal.
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When Tool sounds as good as it does on ["Jambi" and "The Pot"] 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."
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Sounds exactly like you would expect a Tool album to sound.