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10,000 Days
by Tool


8.0

based on 19 reviews
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Official Artist Site

The dark, proggy, hugely-popular alt-metal outfit fronted by Maynard James Keenan returns with that rarest of things: a new Tool album. It's the band's first release in five years and just their fourth full-length in their 16-year history.

LABEL:	Volcano
RELEASE DATE:	02 May 2006
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Alternative, Rock, Metal

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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Alternative Press

As with everything in Tool's oeuvre, 10,000 Days packs enough beauty, heartache and triumph that it will be dissected, studied and envied by younger bands for years to come. [Jul 2006, p.196]

New Musical Express

It's clear this group have ways of getting beneath your skin. [20 May 2006, p.33]

All Music Guide

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.

Drowned In Sound

It's probably the most engagingly brilliant heavy metal album that'll be released on a major label all year.

Los Angeles Times

If "10,000 Days" lacks the absolute intensity and focus of 2001's "Lateralus," the new album at least stands as a stirring repeat of the Tool musical manifesto. [6 May 2006]

E! Online

Sounds exactly like you would expect a Tool album to sound.

Spin

Essentially a synthesis of the various phases of the band's career. [Jul 2006, p.85]

Rolling Stone

On 10,000 Days... Tool maintain a level of craftsmanship and virtuosity unparalleled in metal. [15 Jun 2006, p.92]

PopMatters

Stupendously packaged, the music robustly mixed and often achieving new levels of bleak beauty, 10,000 Days is too strong a work to call a disappointment, but the constant need to fill out a CD to 75-80 minutes is threatening to become the band’s undoing.

Uncut

As daunting as its title suggests. [Jul 2006, p.114]

Blender

It presumably adds up to Something Important, but good luck deciphering what. [Jul 2006, p.103]

Amazon.com

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."

Billboard

The entire record is a disquieting trip.

cokemachineglow

Neither funny nor thought-provoking, the band strains for touchstones beyond the technicality of prog-metal and rarely achieves them.

Tiny Mix Tapes

I, myself, will likely revisit 10,000 Days for plenty of extended listens, partly because I'm a percussion whore and partly because I want to be able to enjoy it with my Super Metal Friendz. But this is Soy Tool, a rubbery substitute for the real thing.

Pitchfork

Rather than delving further into experimentation or exploring their strengths, Tool have made an...A Perfect Circle record.

NOW Magazine

10,000 Days sounds messy and poorly paced.

Austin Chronicle

Nothing here to best the hungry creativity of Aenema's "Eulogy" or Lateralus' "The Grudge," which is particularly frustrating given that drummer Danny Carey dazzles again.

Stylus Magazine

"Progressive" doesn’t mean clocking in at over seven minutes no matter what. It doesn’t mean hitting every goddamn skin, tom-tom, and cowbell on your drum set. Being "Progressive" doesn’t justify an album cover that looks like a stoner stumbled upon a documentary on Mayan civilization. I’m not sure, but I think "Progressive" is about growth and change.

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 337 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bryan gave it a9:
Great album, not as good as the earlier ones like lateralus or aenima but awesome.

Matt O gave it a10:
It's safe to say that most of these critics probably spend too much time judging the "quality" and "ability" of several genres; in doing so, I think they somewhat lose their perception on what is inspirational. Songs aren't meant to be a "ballad of the moment." Songs are supposed to move people, motivating them to become something more than themselves. If you ask me, the critics are all on pot, not the listeners. They are on something else entirely. One of my favorite albums of all time, and I've listened to far too many different genres, from Kenny Rogers' "First Edition" to "all the damn Li'l's in rap music today."

Mike P gave it a5:
Your comments are meaningless ..beware the new world order.

vocalius gave it a9:
The most amazing thing with this record is,that it's very(very) hard to mesmerize it. words are meaningless with band.

Chris L. gave it a10:
This 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.

Jin L. gave it a10:
Don't listen to critics. This album rates a full 10/10.

Colin M gave it a10:
Awesome 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!!

10,000 Days by Tool

10,000 Days
by Tool