@@charlesgund4812 I'd be more than happy with standard represses... However, I've only got the 5-disk Fear Inoculum box set at the moment so I thought the easiest way to ensure I finally get everything of theirs on vinyl would be to buy a complete box set. It's going to be the same problem as buying a launch PS5 if you try to get each album & EP separately. They will sell out in nanoseconds (probably to scalper bots) and you won't be able to get them all unless you pay thousands on Ebay to some mouth breather with 50 copies of each album/EP now locked away in his basement.
I wouldn't put it past Maynard to release that shirt with the sole purpose of trolling fans, to be honest. My understanding is that there's a rights issue with the album artwork and that this is at least partially responsible for it not being reissued. I would be absolutely thrilled to be wrong on all accounts, though.
@@tubinonyou yea that might be the case but they can and have reused some artwork for other things (current merch, streaming; at least for the cover). If there is a problem they can commission a different artist.
I truly enjoy watching these videos every Thursday morning, and have expanded my love of jazz from Mike's suggestions. I've probably ordered at least two dozen or more records from TIG in 2023. Great online shopping experience. Thanks, Mike.
I like how Mike is open about mentioning the prices he paid. Everyone else seems to get deals on everything or find the rarest records in odd places. I do appreciate his honesty.
I pulled my copy out that I got at a Tower Outlet to see if I still had the receipt. Yep 7.99. When I got back into vinyl and started adding titles to Discogs (during covid) this was probably the 10th one added not knowing it was a grail and was blown away on what it was going for.
Fascinating video Mike. I’ve been huge into digging into the history of Classic Records involvement in the pressing of the original Aenimas and the story you told here is what I had always heard as well. They were the ones who pressed the original Aenima and then formed Classic Records and were going to reissue it themselves on the Classic Records label. The part you left out is that they were also responsible for the 1996/97 Undertow pressings that came out. Also pressed on the Zoo label the Undertow and Aenima pressings have similar sleeve, inner sleeve and label designs and similar matrices. Also those 1996 Undertow pressings sound markedly better than the later Volcano pressings of Undertow. It always stood to reason since they are so similar and sound so good and came out the same year (1996) that Classic Records also did the Undertow pressings.
Wow. You really got the Classic test press of it. Expensive but it'll only go up I think. Awesome album. The fact that it hasn't been reissued is criminal. In my opinion their best and a classic. Imagine if Analogue Productions did a UHQR of this, since they use Classic plates. For £150 I'd still probably buy it. I doubt that this would ever happen though. Let's just hope that if and when it gets reissued, it gets justice. Mastered by Bellman, Gray, Grundman etc.
Mike you should take a 2 hour road-trip to Maynard’s record store, with your copies in tow and see if you can find out what’s up with the reissue situation of Aenima/Tool in general. Let me know how it turns out 😊.
Tool and Maynard are very closed lipped on what's in the pipeline. Now as a Tool fan since 92 and seeing what has been trending on Tools web store they have been selling a bunch of Aenima themed items from t-shirts to hoodies. Maybe this will be the next deluxe vinyl set? I'm really wanting a Lateralus deluxe vinyl set first, since I have the original Aenima first press. But they might be going into reverse and do 10 000 days next. Thanks Mike for this info
Tecccchically there are 3 official versions…. 1st 1996 Zoo&BMG logos w/ barcode 614223114415. 140g with faint labels. 2nd 1996 Zoo logo w/ barcode 614223108711. 140g with darker and clear labels 3rd Zoo logo. 200g with darker/clear labels. barcode 614223114514. All have the same dead wax, so you’d assume they all sound the same. I had a used VG/VG+ first and now have NM never played(by original owner) 3rd and both sound fantastic. Idk what what your set up is but these sound amazing. I do prefer the 3rd, and there is a general consensus that the 3rd is the preferred and rarer pressing.
Aenema being reissued on vinyl is probably the thing I’ve searched the web for more than anything else. Second, is the 8mm film canister with a NIN logo that I found for sale in a thrift shop in Fort Lauderdale when I was a kid. My dad wouldn’t give me the 15 bucks for it. I still want to know what it was…
Every time he said Aenima I cringed. I know it's trivial, but I did. I have a degree in psychology and the word stems from Carl Jungs archetype, "Anima" ( which is latin for the soul ) and Maynard blended it with Enema for 'purging' as in "soul purging."
Hey Mike. Suggestion for a video. What actually is Mastering? I’ve always wondered, if it’s not Remixing, like what Giles Martin does. What makes different masterings different, besides original source material and the quality of the machines the engineers are using? If it’s not remixing, what choices for the engineers have besides simply boosting the volume? Can you elaborate on what the master mastering engineers are actually doing and the various choices they have? I think many people beside myself might be wondering and you may be able, possibly with the help of a mastering engineer interview, to shed light on the subject. Thanks! Love watching the shows.
I managed to grab a great bootleg from Ghost of Eastside Records years ago. I'll be listening to that until, if and when, it's ever officially reissued. I'm going to be interested to compare the two.
While not my music, yet, this is interesting. I'll have to listen to it very soon. Enjoy! This sounds like one local phone call is worth it to explore a co-reissue....go for it! Good luck!
I know that Tool has a long and storied legal history with their previous label, which may be a factor on why it hasn’t been repressed. They might not own the master tape like they do with their others, which keeps it not in print.
Music wasn’t pushed on me as a kid. So I pretty much had no idea what I liked when I noticed that I ought to get into music if I wanted to fit in with the other high schoolers. The stuff friends played didn’t really grab me all that much. Out of the few things my mom would play, the only album that I really liked was Tracy Chapman. Aenema had just come out and my best friends brother stole a copy from one of those 10 albums for a penny junk mail things that used to show up all the time. As soon as I heard H, I was reminded of Chapman. But it sounded like nothing else I had ever heard. And I found the album art with the moving images that you could fold into place utterly fascinating. I liked it a lot, but it bugged me that I couldn’t understand the words. But then I found lyrics on this tool fan page that were 90% right and finally Maynard himself corrected the errors. Upon listening again with the lyrics in front of me, I became totally infatuated with the album. Just… Such a masterpiece.
I like your open and honest reviews and man o man I'm jealous of your Aenima collection ! Besides from the OG being a bit noisy how is the sound quality?
It would be nice to know the truth about Classics test pressings. There are a lot of variations, many of them in dedicated boxes with edition numbers (hardly a normal test pressing). And with these boxes we can find the same titles with different edition quantities on the actual sticker.
Mike, are the shelves behind you in your videos custom? Moving into a new place and trying to figure out how to arrange everything and 3 wide by 5 tall would be ideal.
I don’t think the lack of a reissue of this has much to do with Maynard. He’s commented several times about the frustrations involved with decisions being made by the band as a whole.
I will never understand Tool’s approach to issuing their stuff on vinyl. The demand for high-quality reissues is through the roof, but they won’t do them. Meanwhile, they finally do a vinyl issue of their latest album, market it as limited edition, price it to match, then press it into oblivion, then press it again in different packaging. It’s clear that someone somewhere understands that Tool vinyl is extremely marketable, so why not repress Aenima or press 10,000 Days?
I am so jealous- I had the cd for Ænema on release day - I never saw the vinyl in a store or I would still have it. Now the prices are so ridiculous all I can really do is hope for a reissue. Considering the money they made for the Fear Inoculum vinyl releases - I am stunned they haven’t done a reissue. Sam for 10k days - and for god sakes how about a non picture disk version of Lateralus!
I have the Classic Records test pressing of Aenima. My copy is still sealed. Bid for my copy on Ebay about 9 years ago, and won the bid for $1,300. I purposely bought a bootleg of Aenima on vinyl since it cost significantly less than an original. Im hoping some day Aenima and Undertow are re-issued on vinyl within the next few years.
Oh the irony of Mike talking about egregious prices and making best offers. I’ve literally tried several times on discogs to make an extremely fair offer on a punk single he’s selling and can’t even get so much as a counter. Good to see the shoe on the other foot.
Just frustrating that Maynard keeps slighting us Tool fans...continues to release the overrated Perfect Circle and crappy Puscifer on vinyl...c'mon time to "properly" release the back catalog....was burned on Discogs a few years ago on bootleg 10,000 days that I never should have purchased 🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭
I mean... I don't know if you can say you were "burned". There has never been an official vinyl release of 10000 Days. I guess it's still a "burn" if someone claims to have something that doesn't exist and you buy it. But, with all due respect, you should have known that before purchasing.
Ænima is available on Apple Music as a 24/44.1 ALAC Apple Digital Master. Yes, I know, not on vinyl, but you will have it until you can find a clean sounding copy.
Tool treat their fans like trash. They'll wait until the money from their last record/tour runs out, then run some scam on vinyl for their older records.
Speaking as someone who loves vinyl and owns a ton of records.. just buy the fucking CD, or a bootleg pressing of the record. Are you kidding me? You can buy a car for what you paid for that. Literally no reason for it.
Agreed. But the Fear Inoculum box set sounds incredible. You can pick it up for $90 at Music Direct. Still expensive, but half the original price and totally worth it.
@@kendallhousewright4929 Thanks for the tip, but this band doesn't get a penny from me because of their release policy with completely exaggerated prices. Surely the concepts are exceptional and worth the price to many. If there were also simple editions for which not so much money is demanded, it would be ok, but the aloof super artists do not.
You deserve it, Mike. I lust for an audiophile reissue of Ænima, but don't particularly care about having an original for $1k. Of course, I'd love to have this Classic Records pressing. I'm honestly just pretty annoyed at the band for doing whatever they're doing (and not doing) with this.
Tool is the most overrated band of my generation. Admittedly they have 2 great songs and 1 good song, the rest is garbage. Tool is the band people say they like because they hear other people say they like Tool. Sad.
Seriously. I can never remember any of their songs, it becomes a blur of mediocre gen Z crapola....this is the band Rush tried to re-re-re-re-invent themselves as in the 2000s
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The album that started my love of music. Hoping for a complete discography box set repress one day.
Yea will cost $1500 to get
@@TripleE76 Even at that price, if they made 1000 copies they would sell out instantly.
I just want standard represses done well with tip ons. Like the other guy said, a complete box set would be cost prohibitive most likely..
@@charlesgund4812 I'd be more than happy with standard represses... However, I've only got the 5-disk Fear Inoculum box set at the moment so I thought the easiest way to ensure I finally get everything of theirs on vinyl would be to buy a complete box set. It's going to be the same problem as buying a launch PS5 if you try to get each album & EP separately. They will sell out in nanoseconds (probably to scalper bots) and you won't be able to get them all unless you pay thousands on Ebay to some mouth breather with 50 copies of each album/EP now locked away in his basement.
Likely more than 1500, look what they charged tool army for the signed FI 5 LP when it first came out at their shows. Like 1k.
Tool even has a Aenima t-shirt on their site with a “Where’s the vinyl?” cartoon. They know and a repress is coming. When? ToolTime.
I wouldn't put it past Maynard to release that shirt with the sole purpose of trolling fans, to be honest. My understanding is that there's a rights issue with the album artwork and that this is at least partially responsible for it not being reissued. I would be absolutely thrilled to be wrong on all accounts, though.
@@tubinonyou yea that might be the case but they can and have reused some artwork for other things (current merch, streaming; at least for the cover). If there is a problem they can commission a different artist.
I truly enjoy watching these videos every Thursday morning, and have expanded my love of jazz from Mike's suggestions. I've probably ordered at least two dozen or more records from TIG in 2023. Great online shopping experience. Thanks, Mike.
$3000 on a sealed Classic Records pressing. You're a high-rolling gambler, Mike!
You lucky mug! I finally saw something you added to your collection that I'm actually jealous of! Take good care of those beauties
I like how Mike is open about mentioning the prices he paid. Everyone else seems to get deals on everything or find the rarest records in odd places. I do appreciate his honesty.
Deals are nice but sometimes you just need to pay up otherwise it will be on your want list for 40 years.
I pulled my copy out that I got at a Tower Outlet to see if I still had the receipt. Yep 7.99. When I got back into vinyl and started adding titles to Discogs (during covid) this was probably the 10th one added not knowing it was a grail and was blown away on what it was going for.
Fascinating video Mike. I’ve been huge into digging into the history of Classic Records involvement in the pressing of the original Aenimas and the story you told here is what I had always heard as well. They were the ones who pressed the original Aenima and then formed Classic Records and were going to reissue it themselves on the Classic Records label. The part you left out is that they were also responsible for the 1996/97 Undertow pressings that came out. Also pressed on the Zoo label the Undertow and Aenima pressings have similar sleeve, inner sleeve and label designs and similar matrices. Also those 1996 Undertow pressings sound markedly better than the later Volcano pressings of Undertow. It always stood to reason since they are so similar and sound so good and came out the same year (1996) that Classic Records also did the Undertow pressings.
Wow. You really got the Classic test press of it. Expensive but it'll only go up I think. Awesome album. The fact that it hasn't been reissued is criminal. In my opinion their best and a classic.
Imagine if Analogue Productions did a UHQR of this, since they use Classic plates. For £150 I'd still probably buy it. I doubt that this would ever happen though. Let's just hope that if and when it gets reissued, it gets justice. Mastered by Bellman, Gray, Grundman etc.
I bought my original copy in that September time frame prior to the October CD release. Played it non-stop in my dorm room.
Is this Lee Ving of FEAR?
No...but I am a fan.
Same. But I sold mine after I got the CD, ugh.
Mike you should take a 2 hour road-trip to Maynard’s record store, with your copies in tow and see if you can find out what’s up with the reissue situation of Aenima/Tool in general. Let me know how it turns out 😊.
It would be amazing
Please Mike do this 🙏
Tool and Maynard are very closed lipped on what's in the pipeline. Now as a Tool fan since 92 and seeing what has been trending on Tools web store they have been selling a bunch of Aenima themed items from t-shirts to hoodies. Maybe this will be the next deluxe vinyl set? I'm really wanting a Lateralus deluxe vinyl set first, since I have the original Aenima first press. But they might be going into reverse and do 10 000 days next. Thanks Mike for this info
Tecccchically there are 3 official versions….
1st 1996 Zoo&BMG logos w/ barcode 614223114415. 140g with faint labels.
2nd 1996 Zoo logo w/ barcode 614223108711. 140g with darker and clear labels
3rd Zoo logo. 200g with darker/clear labels. barcode 614223114514.
All have the same dead wax, so you’d assume they all sound the same.
I had a used VG/VG+ first and now have NM never played(by original owner) 3rd and both sound fantastic. Idk what what your set up is but these sound amazing.
I do prefer the 3rd, and there is a general consensus that the 3rd is the preferred and rarer pressing.
Merry Christmas to you all from Scotland 🏴
it's not up to Maynard, other member(s) are more difficult. here's hoping for a 45 rpm 3xLP one day before we die.
Wow Mike that’s definitely a record that needs a repress pronto …it’s been on my wantlist for so long as well.😢
I love your videos!
Great insight on a great album!
A few years ago I plopped down $400 for a NM original and am glad I did. Still no repress and its such a favorite album of mine.
Aenema being reissued on vinyl is probably the thing I’ve searched the web for more than anything else. Second, is the 8mm film canister with a NIN logo that I found for sale in a thrift shop in Fort Lauderdale when I was a kid. My dad wouldn’t give me the 15 bucks for it. I still want to know what it was…
*Pronounced "ON-a-mah" as discussed here by Adam: ruclips.net/video/V_wZrd_TmSU/видео.html
Every time he said Aenima I cringed. I know it's trivial, but I did. I have a degree in psychology and the word stems from Carl Jungs archetype, "Anima" ( which is latin for the soul ) and Maynard blended it with Enema for 'purging' as in "soul purging."
Oooofah lol
Hey Mike. Suggestion for a video. What actually is Mastering? I’ve always wondered, if it’s not Remixing, like what Giles Martin does. What makes different masterings different, besides original source material and the quality of the machines the engineers are using? If it’s not remixing, what choices for the engineers have besides simply boosting the volume? Can you elaborate on what the master mastering engineers are actually doing and the various choices they have? I think many people beside myself might be wondering and you may be able, possibly with the help of a mastering engineer interview, to shed light on the subject. Thanks! Love watching the shows.
Agreed, he needs to get it repressed for the rest of us!!😂
That's bonkers.. Think I'll just rough it out and wait for the reissue. It's bound to come sooner or later! 🤞😬🤞
nice one; i ve also gotten a 7"van der graaf generator i look out for more than 5 years
Been collecting vinyl for 50 years good investment you won't lose any 💰 it's a great hobby as long as you got a good back!
I love my bootleg. Sounds great. $55...Price was right too.
I managed to grab a great bootleg from Ghost of Eastside Records years ago. I'll be listening to that until, if and when, it's ever officially reissued. I'm going to be interested to compare the two.
While not my music, yet, this is interesting. I'll have to listen to it very soon. Enjoy!
This sounds like one local phone call is worth it to explore a co-reissue....go for it! Good luck!
I saw one on Discogs going for $600 two years ago, I can’t believe I didn’t jump on it then. I still have my Trusty 1st press so I’m happy with that.
That’s wild man. Didn’t even know this was a thing!
I know that Tool has a long and storied legal history with their previous label, which may be a factor on why it hasn’t been repressed. They might not own the master tape like they do with their others, which keeps it not in print.
I thought there was also issues to do with copyrights around the album art and the artist who created it… can’t recall his name.
Music wasn’t pushed on me as a kid. So I pretty much had no idea what I liked when I noticed that I ought to get into music if I wanted to fit in with the other high schoolers. The stuff friends played didn’t really grab me all that much. Out of the few things my mom would play, the only album that I really liked was Tracy Chapman. Aenema had just come out and my best friends brother stole a copy from one of those 10 albums for a penny junk mail things that used to show up all the time. As soon as I heard H, I was reminded of Chapman. But it sounded like nothing else I had ever heard. And I found the album art with the moving images that you could fold into place utterly fascinating. I liked it a lot, but it bugged me that I couldn’t understand the words. But then I found lyrics on this tool fan page that were 90% right and finally Maynard himself corrected the errors. Upon listening again with the lyrics in front of me, I became totally infatuated with the album. Just… Such a masterpiece.
Mike- you could have gotten six Electric Recording Company records for that price! At least these have no damaged covers! Happy listening.
with all the sharpie touch-ups done by hand!
We had those receipts at the Wherehouse since 1988
Wow. You have 3 copies of Ænima. I am jealous to say the least. Cheers man
Rich guy buys up all the auction vinyl. Big fat news. 🙄
I lived about 2 miles from that Warehouse on Longmore in 96. Oh for a Time Machine
I like your open and honest reviews and man o man I'm jealous of your Aenima collection ! Besides from the OG being a bit noisy how is the sound quality?
The matrix #s aren't listed on Discogs. Would you update their info?
I have a copy and it looks just like the one u have only dif is that it has numbers across one side from middle to the left
I never understood the appeal of Tool, but the people who love them REALLY love them
You just explained opinions
Does it look to have Bernie or Chris's handwriting in the dead area to confirm if either of them mastered/cut it?
It would be nice to know the truth about Classics test pressings. There are a lot of variations, many of them in dedicated boxes with edition numbers (hardly a normal test pressing). And with these boxes we can find the same titles with different edition quantities on the actual sticker.
DUDE! Lucky. Grats.
Academy had a few of those in NYC !!!!
I'm Still Trying to Find a Copy of Salival But Ebay and Amazon Only Have Used Copies and Most of Them The CD Is Missing or Scratched and Too Expensive
There is a 97 repress on 180g vinyl by zoo/bmg. This followed the 2 ‘96 pressings by zoo only.
This is correct. 180g, I believe.
Never been repressed, with the way tool treats physicals it will never be repressed in our lifetime
Mike, are the shelves behind you in your videos custom? Moving into a new place and trying to figure out how to arrange everything and 3 wide by 5 tall would be ideal.
I don’t think the lack of a reissue of this has much to do with Maynard. He’s commented several times about the frustrations involved with decisions being made by the band as a whole.
I will never understand Tool’s approach to issuing their stuff on vinyl. The demand for high-quality reissues is through the roof, but they won’t do them. Meanwhile, they finally do a vinyl issue of their latest album, market it as limited edition, price it to match, then press it into oblivion, then press it again in different packaging. It’s clear that someone somewhere understands that Tool vinyl is extremely marketable, so why not repress Aenima or press 10,000 Days?
Whoever makes the decision whether this record gets reissued on vinyl must really really really hate money.
When do you think they'll reissue the album??????
I have a sealed DCC LPZ-2052 A/B & C/D I bought from Acoustic Sounds years ago $ 135. Impossible to find anything online . Any idea of value ? Thanks
I am so jealous- I had the cd for Ænema on release day - I never saw the vinyl in a store or I would still have it. Now the prices are so ridiculous all I can really do is hope for a reissue. Considering the money they made for the Fear Inoculum vinyl releases - I am stunned they haven’t done a reissue. Sam for 10k days - and for god sakes how about a non picture disk version of Lateralus!
Probably the most collectible modern band
The bootleg sounds just as good and it’s available record stores.
Who did you steal it from?
I have the Classic Records test pressing of Aenima. My copy is still sealed. Bid for my copy on Ebay about 9 years ago, and won the bid for $1,300. I purposely bought a bootleg of Aenima on vinyl since it cost significantly less than an original. Im hoping some day Aenima and Undertow are re-issued on vinyl within the next few years.
I often see pressings of Undertow.
Did you buy it from Mazzy?
5:11 whoever bought that knew they’d have something very valuable one day.
call Chad and Hobson maybe Maynard would listen and the world would have it
Did you get the doors ERC mono ?
Cool record. However, Tool needs to reissue their catalog on vinyl.
Nice find. Any chance of a hi res rip for us peasants Mike 😉😎
I purchased my set of these probably15 years ago for 500$.
I suspect when it's officially pressed they're going to want $200 for it
Very cool
The cover looks better than an ERC Cover! And it's only 10 times more expensive than an ERC.
Go to Maynard store 👏👏👏👏
Oh the irony of Mike talking about egregious prices and making best offers. I’ve literally tried several times on discogs to make an extremely fair offer on a punk single he’s selling and can’t even get so much as a counter. Good to see the shoe on the other foot.
Yiiiiikes
I can not believe Maynard doesn’t reissue there catalog. He would make so much back I just don’t get it
A grail 👀 I severely hope TOOL represses Aenima. Just too dam expensive and scared of bootlegs.
Almost 5k 😂 well over 5k!
You have to do an OJC Review video of your collection bought from Mazzy's auction/sale 😀
Never heard of this.
Do you like Tool or do you just like collecting rare vinyl ?
I do like Tool. I like a lot of types of music. I dont need to keep high dollar records of stuff I don't listen to
Dude!!!!
I found one in a thrift store for $4.
Did you buy a lottery ticket that day?
@@chkchrycla It won't buy him any friends, which leaves him still at zero
I think you have enough clout to chat directly with Hobson about the backstory.
Just frustrating that Maynard keeps slighting us Tool fans...continues to release the overrated Perfect Circle and crappy Puscifer on vinyl...c'mon time to "properly" release the back catalog....was burned on Discogs a few years ago on bootleg 10,000 days that I never should have purchased 🤬😭🤬😭🤬😭
I mean... I don't know if you can say you were "burned". There has never been an official vinyl release of 10000 Days. I guess it's still a "burn" if someone claims to have something that doesn't exist and you buy it. But, with all due respect, you should have known that before purchasing.
damn
Seven Grand in 10 years? C’mon this isn’t a Jazz record. All the Tool fans will be hunting down those old Jazz records in 10 years. 😂😂😂😂
It’s not a counterfeit b/c you paid too much to even consider it! 😆
Ænima is available on Apple Music as a 24/44.1 ALAC Apple Digital Master. Yes, I know, not on vinyl, but you will have it until you can find a clean sounding copy.
Your pronouncing the name of the Album wrong.
Tool treat their fans like trash. They'll wait until the money from their last record/tour runs out, then run some scam on vinyl for their older records.
It's pronounced Aenima, not Aenima
Tool who ?
So Jealous
Speaking as someone who loves vinyl and owns a ton of records.. just buy the fucking CD, or a bootleg pressing of the record. Are you kidding me? You can buy a car for what you paid for that. Literally no reason for it.
Tool are deliberately holding out on fans for the vinyl reissues. V odd strategy
i don't buy Tool Vinyl Records, because the most of them are unofficial Releases, expensive and crappy sounding
Agreed. But the Fear Inoculum box set sounds incredible. You can pick it up for $90 at Music Direct. Still expensive, but half the original price and totally worth it.
@@kendallhousewright4929 Thanks for the tip, but this band doesn't get a penny from me because of their release policy with completely exaggerated prices. Surely the concepts are exceptional and worth the price to many. If there were also simple editions for which not so much money is demanded, it would be ok, but the aloof super artists do not.
What
You deserve it, Mike. I lust for an audiophile reissue of Ænima, but don't particularly care about having an original for $1k. Of course, I'd love to have this Classic Records pressing. I'm honestly just pretty annoyed at the band for doing whatever they're doing (and not doing) with this.
Love Tool but man James Maynard is insufferable.
Do you mean multitalented and highly intelligent? lol
Tool is the most overrated band of my generation. Admittedly they have 2 great songs and 1 good song, the rest is garbage. Tool is the band people say they like because they hear other people say they like Tool. Sad.
I think that way about Radiohead. I never listened to much Tool, but I saw them at Coachella long ago and they were a good live band.
Clown.
Tool is a band for people who like music made by real musicians. IYGIYGI.
Seriously. I can never remember any of their songs, it becomes a blur of mediocre gen Z crapola....this is the band Rush tried to re-re-re-re-invent themselves as in the 2000s
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So $3000 is a better value than $700?
“On” “‘Em” “A