Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Captain_Dude — Wed, 2 Nov 2011 01:18:54 GMT

Author: Captain_Dude

Posted: 11/02/2011 05:18

Eh. I'm not a fan of this one. 😐

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

GARY — Wed, 2 Nov 2011 01:18:51 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 11/02/2011 05:18

One of Tools masterpiece albums �'�

Lateralus is slightly better though and so is on my chart 😁

Mainly because it contains one of the greatest songs ever made 🤐

Schism 😎

Link

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

GARY — Wed, 2 Nov 2011 01:11:23 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 11/02/2011 05:11

Jhereko wrote:

#-o What am I not getting?

TFO ❗

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Anonymous — Wed, 2 Nov 2011 00:42:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/02/2011 04:42

🤡 What am I not getting?

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Johnny Flynn — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:40:04 GMT

Author: Johnny Flynn

Posted: 11/01/2011 23:40

Love this album and love Tool.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Anonymous — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:41:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/01/2011 17:41

one of the few metal acts I really enjoy

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Boogn1sh — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 13:36:20 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 11/01/2011 17:36

Hayden wrote:

I'm sorry Loveless...(and anyone else who likes Tool), but they are complete crap. Most BORING albums ever 🫢 I've never struggled to listen to a bands music more.

They have cool album covers though 😄

Their music is pitiful ](*,)

Agree 100%, every Tool song on every album sounds exactly the damn same, and yes I've listened to all of their albums, I had a friend in high school that was big into them. I've seen them in concert twice I could have slept through both shows if not for the boobs. The only other band that frustrates me as much with their overwhelming mediocrity is the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

40footwolf — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:48:52 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 10/26/2011 21:48

It's a good album. Not Tool's best, I don't think, but certainly worth hearing. The gigantic riffs alone make this worthwhile.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

btener11 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:12:03 GMT

Author: btener11

Posted: 10/26/2011 21:12

One of the best and most important hard rock albums of the 90s...maybe even #2 after Nevermind. Aenima will age at least as well as anything from that period.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Taric — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:07 GMT

Author: Taric

Posted: 10/26/2011 20:56

Considering they're still ranked 120th and have an average rating of 80, it seems that a lot of people like this album. I'm definitely not one of them though.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

19loveless91 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:51:20 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 10/26/2011 20:51

They're great it's just that you (and apparently 98 % of the people on BEA forums) don't like them

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Hayden — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:49:47 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/26/2011 20:49

I'm sorry Loveless...(and anyone else who likes Tool), but they are complete crap. Most BORING albums ever 🫢 I've never struggled to listen to a bands music more.

They have cool album covers though 😄

Their music is pitiful 🧱

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

19loveless91 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:39:25 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 10/26/2011 20:39

Applerill wrote:

OH BOY! I GOT AN IDEA!!!! LETS COMBINE THE WORST OF DREAM THEATER WITH THE WORST OF CREED AND LIMP BIZKIT!!! IT'LL MAKE MILLIONS!!!

....No. "Hooker with a Penis", really? Tool might just be the most overrated metal artist of the nineties.

Damn, you went full retard here... Where on earth do you hear those bands in Tool's music?

Anyway, this is one of my favourite albums. The atmosphere throughout is fantastic, really dark, working really well with Maynard's similarly dark and/or "angry" lyrics. And if we're talking about lyrics, I have to say that this album is (for me) near perfect in this aspect.. Sometimes clever, sometimes funny, sometimes just angry and often making a damn good point (like calling BS on certain kind of people).
Often when I like a song, but don't totally get the lyrics, I try to read into them, maybe interpret them, or at least put some sort of meaning behind them. A lot of times I end up being even more confused than before, but Aenima is one of those examples when i read into lyrics and they actually start making a whole lot of sense.

Example 1 - Aenema:

Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away
Any fucking time, any fucking day
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your Prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car

[...]
One great big festering neon distraction
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied
(Learn to swim)
[...]
Then towards the end comes one of my favourite parts of any song ever (-after the "fuck everything" part):

Because I'm praying for mayhem
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I want to see the ground give way
I want to watch it all go down
Mom, please flush it all away
I want to see it go right in and down
I want to watch it go right in
Watch you flush it all away

Time to bring it down again
Don't just call me pessimist
Try and read between the lines

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend

(don't know about you, but there's a whole bunch of times when I feel this pissed off about the world and this song fits like no other at times like that)

Example 2 - Stinkfist
A song about... fisting.

[...]

It's not enough.
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it.
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Finger deep within the borderline.
Show me that you love me and that we belong together.
Relax, turn around and take my hand.

[...]

Blend and balance
Pain and comfort
Deep within you
Till you will not want me any other way.

[...]

Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be.
Desensitized to everything.
What became of subtlety?

How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?

I'll keep digging till
I feel something.

[...]
The lyrics in chorus progress from "fingers" within the borderline to knuckle, elbow and eventually shoulder:

Example 3 - Eulogy
(wonderful atmosphere here, love the way it builds through entire song - not a second is wasted)

He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.
[...]

No way to recall
What it was that you had said to me,
Like I care at all.

But it was so loud.
And you sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
And it was so loud.

You could be the one who saves me from my own existence.
[...]

Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud and I
Swallowed his facade cuz I'm so
Eager to identify with
Someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, and
Someone who would die for me.
[...]

You've claimed all this time that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own
eulogy?
...
Example 4 - Jimmy
If you take a second to google Maynard, and to find out what has happened to his mother, and when it happened... well then you get what this song is about. And when I had that in mind, this song started to mean a lot more to me.

What was it like to see,
The face of your own stability,
Suddenly look away,
Leaving you with the dead and hopeless?

Eleven and she was gone.
Eleven is when we waved good-bye.
Eleven is standing still,
Waiting for me to free him,
By coming home.
[...]

(the transition into the following part of the song (+ the actual part until "I'm heading back home") is one of my favourite moments in music ever)

Hold your light,
Eleven, Lead me through each gentle step,
By step,
By inch by loaded memory,
I'll move,
To heal,
As soon as pain allows so we can,
Reunite,
And both move on together.

Hold,
Your light,
Eleven lead me through each gentle step,
By step,
By inch by loaded memory 'till,
One,
And one are one,
Eleven.
So glow,
Child,
Glow.
I'm heading back home...

... I'll stop there because no one will read this anyway. But above are probably the four most important songs on the album for me.

About "Hooker with a Penis" - it's probably lyrically the weakest song on the album, as it is basically just a rant over somebody accusing them of selling out, but I still think it's a good song. And despite all his anger and cursing, Maynard makes a good point: All that you know about me is what I've sold you. & I sold out long before you ever heard me. I sold my soul to make a record

BTW, just listening to these songs while I was writing this reminded me of how damn good this album is.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

Applerill — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:21:36 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 10/26/2011 19:21

OH BOY! I GOT AN IDEA!!!! LETS COMBINE THE WORST OF DREAM THEATER WITH THE WORST OF CREED AND LIMP BIZKIT!!! IT'LL MAKE MILLIONS!!!

....No. "Hooker with a Penis", really? Tool might just be the most overrated metal artist of the nineties.

Re: Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

ShaneSpear — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:03:09 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 10/26/2011 19:03

It's ok. 😐

I like A Perfect Circle better. 😮

Album of the day (#349): Aenima by Tool

BestEverAlbums — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:00:28 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 10/26/2011 19:00

Today's album of the day

Aenima by Tool (View album)

Year: 1996.
Overall rank: 120.
Average rating: 80/100 (from 144 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Stinkfist
2. Eulogy
3. H.
4. Useful Idiot
5. Forty Six And 2
6. Message To Harry Manback
7. Hooker With A Penis
8. Intermission
9. Jimmy
10. Die Eier Von Satan
11. Pushit
12. Cesaro Summability
13. Aenema
14. (-) Ions
15. Third Eye

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.