Undertow
by Tool
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Undertow is ranked 5th best out of 8 albums by Tool on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tool is Lateralus which is ranked number 178 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,407.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Undertow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/08/2026 03:38 |  nextorgd | 1,157 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 14:01 | iann97 | 1,952 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 19:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,527 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 21:26 | mrmcrook | 1,028 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 01:00 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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CaptainPain 12/12/2025 07:48 | #312110
It's just a plague, not an album. How the hell can you come up with such a thing... The vocals are generally a bomb and the pitch and timbre... I like him more than any of the others. It really evokes emotions..
Cracking start with the first 3 songs but then the rest fails to keep up due to their droning style of Prog Metal. The last track could have done without the 10 minutes of crickets before the end message. With experimental shit like that, you can't help but think they're a bunch of pretentious wankers. Which is a shame as they've got some great music.
VictorVale 09/09/2023 13:43 | #299055
Pedrada progressiva foda!
Good debut, but did we really need the 15 minute closer?
Bottom, Sober and Prison Sex are all awesome.
One of the best metal debut albums ever. The whole album is so ferocious and anger-fueled
Great debut album!
Underrated. If this was the sound that Tool stuck with everyone would love it. It doesn't have the scope of later Tool albums, but it rocks hard while giving the listener a shot of intelligent lyrics every once in a while.
A great debut album. "Intolerance" and "Sober" are among my favourite Tool songs. But in the grand scheme of things, this album was just the beginning for Tool.
Sober was awesome
babyBlueSedan 05/06/2015 21:34 | #140981
Not a bad debut, but it lacks the interesting and dynamic metal songs of their subsequent albums. Sober is good and Prison Sex is decent, but the rest leaves a lot to be desired.
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