Vicarious (track)
by Tool
Vicarious appears on the following album(s) by Tool:
- 10,000 Days (track #1) (this album) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 19:33 | Siromynian | 17,906 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 15:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,855 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2026 23:07 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 20:01 | ecocruzr | 54 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.0/100, a mean average of 89.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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The instrumentation is great as always, and so are the vocals, but I feel like the lyrics are a bit too straight foward and simple, at least for Tool. Despite that its still a great track
What a way to open an album! Some really great riffs in here, and the lyrics are so relevant to today! Great song
Great first track!
Grouse 02/11/2019 00:03 | #231759
What a way to start of an album!
AAL2014 09/14/2017 17:35 | #197972
Another great album opener for Tool. Much more direct in terms of lyrical content, less ethereal, but Maynard pulls no punches.
DeusExMackia 09/27/2015 15:12 | #150567
A gorgeous assessment of modern day news and TV; oh, and there are an uncountable number of fantastic moments of guitar playing.
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