Useful Idiot (track)
by Tool
Useful Idiot appears on the following album(s) by Tool:
- Ænima (track #4) (this album) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/26/2025 21:02 |  II | 3,968 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 06:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 28,602 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 07:37 | kinginsomniac12 | 4,235 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2025 06:43 |  Purplepash | 33,591 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 14:45 | ThuramThugood | 39,160 | 66/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 66.5/100, a mean average of 65.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 21.6.
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What's the point of this? Its just some random scratching noise for a few seconds. I don't why they made this it's own track instead of just combining it with either the track before or after it
AAL2014 09/14/2017 17:46 | #197979
Yes it's a few seconds of random noise but really listen in context, it serves as the perfect bridge from H. to 46 & 2.
TheHolyKiwi 11/15/2014 06:27 | #127015
Yeah this is pretty much a few seconds of a random noise.
dont care for this at all really
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