Tool Fear Inoculum impressions

Taking it for another test drive this morning!
Playing on my simple PC room system where it still sounds excellent from Qobuz hirez stream.

Waytoomanyrecords.

If it is true they release a set of one sided albums at least those who buy will now have their very own anti skating test records as well!

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Never seen Tool live but have caught APC live twice a few years back, they came to Rockville once.
Awesome sauce, I can only imagine how cool the live Tool show will be.

Agreed stereo5!
I played it again this morning on my 2nd rig which has a sweet vintage Sanyo receiver at its heart and cranked the snot out of the volume.
I think the louder it played the better effect it had musically.

I would not go as far as to say I love it but I certainly like it a fair bit.
It's playing again now and I honestly find it refreshing and not because waited 13 years for it.

Again it is NOT Tool of old and likely was never ever going to be as 13 years have passed under the bridge.

Just like Eat The Elephant was not in the same vein as earlier APC offerings.

Does not detract from the elegance of the music standing on its own merits.

Nods as good as a wink to a blind man.

Was not suggesting that you did not know that lowrider, did not mean any offense.

But I know some here do live and die by the numbers and have gone on record saying would never buy based purely on the numbers .

Lowrider.

Just goes to show that numbers are not always the be all and end all of it.
Glad it is growing on you.
As soon as vinyl available at a fair price in the 🇺🇸 I will be buying it.

Exactly Greg!
When A7X released the Stage with only 1 hours notice to the general public, I found most stores had lots of copies of regular CD that day.
In fact FYE was selling it at $9.99!

I found this Tool marketing release to be a little baffling to say the least.

Sorry GK.... That just means you are a tool......

Mature?
Not in this lifetime .... Lol.

Interesting take on it Helomech.
However your opinion is welcome and just as valid as anybody elses and thanks indeed.

Upon hearing Fear I did think that it would not sit well with a lot of hard core Tool fans.

However after 13 years there is no way it was ever going to sound like early Tool, more a progression and maturity of their sound.

To my ears it is a great album and more accessible to many I feel but I can see that die hard Tool fans of yore will not take to it easily.

Yea my daughter has that special edition too, I find the darn glasses are a storage nuisance though ... Lol.

Agreed Roxy, it's crazy pricing so far.
Saying that a store in Holland is offering vinyl at 35 € which is a bit more sensible.

I can wait though, the Qobuz hirez is very good listening indeed.

Imho it is very different from earlier work but as that last effort was 2006 what else could one expect.
Some would say they have mellowed, I would say it more like they have matured.

Just like the latest APC effort, Eat The Elephant, was a masterpiece imho, so will this be considered so in the future.

I think it's appeal is greater and possibly a little more intellectual in its approach.

Only listened in hirez Qobuz stream but based on that I will be buying the vinyl.

Btw, just in case you could not tell, yes I give it a huge thumbs up!