A perfect circle!!!!

plonk · 10-09-2005 5:48pm #1

Just wondering? anyone listening to a perfect circle or tool

Robbo · 10-09-2005 6:01pm

Yes.

amacachi · 10-09-2005 6:02pm

probably

plonk · 10-09-2005 6:03pm

so which do you think is their best albums

Mystic Fibrosis · 10-09-2005 6:35pm

not at the moment, no,

I do like them though. Thirteenth Step is their best imo

evad_lhorg · 10-09-2005 7:08pm

Tool - lateralus
A perfect circle - thirteenth step

plonk · 10-09-2005 8:38pm

how about system

John · 10-09-2005 10:02pm

I'd place Mer de Noms ahead of Thirteenth Step for sentimental reasons.

plonk · 10-09-2005 11:17pm

have you listened to emotive

Fuhrio · 10-09-2005 11:28pm

i thought that too for ages, but then it grew on me.

John · 10-09-2005 11:39pm

emotive is a load of bollocks. Awful covers of songs that were mostly awful to begin with. They watered down Passive (the live version that leaked onto the net a few years ago packed a much harder punch) and murdered Pet. Just not cricket.

plonk · 10-09-2005 11:44pm

pet is better than before i know imagine might not be the best but you need to watch the video with it emotive is'nt that bad but personally mers de noms is my favourite

Waltons · 11-09-2005 12:08am

Didn't enjoy eMotive at all really. I'd have to agree with John2 about them murdering Pet but I quite enjoyed Passive. I'll have to have a look for the version you mentioned.

rainbow kirby · 11-09-2005 12:19am

Funnily enough, as soon as I clicked on this thread, the first track from Mer de Noms just started

Love that album. Haven't got Thirteenth Step yet... but I will at some stage

Tool... love Aenima. There's some songs on that which just hold so many memories...

christophicus · 11-09-2005 10:38am

I have to say that imagine is the only song i can remeber hearing by them and i thought it was quite good

wavin · 11-09-2005 11:09am

plonk wrote:

Just wondering? anyone listening to a perfect circle or tool

tool are one of the best bands in the world.ive never got sick of listening to their albums.perfect circle are good but nothing compared to tool

plonk · 11-09-2005 11:36am

tool are billiant but did anyone ever listen to pigmy love circus

Karl Hungus · 11-09-2005 1:42pm

Yes on both counts. For tool, Lateralus would be my favourite, and for A Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms.

Skip · 12-09-2005 12:25pm

Lateralus, I'm listening to it right now.

And I know Mer de Noms and Thirteen Step, and while the first has great songs (about five or six) and not so great ones, Thirteen Step is just perfect for me. Never heard Emotive. I love the lyrics too.

mickydoomsux · 12-09-2005 11:17pm

Must say that Emotive is very poor compared to Mer De Noms and Thirteenth step.

I really like APC but i've only listened to the album two or three times, it's that bad.

Only started getting into Tool. Only have Lateralus at the mo but am very impressed.

John · 12-09-2005 11:24pm

plonk wrote:

tool are billiant but did anyone ever listen to pigmy love circus

Yeah and they did nothing for me at all. I can't believe that's Danny drumming, there's no expression or power. Just sounds like a pub band to me.

Whilst we're naming bands related to Tool has anyone here heard Peach? They were Justin's old band, Tool have covered them a couple of times. Some of their stuff is deadly (some less deadly).

Mist · 13-09-2005 12:57pm

I don't think people should put Tool and A Perfect Circle in the same boat. Only for Maynard James Keenan and some of the unusual stuff off eMOTIVe they are completely different bands.

Both Mer De Noms and Thirteenth Step own.

Best Song: Judith

plonk · 13-09-2005 1:52pm

thanks for letting me know about pigmy love circus heard them once and was intrigued

Pet · 14-09-2005 2:52pm

They...murdered Pet.

Well it wasn't so much murder as crushing disappointment.

Yeah, i also think Mer De Noms is far superior to Thirteenth Step, which is devoid of any real darkness or emotion. Thirteenth Step is a great album, but it's rubbish compared to Mer De Noms.

And I have to say..even though Lateralus is an amazing album, I still prefer Aenima, crappy engineering and all. Again, far more depth.

John · 15-09-2005 9:45pm

Pet wrote:

I still prefer Aenima, crappy engineering and all.

Crappy engineering on Aenima? Not on my copies.

projectmayhem · 16-09-2005 1:12pm

John2 wrote:

Crappy engineering on Aenima? Not on my copies.

compared to lateralus, aenima is very "student engineer"..ish

plonk · 16-09-2005 1:13pm

Thirteenth Step is a great album, but it's rubbish compared to Mer De Noms.

You are so right mers de noms is there best album but i like emotive but nobody else seems to

plonk · 16-09-2005 1:17pm

Opiate their first album with live songs on it is brilliant i wouldnt be the biggest fan of aneima but undertow is great on any occasion

Fuhrio · 16-09-2005 3:12pm

I cant fault any tool album at all.

Even Salival which isnt as good as their studio albums has some classics on it.
Their cover of No Quarter is just legendary.

I cant really pick between Lateralus and Aenima, i think they are both brilliant.

Perfect Circle are almost as good, while I liked Emotive, its not a patch on Mer De Noms or Thirteenth Step, but you cant really go too far wrong with either of these bands.

sei046 · 16-09-2005 8:55pm

rainbow kirby wrote:

Tool... love Aenima. There's some songs on that which just hold so many memories...

Stinkfist?

cantdecide · 16-09-2005 9:08pm

remember ozzfest. it's kinda an obvious choice but hearing parabol/parabola....... i just wanted to go ****ing mad!! one of the greatest live experiences of my life.

tool- lateralus
perfect circle-13th step

rainbow kirby · 16-09-2005 11:44pm

sei046 wrote:

Stinkfist?

Nah. H reminds me an awful lot of my ex.

John · 17-09-2005 2:34pm

projectmayhem wrote:

compared to lateralus, aenima is very "student engineer"..ish

Compared to Lateralus most albums sound very "student engineerish". Aenima still stands head and shoulders production wise over many albums.

fro46_2 · 17-09-2005 5:40pm

i recently got my system back up and running (whata piece 0f ****) and ive been searching for tool songs to download. Tool rocks!

Pet · 18-09-2005 7:39pm

John2 wrote:

Compared to Lateralus most albums sound very "student engineerish". Aenima still stands head and shoulders production wise over many albums.

Yeah, but think how much better Aenima could have been if it was engineered as well as Lateralus.

Maybe it's a bad thing that I got Lateralus first, I guess it spoiled me..

John · 18-09-2005 9:23pm

I don't know, I still prefer Aenima to Lateralus. I listened to both today, what are the problems with Aenima? I think it sounds flawless on all scores.

Pet · 20-09-2005 9:07pm

I prefer it as well..but there's just something about the sound. It's a bit..murky or something. Some might say that adds to the sound of the album, I'm not so sure. But it'd make my day if they remastered it.

Paleface · 21-09-2005 1:34am

I wouldn't entirely agree with the notion that Lateralus is a whole lot better engineered than Aenima. Both albums are brilliantly engineered in my opinion its just that Lateralus has a more modern sound and feel. If you listen to any album from today and then listen to another album from 5 years ago the difference in sound quality is nearly always noticeable. I expect their new album due to be released next year to be even better in sound quality than Lateralus. More than likely the same heads will have worked on all three albums as Tool seem to like working with David Botrill and co. so from an engineering point of view the approach should have been similar.

Or maybe I'm just ranting like most Tool fans I know who refuse to see any fault in them whatsoever!!!

John · 21-09-2005 12:21pm

Pet wrote:

I prefer it as well..but there's just something about the sound. It's a bit..murky or something. Some might say that adds to the sound of the album, I'm not so sure. But it'd make my day if they remastered it.

Are you sure you're talking about Aenima and not Undertow?

Pet · 22-09-2005 1:11pm

Yup, I'm positive. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but there's something about the recording that's just not as good as Lateralus (and it's not the songs themselves).

John · 23-09-2005 1:16am

Still boggled by it. Maybe I'm deafened by years of aural abuse?

Oh and just a by the by, I am after ordering Lateralus on vinyl. I'm sure the next 4-6 weeks will fly by!

plonk · 28-09-2005 5:10pm

did ye hear about the new tool song
if so dont bother trying it doesnt exist
amatuers

It wasn't me! · 28-09-2005 5:54pm

Go and die.

eljono · 06-10-2005 8:07pm

APC - Thirteenth Step
Tool - Aenima

Twin Lance · 01-11-2005 9:28pm

man,im such an APC fanboy,like,i was pure into Tool for so long,then a friend mentioned APC and how Maynard sang in it so i went and bought Thirteenth Step one day,and its pretty much always in my CD player.Then one day i found Mer De Noms for 15 euro in Redlight Records - best 15 euro i ever spent!I probably like them over Tool, but just a tiny bit, Tool are still one of the most amazing bands on earth,and everyone I know absolutely loves them.

02-11-2005 10:05pm

Yes, they both rock............................severely

A perfect circle!!!!

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