Tool Aenima

Tool

AEnima

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Listen to this episode from Metal Nerdery on Spotify. What do you get when you mix art, the metaphysical, psychedelics, enlightenment and metal? You get Tool's 1996 classic "AENIMA".

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Released September 17, 1996

Recorded September 1995 – March 1996

Studio   Ocean Way, Hollywood, California

                The Hook, Hollywood, California

Label     Zoo



Producer: David Bottrill

All lyrics are written by Maynard James Keenan

All music is composed by Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, and Justin Chancellor except "Stinkfist" "Eulogy" "H." "Pushit" by Jones Carey Keenan Paul D'Amour

 

Personnel

Maynard James Keenan – vocals

Adam Jones – guitar

Justin Chancellor – bass guitar

Danny Carey – drums, percussion, samples

 

Additional musicians

Marko Fox – vocals on "Die Eier von Satan"

Eban Schletter – organ on "Intermission"

Chris Pitman – additional synthesizer on "Third Eye"

David Bottrill – piano and keyboards on "Message to Harry Manback"[56]

 Production

David Bottrill – producer, engineer, mixing

Alana Cain – model (contortionist)

Cam de Leon – artwork, computer illustration

Fabrico DiSanto – photography, photo assistance

Gudrun Fox – translation of "Die Eier von Satan"

Adam Jones – production, artwork direction

Jeremy Glasgow – assistant percussionist

Concetta Halstead – producer, design

Billy Howerdel – guitar tech, 'Pro Tools' technician

Joel Larson

Karen Mason

Jeff Novack – photography

Mark Rappaport – effects consultant

Keith Willis – artwork

Kevin Willis – producer, art direction, paintings

Promotional singles were issued for

"Stinkfist"

“H."

"Ænema"

"Forty-Six & 2"

"Stinkfist" and "Ænema"  had music videos

 

Tracks

01. - "Stinkfist" - 5:11

02. - "Eulogy" - 8:28

03. - "H." - 6:07

04. - "Useful Idiot" - 0:38

05. - "Forty Six & 2" - 6:04

06. - "Message to Harry Manback" - 1:53

07. - "Hooker with a Penis" - 4:33

08. - "Intermission" -   - 0:56

09. - "jimmy" - 5:24

10. - "Die Eier von Satan" - 2:17

11. - "Pushit" - 9:55

12. - "Cesaro Summability" - 1:26

13. - "Ænema" - 6:39

14. - "(-) Ions" - 4:00

15. - "Third Eye" - 13:47

Total length: - 77:18

 

The track "Ænema" won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1998

 

On March 4, 2003, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has also been certified triple platinum by ARIA and platinum by Music Canada. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart upon its initial release, selling 148,000 copies in its first week of release. As of July 7, 2010, Ænima has sold 3,429,000 copies in the US. The album, and the rest of Tool's catalog, was released in digital form on August 2, 2019 making the album peak at No. 10 after a 5,900% sales increase.


Show Notes

(00:00): Intro/#wedoenjoythetool/Tool Aenima: a different sound in metal/Remember the album art?

(03:14): Released 09/17/1996/Quantum Leap from Undertow (Deeper & Darker)/#eviler (check out Tool's cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter)

(05:50): debuted at #2 on Billboard 200 #backshadowing/#billhicks/#sonicpainting

(08:28): Tool: the modern day Pink Floyd?/Production quality: the beginning of the Tool sound/ #gianthugetool/#hashbags

(09:38): Justin Chancellor & Peach/#soulshitting #spirituallyconstipated/The unusually heavy heaviness

(11:48): Drop C (Die Eier Von Satan: The Balls of Satan?) #satanshuevos

(12:31): The Tracks: Stinkfist (wait, HOW deep!?)

(16:06): Eulogy (on WNRD)/Tool's 'Master of Puppets'?/#pairoffries/#toolisablessing/Is Tool "Smart Metal"?/#cantbeambientenough

(22:27): H (and then some different stuff...)/Not your every day metal/READ THE LYRICS!

(26:14): Useful Idiot (support Tool)/46 & 2

(30:50): Message to Harry Manback (and the message: BACKSHADOWING!)/Hooker with a Penis (#cantbeloudenough)

(36:02): Intermission (#happycreepy)/Jimmy/Tool is Existential Philosophy Metal (#keepevolving) (41:15): Die Eier Von Satan (a recipe for #hashbagcookies) NO EGGS!

(43:19): Pushit/Cesaro Summability (what's being said in the background?)

(46:45): Aenima (#arizonabay)

(50:57): -Ions: #whatthefuckisthatnoise (LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES)/Third Eye (feat. Bill Hicks)

(58:02): Stats & credits: Personnel/#harrymanbackshadowing/Production crew/Artwork/How are you NOT a producer if you're part of the band?/ENJOY THIS ALBUM with the mind opening substance of your choice/Enjoy & Support Tool/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!!!


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