Tool - Opiate
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Artist: ToolEdition: Music CD
Format: EP, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1992-03-10
Music Label: Volcano
Soundtracks:
- Sweat
- Hush
- Part of Me
- Cold and Ugly [Live]
- Jerk-Off [Live]
- Opiate
Music reviews of Opiate
Music Review: Jeez, take a breather man.
Rating: 4 Stars
OK so after being reccomended by Seemingly everyone who shares my music taste to check this band out, I finally decided to give this band a shot. And since I never actually start with a bands first album anyway I thought I might as well start here.
As far as the album goes It is a very good ep. Really creative, amazing intrumentation if you are into rapid time signiture, and tempo changes. But here are some points to consider.
1) Although the content is excelent. The sound quality kinda sucks (which is why I rated it four stars instead of five). A lot of reviewers claim that the live tracks sound so much like the studio ones. This is probably because the studio songs have so little added in the production process that it really sounds like one big live recording (in other words kinda thin).
2) Ok actually I hadn't heard any songs off this album or any tool songs really, and for the most part what I had heard of Keenan's vocals were on the cameos he did for other bands (I assume that now you will think that I know nothing, and say that this is not a helpful review because I havent been worshipping this band for years), and the haunting wail he presented there (Rage against the machine, deftones anyone?). Here his voice is definatly on the raw side (i'm not complaining his voice is still mezmerising, especially on sweat, and opiate.), so dont be all that suprised. But hey everyone's got to start somewhere.
3) MAN, THIS GUY IS ANGRY. I mean this guy makes your average angst rocker sound like that guy from linkin park. That and the lyrics, though very well thought out, are pretty dark (Example: me and him [god] both have our desires. WE both want to rape you! from opiate). Alhtough if your reading this review I doubt you care, especially if your a huge tool fan, just I wouldnt reccomend showing the this to the sensitive ( siblings, offspring, ect.). Like another reviewer said this is not a safe album.
4) As Far as the That negative reviewer who said this is just for overwieght, loaner, teenagers, who are jealous of thier prettier peers, for one is probably some loser who had his fun in high school, but blew off his education, and now works at some dead end job with a miserable life, and is also making a false generallization. I'm a teenager, but I'm not a loaner, i'm jealous of nobody, and i'm definatly not overwieght. As far as the guy who said he played it in his yoga class and he hated it, although I'm not blaming you for growing to peaceful to enjoy this album, it's sort of a no brainer that this isn't going to go over well in a yoga class.
So for those of you out there, who are open minded, and don't believe that "they will be damned for listening to an antichrist band." Then this album, though short, is a great buy. After all even harmless billy joel once said "i'd rather laugh with the sinners, then cry with the saints, you know the sinners are much more fun." An excellent choice for all you sinners out there.
Description of Opiate
Japanese Relase of the 1992 album.As the title of Tool's 1992 debut implies, they're none too impressed by religion, though other targets--fear ("Cold and Ugly"), hypocritical moralizing ("Jerk-Off"), nonconformity ("Hush")--get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like acid rock), packaged in songs noticeably shorter than on their later efforts (Undertow, 1993, and Aenima, 1996). While not as impressive as Undertow, arguably their finest effort, Opiate has a definite appeal. If ear-crunching riffs and enraged lyrics are what you go for, check this one out. --Genevieve Williams
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