Tool - Opiate
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Artist: ToolBrand: TOOL
Edition: Music CD
Format: EP, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1992-03-10
Music Label: Volcano
Soundtracks:
- Sweat
- Hush
- Part of Me
- Cold and Ugly
- Jerk-Off
- Opiate
Music reviews of Opiate
Music Review: Tool's first major release is more than a good start
Rating: 4 Stars
Tool guitarist Adam Jones has said of Opiate that the band wanted to put their fastest, most muscular songs out first to make a splash, and it is easy to see how the plan worked and gained the group early popularity. If Tool's later releases see their ideas fully realized and developed, they are still exhausting and difficult, while the Opiate EP is alternatively short, testosterone fueled, and fairly easy to digest, and probably the reason that Tool were initially grouped into the grunge scene by critics. The single Sweat is representative of the overall style of the album, heavy yes, but also catchy and skillfully written. In fact, it will surprise some that Tool seems to enter their career with great finesse. Adam Jones and Danny Carrey in particular play fast and complex rhythms that would come to characterize the band later on. Maynard James Keenan's lyrics are the most undeveloped aspect of the band at first notice, but he does tell us up front that he "can say what he wants to," so it is hard to argue against such confidence. The excellent albums that follow it are superior, but Opiate is anything but insignificant.
Description of Opiate
No Description AvailableMedia Type: CD
Artist: TOOL
Title: OPIATE
Street Release Date: 09/17/1996
Genre: HEAVY METAL
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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