Tool Fear Inoculum impressions

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.

I bought the special edition of 10,000 days when it came out which has built-in fold out glass magnifying spectacles to look at the pages of artwork and I thought that was an extravagance at about $25.00 if I recall correctly, but this is too much.

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

You asked, so here is my opinion: it's the least good album they've produced, and by a wide margin. I didn't much care for Lateralus or 10,000 Days upon initial listen but felt they had enough potential to draw me back for subsequent listens and they grew on me. I can't say the same for FI, unfortunately. Nothing about it is grabbing me, and the sound quality suffers from some periodic distortion that makes it that much harder to enjoy.

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.