Tool Fear Inoculum impressions

@burndonesinkchair
I don’t like the way Tool’s albums are mixed; they seem to go for the "wall of sound" type of mix, rather than placing the musicians on the soundstage.
I’m listening to the 1993 Undertow CD which has low compression and excellent dynamics. You can hear that the drums are behind the singer, but the guitar and overall instrumentation has a wall of sound mix.
It’s a great album with excellent sound, but I wish they had some separation of instruments. It would be nice to fully hear the interaction between these excellent musicians. The later CDs have higher compression so it’s doubtful that there would be any improvement.

I imagine vinyl would be the way to go for quality listening.
Anybody have the Tool albums on vinyl?

Thank you for the post!

Been curious to listen to this. More so now, and will have to be added to my "list"...

While not a huge fan, I did listen to Aenima and Undertow quite a bit.

My CD's have been in storage for years, and I recently ripped everything so I could put it all on my DAP. And, as a result was listening to Tool again.

There is something interesting that happens when a band "grows up". If they are close in age to the listener, the hope is if the listener "grows up" maintaining a certain synergy with the band, they will stay relevant.

There was another performer whom I was a huge fan of and have seen live many many times - more so than any other by a long shot. With every new release I felt as though they continued to make sense as I was dealing with new stages in my life. And, with every new release, there was a concerted effort to "give it a chance". This as the releases were evolving, as was the performer. The investment to work through the changes was always worth the effort.

Here's an interesting video. I love listening to "British" people speaking "properly" about things that could be perceived by some as being on the fringe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L42kKemrg

Thanks again,

P

PS - This is how threads on Agon should be discussed...

Streamed it from Tidal last night. I like it very much and the recording quality is excellent.

Oz

Waytoomanyrecords.

If it is true they release a set of one sided albums at least those who buy will now have their very own anti skating test records as well!

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I think I am on my sixth listen as I played it on the big system late this morning.  It is definitely a keeper, and I find it to be recorded quitter well.  I have the 24/96 digital version from HD Tracks.  It doesn't seem  compressed to me.  Even my wife said today how good it sounds.  Maybe I got lucky with the download, I dunno?