Tracklist 1. Sweat 2. Hush 3. Part Of Me 4. Cold and Ugly (Live) 5. Jerk-Off (Live) 6. Opiate I know i'm late to the party but I finally got around to buying this album. This is also my first review. Now this entire album went far beyond my highest expectations. I was very impressed with the entire album. From the Lyrics to the Groovyness everything fits so perfect With song titles like "Jerk Off" and "Cold And Ugly," one could guess that this CD is very pissed off. That would be a safe and accurate assumption, because MJK rages throughout pretty much every song on here. "Opiate" isn't as complex as Tool's Newer Albums. It is actually more of a real, straightforward metal album than a progressive metal one. The first song, "Sweat," ties fast drumming with Maynard's catchy vocals, making for a great intro "Hush" Starts out with a very groovy bass-line and has several big, very Maynard-esque yells of "Fuck you!" Maynard later murmurs things like "go fuck yourself" and "piece of shit." "Part Of Me," opens with the type of prog-ish sounding guitar noodling that Tool would later become famous for. Although having very repetitive lyrics. it still makes for a catchy Song. Track four, "Cold And Ugly," is the first of two live songs on here, and its fast riffs, and very aggressive vocals. The other live track, "Jerk Off," is highlighted by a couple of tempo changes. I also enjoy how Maynard builds to a big, violent yell, here. Lastly, the title track "Opiate" by far the strongest song of the Album, kind of sounds like a b-side for Lateralus. And, with lyrics like "Jesus Christ, come save my life," and an extended yell of "we both want to rape you," this song is clearly the first out of many Tool songs to deal with religion and hypocrisy. The only real problem with this album is that it is quite short. There are only six songs on it, two of them are live recordings, and the songs' lengths are generally shorter than Tool's new stuff, too. But it lives up to the rest of their discography.
Opiate is still my favourite Tool song, if only for the following reason. We both want, TO RAPE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also I don't think a not very descriptive sentence about each song is really much of a review at all.
Well those two songs are amazing performances but, i dont like live songs mixed in with studio songs.
Well, then I can't really say its much of a review then. More like hey guys this sounds cool. The end. Come on man.
i actually wasnt planing on writing a "review" but I had more to say then just "Hey i finally got Opiate" so i threw it in here.
Then make a thread in music discussion. I hate to be a dick, but man if your planning to write something small on an album you just got, put it there.
I like the part about how Opiate sounds like a Lateralus b-side Because you know they totally had the Lateralus thing going on 10 years before they released it. Yup.
Read some other reviews on this site. I'm not saying you necessarily have to copy other people's style, but that's the kind of depth your review needs.
This really is a great album. I actually listened to it yesterday. Its definitely in my top 10 favorite albums of all time. It has a much different flavor than some of Tool's newer stuff. (Which I still love.) It probably has to do with them having a different bassist back then. Justin Chancellor didn't join until 1995.
