#GreatAlbums1990s - #Tool – #Aenima (1996). Tool plowed through the morass of metal pretenders out of Los Angeles while shattering the era’s notion of prog rock as music for aging nerds with greying ponytails. Here, the songs reach epic proportions (“Eulogy,” “Pushit,” and “Third Eye” all top 8 minutes) with interludes adding ironic counterpoint to the songs (the cheeseball organ intro to “Jimmy,” etc.) – reaffirming the album form as a complete listening experience.
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