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Title: Inconsistent and way overrated
Review: This is probably one of the most overrated albums of modern times. Tool are not bad musicians but they tend to make a mess of albums - and this is their biggest mess of their career. Of the 15 tracks only 8 are songs while the rest is senseless filler segments sandwiched in between songs.Aenima actually starts well and the first songs show some progression from their debut. However the first filler starts on track 4 and here the album turns into an extremely difficult and frustrating experience. The other songs aren't as strong as you again struggle with more filler. Things pickup with "jimmy" and the title track before the entire album drowns in endless filler and noise.Had Tool stuck to the no-nonsence format of their debut we may have had a good album.Critics and fans will equate this to genious but these people are the first to be fooled by gimicks and concepts that often mask musical blandness.
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