Tool – 1996 – Aenima
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tool
Title: Aenima
Label: Zoo
Released: Oct 1, 1996
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Stinkfist
#Eulogy
#H.
#Useful Idiot
#Forty Six And 2
#Message To Harry Manback
#Hooker With A Penis
#Intermission
#Jimmy
#Die Eier Von Satan
#Pushit
#Cesaro Summability
#Aenema
#(-) Ions
#Third Eye
Review:
Tool cracked the mainstream with this album, and its when everyone else became a Tool fan (including me). Started their trend of epic songs (Third Eye was 13 minutes long), and kept the tradition of vague and obscure lyrics. Oh yeah, the musicianship was great again too. All of the segues were interesting, if not completely entertaining.
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Tool – 1993 – Undertow
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tool
Title: Undertow
Label: Zoo
Released: Apr 6, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Intolerance
#Prison Sex
#Sober
#Bottom
#Crawl Away
#Swamp Song
#Undertow
#4 Degrees
#Flood
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
#Unknown
Review:
The album that put Tool on the map as an underground rock sensation. Especially combined with the creepy stop-motion animation videos for Sober and Prison Sex. Henry Rollins does a guest spoken word spot on Bottom.
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Tool – 1992 – Opiate
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tool
Title: Opiate
Label: Zoo
Released: Mar 10, 1992
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Sweat
#Hush
#Part Of Me
#Cold And Ugly (Live)
#Jerk-off (Live)
#Opiate
Review:
Back in ’92, the first EP. Jerk-off and Cold and Ugly were acutally recorded live. The first glimpse of MJK’s vocal capabilities.
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Toadies – 2002 – Best of Toadies: Live From Paradise
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Best of Toadies: Live From Paradise
Label: Aezra / Orpheus
Released: Nov 19, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Plane Crash
#I Come From The Water
#Heel
#Quitter
#Hell Below/Stars Above
#Little Sin
#Away
#Motivational
#Mr. Love
#Backslider
#Paper Dress
#Push The Hand
#ATF
#Possum Kingdom
#Dollskin
#Tyler
#I Burn
#Where Is My Mind
Review:
One of the bands final shows, in its entirety, taped at the The Paradise in Boston. A fitting closing chapter on a band that should have been more successful.
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Toadies – 1994 – Rubberneck
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Rubberneck
Label: Interscope
Released: Aug 23, 1994
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Mexican Hairless
#Mister Love
#Backslider
#Possum Kingdom
#Quitter
#Away
#I Come From The Water
#Tyler
#Happyface
#Velvet
#I Burn
Review:
This album was a slow burn. It was released in 1994, and sat for about a whole year before Possum Kingdom became a 90’s anthem. The rest of the album from these Texas rockers was just as good.
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Tony C. and The Truth – 2004 – Demonophonic Blues
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tony C. and The Truth
Title: Demonophonic Blues
Label: Lava
Released: May 25, 2004
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed Autographed
Tracklist:
#Who I Are
#Good Lookin’ Out
#Little Bit More
#Weight of the World
#Ball and Chain
#Someday
#Got It Made
#One 4 The Road
#No Pain
#Gravity
#Medusa
#Round & Round
#Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Review:
I saw these guys open for Seether and Shinedown in Syracuse, and was impressed. Tony C has a deep storytelling type of delivery
ala Everlast, but but the band plays a bluesy-type rock, and it works. I hesitate to call them a party band, but they’re like the fun original band that would play your local bar. Plus, he’s every English teacher’s nightmare with my favorite song, ‘Who I Are’.
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Tonic – 2002 – Head on Straight
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tonic
Title: Head on Straight
Label: Universal
Released: Sep 24, 2002
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Roses
#Take Me As I Am
#Count On Me (Somebody)
#Do You Know
#Head On Straight
#Liar
#On Your Feet Again
#Come Rest Your Head
#Ring Around Her Finger
#Believe Me
#Irish
#Let Me Go
Review:
The third full length picks up where Sugar left off. Another quality pop-rock album.
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Tonic – 2000 – Sugar EP
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tonic
Title: Sugar EP
Label: Universal
Released: Sep 11, 2000
Packaging: Cardboard Sleeve
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Import CD-Single
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Sugar (Album Version)
#Sugar (Live)
#Mean To Me (Acoustic)
#You Wanted More (Organic Mix)
#Open Up Your Eyes (Live)
#If You Could Only See (Live)
Review:
A single with a couple live tracks and an acoustic version.
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Tonic – 1999 – Sugar
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tonic
Title: Sugar
Label: Universal
Released: Nov 9, 1999
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Future Says Run
#You Wanted More
#Knock Down Walls
#Mean To Me
#Sugar
#Stronger Than Mine
#Queen
#Waiting For The Light To Change
#Waltz With Me
#Sunflower
#Drag Me Down
#Top Falls Down
#Love A Diamond
Review:
The next album strayed away from the Celtic a little (save for one song), and more into the Adult Alternative realm. Still
more quality songwriting and performing.
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Tonic – 1996 – Lemon Parade
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Tonic
Title: Lemon Parade
Label: Polydor
Released: Jul 16, 1996
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Open Up Your Eyes
#Casual Affair
#If You Could Only See
#Soldier’s Daughter
#Lemon Parade
#Mountain
#Thick
#Wicked Soldier
#Mr. Golden Deal
#Bigot Sunshine
#Celtic Agression
#My Old Man
Review:
The first Tonic album is still my favorite of the three. Aside from ‘If You Could Only See’, the song everyone knows, the album is quite strong, and is a cut above most of the light rock stuff out there.
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Tags: 1996, Jewel Case, Polydor, Standard, Tonic