Not necessarily asking for a ranking of their albums, but I’m curious if you’d put it alongside their others in terms of your enjoyment of it. I liked it also, but it felt as though it fell short of their previous work for me. It could be a symptom of overhyping it in my head or something, as I’m sure many people did.
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Ooh nice picks! I haven’t listened to 1 or 5, though I did listen to a couple tracks from Fetch the Bolt Cutters back when that came out. I’ve been feeling like I should give it another chance or something.
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I don’t really enjoy 10,000 Days that much but I do think the newest album is as good as Lateralus. They both give me the feeling of a cohesive story told through melody. I’ve always found 10,000 Days listenable but not as affective.
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I like it as much as Lateralus. Both feel like the strongest conceptual wholes to me. I like Undertow, Ænima, and 10,000 Days well enough but Lateralus was always my favourite album. It was the one that i connected with affectually. For some reason Fear Inoculum feels the same way to me. It instantly transported me back to my late teens/early twenties but still felt new and not just a rehash. It feels true to Tool while also reflective of the passage of years. I find that few bands can release a new album after more than a decade that still seems true to their creative work while also not being a play on nostalgia. I feel Fear Inoculum achieved that for me.
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That’s really awesome that you connected to it like that. I totally agree it has the most in common with Lateralus in terms of themes and …vibe, I guess. Sorta like being lost in an alternate dimension. Many of their albums sorta feel like that for me, but those two have similar “dimensions,” haha.
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Well, one thing I was not expecting to learn this week is that MJK is a gun loving, copfucking, “I’m not religious I’m spiritual,” military apologist. Interesting.
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Uhhhhhh…I like music! It’s Gonna take me some serious thought for this one.
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I like your taste in music.
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Who’s taste do you mean?
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Yours, of course. 
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In that case, thanks. I didn’t want to sound full of myself and respond without checking you didn’t mean someone else.
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- Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray
- Slipknot - Vol. 3: Sublimal Verses
- US3 - Hand on the Torch
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- Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
- Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
- Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
- Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
- Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
…I like Pantera. 
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Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
Elliott Smith - S/T
Ulver - Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
King Crimson - Red
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
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