Ænima

Ænima
Studio album by
Tool
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996 (1996-09-17)
RecordedSeptember 1995 – March 1996
Studio
Genre
Length77:18
Label
ProducerDavid Bottrill

Ænima is the second studio album by American rock band Tool. It was released as a vinyl record on September 17, 1996. It was later released as a compact disc on October 1, 1996. It is the first Tool album with bassist Justin Chancellor on it. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.

The album sold over 140,000 copies in its first week. It came out at number two on the Billboard 200 music chart. The RIAA gave it a triple platinum certification in 2003. A song from the album, "Ænema", won a Grammy Award in 1998. Rolling Stone put the album at number 18 on a list of the 100 greatest metal albums of all time.

Track list

All lyrics are written by Maynard James Keenan; all music is composed by Adam Jones, Danny Carey, and Justin Chancellor, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Stinkfist"
5:11
2."Eulogy"
  • Keenan
  • Jones
  • Carey
  • D'Amour
8:28
3."H."
  • Keenan
  • Jones
  • Carey
  • D'Amour
6:07
4."Useful Idiot" 0:38
5."Forty Six & 2" 6:04
6."Message to Harry Manback" 1:53
7."Hooker with a Penis" 4:33
8."Intermission" 0:56
9."jimmy" 5:24
10."Die Eier von Satan" (German: "The Eggs of Satan") 2:17
11."Pushit"
  • Keenan
  • Jones
  • Carey
  • D'Amour
9:55
12."Cesaro Summability" 1:26
13."Ænema"
  • Keenan
  • Jones
  • Carey
  • D'Amour
6:39
14."(-) Ions" 4:00
15."Third Eye" 13:47
Total length:77:18

References

  1. ↑ "Tool News". Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tool News: AENIMA INFO". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "THE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES". Loudwire. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (September 17, 2018). "Tool's 'Aenima': 10 Things You Didn't Know About Band's Watershed Second Album". Revolver. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Tool Album Discography: AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Tool News". toolshed.down.net. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  7. 1 2 "Tool News: AENIMA INFO". toolshed.down.net. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  8. ↑ "Rock On The Net: 39th Annual Grammy Awards - 1997". www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  9. ↑ Staff, Billboard; Staff, Billboard (2001-05-24). "Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Concert Review: Tool's prog pleases populace". old.post-gazette.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Rock On The Net: 40th Annual Grammy Awards - 1998". www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  12. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  13. ↑ "ACE Repertory". ACE. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.