I tell everyone to start with Ænima and in the song of the same name off of said album and then listen to the rest of the record. If you like Ænima you will most likely like the rest of their discog. I'd say after that give Undertow a listen because that album is totally different from Ænima and all subsequent albums. It is the most straightforward of all the band records but even then it has tinges of what would become the bands signature style.
Also for all Tool fans I have a download called Spiral Out which I posted once before in a previous Tool thread. I have taken the time to choose what I personally feel are the best live version of the bands songs in their catalog. You may notice not everything is included here and that is because I feel audip like Mantra, Message To Marry Manback, and Intermission are more in line with interludes/skits than anything else, therefore I excluded them. That is what Spiral Out is, a best of Tool live up until Lateralus. I am working on putting together the best live versions from 10,000 Days.
Download Here (zip format)
Here is the track listing for each album. It is every album from the Opiate EP until Lateralus like I said before. You'll notice some gigs have more than one song featured and that is because I feel those renditions are the best. And finally the quality of the recordings will vary greatly because of how each individual gig was recorded. As well I have taken the time to tweak certain songs in order to remove as much hiss or noise from the recordings as possible.
3 hours 53 minutes 41 seconds long
Opiate
1)Sweat (5-2-92 JC Dobbs Philadelphia, PA)
2)Hush (7-15-98 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI)
3)Part Of Me(04-24-93 Scientology Garden Pavilion, Hollywood, CA)
4)Cold And Ugly (11-16-02 Cox Convention Center Arena, Oklahoma City, OK)
5)Jerk-Off (7-10-93 Molson Park, Barrie, Ontario)
6)Opiate (11-23-96 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA)
Undertow
1)Intolerance (3-5-94 VARA Radio, Hilversum, The Netherlands)
2)Prison Sex (OTRM) (11-23-96 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA)
3)Sober (5-2-92 JC Dobbs Philadelphia, PA)
4)Bottom (12-13-95 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA)
5)Crawl Away (3-1-97 Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY)
6)Swamp Song (5-3-92 The Limelight, New York, NY)
7)Undertow (8-13-01 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
8)4 Degrees (6-23-93 Shoreline Theater, Mountain View, CA)
9)Flood (7-15-98 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI)
10)Disgustipated (7-21-94 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England)
Ænima
1)Stinkfist (White Lines) (9-13-01, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI)
2)Eulogy (11-23-96 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA)
3)H. (10-16-96 Glass House, Pomona, CA)
4)Forty Six & 2 (11-16-02 Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
5)Hooker With A Penis (10-16-96 Glass House, Pomona, CA. Live Debut)
6)Jimmy (11-7-96, Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TX)
7)Pushit (Extended) (9-13-01, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI)
8)Ænema (10-10-99 Empire Polo Field, Coachella Festival, Indio, CA)
9)Third Eye (11-23-96 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA)
Lateralus
1)The Grudge (11-1-01 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA)
2)The Patient (11-1-01 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA)
3)Schism (11-16-02 Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
4)Parabol/a (8-13-02 Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY)
5)Ticks & Leeches (5-12-02 Brixton Academy, London, UK)
6)Lateralus (7-21-02 Pepsi Arena, Denver, CO)
7)Disposition/Reflection/Triad/Wings For Marie(Early Version) featuring Tomas Haake of Meshuggah (11-16-02 Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
Format is 320 Kbps mp3
