10,000 Days (Tool album)

October 2012 10,000 Days studio Tool 10000Days.jpg Cover art for 10,000 Days, done by artist Alex Grey, featuring what he describes as "a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey" Digital cover. On physical formats, the cover features a flap with two large 3D lenses over the eyes. 2006 04 28 August – December 2005 O'Henry Sound, Burbank, California Grandmaster, Hollywood, California The Loft, Hollywood, California BAY 7 Studios, Valley Village, California Progressive metalhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tools-new-album-everything-we-know-253649/ Tool's New Album: Everything We Know Grow Kory January 18, 2018 Rolling Stone November 14, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20190801160331/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tools-new-album-everything-we-know-253649/ August 1, 2019 live alternative metal 75:45 Tool Dissectional Volcano Tool Lateralus 2001 Fear Inoculum 2019 10,000 Days studio Vicarious April 22, 2006 The Pot July 2006 Jambi February 12, 2007 10,000 Days is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Tool. The album was released by Tool Dissectional and Volcano Entertainment in parts of Europe on April 28, 2006, in Australia on April 29, 2006, in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2006, and in North America on May 2, 2006. It marked the first time since recording 1993's Undertow that the band had worked at Grandmaster and without producer David Bottrill. 10,000 Days spawned three top ten rock singles: "Vicarious", "The Pot", and "Jambi". It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with first week sales of 564,000 copies. The album was awarded a double platinum certification by both the RIAA and the RMNZ. It was also certified platinum in both Australia and Canada, and gold in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and the United Kingdom. 10,000 Days was Tool's last release for more than a decade; the band would not release their next studio album, Fear Inoculum, until August 30, 2019.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/ Tool Set Summer Release Date for New Album Blistein Jon 2019-05-08 Rolling Stone en-US 2019-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/ May 8, 2019 live Background and recording Tool recorded the album at O'Henry Sound Studios in Burbank, as well as at The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California. It was mixed at Bay 7 in North Hollywood, CA and mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine. Guitarist Adam Jones employed various recording techniques for the album, including a "pipe bomb mic" (a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder), and a talk box guitar solo on the song "Jambi."Gill Chris June 2006 Tool: Sea Change https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tool-sea-change Guitar World 27 6Jeff Forlenza The Making of Tool's '10,000 Days' http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_making_tools_days/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060825085407/http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_making_tools_days/ August 25, 2006 June 1, 2006 Mix Drummer Danny Carey operated many of the sound effects on the interlude tracks on the album using electronic drums called Mandalas. 10,000 Days has a heavier sound than its predecessor, largely because of the influence of avant-garde metal band Fantômas, who toured with Tool before the writing process.November 11, 2020 http://www.mtv.com/news/1486242/tool-hammer-away-at-new-album/ April 7, 2004 Tool Hammer Away At New Album Jon Wiederhorn MTV.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150808121637/http://www.mtv.com/news/1486242/tool-hammer-away-at-new-album/ August 8, 2015 The title 10,000 Days is thought to refer to the orbital period of the planet Saturn (the actual time period is 10,759 days). According to singer Maynard James Keenan, the Saturn return is "the time in your twenty eighth, twenty ninth year when you are presented the opportunity to transform from whatever your hang-ups were before to let the light of knowledge and experience lighten your load, so to speak, and let go of old patterns and embrace a new life." Keenan expected that the songs composed would "chronicle that process, hoping that my gift back would be to share that path and hope that I could help somebody get past that spot."http://loudwire.com/tool-10000-days-anniversary/?trackback=tsmclip 9 Years Ago: Tool Unleash '10,000 Days' Loudwire January 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160509021125/http://loudwire.com/tool-10000-days-anniversary/?trackback=tsmclip May 9, 2016 live The title 10,000 Days additionally refers to the amount of time that Maynard's mother, Judith Marie Gridley, was paralyzed.Chillingworthpublished Alec 2022-04-01 The Story Behind The Song: Tool’s 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) https://www.loudersound.com/features/tool-10000-days-wings-story-behind-song 2025-03-13 louder en Packaging and artwork The compact disc packaging for 10,000 Days consists of a thick cardboard-bound booklet partly covered by a flap holding a pair of stereoscopic eyeglasses, which can be used to view a series of images inside. Viewed with the glasses, the artwork produces an illusion of depth and three-dimensionality. Alex Grey, who created a majority of the album art for Lateralus and its accompanying video "Parabola," reprised his role for 10,000 Days. The CD face itself is decorated with stylized eyes, arranged in a seemingly logarithmic spiral toward the center (adapted from a previous Alex Grey painting, "Collective Vision").http://alexgrey.com/art/paintings/soul/net-of-being/ Net of Being Alex Grey September 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141003133821/http://alexgrey.com/art/paintings/soul/net-of-being/ October 3, 2014 live As with Tool's other albums, the lyrics are not printed within the artwork; vocalist Maynard James Keenan has instead released the lyrics online.lyrics to "10,000 days" https://web.archive.org/web/20130208235417/http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/10kdayslyrics.php February 8, 2013 On May 5, 2006, the band's official webmaster hinted that "the four individual photos [of the band members] can be used as the pieces of a kind of puzzle," but the puzzle and its meaning "will just be another nut to crack."http://www.toolband.com/news May 10, 2006 Puzzle? Billboard Blair Mackenzie Blake https://web.archive.org/web/20060508013123/http://toolband.com/news May 8, 2006 In an interview, Alex Grey, who worked on the illustrations for the 10,000 Days and Lateralus covers, said that many of his artworks for Tool have been based on and influenced by the visionary journeys of a brew called ayahuasca. He described the 10,000 Days cover as "a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey",http://alexgrey.com/press-media/interviews/interview-for-the-examiner/ Interview for the Examiner Alex Grey 2014-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20130305092036/http://alexgrey.com/press-media/interviews/interview-for-the-examiner/ March 5, 2013 live mdy and also talked about the Lateralus cover in a similar fashion.Bain Katie http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/archives/2013/11/22/ten-celebrity-ayahuasca-users?page=4 Ten Celebrity Ayahuasca Users 4 LA Weekly 2013-10-03 2014-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20140109184638/http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/archives/2013/11/22/ten-celebrity-ayahuasca-users?page=4 January 9, 2014 dead mdy-all Grey stated in another interview when making the 10,000 Days cover that it depicts visions received during a DMT trip._Gp_E4oD6zA Release On March 27, 2006, Billboard posted an article about 10,000 Days,http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58956/tool-feeling-vicarious-on-new-album Tool Feeling 'Vicarious' On New Album Billboard April 28, 2006 Jonathan Cohen https://web.archive.org/web/20060508092314/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58956/tool-feeling-vicarious-on-new-album May 8, 2006 which mentioned that "Vicarious" would be the album's first single. "Vicarious" was officially released to radio on April 17, and entered both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts at number 2. A music video for the song was released on DVD on December 18, 2007. Tool News October 18, 2007 http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html October 20, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025858/http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html October 21, 2007 The song has also been featured as a playable track on the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. The second single from the album was "The Pot", which peaked at No. 5 on the Modern Rock chart. It was the band's first number 1 single on the Mainstream Rock chart. A video for "The Pot" was scheduled to shoot over the 2006 holiday season. http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/tool-finds-pot-of-gold-with-latest.html Tool finds "Pot" of Gold with Latest Single The Rock Radio online November 29, 2006 January 18, 2007 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20070118163624/http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/tool-finds-pot-of-gold-with-latest.html January 18, 2007 "Jambi" was the third radio single and received airtime on both Modernhttp://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16770 Modern Rock – Available for Airplay December 13, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022002554/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16770 October 22, 2006 and Mainstream Rockhttp://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16697 Mainstream Rock – Available for Airplay December 13, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061207090553/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16697 December 7, 2006 formats. Reception 68/100http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days 10,000 Days Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic Metacritic April 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140329234425/http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days 2014-03-29 live AllMusic 4 5Theakston, Rob. "[album r831309/review yes 10,000 Days – Tool]". AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2011. Alternative Press 5 5http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days 10,000 Days Reviews - Metacritic Metacritic April 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140329234425/http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days March 29, 2014 live Drowned in Sound 8/10Cowen, Nick. "Tool – 10,000 Days". Drowned in Sound. May 12, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104012844/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7412/reviews/828662-?search November 4, 2013 Los Angeles Times 3 4If "10,000 Days" lacks the absolute intensity and focus of 2001's "Lateralus," the new album at least stands as a stirring repeat of the Tool musical manifesto. [6 May 2006] NME 8/10It's clear this group have ways of getting beneath your skin. [20 May 2006, p.33] Pitchfork 5.9/10Harvell, Jess. "Tool: 10,000 Days". Pitchfork Media. May 1, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130201012505/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8105-10000-days/ February 1, 2013 PopMatters 6/10Begrand, Adrien. "Tool: 10,000 Days". PopMatters. May 6, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026015833/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/tool_10000_days October 26, 2012 Rolling Stone 3.5 5Serpick, Evan. "10,000 Days". Rolling Stone. June 7, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704163158/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/10-000-days-20060607 July 4, 2013 Stylus Magazine D+http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/tool/10000-days.htm Tool – 10,000 Days – Review Jegede Ayo Stylus Magazine May 2, 2006 9 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060604104816/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/tool/10000-days.htm June 4, 2006 live mdy Tiny Mix Tapes 3 5http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/tool-10000-days Tool – 10,000 Days Gumshoe Tiny Mix Tapes 9 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182233/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/tool-10000-days 2013-11-04 live 10,000 Days received generally favorable reviews, albeit with less enthusiasm than previous Tool albums. Most critics praised the album as another example of Tool's musicianship. Critics who gave 10,000 Days a relatively low score questioned the merits of its ambient interludes, which Tool have also used on their previous releases. However, the album received a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Recording Package. That same year, the song "Vicarious" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. In 2008, 10,000 Days garnered another Grammy nomination when "The Pot" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 19 reviews. Rob Theakston of AllMusic wrote: "It's not only a step forward for the band, but a re-embracing of the epic-length rock songs found at the roots of early heavy metal." Nick Cowen of Drowned in Sound praised the album, describing it as "probably the most engagingly brilliant heavy metal album that'll be released on a major label all year." Alternative Press magazine wrote: "As with everything in Tool's oeuvre, 10,000 Days packs enough beauty, heartache and triumph that it will be dissected, studied and envied by younger bands for years to come." Evan Serpick of Rolling Stone stated that on the album, the band "maintains a level of craftsmanship and virtuosity unparalleled in metal." Nevertheless, Adrien Begrand of PopMatters stated: "Stupendously packaged, the music robustly mixed and often achieving new levels of bleak beauty, 10,000 Days is too strong a work to call a disappointment, but the constant need to fill out a CD to 75-80 minutes is threatening to become the band's undoing." Jess Harvell of Pitchfork Media was critical in his assessment of the album: "Rather than delving further into experimentation or exploring their strengths, Tool have made an...A Perfect Circle record." Ayo Jegede of Stylus Magazine panned the album, criticizing the band in the terms of "being progressive": "I'm not sure, but I think "progressive" is about growth and change. I think it's about not being trapped in your own little universe where everything you say matters." Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album as the 38th Best Album of 2006.The Top 50 albums of 2006 Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/50albums/page/8 December 29, 2006 January 24, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080314193857/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/50albums/page/8 March 14, 2008 The album won a 2006 Metal Storm Award for Best Alternative Metal Album.http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2006 Metal Storm Awards 2006 - Metal Storm April 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20120826024602/http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2006 August 26, 2012 live Commercial performance 10,000 Days entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 1, selling 564,000 copies in its first week. It was Tool's second album to top the Billboard 200 chart upon release. In the UK, the album debuted at number 4, the highest chart position the group have managed in that country.http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58388/hard-work-pays-off-for-tools-days Hard Work Pays Off For Tool's 'Days' Billboard January 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107113026/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58388/hard-work-pays-off-for-tools-days November 7, 2015 live It was certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA on June 9, 2006. Track listing 75:45 Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, and Maynard James Keenan.10,000 Days Tool 2006 CD liner notes Vicarious 7:06 Jambi 7:28 Wings for Marie (Pt 1) 6:11 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) 11:13 The Pot 6:21 Lipan Conjuring 1:11 Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) 3:46 Rosetta Stoned 11:11 Intension 7:21 Right in Two 8:55 Viginti Tres 5:02 Personnel Maynard James Keenan – vocals Adam Jones – guitars, sitar, talkbox on "Jambi" Justin Chancellor – bass, additional guitars (7) Danny Carey – drums, percussion, tabla Guest musicians Lustmord – weather effects on "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" Bill McConnell – vocals on "Lipan Conjuring" Pete Riedling – voice of "Doctor Watson" on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/index.php?t=1&id=44 Tool website Tool Newsletter https://web.archive.org/web/20130118061852/http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/index.php?t=1&id=44 January 18, 2013 dead mdy-all March 7, 2010 Camella Grace – voice of "Nurse" on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"http://www.butcherband.com/butcher/bio.php Butcher website Butcher Biograph https://web.archive.org/web/20120209082240/http://www.butcherband.com/butcher/bio.php 2012-02-09 dead Production Tool – production Joe Barresi – engineering and mixing (credited as "Evil Joe Barresi")http://www.mcdman.com/barresi.html McDonough Management Joe Barresi https://web.archive.org/web/20131104095024/http://www.mcdman.com/barresi.html 2013-11-04 live Adam Jones – art direction Alex Grey – illustrations Bob Ludwig – mastering Mackie Osborne – design, layout Travis Shinn – photography Charts Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for 10,000 Days Chart (2006) Peak positionAustralia 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Austria 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Flanders 1 Tool 10 000 Days true June 16, 2021Wallonia 6 Tool 10 000 Days true June 16, 2021BillboardCanada 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Czech 23 2006 6 true September 28, 2017Denmark 2 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Netherlands 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Finland 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017France 7 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Germany 2 34072 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Greece 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Hungary 10 Tool 10000 Days 2006 19 true September 28, 2017Ireland2 6 Tool true October 11, 2025 Irish Albums (IRMA)Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 4 May 2006 http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=18 GfK Chart-Track 4 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=18 dead 2 May 2018 6Italy 4 Tool 10 000 Days true June 16, 2021Japanese Albums (Oricon)https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/267697/products/651749/1/ Oricon ja 10,000デイズ Tool October 29, 202116New Zealand 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Norway 1 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Poland 1 312 true May 6, 2021Portugal 6 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Scotland 4 20060507 true June 16, 2021Spain 18 Tool 10 000 Days true June 16, 2021Sweden 2 Tool 10 000 Days true September 28, 2017Switzerland 3 Tool 10 000 Days true June 16, 2021UK2 4 20060507 true September 28, 2017Billboard200 1 Tool true September 28, 2017BillboardRock 1 Tool true June 16, 2021 Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for 10,000 Days Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006 Australian Recording Industry Association June 16, 2021 January 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032212/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm live 37 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a Jaaroverzichten 2006 Ultratop June 16, 2021 20 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=a Jaaroverzichten – Album 2006 dutchcharts.nl June 16, 2021 78 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2006 Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts de GfK Entertainment offiziellecharts.de June 16, 2021 74 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2006-12-31 Top Selling Albums of 2006 Recorded Music NZ November 16, 2021 11 US Billboard 200Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006 https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums Billboard https://web.archive.org/web/20180506203721/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums May 6, 2018 dead October 11, 2025 31 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2006 Billboard https://web.archive.org/web/20180324065813/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums March 24, 2018 dead October 11, 2025 5 Certifications Certifications and sales for 10,000 Days album Australia Tool 10,000 Days Platinum 2006 2006 February 29, 2020 "ARIA" album Canada Tool 10,000 Days Platinum 2006 2006 February 29, 2020 "MC" album Belgium Tool 10000 Days Gold 2006 2006 5 February 29, 2020 album Germany Tool 10,000 Days Gold 2022 2006 December 10, 2022 album Ireland Tool 10,000 Days Gold 2006 2006 February 29, 2020 album New Zealand Tool 10,000 Days Platinum 2 2006-09-01 newchart 2024-11-20 "RMNZ" album Poland Tool 10.000 Days Gold 2006 7 2006 February 29, 2020 album United Kingdom Tool 10000 Days Gold 2020 2006 February 29, 2020 10095-2120-2 "BPI" album United States Tool 10,000 Days Platinum 2 2021 2006 "RIAA" 1,736,000 http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-4-2010-mileys-tricky-transition.html Week Ending July 4, 2010: Miley's Tricky Transition Yahoo! Music July 7, 2010 April 17, 2021 Grein, Paul dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121008054524/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-4-2010-mileys-tricky-transition.html October 8, 2012 true References External links 1576 10,000 Days ecfd0a01-57c8-3949-990a-1a950942e0e0 10,000 Days United States Rock music Music Category:2006 albums Category:Tool (band) albums Category:Volcano Entertainment albums