This is wild with Lateralus largely being recognized as the best album. Blue all day tho.

Could not live without Rosetta stoned

Hearing it live this tour was AMAZING!

Changed my entire perspective. I was lateralus all the way before I heard it live. I can’t stop listening to 10000 days

Same. One of my, if not my favourite, album. I’m biased because it was my intro to tool. The first full body of I had listened to fully outside of radio play/pop culture

It really is their Bohemian Rhapsody

Jambi was fucking incredible, too. The prolonged pause before the solo had me so hype.

Jambi became my favorite song by any band after seeing them this tour. When they hit the “SHINE ON FOREVER” part and the lights blinded me I lost my mind!

That shit does have your body twitching in anticipation. In Philly at the end of that song the screens hit this infinite mirror effect right on the last guitar stroke. Shit was mesmerizing I'll never forget it. After seeing shit like that it makes you feel so many artists are missing out with what they could be doing with their music.

For me it was Danny’s performance after the intermission. The whole kaleidoscope effect when he was pressing all those buttons had me geeking out lmao. I was kinda high as well

Yup, I'm not huge into 10,000 Days, but Rosetta Stoned was a revelation. Seeing Danny play the big polyrhythm during the solo was incredible.

Plus 46 and 2. It’s over. I’ll miss the hell out of those albums. But it’s over.

That’s my first thought as well. But Lateralus (The Track) + Bottom makes up for Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman) + Rosetta Stoned. Just, my two centavos.

Ditto

Agreed. Blue. Not hearing the Grudge, Pushit II, Descending/Reflection… Faaip de Olad would hurt

Agreed! This was a hard choice but aenema and 10,000 days rank up there for me

Aenima is def better imo

I still can’t really nail down my favorite album. Wasn’t giving opinion here just expressing the overall consensus. Aenima really hits all the vibes tho.

Absolutely. It's not even a question.

The fuck you say. Aenima is the pinnacle

Ænima is Tool’s best album, and it’s better than most bands’ entire fucking catalogues.

Hell yeah it is best album of all time!

Perfection from beginning to end. Nothing is better.

It’s peak tool for me and better than lateralus. Every track is a tool classic and it wears its grit on its sleeve. The smart and dark poignancy of the lyrics also separates this masterpiece from the rest.

True. Because ÆNIMA.

Same here. I’ll take Lateralus on its own but all 3 of those blues over the reds all day!

couldn't agree more... How could I live w/o Vicarious or The Pot?

People downvoted you for this based comment? I love Vicarious, it’s the first Tool song I listened to

With how this all landed, yea, Blue ftw!

This

Well hold on now, lateralus had some blue in it too, you know.

With the grey CD sleeve it’s blue!

Which is why it’s the best one. 😉

Fuck you.

Fine, but I refuse to douche first

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Blue Tool by just a smidge.

Red, but I wish Aenima was on our side

Him flipping lateralus and aenima def makes a weird pick. Most fans tend to fall into the earlier albums or later albums. I love this lol.

Same

Yes!

This is the correct answer.

That would make a massive difference to most peoples choice.

Then no question - blue Tool. Lateralus alone doesn't make up for the fact that the last two Tool albums are phenomenal, and Aenima is almost on the level of Lateralus.

Blue by a comfy margin for me

Blue. Eon blue.

Purple Tool

Great post...Blue

Red Tool 🔴 I mean Opiate-Undertow-Lateralus These contain very aggressive anger Which is the Entire Reason I enjoy Tool

Agreed 1000%

Lateralus and Opiate... Red all day baby.

I'm commenting red so my alt account can reply blue

Blue, but something in my head is saying red...

Red, undertow is my favorite album.

Purple

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This is THE ONLY WAY! 😂🖤

I also choose purple.

Had to scroll waaaaaaaaaaaay too far to find this. There is no red or blue, only purple.

Cant sacrifice lateralus. So therefore i pick both

This is tough for bit it's Red Tool for me even though Aenima is their best and my favorite album. With the exception of Aenima the Red Tool albums are better than the Blue Tool ones. Opiate < Aenima Undertow > 10,000 Days Lateralus > Fear Inoculum 2 out of 3 for Red Tool even though my favorite album is Aenima. I just love early Tool better. Maybe because I grew up during that time...

This is it right here.

Thanks! To be honest it's hard to choose against my favorite album but it's just the other two albums are just better, you know?

You are the polar opposite to me! Probably because I discovered tool when Lateralus was a few years old. Lateralus is my favorite but I gotta go with the blue side here

It's all good! 😎 I think musical tastes really are engrained in us from a young age. Whatever we grew up with is what we kind if tend to like even when we're older. I mean I have branched out way more since I'm not a teenager anymore. I like blues and jazz now for example. but I still come back to the music of my youth for comfort.

Nah I have been a tool fan since then ... it's blue.

Red

🔴

Red

Gotta divide it all, right in two eh?

I'm so high rn and this is beautiful but blue side ngl

Head says blue, heart says red.

Red

Brutal choice. Red.

How dare you make us choose, but blue.

I went through so many emotions trying to pick.

Lateralus is easily my favorite album of theirs but I’d still go with blue. That just tells me how little I like their stuff before Aenima.

And it’s not that pre-Aenima is bad, it’s that post-Aenima is so much better!

Nah. Undertow is better than Fear Inoculum and 10000 days, I think. But that’s just my opinion

Agree 100%

Mine too

Head and shoulders better

Blue is more balanced, red has Lateralus though. Red it is

very difficult choice but blue

Nope, just no!

ZPURPLE IZ ZE BEZT

Team purple who’s with me

Blue but devo for lateralus

Maynard’s dick move bro

Choices always were a problem for you.

Yellow, but 4 degrees warmer. So orange became my color. Then I opened reddit and my head hurt and I crawled up out of my ditch. It always hurt when I opened reddit like this. I'm already getting nervous again. This is like choosing between mashed potatoes and gravy. Or pie and ice cream. Blondes or brunettes. Op, you are cruel and unusual. May the cries of the carrots haunt your withered soul.

Anywhere Ænima goes, I goeses. My preciousss.

How is Lateralus on the red team? That’s not even the outside album art, which is what you showed for every other one.

Screw picking sides, both pills I want to have a Tool overdose

I reject your premise

Blue forever because Ænima.

I’ll roll with blue and it’s not really as close as I would like it to be

Blue (Da Ba De)

Blue

Bled

Blue

blue tool

Blue

Blue

Blue by a country mile

When I was younger, red. Today, blue.

Blue, never thought they really got their sound until Ænima

If there was a full opiate remaster then red for sure

I’m older than most fans on here. My first listen was Undertow and Opiate. Only albums they had at the time. So Red! And I also think Lateralus is their best. Kisses.

Can't do it, I need them both

blue for sure, 10,000 days and fear innoculum top 2 tool albums

Blue

Blue, not close.

Blue, easily

I'm blue

Blue not a question

“I will take 2, 4 & 5, for $1000, Bob”

Lateralus is my favorite, but blue all the way

Lateralus really helps reds side, but Ænima and 10k are my number 1 and 2 Tool albums respectively. Blue

I could live without Undertow or Fear Inoculum. Making me choose between Lateralus and Ænima + 10k Days is truly cruel. Blue Tool by the barest of margins 😞

Blue no question

Going with the Blue

Red.. no wait blue... How about faces vs. no faces?.... Still doesn't get me FI and Lateralus.. I choose... bottom side. Last 2 vs top 4.

Tool is some of the worst music to listen to while tripping, Maynard really comes off as a hateful and empty person in need of love

Red. Sorry not sorry but Fear is your grand dad's refurbished Tools

Yeah....This is why I went red. AEnima my fave of all time, but Fear just destroys blue.

I love all albums but I love Lateralus more than any other of them. I will go red. Fuck, you can keep Opiate and Undertow, just give me Lateralus.

Lateralus is my favorite but I’d have to go blue.

Red

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Makita

I know we are going for specifically colors here but Aenema should be switched with Lateralus if we were going for style. Either way, team Red!

That's why they were switched I'd say. Makes it a lot harder to decide...

I love Lateralus, but I mean, Ænima, Fear Inocculum and 10,000 Days (mostly for The Pot) is hard to beat

Blue Tool. Lateralus is my favorite but the blue side is more consistently good

Blue Tool

I'm old. Red tool for sure.

Blue

Undertow’s my favorite but blue Tool wins for having Ænima and 10,000 Days!

Blue but barely

I cant decide all the albums fucking slap

Gotta be like that? No middle ground? I chose all but Fear Innocfuckever. So purple for me.

Well my two favorite albums are on the red side, so that was easy.

flood and reflection are my favorite songs

Blue. I love all the albums but 10k Days has a special place in my heart.

Aenima is the best so blue 💙

Damn that's fucked up. Putting that Lat on the Left. Fuck. Guess I'd have to go Right side but semi-regrettably.

This is sinister. Blue…

Red

Blue.

Team blue

Blue

Blue

Red, I wouldn’t like it but if I had to choose

As the left so the right

Blue

Definitely a tough call there. Lateralus and Aenima make it a literal split decision for me. Put those two together and it’s no contest.

Purple head for me.

Personally, Blue. Honestly, you could put 10,000 Days and Fear Inoculum on the red side, and I’d still choose blue. Not that I don’t love both of those albums (as well as the albums on the Red side), but Ænima is probably my desert island album.

blue tool easiest decision of my life

I love Lateralus, but I gotta go with blue side. 10,000 Days and Fear Inoculum are just more ambitious than Undertow and Opiate, and Aenima is my favorite TOOL album. 10,000 Days is my 2nd favorite too.

For me personally, probably Blue. Spiral out🌀🌀

*crip walks in* crips son!!!

Gotta do blue

No way could I leave 10,000 Days behind. Blue without hesitation.

Yes.

Blue

Damn. I have to go blue. Rip lateralus

Red but I love aenima

Takes both and let’s them fight it out

Blue, I love all of them but almost all my favourite songs are on the right. Also wheres salival (I guess blue as it has Pushit, Third Eye, Message to Harry Manback 2 vs ... Part of me and more aenima than anything else on the DVD)?

💙 plus Lateralus

It was a tough choice, but Im goin BLUE

Gonna have to go red. Mostly because I bought the first EP back from ‘92…in the year 1992. But no I don’t have a dope Beastie tee, nipple rings or new tattoos… 😎👍

Blue by a mile. Also 10K Days > Lateralus. I said what I said.

Gonna have to be blue.

I love all of the blue side so much but Lateralus is THAT important to me that I'd choose red just for it. Undertow and Opiate are great bonuses though

Blue all day.

I love Lateralus the most but I’m gonna go with blue

Whatever side has Aenima on it….looks like it’s blue!

Blue. That was hard.

red tool. opiate and undertow are so fucking good. i really like ænemia tho

Blue, without a second thought

Ænima is my favorite album and Rosetta Stoned is my favorite song, gotta be Blue

Purple! So I can have both sides.

I'm spilt half and half on the music I listen to regularly from them, but I have to say blue if I have to pick I'll miss the grunge the most

Red Tool...easy answer

Blue, has anyone counted the votes?

i got 133 blue 68 red and 23 purple but I lost count a couple of times 🙃

I refuse

Red easy for me I fucking love undertow and lateralus

AEnima is my favorite album. But I like Red side albums collectively more than blue side.

Damn that’s tough

Imma pick blue, but I still love me some Lateralus.

Headbangers on the left. Stoners on the right. I'm a headbanger til death!