10,000 Days
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| Studio album by Tool | |||||
| Released | May 2, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | August - December 2005 at O'Henry Studios in Burbank, California, The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California | ||||
| Genre | Progressive metal | ||||
| Length | 75:50 | ||||
| Label | Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: U.S. | ||||
| Producer | Tool | ||||
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10,000 Days is the Grammy Award-winning fourth full-length studio album by Tool. It was released on April 28, 2006 in parts of Europe, April 29 in Australia, May 1 in the United Kingdom, and May 2 in North America.
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[edit] Singles
On March 27, 2006 Billboard.com posted an article about 10,000 Days,[1] which mentioned that "Vicarious" would be the album's first single. "Vicarious" was officially released to radio on April 17, and entered the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #2. A music video for the song was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.[2]
The second single from the album is "The Pot", which peaked at #5 on the Modern Rock chart. It was the band's first #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A video for "The Pot" was scheduled to shoot over the 2006 holiday season.[3] "Jambi" was the third radio single and received airtime on both Modern[4] and Mainstream Rock[5] formats.
[edit] Recording
The album was recorded at O'Henry Studios in Burbank, California as well as at The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California. It was mixed at Bay 7 in North Hollywood and mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine. The May 2006 issue of Guitar World (released April 11, 2006) featured an interview with guitarist Adam Jones discussing the new album. Jones explained that recording techniques for the album involved the use of a "pipe bomb microphone" (a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder), and a talk box guitar solo on the song "Jambi." Drummer Danny Carey triggered many of the sound effects on the album using electronic drums called Mandalas. More information about the "pipe bomb microphone" and the making of 10,000 Days can be found in the MIX Magazine article "The Making of Tool's 10,000 Days", dated July 1, 2006.
[edit] Artwork
The CD 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 (including, for the first time since Undertow, an individual portrait of each band member). 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 towards the center (adapted from a previous Alex Grey painting, Collective Vision). As with Tool's other albums, the lyrics are not printed within the artwork; vocalist Maynard James Keenan has instead released lyrics for previous Tool albums online following their respective releases; however, it is unknown if this trend will continue. As of January 2008, the official lyrics of only six of the songs have been released: "Jambi", "Rosetta Stoned", "The Pot", "Wings for Marie (Part 1)", "10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)", and "Vicarious".[6]
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."[7]
On February 11, 2007, Adam Jones, art director and guitarist for the band, received the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for his work on the 10,000 Days packaging.
[edit] Internet leak
On April 14, 2006, a 30-second clip from "Vicarious" aired on Pittsburgh radio station "105.9 The X". Subsequently, the entire song was leaked in WAV format when a private FTP server (used to distribute the song to radio stations) was left open without password protection for a few minutes.[8] The entire album was later leaked to the Internet, despite heavy security and strict conditions regarding media previews. Exactly how the album came to be leaked is unknown. Some rumors had led fans to believe that the band leaked it to spite their record company,[9] yet statements from Keenan in interviews expressing his distaste for internet leaks seem to contradict this.[citation needed]
[edit] Critical reception
On average, 10,000 Days received generally favorable critical reception, albeit with less enthusiasm than previous Tool albums. Most critics praised the album as another example of Tool's musicianship.[10] 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. In addition, the song "Vicarious" was nominated for the "Best Hard Rock Performance" Grammy. Rolling Stone magazine named it the 38th Best Album of 2006.[11] The album (as aforementioned) also received a Grammy in 2006 for Best Recording Package. In 2008, 10,000 Days garnered another Grammy nod when "The Pot" was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance".
[edit] Track listing
- "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
[edit] Track interpretations
- Jambi is an Indonesian province in Sumatra, which was once part of the powerful Melayu Kingdom. Legends state that it was ruled by a rich sultan who lived an opulent lifestyle; this legend may be the one referred to in the song's lyrics.[12]
- Marie is the middle name of Keenan's deceased mother, Judith Marie Garrison. As Keenan explains in his commentary on A Perfect Circle's aMOTION DVD, she suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. The length of time between the paralysis and her death was 27 years, or approximately 10,000 days.[13] Prior to her death, during their 2002 tour, the band debuted an instrumental portion of "Wings for Marie"; the finished song contains lyrics referring to a funeral service and the song ends with the sound of a casket closing. Both songs, "Wings for Marie" and "10,000 Days", were written for his mother.
- In a Guitar World interview, Jones confirmed that the title of "The Pot" was a reference to an idiomatic term for hypocrisy (i.e., the "pot calling the kettle black").
- The Lipan are an Apachean people, also known as the "tall grass people".
- On April 7, 2006, the official Tool website specifically mentioned Albert Hofmann, the "father" of LSD, and stated that he first synthesized the drug on that date in 1938. Past communiques from the same source used the words "blame Hofmann" as a catch phrase, and report that "Lost Keys" was the working title for "Wings for Marie/10,000 Days".[12]
- 'Rosetta Stoned' is a play on the Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian tablet that formed the basis of modern hieroglyphic translation.
- 'Intension' is commonly defined as 'intensification'; however, it may also mean "a strenuous exertion of the mind or will". In logic, it means "the sum of all possible attributes in a term". In the study of evolution, it can refer to the process of interbreeding. In language, words lose all meaning unless 'intension' of some sort is applied.
- 'Viginti tres' means 'twenty-three' in Latin.
[edit] Personnel
- Maynard James Keenan - Vocals
- Adam Jones - Art direction, guitar, sitar
- Justin Chancellor - Bass guitar
- Danny Carey - Drums, tabla, percussion
[edit] Additional personnel
- Joe Barresi - Engineering and mixing (credited as "Evil Joe Barresi")[14]
- Alex Grey - Illustrations
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering
- Lustmord - Weather effects on "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)"
- Bill McConnell - Vocals on "Lipan Conjuring"
- Camella Grace - Voice of Nurse on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"[15]
[edit] Charting
10,000 Days entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number one, selling 564,000 copies in its first week. In Australia, 10,000 Days debuted at #1, selling 39,278 in its first week. In the UK, the album debuted at #4, the highest chart position they have ever managed in that country. It was certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA on June 9, 2006. As of April 2007, 10,000 Days has sold 2.75 million copies worldwide. As of July 28, 2007, the album has sold 1,526,003 copies in the US.[16]
[edit] Album
| Country | Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| World | United World Chart | 1 |
| U.S. | Billboard 200 | 1 |
| Canada | Canadian Albums Chart | 1 |
| Australia | Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand | RIANZ Albums Chart | 1 |
| Austria | Austria Top 40 Longplay Charts | 1 |
| Denmark | Album Chart | 2 |
| Finland | Top 40 Album Chart | 2 |
| France | French Albums Chart | 2 |
| Germany | Media Control Charts | 2 |
| Ireland | IRMA | 6 |
| Israel | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | |
| Norway | VG/GGF | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 23 | |
| Portugal | Top Albums Chart | 6 |
| United Kingdom | UK Albums Chart | 4 |
| Sweden | Grammofonleverantörernas förening (Best selling albums) | 2 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 2006 | "Vicarious" | Billboard Hot 100 | #55 |
| 2006 | "Vicarious" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | #2 |
| 2006 | "Vicarious" | Modern Rock Tracks | #2 |
| 2006 | "The Pot" | Billboard Hot 100 | #94 |
| 2006 | "The Pot" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | #1 |
| 2006 | "The Pot" | Modern Rock Tracks | #5 |
| 2007 | "Jambi" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | #7 |
| 2007 | "Jambi" | Modern Rock Tracks | #23 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Jonathan Cohen". "Tool Feeling 'Vicarious' On New Album". Billboard. Retrieved on 2006-04-28.
- ^ Tool News, 18 October, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
- ^ Tool finds "Pot" of Gold with Latest Single. The Rock Radio online (2006-11-29). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
- ^ Modern Rock - Available for Airplay. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Mainstream Rock - Available for Airplay. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ lyrics to "10,000 days"
- ^ "Blair Mackenzie Blake". Puzzle?. Billboard. Retrieved on 2006-05-10.
- ^ "Kabir Akhtar". "Vicarious Leaked. "Toolshed". Retrieved on 2006-04-28.
- ^ "Jessa Kay". "Tool's New Album 10,000 Days Leaked to Internet.". "BlogCritics.org". Retrieved on 2006-04-30.>
- ^ AllMusicGuide review by Rob Theakston
- ^ The Top 50 albums of 2006. Rolling Stone (2006-12-29). Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
- ^ a b "Blair MacKenzie Blake". Tool Newsletter, July 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
- ^ Online Obituary for Judith Marie Garrison, MemorialObituaries.com
- ^ "Joe Barresi", McDonough Management.
- ^ "Butcher Biography", Butcher website.
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (28/07/2007)
| Preceded by IV by Godsmack |
Billboard 200 number-one album May 20 - May 26, 2006 |
Succeeded by Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Preceded by Back to Bedlam by James Blunt |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 8, 2006 |
Succeeded by Reach Out: The Motown Record by Human Nature |
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