10,000 Days vs. Amputechture

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   Which album do you think is better from these leading modern prog giants?

10,000 Days OR Amputechture

Poll Question: Which album of 2006 do you like better?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Tool - 10,000 Days	30	[35.71%]
The Mars Volta - Amputechture	54	[64.29%]
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SirPsycho388 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2005 Status: Offline Points: 697	Topic: 10,000 Days vs. Amputechture Posted: September 26 2006 at 12:39
	Which album do you think is better from these leading modern prog giants? 10,000 Days OR Amputechture
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Padraic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169	Posted: September 26 2006 at 13:21
	I need to give Amputechture some more listens, but it didn't blow me away with the first impression. For now the vote has to go to 10,000 days.

CaincelaOreinim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 395	Posted: September 26 2006 at 13:35
	Volta by 10,000 miles (ah-hr hr).

Bern Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Québec Status: Offline Points: 11746	Posted: September 26 2006 at 13:38
	Amputechture out of these two. I was never a big fan of the Volta but I find this album excellent
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Hatters Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 06 2006 Status: Offline Points: 466	Posted: September 26 2006 at 13:42
	10,00 Days


Open-Mind Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 21 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1800	Posted: September 26 2006 at 13:49
	10,000 Days for me too
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GoldenSpiral Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839	Posted: September 26 2006 at 14:19
	These are two albums I've been struggling with this year. They're both good and I like them, but the more I listen, the more each album sounds like an indication that the bands are simply becoming complacent with their sound. Obviously both TMV and Tool are capable of great things, but on 10KD and Amputecture, it seems to me that each has made 'just another album by ______". I wish they would explore their capabilities further rather than just make more albums that sound like their old ones.
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CaincelaOreinim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 395	Posted: September 26 2006 at 14:49
	Compared to Tool...I feel Volta definitely upped their sound in terms of scope: dynamics in the compositions, atonal jazz sections, sax interplay and counterpoint, vocal registers show tons of range and interesting effects, varied and symmetrical songs (4 lackadaisical or ballady/psychedelic/raga-esque tracks, 2 epics; Tetragrammaton probably being the best song I think they've written, 2 jam based songs with better latin grooves)...whereas Tool have put together an album of Lateralus b-sides with some new attempts at a guitar solo, post-rock vibes, and interesting electronics here and there that pretty much amount to the only saving grace...which isn't much. Again, Volta.

Inferno Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 30 2004 Status: Offline Points: 152	Posted: September 26 2006 at 15:19
	Volta....I took what...5 years to do a normal album for Tool when Mars Volta did 3 studio album and a live album during that time and they are already on the forth album... Mars Volta all the way! Three album, Three different mind setting, Three very good album. Hope the forth will be like that too. something different with the TMV sound...but without Jon Theodore...I just can'T tell!

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	Can't deside.... Head.... Bursting......!
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the icon of sin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 29 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 588	Posted: September 26 2006 at 15:34
	Nice poll. I wasn't as impressed with Tool's latest as I was the TMV's. I've only had "Amputechture" a week and have listened to it over twice as much as i've listened to "10,000 Days". Not that the latter is bad, I just consider it Tool's 3rd best album. The poll was still pretty close though, what edged it is that Tool take too damn long to write stuff.

Benjamin_Breeg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 05 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 229	Posted: September 26 2006 at 16:06
	10,000 Days to tell the truth i don't really like The Mars Volta


moreitsythanyou Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:01
	Mars Volta by a lot 10,000 days fails to impress me while Amputechure clicked instantly
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Kleynan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 28 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 720	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:01
	WOW! This has to be one of the most difficult posts, I have ever encountered. I'm really into both of these albums at this moment, but if I'd have to choose, it would be Amputechture. Mainly because "10.000 days" has those filler-tracks that I skip. (And YES: I know about the synchronization).
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Ty1020 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 24 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 721	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:03
	I really liked 10,000 days when I first got it but Amputechture is one of my favourite albums. It wins very easily.


chamberry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 24 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 9008	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:05
	I like 10,000 days, but if I compare it to Amputechture then it isn't as good as I though it was. So Amputechture wins in my book.


Raff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:05
	"Amputechture" by a mile. I found "10,000 Days" somewhat samey, and in any case not as good as "Lateralus".

SomethingGood Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 31 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 165	Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:13
	Amputechture all the way. ive been a massive mars volta fan for a while, and despite my high expectations, i wasn't the slightest bit dissapointed. brilliant album. I'm still not completely into tool. I bought lateralus, in an attempt to "get" what everybody is raving about, and yeah, when i listen to it loud enough i do enjoy it... but there's nothing that really jumps out and grabs you. the same goes with 10,000 Days. About half way through the album i find myself getting bored and switch to a different artist. On the contrary, just hearing one song on Amputechture makes me want to listen to the entire album.
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Cheesecakemouse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 05 2006 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 1751	Posted: September 26 2006 at 18:34
	Amputechture for me; first listen couldn't stand it, second listen couldn't get enough of it. I rekon TMV have come of age on this album, they've slowed down a little bit, and given their work a more grounded diverse feel to it, in other words less punki and more prog. Definately their best work and hands down one of the best works so far in the milennium


NotSoKoolAid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 507	Posted: September 26 2006 at 19:10
	Amputechture because Tool sucks! Oh and Mars Volta is pretty entertaining (far more then Tool), although I'm not sure if I will enjoy them at all anymore due to the drummer leaving.