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Harry Hood 
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 Posted: September 26 2006 at 19:25 |
Amputecture, while not the best album in terms of quality, shows a band trying new things and moving in an exciting new direction.
10,000 Days just feels like more of the same.
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enteredwinter
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 22:00 |
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Nice job making a tough poll. IMO tough polls are generally much more interesting than easy ones, even if the results tend to be too indecisively close. In this case, Amputechture seems to be winning, and it got my vote.
The Tool album is good, but a little uneven. I like it a lot, but Amputechture is more consistently impressive.
Nevertheless, if I were to rate both albums, each would get about a 4.5. Very close, but Amputechture wins by a slight margin.
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The Miracle
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 22:47 |
10,000 days, while still a good album is their most boring, while Amputechture is too good for me to describe 
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KoS
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 22:51 |
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10,000 days I cant get into TMV
Edited by king of Siam - September 26 2006 at 22:51
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Bt-Tor
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 22:58 |
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Amputechture is a much more consistent album where 10, 000 Days tends
to lose much momentum and creativity after The Pot. Although I really
like Tool I find they have a tendency to include a lot uninspired
meanderings towards the end of their albums. Of course the Mars Volta
are guilty of this as well, especially on Frances the Mute, but I find
that with Amputechture their influences are congealing into something
solid and unique. In my opinion Amputechture is an excellent album
where 10, 000 Days is simply good.
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CryoftheCarrots
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 23:12 |
Has to be 10000 Days coz the family will let me play that one on the hifi !!!!!!!!!
Amputecture gets relegated to "turn that down or put the headphones on!"
Like em both but.
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"There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about"
MJK
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Taril
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 09:15 |
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10,000 Days.
I dont like Mars Volta.
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Bright Ambassadors of Morning
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Meddler
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 09:23 |
 GoldenSpiral wrote:
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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Amputechture is the end of an era. Don't worry. Amp for me. 
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Phil
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 09:40 |
Cheesecakemouse wrote:
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 |
Absolutely agree with you there. TMV have got more confident, and (a bit) less discordant. I simply can't stop playing the album. 10,000 days is still a fine work, but Amputechture could become a classic.
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blbx93
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 14:05 |
Amputechture!
Still doesn't compare to Lateralus Anema or Deloused though.
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cuncuna
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 14:09 |
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Amputhecture, since it takes 27,397260273972602... years to listen 10.000 days.
Edited by cuncuna - September 27 2006 at 14:09
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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Philéas
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 14:11 |
I haven't heard 10,000 Days, but Amputechture's cover is better (mind
you, I haven't experienced the supposedly mindblowing packaging of
10,000 Days either, just seen the cover image).  
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Visitor13
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 17:35 |
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Another one for Amputechture.
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the icon of sin
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 18:19 |
Almost every post here includes loving one and hating/indifferent to the other.
It's evidently one of those "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" things.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 08:59 |
king of Siam wrote:
10,000 days I cant get into TMV
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Same here.
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TheProgtologist
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 09:01 |
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Currently Amputechture wins by a narrow margin for me ... it's better than the previous TMV albums.
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Phil
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 09:07 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Philéas wrote:
I haven't heard 10,000 Days, but Amputechture's cover is better (mind
you, I haven't experienced the supposedly mindblowing packaging of
10,000 Days either, just seen the cover image). 
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Weird reason to base your opinion on,especially if you haven't seen the packaging for 10,000 Days,which gets my vote for best packaging of 2006.
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The packaging of 10,000 days is great, even though I could do without the politically correct warning about looking through the silly glasses. Unfortunately it's hampered by the size of a CD - would have been something special on a 12" vinyl (sorry showing my age here). I like the TMV cover too, sort of Grant Wood meets Andy Warhol!! But for artwork, its got to be the Tool album.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 09:16 |
I'm sure they'll release the album on vinyl too eventually. 
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Erpland316
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Posted: September 28 2006 at 11:07 |
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They are both great albums. I will have to say Amputechture...right now anyway. The 10,000 Days artwork and packaging is probably the best/most creative I have seen in a long time!
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