So dont be fooled…make sure if you buy a copy and want it to be an original check out everything about the LP. These are going for outrageous prices on ebay right now (over 100 bucks and counting), but can be picked up from other places online like MusicStack and I found one on. Both bootlegs have the BMG/ZOO logo on the back side of the outer cover. I forget with the label and inner sleeves look like. The other bootleg is pressed on yellow vinyl. One of the bootlegs has no picture inner sleeves and has black labels with a white rectangular marking…this copy is on black vinyl. The original copy will have picture inner sleeves with a blueish guy, pics of the band, the third eye, and Bill Hicks the comedian with a doctor on them.Īlso the labels on the actual discs have designs on them with very little writing and are grey in color. There are bootleg copies floating around that are not original, yet they are so new that people are thinking they are getting the real deal. If you do decide to spring some cheese for a Aenima LP, make sure it is legit. Just a heads up to you tool fans out there. For an sealed / unopened copy, I cannot even hazard a guess as to a price. Current prices for an average, opened vinyl range between $90 – $200 depending on different variables. As for the vinyl release, there were approximately 15,000 released in 1996 with no reprints. Each song may mean something unique to you, me & the next person. With the addition of Justin Chancellor on bass, who replaced Paul D’Amour, & thought-provoking subject matter, the album takes the listener on a journey – to what or where, that is not for me to say. Ænima is not an album that is absorbed after one single listen – this is an album that allows even the most rabid fan to hear something new with virtually ever listen. Each song denotes a certain comment on not only the macro-scale, society at large, but also on the micro-scale, an individual’s perception of their place in whatever reality they inhabit. Many Tool fans consider this album to the creative-pinnacle or the essential Tool-release for even the most haphazard of music fanatics. Opening with Stinkfist, a song that many consider to be a Tool-staple & closing with the mammoth Third Eye, also considered to be a staple, this album is as relevant today as it was in the mid-1990’s. Tool aenima, 3, 306, “undertow”Īlbum Notes: Bridging the gap between experimental-alternative, metal & progressive ideas of what an album “can be”, Ænima was released in 1996 to much anticipation from fans, critics & other artists.
“Third Eye” (Tool/Hicks) – 13:47 listen (help “Stinkfist” (Keenan/Jones/Carey/D’Amour) – 5:11Ģ. Recorded at: Ocean Way Studios + The Hook Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA – 1995/1996ġ. Label: BMG Music / Zoo Entertainment / Volcano Entertainment It’s not a picture disc, and the front cover has none of the holographic qualities of the original CD version. The artwork for this album is nothing special. Although I was a big fan of this album when it was first released I wasn’t into vinyl collecting at the time, so I don’t own a copy.
I am not all that keen on paying $200 + on ebay to get one. What can I say about this album on vinyl? Well I wish I owned a copy, that’s for sure.