Undertow

Rating

Album: Undertow
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intolerance	More Info...
2)	Prison Sex	More Info...
3)	Sober	More Info...
4)	Bottom	More Info...
5)	Crawl Away	More Info...
6)	Swamp Song	More Info...
7)	Undertow	More Info...
8)	4	More Info...
9)	Flood	More Info...
10)	Disgustipated	More Info...
2)	Prison Sex	More Info...	0:05
3)	Sober	More Info...	0:05
4)	Bottom	More Info...	0:07
5)	Crawl Away	More Info...	0:05
6)	Swamp Song	More Info...	0:05
7)	Undertow	More Info...	0:05
8)	40	More Info...	0:06
9)	Flood	More Info...	0:07
10)	Disgustipated	More Info...	0:15

Album: Undertow
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intolerance	More Info...
2)	Prison Sex	More Info...
3)	Sober	More Info...
4)	Bottom	More Info...
5)	Crawl Away	More Info...
6)	Swamp Song	More Info...
7)	Undertow	More Info...
8)	4	More Info...
9)	Flood	More Info...
10)	Disgustipated	More Info...
2)	Prison Sex	More Info...	0:05
3)	Sober	More Info...	0:05
4)	Bottom	More Info...	0:07
5)	Crawl Away	More Info...	0:05
6)	Swamp Song	More Info...	0:05
7)	Undertow	More Info...	0:05
8)	40	More Info...	0:06
9)	Flood	More Info...	0:07
10)	Disgustipated	More Info...	0:15

Performer Notes

Tool: Danny Carey, Paul D'Amour, Maynard James, Adam Jones.
Additional personnel: Henry Rollins (vocals).
Recorded at Grand Master Studios, Hollywood, California.
UNDERTOW is an example of nimble heavy metal in the angtsy/artsy tradition of Jane's Addiction. Tool favors medium tempos, which gives several of the group's songs a modern-day Black Sabbath feel, but fortunately lead singer Maynard James mostly steers clear of the usual quasi-operatic yowling favored by most metal frontmen--he's a remarkably expressive singer in a genre not usually so noted. As for the band's world-view, it's pretty much summed up in the unsentimentally named "Prison Sex": "Do unto others, what has been done to you."

Professional Reviews

Spin (10/03, p.107) - "...One of the least likely MTV smashes of the grunge era, and one of the most enduring..."

Entertainment Weekly (5/28/93, p.66) - "...What puts this L.A. band a notch above the rest are better songs and the hints of vulnerability in singer Maynard James Keenan's voice..." - Rating: A-

Entertainment Weekly (12/31/93, p.116) - Ranked #10 in Entertainment Weekly's list of `The Best & Worst Records Of 1993' - "...[a] gristle-free slab of clenched-teeth metal...."

Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "Raw, scathing and often deeply troubled, UNDERTOW is the sound of the tormented human soul..."