Ænima
Tool's second album, and the first with Justin Chancellor.
Ænima is Tool's second studio album, released on CD on September 17, 1996 and on vinyl on October 1, 1996 through Zoo and Volcano Entertainment. The band produced it with David Bottrill at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood and The Hook in North Hollywood, and it is the first Tool album with bassist Justin Chancellor, who had replaced Paul D'Amour the year before.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Tool
- Released
- 17 September 1996
- Studio
- Ocean Way (Hollywood, California); The Hook (North Hollywood, California)
- Genre
- Alternative metal; progressive metal
- Length
- 77:18
- Label
- Zoo; Volcano
- Producer
- Tool; David Bottrill
Lore & Background
The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2 with first-week sales of 148,000 and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in 2003. "Ænema" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Kerrang! ranked Ænima the sixth most influential album of all time in 2003, and Rolling Stone placed it at No. 18 among the greatest metal albums in 2017. The title joins 'anima', the Latin for soul that Carl Jung used as a term, with 'enema'.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stinkfist | Keenan, Jones, Carey, Paul D'Amour | 5:11 |
| 2 | Eulogy | Keenan, Jones, Carey, D'Amour | 8:28 |
| 3 | H. | Keenan, Jones, Carey, D'Amour | 6:07 |
| 4 | Useful Idiot | 0:38 | |
| 5 | Forty Six & 2 | 6:04 | |
| 6 | Message to Harry Manback | 1:53 | |
| 7 | Hooker with a Penis | 4:33 | |
| 8 | Intermission | 0:56 | |
| 9 | Jimmy | 5:24 | |
| 10 | Die Eier von Satan | 2:17 | |
| 11 | Pushit | Keenan, Jones, Carey, D'Amour | 9:55 |
| 12 | Cesaro Summability | 1:26 | |
| 13 | Ænema | 6:39 | |
| 14 | (-) Ions | 4:00 | |
| 15 | Third Eye | 13:47 | |
| Total length | 77:18 | ||
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