Opiate
Tool's 1992 EP, named after Marx's line on religion.
Opiate is an EP by Tool, released in 1992 after the band had played together for two years since forming in 1990, and a year before their first album, Undertow. Sylvia Massy and Steve Hansgen produced and engineered it, and the title comes from Karl Marx's remark that religion is the opiate of the masses.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Tool
- Released
- 10 March 1992
- Recorded
- December 1991 – January 1992
- Studio
- Sound City (Van Nuys, California)
- Venue
- Jellö Loft (Hollywood, California)
- Genre
- Alternative metal
- Length
- 26:52
- Label
- Zoo Entertainment
Lore & Background
The EP holds seven songs on six tracks, two of them live recordings. Every version except the cassette hides a seventh song, "The Gaping Lotus Experience", which on CD begins about six minutes and ten seconds into the closing track, "Opiate". The RIAA certified it platinum, and it reached several international charts when Tool put its catalogue on streaming services in August 2019.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweat | 3:46 |
| 2 | Hush | 2:48 |
| 3 | Part of Me | 3:17 |
| 4 | Cold and Ugly (live) | 4:09 |
| 5 | Jerk-Off (live) | 4:24 |
| 6 | Opiate (the song ends at 5:20. The hidden song "The Gaping Lotus Experience" starts at 6:10, after 50 seconds of silence.) | 8:28 |
| Total length | 26:52 | |
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