10,000 Days Tracklist
Released five years after Tool’s critically acclaimed 2001 album, Lateralus, 10,000 Days debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The title refers to Saturn’s orbital period, although, the actual time frame is 10,759 days—or, roughly 27 years. According to vocalist Maynard James Keenan:
That’s the time in your twenty eighth, twenty ninth year when you are presented the opportunity to transform from whatever your hang-ups were before to let the light of knowledge and experience lighten your load, so to speak, and let go of old patterns and embrace a new life.
–via Loudwire
The album contains three singles: “Vicarious,” “The Pot,” and “Jambi.”
“10,000 Days” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
Danny Carey:
We had lots ideas from all the jams and crazy things that went on for Lateralus, so we had a few good starting points to go from. We went into it thinking, ‘This is gonna be way easier for us than the last one,’ but in a lot of ways it wasn’t. We had all become bigger assholes, and everyone’s idiosyncrasies had become even more grinding on each other. But we were smarter and we knew that those are just our personalities, and at the same time we became more aware of how to give each other space and let them explore and do their own thing – not that it makes you any happier about it when it goes down.
—via Loudwire
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What have the artists said about the album?
Maynard James Keenan:
You can tell which tracks on the album I was away for. They’re the ones that kind of meander off and go crazy and there are all these complicated turnarounds and loops. It requires some sort of form of psilocybin to enjoy – which is great. I love going away and coming back and having something that I get to enjoy because I wasn’t there in the kitchen helping cook it. I can just enjoy it on the table and go, ‘Oh, this is fun. This is tasty.‘ And I can add my spice to it and take it to some other level or take it in a different direction lyrically or structurally.
I was kind of hoping the album would bring back some of the energy we expressed on our early records. It was very difficult to get a groove going on some of 10,000 Days because everything was so complex and choppy and like running up an uneven set of stairs with a blindfold and a wooden leg. I wanted to do some of that because I really enjoy the challenge of a puzzle, and putting lyrics to those complex pieces. But I was also looking forward to doing something that would be like running down a set of stairs with my eyes closed and know that I’m gonna land on my feet.
—via Loudwire
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What have the artists said about the album?
Danny Carey:
Having another plaque [On June 2, 2006, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA] is nice I guess, but the real thrill of the record comes from the fact that we were true to these musical, magical moments that sometimes happen when the four of us get into a room together, it’s unexplainable. I don’t know how that vibe happens, but it’s Tool and there’s nothing else that will ever be Tool. And that’s something I’ll always be proud of.
—via Loudwire
