My dislike for the album seems to grow with each listen which is the opposite effect that Lateralus had on me.

My main gripe with the album is the fillers. I don't see how Indian chanting fits in with the album and all of the fillers are boring. I know a lot of tool fans don't refer to these as fillers because somehow they find meaning in them which in some strange way fits in with the album as a whole. I think that is true in regards to Aenima and Lateralus but not in 10,000 days.

And songs like 'the pot' are just riddled with uninspired wannabe cryptic lyrics. I have mixed emotions when i hear that song. I laugh because it's so bad, but i feel sad that they released that rubbish on us. Maynards vocals have deterriorated substantially and he no longer has that amazing ability to draw you into a song. 10,000 days is background music at best. Surely we could have expected more than that.

I agree that the title track is good, but it could have been better. It's good but not 'Tool good'.

I'm sure they can do better than this crap, and i hope they release something else which will restore my faith. I can't stand the album.