Tool<\/strong>. Four albums. (A fifth is supposedly in the works).\u00a0 “Undertow” and “\u00c6nima”\u00a0<\/i>are both incredible albums. I still remember someone playing “\u00c6nima” for me for the first time in high school when it came out. It changed me.<\/p>\n But when “Lateralus” came out, it wasn’t the same. There’s some good songs, but it doesn’t move me as a collection of work. There’s some weird stuff on the album, too. “Eon Blue Apocalypse”, “Mantra”, “Ticks & Leeches” and “Triad” just don’t jive for me.<\/p>\n
Same applies to “10,000 Days”. There’s a few great songs on this album, but overall it doesn’t mesh for me as a whole album.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, their next album will be great again, though it’s tough to say at this point.<\/p>\n
So, I don’t think I have a favorite band right now. I know that’s sort of anti-climactic after over a thousand words of me rambling. But it’s true. I have bands and artists that I really love and enjoy most of what they put out. But I don’t have that one that really stands out.<\/p>\n
If \u2014 gun to head \u2014 I’m forced to choose, though, I’d pick Dream Theater. After 14 studio albums, I guess I can forgive one blemish and pretend it doesn’t exist. They’re in the studio now working on another album, so hopefully they’ll make up for it.<\/p>\n
What about\u00a0you?<\/strong> What’s your favorite song, album and band\/artist? Leave a comment and let’s discuss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I don’t know why, but I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Not necessarily\u00a0what my favorite song, album or band is, but what criteria go into making a decision like that. This may sound a little Rob Gordon of me, but here goes my definition of what qualifies as each. Favorite Song This can\u00a0\u2014 and often does \u2014 change frequently. For most people. You find that new “jam” and listen to it 80,000 times a week until it wears out. You play it until you know the lyrics by heart, can hear the melodies in your head even when <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Favorite Song to Favorite Album to Favorite Band\/Artist - MikeJandreau<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n