![]() This disc design would go on to win guitarist Adam Jones the 2007 Grammy for Best Recording Package, and through delving into their catalogue later on, I would learn just how much Tool value the form and function of their physical releases. It's a creative tenet that clearly did not weaken all those years between 10,000 Days and Fear Inoculum. Upon the latter album's initial release in 2019, three different variants of its CD edition arrived packaged in a brochure-style digipak that came with a rechargeable four-inch HD screen (with internal two-watt speaker) playing exclusive video "Recusant Ad Infinitum," a 36-page booklet and download card - the kind of trifold you might be handed by someone asking, "Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Maynard James Keenan?" An "expanded book edition" of the CD package soon followed, doing away with the rechargeable screen in favour of five exclusive 3D lenticular graphic cards, an expanded 56-page booklet with additional art, and a download of the "Recusant Ad Infinitum" visuals. ![]() Until the arrival of Fear Inoculum's 5LP package this month, the band's apparent avoidance of the vinyl record format has left analog-minded Tool lovers in the lurch. Original pressings of '90s outings like Undertow and Ænima have come to command hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the secondary market. ![]() The lone official vinyl issue of 2001's Lateralus was pressed as a picture disc, a record format known to prioritize visual appeal over audio fidelity.
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