- alternative metal, alternative rock, progressive metal, heavy alternative
- 69 min
- 9 tracks
- Volcano Records
Undertow is the debut studio album by the American rock band Tool, released on April 6, 1993, by Zoo Entertainment. Produced by the band and Sylvia Massy and recorded at Grand Master Studios in Hollywood, the album includes some tracks omitted from the band's debut EP Opiate and is their only album to feature original bassist Paul D'Amour.
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Grave, character-led, earnest and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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- Dotdash4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- NME7/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Select2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Intolerance4:55
- 2Prison Sex4:56
- 3Sober5:07
- 4Bottom7:14
- 5Crawl Away5:30
- 6Swamp Song5:32
- 7Undertow5:22
- 84°6:03
- 9Flood / Disgustipated24:35
9 tracks, 69 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tool
- Label
- Volcano Records
- Released
- 1993
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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