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Undertow

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Undertow

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Play Intolerance full track 4:53 125,912
2 Play Prison Sex 4:56 159,399
3 Play Sober full track 5:06 206,039
4 Play Bottom full track 7:14 115,201
5 Play Crawl Away full track 5:30 115,978
6 Play Swamp Song full track 5:32 117,328
7 Play Undertow full track 5:22 126,067
8 7:04 45,213
9 Play Flood full track 7:46 99,473
10 Play Disgustipated full track 15:47 68,881

About this album

© Volcano (1996) Released: 17 Sep 1996 10 tracks (69:10)
Undertow is Tool’s first full-length album, released in 1993. At the time, was at the height of its popularity, and was slowly beginning to gather mainstream attention. Undertow helped remain prominence as a mainstream musical style, and allowed several later bands to break through to the mainstream. Allmusic sees the album’s success in the “striking, haunting visuals that complemented the album’s nihilistic yet wistful mood” — it was eventually certified double platinum by the RIAA on May 14, 2001.

The album was recorded between October and December 1992 at Grand Master Studios, Hollywood, California, by Sylvia Massy. It includes songs that the band decided to not release on their previous EP, Opiate.

Album art
The album art was designed by Adam Jones. Photos in the liner notes of a nude obese woman, a nude thin man, and the band members with pins in the sides of their heads generated controversy, resulting in the album being removed from stores such as KMart and Wal-Mart. The band reacted by releasing another version, which depicted a giant bar code on a white background. This version of the album included a note from the band .

When the original cover is held up to a light, the obese woman inside is seen encircled by the ribcage.

The message on the photographs of the band members reads “Trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me I just want to start this over say you won’t go this is love I’ll make weapons out of my imperfections lay back and let me show you another way only
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