10,000 Days
Studio album by Tool
Released	May 2, 2006
Recorded	August - December 2005 at O'Henry Studios in Burbank, California, The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	75:50
Label	Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: U.S.
Producer	Tool
Professional reviews
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Tool chronology
Lateralus (2001) 10,000 Days (2006)

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Singles

On March 27, 2006 Billboard.com posted an article about 10,000 Days,^[1] which mentioned that "Vicarious" would be the album's first single. "Vicarious" was officially released to radio on April 17, and entered the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #2. A music video for the song was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.^[2] is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... Look up vicarious in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The second single from the album is "The Pot", which peaked at #5 on the Modern Rock chart. It was the band's first #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A video for "The Pot" was scheduled to shoot over the 2006 holiday season.^[3] "Jambi" was the third radio single and received airtime on both Modern^[4] and Mainstream Rock^[5] formats. The Pot is the second single from American band Tools latest album 10,000 Days. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Jambi (disambiguation). ...

Recording

The album was recorded at O'Henry Studios in Burbank, California as well as at The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in Hollywood, California. It was mixed at Bay 7 in North Hollywood and mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine. The May 2006 issue of Guitar World (released April 11, 2006) featured an interview with guitarist Adam Jones discussing the new album. Jones explained that recording techniques for the album involved the use of a "pipe bomb microphone" (a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder), and a talk box guitar solo on the song "Jambi." Drummer Danny Carey triggered many of the sound effects on the album using electronic drums called Mandalas. More information about the "pipe bomb microphone" and the making of 10,000 Days can be found in the MIX Magazine article "The Making of Tool's 10,000 Days", dated July 1, 2006. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Hollywood redirects here. ... Nickname: Motto: Resurgam (Latin for I will rise again) Coordinates: , Country State County Cumberland Settled 1632 Incorporated 1786 Government  - Mayor Nicholas M. Mavodones, Jr Area  - City  52. ... Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adam Thomas Jones (born January 15, 1965 in Park Ridge, Illinois) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, guitarist and visual artist, best known for his work with the band Tool. ... A talk box is a musical instrument effects device that allows a musician to modify the sound of a musical instrument. ... Guitar solos are a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. ... Daniel Edwin Danny Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.) is the drummer for the progressive rock band Tool. ... Electronic drumming involves the playing of percussive instruments in which the sound is generated electronically, rather than acoustically. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Artwork

The CD packaging for 10,000 Days consists of a thick cardboard-bound booklet partly covered by a flap holding a pair of stereoscopic eyeglasses, which can be used to view a series of images inside (including, for the first time since Undertow, an individual portrait of each band member). Viewed with the glasses, the artwork produces an illusion of depth and three-dimensionality. Alex Grey, who created a majority of the album art for Lateralus and its accompanying video "Parabola", reprised his role for 10,000 Days. The CD face itself is decorated with stylized eyes, arranged in a seemingly logarithmic spiral towards the center (adapted from a previous Alex Grey painting, Collective Vision). As with Tool's other albums, the lyrics are not printed within the artwork; vocalist Maynard James Keenan has instead released lyrics for previous Tool albums online following their respective releases; however, it is unknown if this trend will continue. As of January 2008, the official lyrics of only six of the songs have been released: "Jambi", "Rosetta Stoned", "The Pot", "Wings for Marie (Part 1)", "10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)", and "Vicarious".^[6] CD redirects here. ... Stereo card image modified for crossed eye viewing. ... The note from Tool that accompanied censored versions. ... Stereo image anaglyphed for red (left eye) and cyan (right eye) filters. ... Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. ... Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan on April 17, 1964) is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. ... January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ... For other uses, see Jambi (disambiguation). ... The Pot is the second single from American band Tools latest album 10,000 Days. ... Vicarious is the first official single off of Tools 2006 full-length album 10,000 Days. ...

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Internet leak

On April 14, 2006, a 30-second clip from "Vicarious" aired on Pittsburgh radio station "105.9 The X". Subsequently, the entire song was leaked in WAV format when a private FTP server (used to distribute the song to radio stations) was left open without password protection for a few minutes.^[8] The entire album was later leaked to the Internet, despite heavy security and strict conditions regarding media previews. Exactly how the album came to be leaked is unknown. Some rumors had led fans to believe that the band leaked it as an attack on their record company,^[9] yet statements from Keenan in interviews expressing his distaste for internet leaks seem to contradict this.^{[citation needed]} is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pittsburgh redirects here. ... WXDX-FM (The X at 105. ... WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs. ... This article is about the File Transfer Protocol standardised by the IETF. For other file transfer protocols, see File transfer protocol (disambiguation). ...

Critical reception

On average, 10,000 Days received generally favorable critical reception, albeit with less enthusiasm than previous Tool albums. Most critics praised the album as another example of Tool's musicianship.^[10] Critics who gave 10,000 Days a relatively low score questioned the merits of its ambient interludes, which Tool have also used on their previous releases. In addition, the song "Vicarious" was nominated for the "Best Hard Rock Performance" Grammy. Rolling Stone magazine named it the 38th Best Album of 2006.^[11] The album (as aforementioned) also received a Grammy in 2006 for Best Recording Package. In 2008, 10,000 Days garnered another Grammy nod when "The Pot" was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance". This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

Track listing

1. "Vicarious" – 7:06
2. "Jambi" – 7:28
3. "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" – 6:11
4. "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" – 11:13
5. "The Pot" – 6:21
6. "Lipan Conjuring" – 1:11
7. "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" – 3:46
8. "Rosetta Stoned" – 11:11
9. "Intension" – 7:21
10. "Right In Two" – 8:55
11. "Viginti Tres" – 5:02

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Track interpretations

• Jambi is an Indonesian province in Sumatra, which was once part of the powerful Melayu Kingdom. Legends state that it was ruled by a rich sultan who lived an opulent lifestyle; this legend may be the one referred to in the song's lyrics.^[12]
• Marie is the middle name of Keenan's deceased mother, Judith Marie Garrison. As Keenan explains in his commentary on A Perfect Circle's aMOTION DVD, she suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. The length of time between the paralysis and her death was 27 years, or approximately 10,000 days.^[13] Prior to her death, during their 2002 tour, the band debuted an instrumental portion of "Wings for Marie"; the finished song contains lyrics referring to a funeral service and the song ends with the sound of a casket closing. Both songs, "Wings for Marie" and "10,000 Days", were written for his mother.
• In a Guitar World interview, Jones confirmed that the title of "The Pot" was a reference to an idiomatic term for hypocrisy (i.e., the "pot calling the kettle black").
• The Lipan are an Apachean people, also known as the "tall grass people".
• On April 7, 2006, the official Tool website specifically mentioned Albert Hofmann, the "father" of LSD, and stated that he first synthesized the drug on that date in 1938. Past communiques from the same source used the words "blame Hofmann" as a catch phrase, and report that "Lost Keys" was the working title for "Wings for Marie/10,000 Days".^[12]
• 'Rosetta Stoned' is a play on the Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian tablet that formed the basis of modern hieroglyphic translation.
• 'Intension' is commonly defined as 'intensification'; however, it may also mean "a strenuous exertion of the mind or will". In logic, it means "the sum of all possible attributes in a term". In the study of evolution, it can refer to the process of interbreeding. In language, words lose all meaning unless 'intension' of some sort is applied.
• 'Viginti tres' means 'twenty-three' in Latin.

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Personnel

• Maynard James Keenan - Vocals
• Adam Jones - Art direction, guitar, sitar
• Justin Chancellor - Bass guitar
• Danny Carey - Drums, tabla, percussion

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Additional personnel

• Joe Barresi - Engineering and mixing (credited as "Evil Joe Barresi")^[14]
• Alex Grey - Illustrations
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Lustmord - Weather effects on "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)"
• Bill McConnell - Vocals on "Lipan Conjuring"
• Camella Grace - Voice of Nurse on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"^[15]

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Charting

10,000 Days entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number one, selling 564,000 copies in its first week. In Australia, 10,000 Days debuted at #1, selling 39,278 in its first week. In the UK, the album debuted at #4, the highest chart position they have ever managed in that country. It was certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA on June 9, 2006. As of April 2007, 10,000 Days has sold 2.75 million copies worldwide. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 1,522,157 copies in the US.^[16] The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. ... RIAA redirects here. ... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 2007 is the fourth month of the year. ... is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Album

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Singles

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