Tool's NEW ALBUM Fear Inoculum - August 30th, 2019

Nice confetti.

 

Did you guys noticed that the digital content not included the full album? Just the main 7 songs, I'm assuming the tracklist at 2:10 minute is the digital content, or am I wrong?

 

There are Utilities that will let you transcode between formats, but FLAC files are not natively supported in iTunes.

 

I’m seriously regretting not pre-ordering now. I could care less about the screen, but that artwork is sick.

So much for being satisfied with a High-Res download.

 

That is beyond sick.

 

Near to completely false. It's usually a single image of the album cover.
Which it was for the recently released Tool albums.
I've got the occasional full booklet but it's occasional enough that I can't recall.
I'm usually buying things I already own on CD, so I don't take a lot of notice.

 

....woo-wee, this thread eh??
I’m wayyyyy late on the pre-order deal and I’m still beyond stoked new Tool music comes out next Friday. Tool marathon started tonight and will repeat leading up to this time next week.

 

I find PDF booklets are pretty rare. ECM records usually include one with newer releases. The only really major recent release I got a PDF booklet with was the Zappa In New York 5 cd release a while back. Other than that I can't think of one off the top of my head.

 

I don’t know how the standard got set that every digital download didn’t come with at least a PDF of a booklet of some kind.

 

I can understand not having it for artists that only release their music via download or streaming, but I couldn’t agree more that everyone else should include a PDF booklet of sorts. It’s almost dereliction that record companies don’t include it since they have files that they used to print all the artwork, booklets, posters, stickers, and any other ephemera for the physical releases.

 

Limited Edition unboxing video...

 

I'm assuming that's the tracklist from a rip of the CD.

--Geoff

 

Very difficult to not watch that unboxing vid right now..still haven't heard the single...virgin eyes & ears with this one.

This...week...is....going....to....be.....excruciating!

 

No kidding, I wouldn’t let that guy anywhere near my collection or my guitars. Hands of a child.

 

Really? Not just hands but body and mind and voice as well. That's Adam Jones' kid

 

Might they be operating under the logical (but perhaps <100% accurate) assumption that the download market is relatively uninterested in what originally were the trappings of the physical media being replaced by downloads?

 

Unboxing vid has been removed . . . I downloaded an HQ copy for myself as I don't plan on buying it, as great as it looks.
I'm going to get a HQ download and make my own 2 CD-R version

 

Hilarious how the unboxing videos were removed due to copyright claims.
Since when is opening a product you own and showing it to people protected under copyright?
Sometimes the internet is so lame!

 

If you want you can report the thread and have a request to change it to just discussion about the music, moderators will appropriately moderate a thread that has such specific rules in it. Then someone else can start a thread for shipping updates and format discussion.

I had to tune out of this thread a week ago and am now just scrolling through it looking for interesting posts. Sadly I missed the unboxing video before it was taken down, but I have two copies preordered just in case.

 

I watched the video with the sound off . I had no idea who was opening the box. I thought it was some collector person online. Haha, that’s funny.

 

I didn’t watch the entire video but skipped around to look.

Interesting that lyrics were included; I thought those were a longtime Tool no-no.

The art overall looked interesting and nice.

I couldn't much tell what the screen was supposed to be doing, but I assume that would translate much better in-person anyway.

 

“Too long? Tool-long.” Lol

The Persistent Complexity of Tool — The Atlantic

 

I admit, I would enjoy the poetic irony of this thread being rid (by its masters) of “unnecessary” posts about the Fear Incompletum CD being rid (by its masters) of “unnecessary” tracks. It has an intriguing 1984-ish whiff about it (FI has always had 7 tracks...).

 

I'm not referring to the segues being left off of the CD, that is legitimately annoying. What I'm referring to is the posts on ALAC vs AIFF, iTunes, Qobuz, HDTracks, etc all these things can be answered elsewhere on this forum or a simple Google search and these are general questions and not specific for this album.

And there are threads for big releases/reissues on this forum for things like shipping updates and format discussion, pricing, etc to streamline discussion for people that are interested in discussing the sound quality or music.

 

Gotcha