Tool’s new album Fear Inoculum finally arrives on August 30 via RCA. The band has confirmed the tracklisting for both the physical and digital release. The physical edition of the album will include seven songs, while the digial edition will contain 10 cuts, including the closer “7empest”, which is almost 20 minutes long. As previously reported, the “Fear Inoculum” title track recently became the longest song to ever land in the Billboard Hot 100. The TOOL cut, which entered the chart at No. 93, has a running time of 10 minutes 21 seconds, 24 seconds longer than the previous record-holder, David Bowie’s “Blackstar”. Check out our review of the title track. Hopefully, more details will be revealed soon!
In other news, four of TOOL’s studio albums entered Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart after their arrival on digital services (both for purchase and streaming), led by 1996’s “Ænima”, which debuts at No. 1 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music. TOOL’s 2001 album “Lateralus” follows (No. 2, 27,000 units), with “10,000 Days” re-entering the tally at No. 4 (24,000 units) and 1993’s “Undertow” rounding out the top five at No. 5 (23,000).
Fear Inoculum track listing:
Physical edition
01. Fear Inoculum
02. Pneuma
03. Invincible
04. Descending
05. Culling Voices
06. Chocolate Chip Trip
07. 7empest
Digital edition
01. Fear Inoculum
02. Pneuma
03. Litanie Contre La Peur
04. Invincible
05. Legion Inoculant
06. Descending
07. Culling Voices
08. Chocolate Chip Trip
09. 7empest
10. Mockingbeat
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