- Artist
- Tool
- Album
- Fear Inoculum
Early reviews. Based on 7 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clash | 9/10 | 90 | “About a month ago Tool uploaded their music onto streaming services for the first time – simultaneously creating an Instagram account and actually” |
| Louder Than War | 9/10 | 90 | “9/10 for first album for 13 years for post genre genius band who dark and powerful visions touch the mind and the soul.” |
| Spill Magazine | 8.6/10 | 86 | “Tool Fear Inoculum Sony Music 13 years ago, Barack Obama had yet to be elected as the President of The United States, Twitter had only just launched, and the first…” |
| Distorted Sound | 8/10 | 80 | “Tool have finally returned after a long 13 year wait. Find out what we thought of Fear Inoculum in” |
| Spectrum Culture | 70/100 | 70 | “This 3LP deluxe vinyl box set offers the perfect opportunity to re-appreciate Fear Inoculum if it's been a minute since you've listened to it, or to lose yourself in it…” |
| Slant | 3/5 | 60 | “If nothing else, the band deserves credit for releasing an album as challenging and incrementally rewarding as this.” |
| Pitchfork | 5.4/10 | 54 | “The prog metal band’s fifth album is exactly what you’d expect from a project over a decade in the making: a more mature, sometimes exciting collection that feels both overworked…” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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