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* [[Ocean Way Recording|Ocean Way]] (Hollywood)
* The Hook (North Hollywood)
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* [[Alternative metal]]<ref name="lw genre">{{cite web|title=THE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES|url=http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/|website=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140152/http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[progressive metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tools-aenima-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bands-watershed-second-album|title=Tool's 'Aenima': 10 Things You Didn't Know About Band's Watershed Second Album|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|date=September 17, 2018|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065854/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tools-aenima-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bands-watershed-second-album|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[Zoo Entertainment (record label)|Zoo]]
* [[Volcano Entertainment|Volcano]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tool-mn0000790820/discography|title=Tool Album Discography: AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| producer = David Bottrill
| prev_title = [[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[Salival]]
| next_year = 2000
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'''''Ænima''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|n|ɪ|m|ə}} {{respell|AH|ni|mə}})<ref>[http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html The Tool FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715035726/http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html |date=July 15, 2013 }}, G2.</ref> is the second studio album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. It was released in vinyl format on September 17, 1996, and in compact disc format on October 1, 1996,<ref name="toolshed.down.net">{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old96b.html|title=Tool News|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602030016/http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old96b.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/tales/aenimainfo.html|title=Tool News: AENIMA INFO|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203442/http://toolshed.down.net/news/tales/aenimainfo.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html|title=The Tool FAQ|website=toolshed.down.net|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715035726/http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> through [[Zoo Entertainment (record label)|Zoo]] and [[Volcano Entertainment]]. The album was recorded and cut at [[Ocean Way Recording]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and The Hook in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]] in 1996.<ref name="Allmusic Review"/> It is the first album by Tool to feature bassist [[Justin Chancellor]], who replaced original bassist [[Paul D'Amour]] the year prior. The album was produced by David Bottrill.
The album debuted at No. 2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart upon its initial release, selling 148,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|title=Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79641/tools-lateralus-leads-five-top-10-debuts|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029073403/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=876414|url-status=live}}</ref> It was certified [[Music recording sales certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] on March 4, 2003.<ref name="Theiner">{{Cite web | last =Theiner | first =Manny | title =Concert Review: Tool's prog pleases populace | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date =September 28, 2006 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06271/725443-42.stm | quote =...from its triple-platinum 1996 release, "Ænima." | access-date =May 14, 2007 | archive-date =September 3, 2021 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210903183258/https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06271/725443-42.stm | url-status =live }}</ref> The album appeared on lists of the best albums of 1996 in ''[[Kerrang!]]''<ref name="Kerrang! End of Year Lists">{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |title=Kerrang! End of Year Lists |access-date=July 27, 2007 |work=Kerrang! |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> and ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''.<ref name="Terrorizer End of Year Lists">{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm |title=Terrorizer End of Year Lists |access-date=July 27, 2007 |work=Terrorizer |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515000604/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The track "Ænema" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] in 1998. In 2003, ''Ænima'' was ranked the sixth most influential album of all time by ''Kerrang!''<ref name="rocklistmusic.co.uk">{{cite web|url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#50%20Most%20Influential|title = The Kerrang! 50 Most Influential Albums Of All Time|access-date = February 21, 2011|archive-date = May 26, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#50%20Most%20Influential|url-status = usurped}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' listed the album at No. 18 on its list of The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/tool-nima-1996-w487131|title=The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921171117/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/tool-nima-1996-w487131|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Background==
''Ænima'' is Tool's first studio album with former [[Peach (band)|Peach]] bassist [[Justin Chancellor]].
The title ''Ænima'' is a combination of the words '[[wikt:anima|anima]]' (Latin for 'soul' and associated with the ideas of "life force", and a [[Anima and animus|term]] often used by [[psychologist]] [[Carl Jung]]) and '[[enema]]', the medical procedure involving the injection of fluids into the [[rectum]].<ref>Radio interview which can be downloaded from the band's website.</ref>
Promotional singles were issued, in order of release, for "[[Stinkfist]]", "[[H. (song)|H.]]", "[[Ænema]]" and "[[Forty Six & 2|Forty-Six & 2]]" with just the first and third receiving music videos.<ref>The Tool FAQ, G25.</ref>
Several of the songs are short [[segue]]s or interludes that connect to longer songs,<ref name="RGM" /> pushing the total duration of the CD towards the maximum of around 80 minutes. These segues are "Useful Idiot", "Message to Harry Manback", "Intermission", "Die Eier von Satan", "Cesaro Summability", and "(-) Ions".
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The liner notes included references to [[dissociative]] [[anesthesia]] through [[ketamine]] as well as [[Timothy Leary]], "futants", [[ritual magic]], and [[religious fundamentalism]]. The band dedicated the album to comedian [[Bill Hicks]], who they felt was going in the same direction as them, and said this album was partly inspired by him.<ref name="nu-metal">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=grWO5XKtbCoC | title = Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk | author = Joel McIver | publisher = Omnibus | year = 2002 | pages = 137 | access-date = January 27, 2008 | isbn = 0-7119-9209-6 | archive-date = May 2, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502194913/http://books.google.com/books?id=grWO5XKtbCoC | url-status = live }}</ref> The inside cover displays art featuring a painting of a disabled patient that shows a resemblance to singer [[Maynard James Keenan]] and Bill Hicks depicted as a doctor or "healer" with the line, "Another Dead Hero".
Bassist [[Paul D'Amour]] worked on "H.", as he is credited as a co-songwriter on [[ASCAP]]'s website.<ref name= "Songwriting Credits for H.">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/h./performer/tool|title=Songwriting Credits for H.|website=ACE Repertory|access-date=October 4, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206145055/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/h./performer/tool|url-status=live}}</ref>
Speculation has surrounded the song "H." The "meaning" of this song has seldom been detailed by the band, as they do not regularly comment on such matters. However, on several occasions, specifically on November 23, 1996, during a show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Keenan did grant some insight into the meaning of the song. Speaking to the audience, he said, "Any of you ever seen those old [[Looney Tunes|Warner Bros. cartoons]]? Sometimes there's that one where the guy is trying to make a decision, and he's got an [[shoulder angel|angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other]]. Seems pretty obvious, right? The angel is trying to give him good advice while the devil is trying to get him to do what's bad for him. It's not always that simple, though. A lot of times they're not really angels or devils, but friends giving you advice, looking out for your best interest but not really understanding what's going to be best for you. So it kind of comes down to you. You have to make the decision yourself. This song is called 'H.'" The song was discussed live during a few other shows around this time, one example being on February 23, 1997, when Keenan introduced this song by referring to the shoulder angel and devil, and also said it is about a hurtful yet dependent relationship.<ref>The Tool FAQ, G31.</ref> In an interview Keenan gave in December 1996, he commented, "My son's name is Devo H. That's all I'll say." It is also of note that the song's working title was "[[Is the glass half empty or half full?|Half Empty]]", as it was introduced during a mini-tour of California by the band in December 1995.
The track "Useful Idiot" features the sound of the needle skipping at the end of a gramophone record growing louder as the track progresses. The track was set at the end of side 1 of the vinyl versions of ''Ænima'' as a joke to fool those who owned the version. The song (on vinyl) not only ends in a [[locked groove]], which requires manual lifting of the needle to end playback, but also continues on the run-in groove of side 2.
"Message to Harry Manback" features calming piano music and the background noises of seagulls while a profanity-laden message from an answering machine plays. The person who left the message was a visiting Italian friend of [[Green Jellÿ]] member Gary Helsinger. Helsinger and Keenan were roommates at the time of the incident and Helsinger had earlier ejected the guest from the apartment for eating most of their food and running up an excessive phone bill. The name "Harry Manback" is a reference to a comedy routine by Bill Hicks. A follow-up message from the same guest became "Message to Harry Manback II", found on ''[[Salival]]'' which features strings instead of piano.
"[[Hooker with a Penis]]" refers to a fan who accused the band of [[selling out]] after their first EP.<ref name="Circus">{{cite journal | url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_1997--Circus.html | date=August 1997 | title=Never Wanted To Be Rock Stars But They Are | journal=Circus | access-date=June 25, 2006 | first=Edward | volume=8 | last=Fruchtman | archive-date=June 18, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044538/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_1997--Circus.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E7D71538F936A35752C1A960958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/R/Recordings%20(Audio) | title = Mad at Everybody, Including Themselves | author = Jon Pareles | work = The New York Times | date = November 5, 1996 | access-date = January 27, 2008 | archive-date = February 21, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210221061725/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/05/arts/mad-at-everybody-including-themselves.html | url-status = live }}</ref> "OGT" is taken to stand for "Original Gangster Tool".<ref>The Tool FAQ, G43.</ref> Keenan whispers in the left channel throughout the song. At 1:41, "consume, be fruitful, and multiply" may be alluding to [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], which contains the phrase "be fruitful and multiply" six times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/brush_excerpts/brush_20030226.shtml |title=Be Fruitful and Multiply |author=Macrone, Michael |work=Brush Up Your Bible |date=September 1993 |access-date=March 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070414041701/http://www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/brush_excerpts/brush_20030226.shtml |archive-date=April 14, 2007}}</ref> During [[Lollapalooza]] 1997, a version of "Hooker with a Penis" remixed by [[Billy Howerdel]] in the form of [[lounge music]] played over the [[public address]] system between sets.<ref>The Tool FAQ, D7.</ref>
During 1996 concerts, Keenan told audiences that the song "Jimmy" is the sequel to "[[Prison Sex (song)|Prison Sex]]", and how it is about getting through the abuse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/tour/fall96/9611112.html|title=A Review of the Fall 1996 Tour|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203749/http://toolshed.down.net/tour/fall96/9611112.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is preceded by "Intermission", a short organ adaptation of the opening riff of "Jimmy".
The fourth, and most controversial segue is the [[Neue Deutsche Härte|NDH]] [[spoken word]] track "Die Eier von Satan". It is introduced by a distorted bassline giving way to a heavy [[Industrial music|industrial]] guitar, starting at the :23 mark and lasting only ten seconds, playing a single chord in [[Drop C tuning]] over a reversed drum beat in {{music|time|9|8}} meter. The lyrics are performed in German by Marko Fox, bass player for [[ZAUM]] and SexTapes. He is backed by a sound that resembles a [[hydraulic press]],<ref name="Collegian"/> and crowd cheering and applause that increase in volume as the lyrics are read with increasing ferocity, with the greatest emphasis on the line "Und Keine Eier" ("And no eggs") which is repeated like a [[catchphrase]]. These combined effects make the song sound like a militant<ref name="Columbian">{{cite news | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-16769525.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052138/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-16769525.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 23, 2012 | title = Tool: A Trip to Rock's Darker Side | newspaper = [[The Columbian]] | date = August 20, 1998 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | format = fee required | quote = ..."Die Eier Von Satan, or "The Egg of Satan," which sounds like A militant German speech.}}</ref> German rant<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-810126.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052218/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-810126.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 23, 2012 | title = Tool Could Use Some Retooling | author = Mark Jenkins | newspaper=The Washington Post | date = November 29, 1996 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | format = fee required | quote = ...a German rant on "Die Eier von Satan," ...}}</ref> or [[Nazi]] rally.<ref name="ADN">{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AS&p_theme=as&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F81CCFD331A6968&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | title = Tool of the devil or tuneful psychonauts? | newspaper = [[Anchorage Daily News]] | date = September 27, 2002 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | format = fee required | quote = ''Die Eier von Satan'' from 1996's ''Aenima'' sounds like a Nazi pep rally But is really a megaphone recitation of a cookie recipe in German... | archive-date = October 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017012711/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AS&p_theme=as&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F81CCFD331A6968&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | url-status = live }}</ref> While the tone is aggressive, the speaker is merely reciting a recipe for a [[Russian tea cake|Mexican wedding cookie]].<ref name="RGM" /><ref name="ADN" /> The song was originally translated by Gudrun Fox. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, the maintainer of Tool's official website, "Die Eier von Satan" originally were cookies that "Marko Fox's grandmother used to bake for him as a child, without using eggs as an ingredient. The substitution for eggs is a magical [[incantation]] from the worm-eaten pages of some moldering [[grimoire]]."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2005_09.php | title = Tool Newsletter, September, 2005 e.v. | author = Blair MacKenzie Blake | publisher = [[Tool (band)|Tool]] | access-date = May 21, 2007 | archive-date = April 2, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070402014228/http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2005_09.php | url-status = live }}</ref> This magical incantation ("sim salabim bamba sala do saladim") is taken from the German children's song "[[:de:Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck|Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck]]" and popularized by [[Harry August Jansen]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ingeb.org/Lieder/aufeinem.html | title = Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß | author = Frank Petersohn | publisher = ingeb.org | access-date = May 21, 2007 | language = de | archive-date = April 2, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070402115508/http://ingeb.org/Lieder/aufeinem.html | url-status = live }}</ref> According to the lyrics, the special ingredient besides this "incantation" is "a knife-tip of Turkish [[hashish]]". The title is a play on [[deviled egg]]s, translating to "The eggs of Satan" in English<ref name="Columbian" /> or "The [[testicles|balls]] of Satan", due to a German [[double entendre]] of "Eier". So far the only time it has been performed live in its entirety was on December 19, 1996, at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles. The track has been compared to the work of industrial and experimental artists such as [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Rammstein]] and [[Tom Waits]].<ref name="RGM">{{cite web|url=http://www.mywire.com/pubs/RoughGuidesMusic/1999/10/01/284720?extID=10051|title=Rough Guides Music: TOOL|author=Joyce|first=Craig|date=October 1, 1999|website=MyWire|publisher=[[Rough Guides]], KeepMedia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013184138/http://www.mywire.com/pubs/RoughGuidesMusic/1999/10/01/284720?extID=10051|archive-date=October 13, 2007|access-date=May 21, 2007|quote=...“Die Eier Von Satan” being an interesting attempt at Einstürzende Neubauten-type experimentation, and the lyrics being a recitation in German of a Mexican wedding cookie recipe.}}</ref><ref name="Collegian">{{cite news | url = http://www.collegian.psu.edu:8080/archive/1996_jan-dec/1996_oct/1996-10-25_the_daily_collegian/1996-10-25d05-008.htm | title = Tool's Ænima: More songs about paranoia and death | author = David Andrews | newspaper = [[Daily Collegian]] | date = October 25, 1996 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | quote = ...rhythms of "Die Eier Von Satan," which sounds like a hydraulic press. The song diverges briefly from the usual Tool sound, showing experimentation in an apparent homage to Einstürzende Neubauten, a German prototype to similarly revolutionary music. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-30581564.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052227/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-30581564.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 23, 2012 | title = Aenima: Tool | publisher = What Magazine | date = November 1, 1996 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | format = fee required | quote = "Die Eier Von Satan" and is as hokee lokee as any Tom Waits or Einsterzende Neubaten tip of the ice pick could ever be.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FAD9AA0E01A0658&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | title = Tool hammers 'prog metal' | author = Rick de Yampert | work = [[The Daytona Beach News-Journal]] | date = December 13, 1996 | access-date = January 27, 2008 | format = fee required | quote = "Pushit" is a chilling bad-love song in which we don't know if the narrator is victim... | archive-date = October 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017012726/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FAD9AA0E01A0658&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | url-status = dead }}</ref>
"Pushit" was titled as a single word to emphasize the ambiguity of the pronunciation in regard to the "s" word (push it on me/push shit on me). An alternate version of "Pushit" was performed live, including an [[Aloke Dutta]] [[tabla]] solo, and appears on ''[[Salival]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117467336.html?categoryid=34&cs=1 | title = Tool Review | author = Troy J. Augusto | work = Variety | date = April 2, 1998 | access-date = January 27, 2008 | quote = "Pushit" was slowed and bent into a somber mood piece... | archive-date = January 29, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080129233633/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117467336.html?categoryid=34&cs=1 | url-status = live }}</ref>
The song "Third Eye" contains samples of comedian Bill Hicks.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1428&IssueNum=77 | title = Pix Mix Hicks Licks | author = Don Waller | publisher = [[Los Angeles CityBeat]] | date = November 25, 2004 | access-date = May 21, 2007 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222912/http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1428&IssueNum=77 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 26, 2007}}</ref> The title may be a reference to Hicks' assertions that [[psilocybe mushrooms]] could be used to "squeegee [one's] third eye clean."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_4121 | title = Matthew McConaughey | author = Bart Blasengame | publisher = [[Style.com]] | access-date = May 21, 2007 | pages = 1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081226021229/http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_4121 | archive-date = December 26, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> A goal of the album as a whole was to "open people up in some way and help open their third eye and help them on a path."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/is-anyone-listening/2006/05/03/1146335806864.html | title = Is anyone listening? | work = The Age | ___location = Australia | pages = 1 | date = May 5, 2006 | access-date = January 18, 2008 | archive-date = May 16, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516135706/http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/is-anyone-listening/2006/05/03/1146335806864.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
{{listen|filename=Tool - Ænima - Ænema - sample.ogg|title="Ænema"|description=The chorus, and the lyrics in this clip, of "Ænema" makes reference to the title track from [[Bill Hicks]]'s extended [[Arizona Bay]] album.{{ffdc|1=Tool - Ænima - Ænema - sample.ogg|log=2025 March 7}}|format=[[Ogg]]}}
"Ænema" makes lyrical references to Bill Hicks' set [[Arizona Bay]], in which the [[San Andreas Fault]] collapses, purging the continent of Southern California and the Baja Peninsula which would give Arizona its own oceanfront. This is further illustrated in the lenticular map under the CD tray. The alternate spelling for the song emphasizes the "enema" portion of the combined title also used for the album; in this way, it differentiates the meaning of the song (with California's collapse seen as a 'flushing out' for the country) from the meaning of the album (the "anima" emphasis indicating a spiritual, Jungian focus for the album in its entirety) while retaining the song's placement as the title track, though the differing spelling and pronunciation marks a different approach from other Tool albums that are named directly after songs (''Opiate'', ''Undertow'', ''Lateralus'' and ''Fear Inoculum)'' or sections of songs (''10,000'' ''Days).''<ref name="austinkeenanhicks">{{cite news |url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1997--The_Austin_Chronicle.html|last = Langer |first = Andy |title = Another Dead Hero |work = The Austin Chronicle |date = May 1997 |format = transcription |access-date = May 29, 2007 |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194122/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1997--The_Austin_Chronicle.html |url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name="Zwick 2004"> {{cite web |url = http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961 |last = Zwick |first = John |title = Dead 10 years, Hicks still makes us laugh |work = [[University of Colorado Denver]] Advocate |date = February 25, 2004 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007091109/http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961 |archive-date = October 7, 2007 |access-date =April 9, 2007}}</ref>
Many regional versions stated the track times for tracks 3 and 4 in reverse. This is noted on all pressings from Australia, UK, and Europe.
==Artwork==
The packaging for ''Ænima'' was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package]].<ref>The Tool FAQ, D11.</ref> North American pressings of the album were packaged in a custom [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] [[Optical disc packaging|jewel case]] (called a "Multi-Image CD case" in the liner notes) for the cover and interior disc tray. The cover art and other images in the liner notes can be set behind the lenticular "lens" to create an effect of sequential animation. European pressings of the CD featured a standard case, and the insert contained a catalog of sixteen fictional and humorously titled "other albums available by Tool".
The special images used for the lenticular effect are:
* Cam de Leon's painting ''Smoke Box'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.happypencil.com/illus/illus1.html | title = Smoke Box – digital composite | author = Cam de Leon | publisher = Happy Pencil | access-date = May 21, 2007 | archive-date = May 27, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070527064955/http://www.happypencil.com/illus/illus1.html | url-status = live }}</ref> with animated smoke and encompassing eyes.
* A touched-up version of Cam de Leon's painting ''Ocular Orifice'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.happypencil.com/illus/illus3.html | title = Ocular Orifice – Photoshop | author = Cam de Leon | publisher = Happy Pencil | access-date = May 21, 2007 | archive-date = May 27, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070527072656/http://www.happypencil.com/illus/illus3.html | url-status = live }}</ref> with the pupil of the eye animated to rotate completely around.
* A photo of [[contortion]]ist Alana Cain with her legs wrapped behind her head appearing to be [[Autocunnilingus|performing cunnilingus on herself]].<ref>The Tool FAQ G8</ref> Shown sitting on a couch to the right are Danny Carey (nude) and Justin Chancellor. Adam Jones is squatting next to them while Maynard James Keenan, also nude, gets up to throw a single rose on the ground in front of Cain with his left hand covering his genitals. Another image of the contortionist can be seen on the disc itself.
* An image of California before and after a major earthquake is shown in the tray behind where the disc lies – a reference to the song "[[Ænema]]" and the ''[[Arizona Bay]]'' sketch by [[Bill Hicks]]. The inlay image of the US incorrectly depicts the [[Oklahoma Panhandle]] with [[Cimarron County, Oklahoma|Cimarron County]] being in the state of [[Texas]]. It is unknown whether or not this was intentional.
{{Clear}}
==Release and reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/%C3nima-mw0000074782|title=Ænima – Tool|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Theakston|first=Rob|archive-date=October 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004095437/http://www.allmusic.com/album/%C3nima-mw0000074782|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |___location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=454}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Tool|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = A−<ref name="Wiederhorn">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/10/04/aenima/|title=Aenima|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=October 4, 1996|access-date=April 23, 2012|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|page=62|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120103238/http://www.ew.com/article/1996/10/04/aenima|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/music/article/POP-CDS-Live-Nirvana-Over-the-Brink-2965317.php|title=Tool, Aenima, Zoo|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=September 29, 1996|access-date=February 24, 2018|last=Vaziri|first=Aidin|archive-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224173607/https://www.chron.com/music/article/POP-CDS-Live-Nirvana-Over-the-Brink-2965317.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-06-ca-50938-story.html|title=Hammering It Out With New Tools|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 6, 1996|access-date=February 24, 2018|last=Masuo|first=Sandy|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221061725/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-06-ca-50938-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7Score = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tool/aenima.shtml|title=Tool: Aenima|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=February 24, 2019|last=Wisdom|first=James P.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816040701/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tool/aenima.shtml|archive-date=August 16, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="rsguide">{{cite book|chapter=Tool|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/818 818–19]}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = 5/10<ref name="spin">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1aghtVf0GEC&pg=PA142|title=Tool: Ænima|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=12|issue=9|date=December 1996|access-date=April 19, 2020|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Eddy|pages=142–43|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221061725/https://books.google.com/books?id=X1aghtVf0GEC&pg=PA142|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |title=Tool: Aenima|issue=124 |date=January 1997}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[USA Today]]''
| rev11Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Gundersen">{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/306766696|title=Tool, Aenima|work=[[USA Today]]|date=October 29, 1996|access-date=August 20, 2013|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|author-link=Edna Gundersen|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012145624/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/306766696.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+29%2C+1996&author=Gundersen%2C+Edna%3B+Jones%2C+Steve%3B+Stearns%2C+David+Patrick%3B+Zimmerman%2C+David&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=Sheik%27s+wide%2C+romantic+rock+Other+strong+offerings+from+Johnnys+Paycheck+and+Gill|archive-date=October 12, 2013|id={{ProQuest|306766696}} |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
Upon its release, ''Ænima'' was met with generally favorable reviews by mainstream music critics, citing the band's innovation and ambitions within the album's sound. Jon Wiederhorn of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said that it was "one of 1996's strangest and strongest alt-metal records",<ref name="Wiederhorn"/> while ''[[USA Today]]''{{'}}s [[Edna Gundersen]] wrote that "Tool moves to the front of the alterna-metal shop on its third and best release".<ref name="Gundersen"/> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' writer Sandy Masuo found that the band had successfully incorporated exotic instrumentation and [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] into their "raw, gripping rock" to give it "an even more exhilarating edge".<ref name="latimes"/> [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said that Tool "shove their iron-spike riffing and shock-therapy polemics right up the claustrophobic dead end of so-called alternative metal in the name of a greater metaphysical glory", calling the album "very admirable" and "even a bit impressive".<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/aenima-19961205|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 5, 1996|access-date=April 24, 2014|title=Aenima|last=Fricke|first=David|author-link=David Fricke|archive-date=July 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709002307/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/aenima-19961205|url-status=live}}</ref> In a retrospective review of ''Ænima'', [[AllMusic]] writer Rob Theakston stated that on the album, "Tool explore the [[progressive rock]] territory previously forged by such bands as [[King Crimson]]. However, Tool are conceptually innovative with every minute detail of their art, which sets them apart from most bands".<ref name="Allmusic Review"/>
Among mixed reviews, [[Chuck Eddy]] of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' found that while Jones had progressed as a guitarist, Keenan's vocal range remained limited: "[He] only knows how to get intense by turning ugly; his vocals stretch only toward bullying low notes. In his upper register, instead of soaring, he settles for just mumbling blandly".<ref name="spin"/> [[Greg Kot]], writing in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'', found it inferior to later Tool albums: "With ''Ænima'', the band's ambitions nearly get the best of them. The increasing density of their relentlessly downcast music, augmented by occasional electronic noises, begins to feel ponderous. 'I've been wallowing in my own chaotic insecure delusions,' Maynard James Keenan mutters, and the music indulges him. The claustrophobic production doesn't help."<ref name="rsguide"/> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' dismissed ''Ænima'' as a "dud".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=1996-12-17 |title=Consumer Guide Dec. 17, 1996 |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1196-96.php |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=The Village Voice |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Accolades===
The album appeared on lists of the best albums of 1996 in ''[[Kerrang!]]''<ref name="Kerrang! End of Year Lists"/> and ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''.<ref name="Terrorizer End of Year Lists"/> The track "Ænema" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] in 1998. In 2003, ''Ænima'' was ranked the 6th most influential album of all time by ''Kerrang!''<ref name="rocklistmusic.co.uk"/> In 2006, it placed 14th on a Guitar World readers poll that attempted to find the best 100 guitar albums.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} In 2014, readers of ''[[Rhythm (music magazine)|Rhythm]]'' voted it the third greatest drumming album in the history of progressive rock.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-03/rush-neil-peart-influential-prog-drummer | title= Peart named most influential prog drummer | publisher= TeamRock | date= October 3, 2014 | access-date= August 21, 2015 | archive-date= September 15, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150915121812/http://www.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-03/rush-neil-peart-influential-prog-drummer | url-status= live }}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 77:18
| all_lyrics = [[Maynard James Keenan]]
| all_music = [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], [[Danny Carey]], and [[Justin Chancellor]], unless otherwise noted<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory|title=ACE Repertory|publisher=ACE|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206145055/https://www.ascap.com/repertory|url-status=live}}</ref>
| title1 = [[Stinkfist]]
| music1 = {{flatlist|
* Keenan
* Jones
* Carey
* [[Paul D'Amour]]
}}
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = Eulogy
| music2 = {{flatlist|
* Keenan
* Jones
* Carey
* D'Amour
}}
| length2 = 8:28
| title3 = [[H. (song)|H.]]
| length3 = 6:07
| music3 = {{flatlist|
* Keenan
* Jones
* Carey
* D'Amour
}}
| title4 = Useful Idiot
| length4 = 0:38
| title5 = [[Forty Six & 2]]
| length5 = 6:04
| title6 = Message to Harry Manback
| length6 = 1:53
| title7 = [[Hooker with a Penis]]
| length7 = 4:33
| title8 = Intermission
| length8 = 0:56
| title9 = jimmy<!-- Rendered with a lowercase "j" on the album packaging. -->
| length9 = 5:24
| title10 = Die Eier von Satan
| note10 = [[German language|German]]: "The Eggs of Satan"
| length10 = 2:17
| title11 = Pushit
| music11 = {{flatlist|
* Keenan
* Jones
* Carey
* D'Amour
}}
| length11 = 9:55
| title12 = Cesaro Summability
| length12 = 1:26
| title13 = [[Ænema]]
| length13 = 6:39
| music13 = {{flatlist|
* Keenan
* Jones
* Carey
* D'Amour
}}
| title14 = (-) Ions
| length14 = 4:00
| title15 = Third Eye
| length15 = 13:47
}}
'''Samples'''
* [[Bill Hicks]] – audio sampled on "Third Eye".
==Personnel==
'''Tool'''
* [[
* [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]]
* [[
* [[
'''Additional personnel'''
* David Bottrill – piano and keyboards on "Message to Harry Manback"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/as-tools-aenima-turns-20-years-old-producer-david-bottrill-tells-us-if-it-has-aged-and-much-more-3029390.html |title=As Tool's Ænima turns 20 years old, producer David Bottrill talks to us about aging, rumours and more - Firstpost |date=October 2, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171500/http://www.firstpost.com/living/as-tools-aenima-turns-20-years-old-producer-david-bottrill-tells-us-if-it-has-aged-and-much-more-3029390.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Eban Schletter – organ on "Intermission"
* Marko Fox – vocals on "Die Eier von Satan"
* [[Chris Pitman]] – additional synthesizers on "Third Eye"
'''Production'''
* David Bottrill – producer, engineer, mixing
* Alana Cain – model (contortionist)
* Cam de Leon – artwork, computer illustration
* Fabrico DiSanto – photography, photo assistance
* Gudrun Fox – translation of "Die Eier von Satan"
* Jeremy Glasgow – assistant percussionist
* Concetta Halstead – producer, design
* [[Billy Howerdel]] – guitar tech, '[[Pro Tools]]' technician
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering
* Jeff Novack – photography
* Mark Rappaport – effects consultant
* Keith Willis – artwork, producer, art direction, paintings
==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|6|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|75|id=18657|artist=Tool|album=Ænima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|36|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|53|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|108|M|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_T.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: DJ T – Tzant|work=zobbel.de|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|75|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|22|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|92|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|47|artist=Tool|album=%C6nima|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 10, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 4, 2020}}
|}
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427174051/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 169
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 1997|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414071040/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1997/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1997-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1997|publisher=RIANZ|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210213223/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 72
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820105918/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 180
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|archivedate=September 2, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
|197
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206164800/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-rock-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 72
|}
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Tool|title=Ænima|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1996|certyear=2019|access-date=November 25, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Tool|title=Aenima|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1996|certyear=2021|access-date=September 10, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=Tool|title=Aenima|award=Gold|relyear=1996|id=2019-08-23|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tool|title= Ænima|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=2024|id=15806-2120-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Tool|title=Aenima|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1996|certyear=2003}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Sources===
* {{cite web | url = http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html | title = The Tool FAQ | author = Kabir Akhtar | publisher = The Tool Page | date = July 16, 2001 | access-date = May 13, 2007}}
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