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{{Infobox album
| name = 10,000 Days
| type = studio
| artist = [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
| cover = 10000Days.jpg
| alt = Cover art for 10,000 Days, done by artist Alex Grey, featuring what he describes as "a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey"
| caption = Digital cover. On physical formats, the cover features a flap with two large 3D lenses over the eyes.
| released = {{Start date|2006|04|28}}
| recorded = August – December 2005
| studio =
* [[O'Henry Sound Studios|O'Henry Sound]], Burbank, California
* Grandmaster, Hollywood, California
* The Loft, Hollywood, California
| genre = <!--Please source genres-->*[[Progressive metal]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tools-new-album-everything-we-know-253649/|title=Tool's New Album: Everything We Know|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=January 18, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801160331/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tools-new-album-everything-we-know-253649/|archive-date=August 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[alternative metal]]<ref name="metalstorm.net"/>
| length = 75:45
| label =
* Tool Dissectional
* [[Volcano Entertainment|Volcano]]
| producer = Tool
| prev_title = [[Lateralus]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[Fear Inoculum]]
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Singles
| name = 10,000 Days
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]
| single1date = April 22, 2006
| single2 = [[The Pot]]
| single2date = July 2006
| single3 = [[Jambi (Tool song)|Jambi]]
| single3date = February 12, 2007
}}
}}
 
'''''10,000 Days''''' is the fourth studio album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. The album was released by Tool Dissectional and [[Volcano Entertainment]] on April 28, 2006 in parts of [[Europe]], April 29, 2006 in [[Australia]], May 1, 2006 in the [[United Kingdom]], and on May 2, 2006 in [[North America]]. It marked the first time since recording 1993's ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' that the band had worked at Grandmaster and without producer David Bottrill. ''10,000 Days'' spawned three top ten rock singles: "[[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]", "[[The Pot]]", and "[[Jambi (Tool song)|Jambi]]".
{{Album infobox |
Name = 10,000 Days |
Type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |
Artist = [[Tool (band)|Tool]] |
Cover = 10kdays.jpg |
Background = Orange |
Released = [[May 2]], [[2006]] |
Recorded = [[2004]]-[[2006]] |
Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy]], [[Progressive rock]] |
Length = 75:48 |
Label = Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: US |
Producer = [[Tool (band)|Tool]] |
Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
* [[All Music Guide|AMG]] (NR) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bt6fmpca9f7o link]
* [http://toolshed.down.net/news/tales/10kdaysprereview.html toolshed.down.net]|
Last album = ''[[Lateralus]]'' <br /> (2001) |
This album = ''10,000 Days'' <br /> (2006) |
Next album = |
|}}
 
It debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, with first week sales of 564,000 copies. The album was awarded a double platinum certification by both the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and the [[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]].<ref name="RIAA"/><ref name="RMNZ"/> It was also certified platinum in both [[Australia]] and [[Canada]], and gold in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="ARIA"/><ref name="MC"/><ref name="BPI"/>
'''''10,000 Days''''' is the title slated for [[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s fourth full-length studio album, announced for release on [[May 2]], [[2006]].
 
''10,000 Days'' was Tool's last release for more than a decade; the band would not release their next studio album, ''[[Fear Inoculum]]'', until August 30, 2019.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/|title=Tool Set Summer Release Date for New Album|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=2019-05-08|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/|archive-date=May 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Rumors and speculation==
While Tool's official [http://www.toolband.com web site] has announced the album's name and tracklist, and while reputable magazines have printed information, similar postings in the past have turned out to be [[Hoax|hoaxes]] or [[disinformation]]. Such announcements might lead to speculation about the information's validity. Among the information publicized:
*'''The album name''': Tool has proven quite sly in announcing information in the past. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml Up until the February] before the May 2001 release of ''[[Lateralus]]'', the official Web site announced the title as ''Systema Encéphale''.
*'''Album Art''': Fan websites have published various unconfirmed pieces of artwork alleged to have been leaked, but none have yet been confirmed. [http://www.fourtheye.net/] [http://ts.searching.com/torrent/698319/Tool_10000_Days_Booklet_Images_Official] The main cover artwork remains the only piece officially endorsed by the band.
*'''Song titles''': Three songs titles were originally said to appear on the record - "Rosetta Stoned," "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" and "10,000 Days." On March 10, Tool's website released a tracklist consistent with these early announcements.
*'''Release date''': Tool has announced that May 2 will be the release date in the US. However other countries around the world have different release dates:
** April 28 Germany,
** April 29 Australia,
** May 1 United Kingdom.
*'''First single''': on March 27, [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] posted an article about ''10,000 Days'' [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237083], mentioning that "Vicarious" would be the first single, to be released April 17. Toolband also confirmed that the single would be "Vicarious" and would be heard on the radio on the 17th.
*'''"Vicarious" Leaked''': on April 14, a 30-second clip from "Vicarious" aired on [[Pittsburgh]] radio station "105.9 The X" (WXDX). Subsequently, the entire song was leaked, while the private [[FTP]] server used to distrubute the song to radio stations was left unchecked for a few minutes[http://toolshed.down.net/news].
*'''Guitar World''': The May issue of Guitar World (released April 11th) features Adam Jones discussing the new album. Jones explains recording techniques such as a 'pipe bomb' microphone setup, which is achieved by mounting a guitar pickup inside of a brass pipe. Jones also makes use of a [[Talk box]] on the title track, "10,000 Days (Wings, Part 2)."
 
== Background and recording ==
==Track listing==
Tool recorded the album at [[O'Henry Sound Studios]] in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], as well as at The Loft and Grandmaster Studios in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]]. It was mixed at Bay 7 in [[North Hollywood, CA]] and mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios in [[Portland, Maine]].
Track listing with song lengths posted on April 6 at [http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=1&artist=52846&product=82876819912 SonyBMG]
#"Vicarious" (7:06)
#"Jambi" (7:28)
#"Wings For Marie (Pt 1)" (6:11)
#"10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)" (11:14)
#"The Pot" (6:22)
#"Lipan Conjuring" (1:11)
#"Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" (3:44)
#"Rosetta Stoned" (11:14)
#"Intension" (7:21)
#"Right In Two" (8:56)
#"Viginti Tres" (5:01)
 
Guitarist [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]] employed various recording techniques for the album, including a "pipe bomb mic" (a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder), and a [[talk box]] [[guitar solo]] on the song "[[Jambi (Tool song)|Jambi]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gill |first=Chris |date=June 2006 |title=Tool: Sea Change |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tool-sea-change |magazine=[[Guitar World]] |volume=27 |issue=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jeff Forlenza |title=The Making of Tool's '10,000 Days' |url=http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_making_tools_days/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825085407/http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_making_tools_days/ |archive-date=August 25, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2006 |work=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]]}}</ref> Drummer [[Danny Carey]] operated many of the sound effects on the interlude tracks on the album using [[electronic drum]]s called [[Synesthesia Mandala Drums|Mandalas]]. ''10,000 Days'' has a heavier sound than its [[Lateralus|predecessor]], largely because of the influence of [[avant-garde metal]] band [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]], who toured with Tool before the writing process.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 11, 2020|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1486242/tool-hammer-away-at-new-album/|date=April 7, 2004 |title= Tool Hammer Away At New Album |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |website=[[MTV.com]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808121637/http://www.mtv.com/news/1486242/tool-hammer-away-at-new-album/|archive-date=August 8, 2015 }}</ref>
==Possible Track References==
*[[:wiktionary:Vicarious|Vicarious]] means either "experienced or gained through someone else" or "done on behalf of others".
*"Vicarious" is about living life vicariously through your television.
*[[Jambi]] is the name of a province of [[Indonesia]].
*"Marie" is the middle name of Maynard James Keenan's deceased mother, Judith Marie Keenan.
**As Keenan explains on commentary on ''[[AMOTION|aMOTION]]'', his mother suffered a stroke that left her in partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. The length of time between her paralysis and her death was 27 years, or approximately 10,000 days. [http://www.memorialobituaries.com/memorials/memorials.cgi?action=Obit&memid=101490&clientid=toland]
*It was recently revealed in an [[Adam Jones]] interview with ''[[Guitar World]]'' that one of the lyrics on the album to the song "The Pot" is "Who are you to wave the finger?" Jones confirmed the meaning of the lyric as the "pot calling the kettle black".
*The [[Lipan Apache|Lipan]] are an Apache tribe, known as the "Tall Grass People".
*An April 7 post on [http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html toolband.com] specifically mentions Dr. [[Albert Hofmann]], the "father" of [[LSD]], stating that on that date he synthesized LSD.
*The [[Rosetta Stone]] is a granite stone found in Egypt; the stone was the key to deciphering the hieroglyphs; it was also used as a pseudonym for children's author [[Dr. Seuss]].
*"Viginti Tres" is [[Latin]] for "Twenty Three" - the number has a lot of [[23|historical]], [[23 (number)|mathematical]], and [[23 (numerology)|occult]] significance, as well as in American slang, where "[[23 skidoo]]" means to leave a place quickly.
 
The title ''10,000 Days'' is thought to refer to the [[orbital period]] of the planet [[Saturn]] (the actual time period is 10,759 days). According to singer [[Maynard James Keenan]], the [[Saturn return]] is "the time in your twenty eighth, twenty ninth year when you are presented the opportunity to transform from whatever your hang-ups were before to let the light of knowledge and experience lighten your load, so to speak, and let go of old patterns and embrace a new life." Keenan expected that the songs composed would "chronicle that process, hoping that my gift back would be to share that path and hope that I could help somebody get past that spot."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/tool-10000-days-anniversary/?trackback=tsmclip |title=9 Years Ago: Tool Unleash '10,000 Days' |website=[[Loudwire]] |access-date=January 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509021125/http://loudwire.com/tool-10000-days-anniversary/?trackback=tsmclip |archive-date=May 9, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The title ''10,000 Days'' additionally refers to the amount of time that Maynard's mother, Judith Marie Gridley, was paralyzed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chillingworthpublished |first=Alec |date=2022-04-01 |title=The Story Behind The Song: Tool’s 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/tool-10000-days-wings-story-behind-song |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref>
==Personnel==
*[[Danny Carey]] - [[Drums]]
*[[Justin Chancellor]] - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
*[[Adam Jones]] - Art Direction, [[Guitar]]
*[[Maynard James Keenan]] - [[Vocals]]
*[[Joe Barresi]] - Engineering and Mixing <ref name="baressi">{{cite news
|url=http://www.mcdman.com/barresi.html
|publisher=McDonough Management
|title= Joe Baressi}}</ref>
*[[Bob Ludwig]] - Mastering <ref name="toolband">{{cite news
|url=http://www.toolband.com/news
|publisher=Toolband
|title= TOOL RECORD MASTERED
|date=February 1, 2006
}}</ref>
 
== Packaging and artwork ==
==Notes==
The compact disc packaging for ''10,000 Days'' consists of a thick cardboard-bound booklet partly covered by a flap holding a pair of [[Stereoscopy|stereoscopic]] eyeglasses, which can be used to view a series of images inside. Viewed with the glasses, the artwork produces an illusion of depth and [[Anaglyph 3D|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]] toward the center (adapted from a previous Alex Grey painting, "Collective Vision").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alexgrey.com/art/paintings/soul/net-of-being/|title=Net of Being|author=Alex Grey|access-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003133821/http://alexgrey.com/art/paintings/soul/net-of-being/|archive-date=October 3, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> As with Tool's other albums, the lyrics are not printed within the artwork; vocalist [[Maynard James Keenan]] has instead released the lyrics online.<ref>[http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/10kdayslyrics.php lyrics to "10,000 days"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208235417/http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/10kdayslyrics.php |date=February 8, 2013 }}</ref> On May 5, 2006, the band's official webmaster hinted that "the four individual photos [of the band members] can be used as the pieces of a kind of puzzle," but the puzzle and its meaning "will just be another nut to crack."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.toolband.com/news|access-date=May 10, 2006|title=Puzzle?|magazine=Billboard |author=Blair Mackenzie Blake| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060508013123/http://toolband.com/news| archive-date= May 8, 2006 }}</ref>
<references/>
 
In an interview, [[Alex Grey]], who worked on the illustrations for the ''10,000 Days'' and ''Lateralus'' covers, said that many of his artworks for Tool have been based on and influenced by the visionary journeys of a brew called [[ayahuasca]]. He described the ''10,000 Days'' cover as "a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alexgrey.com/press-media/interviews/interview-for-the-examiner/ |title=Interview for the Examiner |publisher=Alex Grey |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305092036/http://alexgrey.com/press-media/interviews/interview-for-the-examiner/ |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> and also talked about the ''Lateralus'' cover in a similar fashion.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Katie |url=http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/archives/2013/11/22/ten-celebrity-ayahuasca-users?page=4 |title=Ten Celebrity Ayahuasca Users |page=4 |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=2013-10-03 |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109184638/http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/archives/2013/11/22/ten-celebrity-ayahuasca-users?page=4 |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Grey stated in another interview when making the ''10,000 Days'' cover that it depicts visions received during a [[N,N-Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]] trip.<ref>{{YouTube|_Gp_E4oD6zA}}</ref>
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== Release ==
[[Category:Tool albums]]
On March 27, 2006, [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] posted an article about ''10,000 Days'',<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58956/tool-feeling-vicarious-on-new-album | title=Tool Feeling 'Vicarious' On New Album | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 28, 2006 | author=Jonathan Cohen| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060508092314/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58956/tool-feeling-vicarious-on-new-album| archive-date= May 8, 2006 }}</ref> which mentioned that "[[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]" would be the album's first single. "Vicarious" was officially released to radio on April 17, and entered both the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] and [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]] charts at number 2. A music video for the song was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tool News |date=October 18, 2007 | url=http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html | access-date =October 20, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025858/http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html| archive-date= October 21, 2007 }}</ref>
The song has also been featured as a playable track on the video game ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''.
The second single from the album was "[[The Pot]]", which peaked at No. 5 on the Modern Rock chart. It was the band's first number 1 single on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock chart]]. A video for "The Pot" was scheduled to shoot over the 2006 holiday season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/tool-finds-pot-of-gold-with-latest.html | title = Tool finds "Pot" of Gold with Latest Single | publisher = The Rock Radio online | date = November 29, 2006 | access-date =January 18, 2007| url-status = usurped | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070118163624/http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/tool-finds-pot-of-gold-with-latest.html| archive-date= January 18, 2007 }}</ref> "[[Jambi (Tool song)|Jambi]]" was the third radio single and received airtime on both Modern<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16770 |title=Modern Rock – Available for Airplay |access-date=December 13, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061022002554/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16770| archive-date= October 22, 2006 }}</ref> and Mainstream Rock<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16697 |title=Mainstream Rock – Available for Airplay |access-date=December 13, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061207090553/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16697| archive-date= December 7, 2006 }}</ref> formats.
 
== Reception ==
{{Album reviews
|MC = 68/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days|title=10,000 Days Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=April 24, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140329234425/http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days | archive-date = 2014-03-29| url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>Theakston, Rob. "[{{AllMusic|aclass=album|id=r831309/review|pure_url=yes}} 10,000 Days – Tool]". [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved April 30, 2011.</ref>
|rev2 = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|''Alternative Press'']]
|rev2score = {{Rating |5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days |title=10,000 Days Reviews - Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329234425/http://www.metacritic.com/music/10000-days |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
|rev3score=8/10<ref name="ds">Cowen, Nick. "[http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7412/reviews/828662-?search Tool – 10,000 Days]". [[Drowned in Sound]]. May 12, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104012844/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/7412/reviews/828662-?search |date=November 4, 2013 }}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>If "10,000 Days" lacks the absolute intensity and focus of 2001's "Lateralus," the new album at least stands as a stirring repeat of the Tool musical manifesto. [6 May 2006]</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 8/10<ref>It's clear this group have ways of getting beneath your skin. [20 May 2006, p.33]</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''
|rev6score = 5.9/10<ref name="p4k">Harvell, Jess. "[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8105-10000-days/ Tool: 10,000 Days]". [[Pitchfork Media]]. May 1, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201012505/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8105-10000-days/ |date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
|rev7score = 6/10<ref name="popmatters">Begrand, Adrien. "[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/tool_10000_days/ Tool: 10,000 Days]". [[PopMatters]]. May 6, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026015833/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/tool_10000_days |date=October 26, 2012 }}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="rs-review">Serpick, Evan. "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/10-000-days-20060607 10,000 Days]". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. June 7, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704163158/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/10-000-days-20060607 |date=July 4, 2013 }}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
|rev9Score = D+<ref name="stylus">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/tool/10000-days.htm |title=Tool – 10,000 Days – Review |last=Jegede |first=Ayo |magazine=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=May 2, 2006 |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604104816/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/tool/10000-days.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2006 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]''
|rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="tmt">{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/tool-10000-days|title=Tool – 10,000 Days|author=Gumshoe|publisher=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|access-date=9 October 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182233/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/tool-10000-days | archive-date = 2013-11-04| url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
 
''10,000 Days'' received generally favorable reviews, albeit with less enthusiasm than previous Tool albums. Most critics praised the album as another example of Tool's musicianship.<ref name=allmusic /> 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.
 
However, the album received a [[Grammy Award]] in 2006 for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]]. That same year, the song "Vicarious" was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance]]. In 2008, ''10,000 Days'' garnered another Grammy nomination when "The Pot" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance.
 
At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 19 reviews.<ref name="mc" /> Rob Theakston of [[AllMusic]] wrote: "It's not only a step forward for the band, but a re-embracing of the epic-length rock songs found at the roots of early [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]."<ref name=allmusic /> Nick Cowen of [[Drowned in Sound]] praised the album, describing it as "probably the most engagingly brilliant heavy metal album that'll be released on a major label all year."<ref name="ds" /> ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' magazine wrote: "As with everything in Tool's oeuvre, ''10,000 Days'' packs enough beauty, heartache and triumph that it will be dissected, studied and envied by younger bands for years to come."<ref name="mc" /> Evan Serpick of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that on the album, the band "maintains a level of craftsmanship and virtuosity unparalleled in metal."<ref name="rs-review" />
 
Nevertheless, Adrien Begrand of [[PopMatters]] stated: "Stupendously packaged, the music robustly mixed and often achieving new levels of bleak beauty, ''10,000 Days'' is too strong a work to call a disappointment, but the constant need to fill out a CD to 75-80 minutes is threatening to become the band's undoing."<ref name="popmatters" /> Jess Harvell of [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork Media]] was critical in his assessment of the album: "Rather than delving further into experimentation or exploring their strengths, Tool have made an...[[A Perfect Circle]] record."<ref name="p4k" /> Ayo Jegede of [[Stylus Magazine]] panned the album, criticizing the band in the terms of "being [[Progressive rock|progressive]]": "I'm not sure, but I think "progressive" is about growth and change. I think it's about not being trapped in your own little universe where everything you say matters."<ref name="stylus" />
 
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked the album as the 38th Best Album of 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Top 50 albums of 2006|magazine=Rolling Stone| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/50albums/page/8| date=December 29, 2006 |access-date=January 24, 2008|url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080314193857/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/50albums/page/8| archive-date= March 14, 2008 }}</ref>
 
The album won a 2006 Metal Storm Award for Best Alternative Metal Album.<ref name="metalstorm.net">{{Cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2006 |title=Metal Storm Awards 2006 - Metal Storm |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826024602/http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/archive.php?year=2006 |archive-date=August 26, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== Commercial performance ==
''10,000 Days'' entered the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 1, selling 564,000 copies in its first week. It was Tool's second album to top the ''Billboard'' 200 chart upon release. In the UK, the album debuted at number 4, the highest chart position the group have managed in that country.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58388/hard-work-pays-off-for-tools-days |title=Hard Work Pays Off For Tool's 'Days' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107113026/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58388/hard-work-pays-off-for-tools-days |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] in the U.S. by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] on June 9, 2006.
 
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 75:45
| all_lyrics = [[Maynard James Keenan]]
| all_music = [[Danny Carey]], [[Justin Chancellor]], [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], and Maynard James Keenan.<ref name="ACE Repertory">{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/works/publisher/434962/TOOLSHED%20MUSIC |website=ASCAP |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>
| title1 = [[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]
| length1 = 7:06
| title2 = [[Jambi (Tool song)|Jambi]]
| length2 = 7:28
| title3 = Wings for Marie (Pt 1)
| length3 = 6:11
| title4 = 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
| length4 = 11:13
| title5 = [[The Pot]]
| length5 = 6:21
| title6 = Lipan Conjuring
| length6 = 1:11
| title7 = Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = [[Rosetta Stoned]]
| length8 = 11:11
| title9 = Intension
| length9 = 7:21
| title10 = Right in Two
| length10 = 8:55
| title11 = Viginti Tres
| length11 = 5:02
| all_writing =
}}
 
== Personnel ==
* [[Maynard James Keenan]]&nbsp;– vocals
* [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]]&nbsp;– guitars, [[sitar]], [[Talk box|talkbox]] on "Jambi"
* [[Justin Chancellor]]&nbsp;– bass, additional guitars (7)
* [[Danny Carey]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion, [[tabla]]
 
=== Guest musicians ===
* [[Lustmord]]&nbsp;– weather effects on "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)"
* Bill McConnell&nbsp;– vocals on "Lipan Conjuring"
* Pete Riedling&nbsp;– voice of "Doctor Watson" on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/index.php?t=1&id=44 |publisher=Tool website |title=Tool Newsletter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118061852/http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/index.php?t=1&id=44 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=March 7, 2010 }}</ref>
* Camella Grace&nbsp;– voice of "Nurse" on "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)"<ref name="camellagrace">{{cite news | url=http://www.butcherband.com/butcher/bio.php | publisher=Butcher website| title= Butcher Biograph| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209082240/http://www.butcherband.com/butcher/bio.php | archive-date = 2012-02-09| url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== Production ===
* [[Joe Barresi]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineer|engineering]] and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] (credited as "Evil Joe Barresi")<ref name="barresi">{{cite news | url=http://www.mcdman.com/barresi.html | publisher=McDonough Management | title= Joe Barresi| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104095024/http://www.mcdman.com/barresi.html | archive-date = 2013-11-04| url-status=live}}</ref>
* Adam Jones&nbsp;– [[Art director|art direction]]
* [[Alex Grey]]&nbsp;– [[illustration]]s
* [[Bob Ludwig]]&nbsp;– [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* Mackie Osborne&nbsp;– design, layout
* Travis Shinn&nbsp;– [[photography]]
 
== Charts ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
 
=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|6|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Czech|23|date=200606|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|2|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|France|7|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|2|id=34072|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Greece|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|10|artist=Tool|album=10000 Days|year=2006|week=19|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 4 May 2006 |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=18 |publisher=[[GfK Chart-Track]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=18 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{album chart|Italy|4|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/267697/products/651749/1/|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|title=10,000デイズ {{!}} Tool|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Poland|1|id=312|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|6|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20060507|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|18|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|2|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Tool|album=10 000 Days|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20060507|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Tool|rowheader=true|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}
 
=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm|title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=June 16, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032212/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 37
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2006|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 20
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2006|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 78
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2006|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 74
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2006-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2006|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 31
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 5
|}
{{col-end}}
 
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|access-date=February 29, 2020|refname="ARIA"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|access-date=February 29, 2020|refname="MC"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Tool|title=10000 Days|award=Gold|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|relmonth=5|access-date=February 29, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Gold|certyear=2022|relyear=2006|access-date=December 10, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Ireland|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Gold|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|access-date=February 29, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Platinum|number=2|id=2006-09-01|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|refname="RMNZ"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Poland|artist=Tool|title=10.000 Days|award=Gold|certyear=2006|certmonth=7|relyear=2006|access-date=February 29, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tool|title=10000 Days|award=Gold|certyear=2020|relyear=2006|access-date=February 29, 2020|id=10095-2120-2|refname="BPI"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Tool|title=10,000 Days|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2021|relyear=2006|refname="RIAA"|salesamount=1,736,000|salesref=<ref name="Nielsen-SoundScan">{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-4-2010-mileys-tricky-transition.html|title=Week Ending July 4, 2010: Miley's Tricky Transition|work=[[Yahoo! Music]]|date=July 7, 2010|access-date=April 17, 2021|author=Grein, Paul|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008054524/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-4-2010-mileys-tricky-transition.html|archive-date=October 8, 2012}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | streaming=true}}
 
== Singles ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Peak position
|-
|rowspan="6"|2006
|rowspan="3"|"Vicarious"
|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|115
|-
|[[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|[[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|rowspan="3"|"The Pot"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|Mainstream Rock Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Modern Rock Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|rowspan="2"|"Jambi"
|Mainstream Rock Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|Modern Rock Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|}
 
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
 
* {{Metacritic album}}
* {{discogs master|1576|10,000 Days}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|id=ecfd0a01-57c8-3949-990a-1a950942e0e0|name=10,000 Days}}
 
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