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Updated 12/17/00


The Rundown

TITLE Salival
RELEASE DATE DECEMBER 12 2000 (US)
DECEMBER 18 2000 (AU, SE, DE)
DECEMBER 19 2000 (CA DVD)
DECEMBER 20 2000 (NZ)
EARLY 2001 (UK)
??? (OTHER COUNTRIES)
CONTAINS DVD or VHS
CD
56-page Photo / Artwork Booklet
DVD TRACKLIST VIDEOS
Sober
Prison Sex
Stinkfist
Ænema
+ Extra Video on DVD: Hush
CD TRACKLIST Third Eye (live)
Part of Me (live)
Pushit (live, extended w/Aloke Dutta)
Message to Harry Manback II *
You Lied (live)
Merkaba (live - an extended Sober intro?)
No Quarter *
L.A. Municipal Court * (a voicemail segue)
+ Maynard's Dick

* the 3 outtakes from the Ænima sessions

AUDIO PRODUCER DAVID BOTTRILL
AVAILABILITY LIMITED EDITION - Exact run not known


Salival Images - 4 Available

The first is the cover, the third Tool release out of four to NOT feature the album title.

Salival Tracklist
Click for a super large version.


The VHS version, wrapped
* sent in by wouter berteloot (wouterberteloot@hotmail.com)

The DVD version, wrapped


The third image is a scan of a list of songs on the CD.
HMV.com was showing this pic until the cover became available. This image is 100% unofficial, so that's pretty amusing considering who wrote it out and posted it to his site.


And this is the ad for "Salival" run in December/January issues of music magazines.


Random Factoids

Here's some info from a fan in Australia:

After sitting in the docks for 6 weeks over christmas awaiting censorship/classification, 10 000 (5000/5000) copies of Salival were unleashed on Australia. The sales reports indicate that it is the fastest selling CD of all time (In Queensland- a state in Aust.). The initial Queensland allocation of 1800 copies (900/900) sold out in 3 minutes 34 seconds.


The Spec Sheet

File under: Rock
Artist: TOOL
Title: Salival
Release date: 12/12/00
Cd with VHS: 61422-31158-2
Price: $24.98 (CD-D1)
Cd with DVD: 61422-31159-2
Price: $29.98 (CD-E)
Label: Volcano

Sonically relentless and visually ground breaking only begin to describe
the TOOL experience.  Formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1991, TOOL has cemented
themselves in todayıs hard music community with uncompromising attitude
and vision.  With three releases over the past decade, TOOL has created a
loyal and even rabid fan base, selling 6 million albums in the process.

Their most recent success, AENIMA, debuted at #2 on Billboardıs Top 200
and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA.  UNDERTOW, their
breakthrough album, is approaching double platinum status while their
debut release, OPIATE, has been certified gold with over 700,000 total
scans.  Most impressive is that the TOOL catalog has scanned approximately
10,000 albums every week for the past 3+ years!  Soon to revisit
Billboardıs Top 200, the band are currently in the studio and plan to
release a new album April 2001.

On December 12, 2000, TOOL will reward their fans this holiday by
releasing the limited edition SALIVAL.  This package contains:

* A DVD or VHS featuring the pioneering TOOL video
collection: "Sober" "Prison Sex" "Stinkfist" and "Aenima."  These videos
have never before been available commercially in any form. 

* A 70-minute CD that includes both unreleased live and studio tracks,
that features the much sought after cover version of Led Zeppelin's "No
Quarter."  TOOL fans have been aware of this particular trackıs existence
for a long time, though it has never been commercially available. 

* Also included is a 56-page color book that makes this limited edition
release a must for every TOOL fan.

TRACK LISTING:
third eye (live)
part of me (live)
pushit (live)
message to harry manback II
merkaba (live)
you lied (live)
no quarter
lamc

TOOL catalog:
Opiate: 61422-31027-2/4
Undertow: 61422-31052-2/4
Aenima: 61422-31087-2/4


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