Undertow is Tool's first full-length album, released in 1993. Some controversy was generated by the photos of obese nudes underwater and band members with pins in the sides of their heads in the liner notes, resulting in the album being removed from the shelves of most large retail chains. Some versions of the album replaced the cover image with a large barcode and included a note from the band.
Undertow was certified double platinum by the RIAA on May 14, 2001.
"Disgustipated" appears as track 69 on early pressings of the U.S. copies of the disc, on others it appears at track 30, with the intervening tracks as three second blank tracks. On European and other releases, the song appears as track ten following "Flood" directly. On some pressings, it is placed on track 9, after "Flood" and a period of silence.
Behind the CD tray is a picture of a cow trying to lick itself.
Henry Rollins' spoken word piece on the album version of "Bottom" is different than what was originally planned. When played live, Keenan recites the original line rather than the album version.[citation needed]
The spine of the album features a smaller picture of the obese woman from the booklet.
