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| recorded = October 2000 – January 2001 |
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| studio = {{hlist|[[EastWest Studios|Cello]] (Hollywood)|The Hook (Hollywood)|Big Empty Space (Hollywood)|The Lodge (Hollywood)}} |
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* [[Progressive metal]] |
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| single1date = January 15, 2001 |
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| single2 = [[Parabola (song)|Parabola]] |
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| single2date = 2002 |
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| single3 = [[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]] |
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'''''Lateralus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|æ|t|ə|ˈ|r|æ|l|ə|s}})<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vjiyrn9hFhA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309203003/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyrn9hFhA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyrn9hFhA|title=Section of MTV Riot Interview with Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor|website=[[YouTube]]|date=n.d.|access-date=November 1, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is the third studio album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. It was released on May 15, 2001, through [[Volcano Entertainment]]. The album was recorded at [[United Western Recorders#Cello Studios|Cello Studios]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and The Hook, Big Empty Space, and The Lodge, in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]], between October 2000 and January 2001. [[David Bottrill]], who had produced the band's two previous releases ''[[Ænima]]'' and ''[[Salival]]'', produced the album along with the band, and became the last Tool album produced by Bottrill to date. On August 23, 2005, ''Lateralus'' was released as a limited edition two-picture-disc vinyl LP in a [[Holography|holographic]] [[gatefold]] package. |
'''''Lateralus''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|æ|t|ə|ˈ|r|æ|l|ə|s}})<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vjiyrn9hFhA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309203003/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyrn9hFhA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyrn9hFhA|title=Section of MTV Riot Interview with Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor|website=[[YouTube]]|date=n.d.|access-date=November 1, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is the third studio album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. It was released on May 15, 2001, through [[Volcano Entertainment]]. The album was recorded at [[United Western Recorders#Cello Studios|Cello Studios]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and The Hook, Big Empty Space, and The Lodge, in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]], between October 2000 and January 2001. [[David Bottrill]], who had produced the band's two previous releases ''[[Ænima]]'' and ''[[Salival]]'', produced the album along with the band, and became the last Tool album produced by Bottrill to date. On August 23, 2005, ''Lateralus'' was released as a limited edition two-picture-disc vinyl LP in a [[Holography|holographic]] [[gatefold]] package. |
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The album debuted at No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, selling more than 555,200 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79641/tools-lateralus-leads-five-top-10-debuts|title=Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> It was certified [[RIAA certification| |
The album debuted at No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, selling more than 555,200 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79641/tools-lateralus-leads-five-top-10-debuts|title=Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> It was certified [[RIAA certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] on April 15, 2021.<ref name="RIAA"/> On February 13, 2015, the album was certified Gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]].<ref name="BPI"/> It was also certified double platinum in both [[Australia]] and [[Canada]].<ref name="ARIA"/><ref name="MC"/> The band won the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] for the song "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]" in 2002.<ref name=GRAMMY_Awards>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/ |title=Grammy Award Winners |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |access-date=April 28, 2007|archive-date=April 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070413125439/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/ <!--Added by H3llBot-->}}</ref> ''Lateralus'' was ranked No. 123 on the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s "Definitive 200" list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200."|date=c. 2007 |url=http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28003-definitive-200?page=3|access-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720064613/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28003-definitive-200?page=3|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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''Lateralus'' emerged after a four-year legal dispute with Tool's label, [[Volcano Entertainment]].<ref name=akhtar>{{cite web|last=Akhtar|first=Kabir|title=The Tool FAQ|publisher=toolshed.down.net|url=http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html|access-date= |
''Lateralus'' emerged after a four-year legal dispute with Tool's label, [[Volcano Entertainment]].<ref name=akhtar>{{cite web |last=Akhtar |first=Kabir |date=July 16, 2001 |title=The Tool FAQ |publisher=toolshed.down.net |url=http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> In January 2001, the band announced that their new album's title would be ''Systema Encéphale'' and provided a 12-song track list with titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus". [[File sharing|File sharing networks]] such as [[Napster]] were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.<ref name="tdnsystematracks">{{cite web |title=Old News. January — March 2001 |url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html |publisher=toolshed.down.net |access-date=March 6, 2006 |first=Kabir |last=Akhtar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407053401/http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, Tool's members were outspokenly critical of file-sharing networks in general due to the negative impact on artists that are dependent on success in record sales to continue their career. During an interview with ''NY Rock'' in 2000, lead singer [[Maynard James Keenan]] stated: |
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<blockquote>I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. The ones who get hurt by [[MP3]]s are not so much companies or the business, but the artists, people who are trying to write songs.<ref>{{cite web| |
<blockquote>I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. The ones who get hurt by [[MP3]]s are not so much companies or the business, but the artists, people who are trying to write songs.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gabriella |date=September 2000 |title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle |work=NY Rock |url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/apc_int.asp |access-date=April 28, 2006 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013020808/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/apc_int.asp}}</ref></blockquote> |
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A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled ''Lateralus'' (supposedly a [[portmanteau]] of the leg muscle [[Vastus lateralis muscle|Vastus lateralis]] and the term [[lateral thinking]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grWO5XKtbCoC|title=Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |
A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled ''Lateralus'' (supposedly a [[portmanteau]] of the leg muscle [[Vastus lateralis muscle|Vastus lateralis]] and the term [[lateral thinking]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Joel |last=McIver |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grWO5XKtbCoC |title=Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |publisher=Omnibus |year=2002 |pages=137 |access-date=January 27, 2008 |isbn=978-0-7119-9209-2}}</ref> and that the name ''Systema Encéphale'' and the track list had been a ruse.<ref name="mtvnewssystema">{{cite web |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040502145828/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 2, 2004 |title=Tool Tinker With Album Title, Set Track List|work=MTV News |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=March 6, 2006}}</ref> |
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''Lateralus'' and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward [[art rock]],<ref name="e!onlinelateralus">{{cite web|title=Lateralus review|publisher=E! Online|year=2001|url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031218003654/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |
''Lateralus'' and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward [[art rock]],<ref name="e!onlinelateralus">{{cite web |title=Lateralus review|publisher=E! Online|year=2001 |url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031218003654/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |archive-date=December 18, 2003|access-date=June 18, 2007}}</ref><ref name="kingcrimsonminitour">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044059/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Tool Stretch Out And Slow Down In Show With King Crimson|work=VH1.com|access-date=July 19, 2007 |year=2001 |first=Laura |last=Bond}}</ref><ref name="munge">{{cite web|first=Milano|last=Brett|year=2006|title=Power Tool: Maynard James Keenan and band craft epic art-metal|work=Boston Herald|url=http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842|access-date=May 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629160758/http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842|archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref> and [[progressive rock]]<ref name="Fricke" /><ref name="AMG Lateralus review"/><ref>DeRogatis, p. 562.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-5142|title=Tool : Lateralus|date=September 12, 2005|website=[[NME]]|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> territory, in contrast to the band's earlier material, which has often been labeled as [[alternative metal]].<ref>[http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/noise/ NOISE – Las Vegas Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112825/http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/noise/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> The album has also been described as [[progressive metal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-tools-lateralus|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Tool's 'Lateralus'|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=May 15, 2018|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent [[death march]] ... The prolonged running times of most of ''Lateralus'' thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with [[suite (music)|suitelike]] purpose."<ref name="Fricke" /> Joshua Klein of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' in turn expressed his opinion that ''Lateralus'', with its 79-minute running time and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half minute music video for "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/tool-lateralus,22001/ |title=Tool: Lateralus|work=The A.V. Club |date=May 15, 2001 |access-date=May 25, 2007|first=Joshua|last=Klein}}</ref> Drummer [[Danny Carey]] said, "The manufacturer would only guarantee us up to 79 minutes ... We thought we'd give them two seconds of breathing room."<ref name="meanstreet">{{cite news |title=Interview with Danny Carey|author=J. R. Griffin|work=Mean Street|date=May 2001|pages=26}}</ref> Carey aspired to create longer songs like those by artists he grew up listening to. The band had [[segue]]s to place between songs, but had to cut out a lot during the [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] phase.<ref name="meanstreet" /> The CD itself was mastered using [[High Definition Compatible Digital|HDCD]] technology. |
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Just as ''Salival'' was initially released with several errors on the track listing, early pressings of ''Lateralus'' had the ninth track incorrectly spelled as "Lateralis".<ref name=akhtar /> The original title of "Reflection" was "Resolution" before being changed three months prior to the album's release.<ref name="tdnsystematracks" /> |
Just as ''Salival'' was initially released with several errors on the track listing, early pressings of ''Lateralus'' had the ninth track incorrectly spelled as "Lateralis".<ref name=akhtar /> The original title of "Reflection" was "Resolution" before being changed three months prior to the album's release.<ref name="tdnsystematracks" /> |
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== Composition and content == |
== Composition and content == |
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Drummer [[Danny Carey]] sampled himself breathing through a tube to simulate the chanting of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monks for "Parabol", and banged [[Piano wire|piano strings]] for samples on "Reflection".<ref name=moderndrummer>{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Modern_Drummer.html|title=Danny Carey: Demon On Drums|first=Ken|last=Micallef|publisher=Modern Drummer, transcribed by Ruskin F. for The Tool Page|date=June 2001|access-date=April 17, 2007|quote=I also had a piano that was destroyed. I got some good samples from that, banging on the strings for 'Resolution.'}}</ref> "Faaip de Oiad" samples a recording of a 1997 call on [[Art Bell]]'s radio program ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8352198_ITM|title=Tool's latest a step ahead of the 'metal' mouths|first=Jim|last=Abbott|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=May 24, 2001|access-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref> "Faaip de Oiad" is [[Enochian]] for ''The Voice of God''. |
Drummer [[Danny Carey]] sampled himself breathing through a tube to simulate the chanting of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monks for "Parabol", and banged [[Piano wire|piano strings]] for samples on "Reflection".<ref name=moderndrummer>{{cite web |url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Modern_Drummer.html|title=Danny Carey: Demon On Drums |first=Ken|last=Micallef|publisher=Modern Drummer, transcribed by Ruskin F. for The Tool Page|date=June 2001|access-date=April 17, 2007 |quote=I also had a piano that was destroyed. I got some good samples from that, banging on the strings for 'Resolution.'}}</ref> "Faaip de Oiad" samples a recording of a 1997 call on [[Art Bell]]'s radio program ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8352198_ITM|title=Tool's latest a step ahead of the 'metal' mouths |first=Jim |last=Abbott |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=May 24, 2001|access-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref> "Faaip de Oiad" is [[Enochian]] for ''The Voice of God''. |
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"Disposition", "Reflection", and "Triad" form a sequence<ref name="Fricke" |
"Disposition", "Reflection", and "Triad" form a sequence<ref name="Fricke"/> that has been performed in succession live with occasional help from various tourmates such as [[Mike Patton]], [[Dave Lombardo]], [[Buzz Osborne]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], and members of [[Isis (band)|Isis]], [[Meshuggah]], and [[King Crimson]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EE08899E588B92C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Tool, King Crimson remind audiences how rock should be |first=Brad |last=Kava |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |date=August 13, 2001 |access-date=February 19, 2008 |url-access=subscription}}<br/>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RO&p_theme=ro&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F722EF0CFF8C145&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Tool shakes the walls |work=[[The Roanoke Times]] |date=November 5, 2002 |access-date=February 19, 2008 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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The title track, "[[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]]", incorporates the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci sequence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1142/fibonacci-in-tool-s-lateralus.html|title=Fibonacci in Tool's Lateralus|publisher=UpVenue|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> The theme of the song describes the desire of humans to explore and to expand for more knowledge and a deeper understanding of everything. The lyrics "spiral out" refer to this desire and also to the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci spiral]], which is formed by creating and arranging squares for each number in the sequence's 1,1,2,3,5,8,... pattern, and drawing a curve that connects to two corners of each square. This would, allowed to continue onwards, theoretically create a never-ending and infinitely expanding spiral. Related to this, the song's main theme features successive time signatures 9/8, 8/8, and 7/8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tool/21818.html |
The title track, "[[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]]", incorporates the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci sequence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upvenue.com/music-news/blog-headline/1142/fibonacci-in-tool-s-lateralus.html|title=Fibonacci in Tool's Lateralus |publisher=UpVenue|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> The theme of the song describes the desire of humans to explore and to expand for more knowledge and a deeper understanding of everything. The lyrics "spiral out" refer to this desire and also to the [[Fibonacci number|Fibonacci spiral]], which is formed by creating and arranging squares for each number in the sequence's 1,1,2,3,5,8,... pattern, and drawing a curve that connects to two corners of each square. This would, allowed to continue onwards, theoretically create a never-ending and infinitely expanding spiral. Related to this, the song's main theme features successive time signatures 9/8, 8/8, and 7/8.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tool – Lateralus tab |url=http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tool/21818.html |access-date=August 9, 2011 |publisher=GuitareTab!}}</ref> The number 987 is the sixteenth integer of the Fibonacci sequence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indigo.ie/~peter/Fib1.htm|title=Fibonacci and extensions|publisher=indigo.ie|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> |
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"Eon Blue Apocalypse" is an instrumental piece in-between "The Grudge" and "The Patient" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Terrorizer.html|title=The Tool Page: Articles|publisher=toolshed.down.net|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> The track "Mantra" is the slowed-down sound of [[Maynard James Keenan]] gently squeezing one of his cats.<ref |
"Eon Blue Apocalypse" is an instrumental piece in-between "The Grudge" and "The Patient" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Terrorizer.html|title=The Tool Page: Articles |publisher=toolshed.down.net|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> The track "Mantra" is the slowed-down sound of [[Maynard James Keenan]] gently squeezing one of his cats.<ref name=akhtar/> |
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== Release and reception == |
== Release and reception == |
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| MC = 75/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/lateralus|title=Reviews for Lateralus by Tool|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=April 24, 2012}}</ref> |
| MC = 75/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/lateralus|title=Reviews for Lateralus by Tool|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=April 24, 2012}}</ref> |
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG Lateralus review">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lateralus-mw0000002072|title=Lateralus – Tool|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 28, 2006|last=Theakston|first=Rob}}</ref> |
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG Lateralus review">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lateralus-mw0000002072 |title=Lateralus – Tool|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 28, 2006|last=Theakston|first=Rob}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |
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| rev2Score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256457,00.html |
| rev2Score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |date=May 25, 2001 |title=Lateralus |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256457,00.html |access-date=April 24, 2012|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228054811/http://ew.com/article/2001/05/25/lateralus-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rev3 = ''[[Kerrang!]]'' |
| rev3 = ''[[Kerrang!]]'' |
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| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Kerrang!>{{cite journal|title=The Future Starts Here|journal=[[Kerrang!]]|date=May 9, 2001|last=Everley|first=Dave|page=44}}</ref> |
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Kerrang!>{{cite journal |title=The Future Starts Here|journal=[[Kerrang!]] |date=May 9, 2001 |last=Everley|first=Dave|page=44}}</ref> |
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| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |
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| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news| |
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Appleford |first=Steve |date=May 14, 2001 |title=With 'Lateralus,' Tool Reclaims the Good Old Excessive Sound|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/14/entertainment/ca-63179 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217165610/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/14/entertainment/ca-63179 |archive-date=December 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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| rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' |
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' |
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| rev5Score = 7/10<ref name=NME>{{cite journal|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/tool/5142|title=Tool |
| rev5Score = 7/10<ref name=NME>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/tool/5142|title=Tool: Lateralus |journal=[[NME]]|date=May 31, 2001|access-date=October 9, 2012 |last=Capper|first=Andy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204623/http://www.nme.com/reviews/tool/5142 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> |
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| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |
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| rev6Score = 1.9/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8104-lateralus/|title=Tool: Lateralus|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=May 15, 2001|access-date=April 28, 2012|last=DiCrescenzo|first=Brent}}</ref> |
| rev6Score = 1.9/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8104-lateralus/|title=Tool: Lateralus|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=May 15, 2001|access-date=April 28, 2012|last=DiCrescenzo|first=Brent}}</ref> |
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| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lateralus-20010514|title=Lateralus|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 14, 2001|access-date=February 19, 2008|last=Fricke|first=David|author-link=David Fricke}}</ref> |
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lateralus-20010514 |title=Lateralus|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 14, 2001|access-date=February 19, 2008 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke}}</ref> |
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| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|title=They're just the right Tool for the thinking headbangers|work=[[USA Today]]|date=May 15, 2001|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|author-link=Edna Gundersen}}</ref> |
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Overall, ''Lateralus'' was met with generally favorable reviews by mainstream music critics upon its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.<ref name=metacritic/> Many of their responses mentioned the album's ambition and ability to confound listeners, such as ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'''s Ryan Rayhil's summarization of it as a "monolithic puzzlebox".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rayhil|first=Ryan|title=The Spin Top 40 (Only Bands that Matter)|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=April 2002|page=77}}</ref> Rob Theakston reviewed the record for [[AllMusic]], where he claimed that "''Lateralus'' demands close listening from the first piece onward, as it becomes quickly apparent that this is not going to be an album one can listen to and accept at face value. Complex rhythm changes, haunting vocals, and an onslaught of changes in dynamics make this an album other so-called metal groups could learn from."<ref name="AMG Lateralus review"/> |
Overall, ''Lateralus'' was met with generally favorable reviews by mainstream music critics upon its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.<ref name=metacritic/> Many of their responses mentioned the album's ambition and ability to confound listeners, such as ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'''s Ryan Rayhil's summarization of it as a "monolithic puzzlebox".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rayhil |first=Ryan |title=The Spin Top 40 (Only Bands that Matter) |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=April 2002 |page=77}}</ref> Rob Theakston reviewed the record for [[AllMusic]], where he claimed that "''Lateralus'' demands close listening from the first piece onward, as it becomes quickly apparent that this is not going to be an album one can listen to and accept at face value. Complex rhythm changes, haunting vocals, and an onslaught of changes in dynamics make this an album other so-called metal groups could learn from."<ref name="AMG Lateralus review"/> |
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Terry Bezer praised ''Lateralus'' in a review for ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' by comparing it to the band's previous album, ''[[Ænima]]'', calling it "more focused and cunning record than its predecessors that in many ways puts everything the band have formerly produced into perspective."<ref name="Drowned in Sound">{{cite web| |
Terry Bezer praised ''Lateralus'' in a review for ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' by comparing it to the band's previous album, ''[[Ænima]]'', calling it "amore focused and cunning record than its predecessors that in many ways puts everything the band have formerly produced into perspective."<ref name="Drowned in Sound">{{cite web |last=Bezer |first=Terry |date=May 14, 2001 |title=Album Review: Tool - Lateralus |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2573/reviews/1071|access-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814050229/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2573/reviews/1071}}</ref> [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' also measured the album up to earlier works from the band's oeuvre; "Tool have everything it takes to beat you senseless; they proved it on 1993's ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' and their 1996 Grammy-winning beast, ''Ænima''. Here, Tool go to extravagant lengths to drown you in sensation."<ref name="Fricke"/> In a review for ''[[Kerrang!]]'', Dave Everly claimed "It's the most perfectly played, perfectly produced record you're likely to hear this or any other year" and that it was "one of the greatest albums you'll hear in your lifetime."<ref name=Kerrang!/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/then-and-now-does-tools-back-catalogue-hold-up/|title=Then And Now: Does Tool's Back Catalogue Hold Up?|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> Writing for ''[[NME]]'', Andy Capper also approved of it; "''Lateralus'' has added a little more colour to their palette of chanting, drumming and high drama. Singer Maynard James Keenan has been unaffected by the comparative tunefulness of his side project [[A Perfect Circle]], while the stripped-down nature of the instrumentation means that Tool's innate heaviness shines out in a world of production tricks and dodges. There's no trickery—Tool's progressiveness is all their own work."<ref name=NME/> |
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By contrast, in a review for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Brent DiCrescenzo claimed that, "With the early new century demanding 'opuses', Tool follows suit. The problem is, Tool defines 'opus' as taking their 'defining element' (wanking sludge) and stretching it out to the maximum digital capacity of a compact disc."<ref name="pitchfork"/> In the ''[[Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] lambasted the album, calling it "meaning-mongering for the fantasy fiction set."<ref name=Christgau/> The review published in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' described the album as sounding like "[[Black Sabbath]] jamming with [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] at the bottom of a coal shaft."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tool: Lateralus|journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|date=July 2001|page=115}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/lateralus/tool/critic-reviews?dist=neutral|title=Mixed Critic Reviews for Lateralus by Tool|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> |
By contrast, in a review for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Brent DiCrescenzo claimed that, "With the early new century demanding 'opuses', Tool follows suit. The problem is, Tool defines 'opus' as taking their 'defining element' (wanking sludge) and stretching it out to the maximum digital capacity of a compact disc."<ref name="pitchfork"/> In the ''[[Village Voice]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] lambasted the album, calling it "meaning-mongering for the fantasy fiction set."<ref name=Christgau/> The review published in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' described the album as sounding like "[[Black Sabbath]] jamming with [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] at the bottom of a coal shaft."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tool: Lateralus|journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|date=July 2001|page=115}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/lateralus/tool/critic-reviews?dist=neutral|title=Mixed Critic Reviews for Lateralus by Tool|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> |
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=== Commercial performance === |
=== Commercial performance === |
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The album was a commercial success in the United States, debuting at No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart with over 555,200 copies sold in its first week of release.<ref name=":0" /> On August 5, 2003, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. On April 30, 2010, the album was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] for sales of 100,000 in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]<ref name="BPI" |
The album was a commercial success in the United States, debuting at No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart with over 555,200 copies sold in its first week of release.<ref name=":0" /> On August 5, 2003, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. On April 30, 2010, the album was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] for sales of 100,000 in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]<ref name="BPI"/> In addition, ''Lateralus'' was certified double platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] and [[Music Canada|MC]].<ref name="ARIA"/><ref name="MC"/> |
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=== Accolades === |
=== Accolades === |
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Tool received the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] for the song "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]".<ref |
Tool received the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]] for the song "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]".<ref name=GRAMMY_Awards/> During the band's acceptance speech, drummer [[Danny Carey]] stated that he would like to thank his parents "for putting up with [him]", and bassist [[Justin Chancellor]] concluded, "I want to thank my dad for doing my mom."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452651/02272002/u2.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103033025/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452651/02272002/u2.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2006|title=Alicia Keys Takes Five, 'O Brother' Gets Most At 44th Grammy Awards |work=MTV News|publisher=MTV.com|access-date=August 7, 2006|year=2002|first=Joe|last=D'Angelo}}</ref> |
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''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' ranked ''Lateralus'' at {{Numero|2}} on their list of top 10 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Arturo|title=Top 10 Albums of 2001|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20040722004951/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' placed the album at {{Numero|1}} on their 2001 "Albums Of The Year" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |title=Kerrang! End Of Year Lists |website=Rocklist.net |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed ''Lateralus'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|magazine=Q|date=December 2001|pages=60–65}}</ref> |
''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' ranked ''Lateralus'' at {{Numero|2}} on their list of top 10 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Arturo |title=Top 10 Albums of 2001 |url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88 |website=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]] |access-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20040722004951/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/articles.php?id=88|archive-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' placed the album at {{Numero|1}} on their 2001 "Albums Of The Year" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |title=Kerrang! End Of Year Lists |website=Rocklist.net |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed ''Lateralus'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001 |magazine=Q |date=December 2001 |pages=60–65}}</ref> |
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The album continued to gain accolades in the years following its release. In 2016, Loudwire named Lateralus the {{Numero|1}} hard rock/metal album of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/#photogallery-1=101|title=Top 100 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century|website=Loudwire|access-date=June 2, 2016}}</ref> The magazine also ranked it {{Numero|6}} on their "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-progressive-metal-albums-all-time/|title=Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time|last=Hill|first=John|date=August 2, 2017|website=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> The album was ranked at {{Numero|32}} on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s ''50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'' list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-prog-rock-albums-of-all-time-20150617/tool-lateralus-2001-20150617|title=50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=August 31, 2015}}</ref> ''Louder Sound'' placed the album at {{Numero|33}} on their ''Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time'' list.<ref name="teamrock prog">{{cite web|last1=Henstra|first1=Jeroen|title=The 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time: 40-21|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-08-06/the-100-greatest-prog-albums-of-all-time-40-21|website=[[TeamRock]]|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref> |
The album continued to gain accolades in the years following its release. In 2016, Loudwire named Lateralus the {{Numero|1}} hard rock/metal album of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/top-100-hard-rock-metal-albums-21st-century/#photogallery-1=101|title=Top 100 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century|website=Loudwire|access-date=June 2, 2016}}</ref> The magazine also ranked it {{Numero|6}} on their "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/top-progressive-metal-albums-all-time/ |title=Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time|last=Hill|first=John|date=August 2, 2017|website=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> The album was ranked at {{Numero|32}} on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s ''50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'' list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-prog-rock-albums-of-all-time-20150617/tool-lateralus-2001-20150617 |title=50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=August 31, 2015}}</ref> ''Louder Sound'' placed the album at {{Numero|33}} on their ''Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time'' list.<ref name="teamrock prog">{{cite web |last1=Henstra|first1=Jeroen|title=The 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time: 40-21|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-08-06/the-100-greatest-prog-albums-of-all-time-40-21|website=[[TeamRock]]|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref> |
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Publications have also continued to praise the performances by the band members on the album. NutSie.com ranked the drumming performance by Danny Carey on the song "Ticks & Leeches" at {{Numero|3}} on their list of Top 100 Rock Drum Performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nutsie.com/top100sradio/Top%20100%20Rock%20Drum%20Performances/1774967 |
Publications have also continued to praise the performances by the band members on the album. NutSie.com ranked the drumming performance by Danny Carey on the song "Ticks & Leeches" at {{Numero|3}} on their list of Top 100 Rock Drum Performances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Rock Drum Performances |url=http://www.nutsie.com/top100sradio/Top%20100%20Rock%20Drum%20Performances/1774967 |publisher=www.nuTsie.com |access-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912223119/http://www.nutsie.com/top100sradio/Top%20100%20Rock%20Drum%20Performances/1774967 |archive-date=September 12, 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[David Bottrill]] – production, engineering, mixing |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Lateralus (/ˌlætəˈræləs/)[2] is the third studio album by the American rock band Tool. It was released on May 15, 2001, through Volcano Entertainment. The album was recorded at Cello StudiosinHollywood and The Hook, Big Empty Space, and The Lodge, in North Hollywood, between October 2000 and January 2001. David Bottrill, who had produced the band's two previous releases Ænima and Salival, produced the album along with the band, and became the last Tool album produced by Bottrill to date. On August 23, 2005, Lateralus was released as a limited edition two-picture-disc vinyl LP in a holographic gatefold package.
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 555,200 copies in its first week of release.[3] It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on April 15, 2021.[4] On February 13, 2015, the album was certified Gold by the BPI.[5] It was also certified double platinum in both Australia and Canada.[6][7] The band won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Schism" in 2002.[8] Lateralus was ranked No. 123 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200" list.[9]
Lateralus emerged after a four-year legal dispute with Tool's label, Volcano Entertainment.[10] In January 2001, the band announced that their new album's title would be Systema Encéphale and provided a 12-song track list with titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus". File sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.[11] At the time, Tool's members were outspokenly critical of file-sharing networks in general due to the negative impact on artists that are dependent on success in record sales to continue their career. During an interview with NY Rock in 2000, lead singer Maynard James Keenan stated:
I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. The ones who get hurt by MP3s are not so much companies or the business, but the artists, people who are trying to write songs.[12]
A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled Lateralus (supposedly a portmanteau of the leg muscle Vastus lateralis and the term lateral thinking)[13] and that the name Systema Encéphale and the track list had been a ruse.[14]
Lateralus and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward art rock,[15][16][17] and progressive rock[1][18][19][20] territory, in contrast to the band's earlier material, which has often been labeled as alternative metal.[21] The album has also been described as progressive metal.[22] Rolling Stone wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent death march ... The prolonged running times of most of Lateralus thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with suitelike purpose."[1] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club in turn expressed his opinion that Lateralus, with its 79-minute running time and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half minute music video for "Parabola"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.[23] Drummer Danny Carey said, "The manufacturer would only guarantee us up to 79 minutes ... We thought we'd give them two seconds of breathing room."[24] Carey aspired to create longer songs like those by artists he grew up listening to. The band had segues to place between songs, but had to cut out a lot during the mastering phase.[24] The CD itself was mastered using HDCD technology.
Just as Salival was initially released with several errors on the track listing, early pressings of Lateralus had the ninth track incorrectly spelled as "Lateralis".[10] The original title of "Reflection" was "Resolution" before being changed three months prior to the album's release.[11]
The track listing is altered on the vinyl edition, with "Disposition" appearing at track 8. Because of the long running time, the double vinyl edition could not be released like the disc since the songs would not fit on each disc side in that order. By moving "Disposition" to an earlier point, the sides were balanced and could fit the material. This edit breaks the segue that occurs between "Disposition" and "Reflection", however, which, along with "Triad", are linked together on the tracklist.[25]
Two of the singles from the album, "Parabola" and "Schism", are featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
The insert is translucent and flips open to reveal the different layers of the human body. Disguised in the brain matter on the final layer is the word "God". The artwork was done by artist Alex Grey, who would later design the 3D edition cover for the followup to Lateralus, 10,000 Days.
Drummer Danny Carey sampled himself breathing through a tube to simulate the chanting of Buddhist monks for "Parabol", and banged piano strings for samples on "Reflection".[26] "Faaip de Oiad" samples a recording of a 1997 call on Art Bell's radio program Coast to Coast AM.[27] "Faaip de Oiad" is Enochian for The Voice of God.
"Disposition", "Reflection", and "Triad" form a sequence[1] that has been performed in succession live with occasional help from various tourmates such as Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Buzz Osborne, Tricky, and members of Isis, Meshuggah, and King Crimson.[28]
The title track, "Lateralus", incorporates the Fibonacci sequence.[29] The theme of the song describes the desire of humans to explore and to expand for more knowledge and a deeper understanding of everything. The lyrics "spiral out" refer to this desire and also to the Fibonacci spiral, which is formed by creating and arranging squares for each number in the sequence's 1,1,2,3,5,8,... pattern, and drawing a curve that connects to two corners of each square. This would, allowed to continue onwards, theoretically create a never-ending and infinitely expanding spiral. Related to this, the song's main theme features successive time signatures 9/8, 8/8, and 7/8.[30] The number 987 is the sixteenth integer of the Fibonacci sequence.[31]
"Eon Blue Apocalypse" is an instrumental piece in-between "The Grudge" and "The Patient" [32] The track "Mantra" is the slowed-down sound of Maynard James Keenan gently squeezing one of his cats.[10]
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Metacritic | 75/100[33] |
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Entertainment Weekly | B−[34] |
Kerrang! | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 7/10[37] |
Pitchfork | 1.9/10[38] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Overall, Lateralus was met with generally favorable reviews by mainstream music critics upon its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.[33] Many of their responses mentioned the album's ambition and ability to confound listeners, such as Spin's Ryan Rayhil's summarization of it as a "monolithic puzzlebox".[42] Rob Theakston reviewed the record for AllMusic, where he claimed that "Lateralus demands close listening from the first piece onward, as it becomes quickly apparent that this is not going to be an album one can listen to and accept at face value. Complex rhythm changes, haunting vocals, and an onslaught of changes in dynamics make this an album other so-called metal groups could learn from."[18]
Terry Bezer praised Lateralus in a review for Drowned in Sound by comparing it to the band's previous album, Ænima, calling it "a more focused and cunning record than its predecessors that in many ways puts everything the band have formerly produced into perspective."[43] David FrickeofRolling Stone also measured the album up to earlier works from the band's oeuvre; "Tool have everything it takes to beat you senseless; they proved it on 1993's Undertow and their 1996 Grammy-winning beast, Ænima. Here, Tool go to extravagant lengths to drown you in sensation."[1] In a review for Kerrang!, Dave Everly claimed "It's the most perfectly played, perfectly produced record you're likely to hear this or any other year" and that it was "one of the greatest albums you'll hear in your lifetime."[35][44] Writing for NME, Andy Capper also approved of it; "Lateralus has added a little more colour to their palette of chanting, drumming and high drama. Singer Maynard James Keenan has been unaffected by the comparative tunefulness of his side project A Perfect Circle, while the stripped-down nature of the instrumentation means that Tool's innate heaviness shines out in a world of production tricks and dodges. There's no trickery—Tool's progressiveness is all their own work."[37]
By contrast, in a review for Pitchfork, Brent DiCrescenzo claimed that, "With the early new century demanding 'opuses', Tool follows suit. The problem is, Tool defines 'opus' as taking their 'defining element' (wanking sludge) and stretching it out to the maximum digital capacity of a compact disc."[38] In the Village Voice, Robert Christgau lambasted the album, calling it "meaning-mongering for the fantasy fiction set."[41] The review published in Blender described the album as sounding like "Black Sabbath jamming with Genesis at the bottom of a coal shaft."[45][46]
The album was a commercial success in the United States, debuting at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart with over 555,200 copies sold in its first week of release.[3] On August 5, 2003, the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA. On April 30, 2010, the album was certified gold by the BPI for sales of 100,000 in the U.K.[5] In addition, Lateralus was certified double platinum by the ARIA and MC.[6][7]
Tool received the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Schism".[8] During the band's acceptance speech, drummer Danny Carey stated that he would like to thank his parents "for putting up with [him]", and bassist Justin Chancellor concluded, "I want to thank my dad for doing my mom."[47]
Kludge ranked Lateralus at No. 2 on their list of top 10 albums of 2001.[48] Kerrang! placed the album at No. 1 on their 2001 "Albums Of The Year" list.[49] Q listed Lateralus as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[50]
The album continued to gain accolades in the years following its release. In 2016, Loudwire named Lateralus the No. 1 hard rock/metal album of the 21st century.[51] The magazine also ranked it No. 6 on their "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time."[52] The album was ranked at No. 32 on Rolling Stone's50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time list.[53] Louder Sound placed the album at No. 33 on their Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time list.[54]
Publications have also continued to praise the performances by the band members on the album. NutSie.com ranked the drumming performance by Danny Carey on the song "Ticks & Leeches" at No. 3 on their list of Top 100 Rock Drum Performances.[55]
A vinyl edition and two DVD singles from the album were released later. The "double vinyl four-picture disc" edition of Lateralus was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23, 2005. Two music videos were produced; one for "Schism" (with the short ambient segue "Mantra" at the beginning) and one for "Parabol/Parabola". These were subsequently released as two separate DVD singles on December 20, 2005, featuring remixes of the tracks by Lustmord.
All lyrics are written by Maynard James Keenan; all music is composed by Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, and Justin Chancellor.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Grudge" | 8:36 |
2. | "Eon Blue Apocalypse" (instrumental) | 1:04 |
3. | "The Patient" | 7:13 |
4. | "Mantra" (instrumental) | 1:12 |
5. | "Schism" | 6:47 |
6. | "Parabol" | 3:04 |
7. | "Parabola" | 6:03 |
8. | "Ticks & Leeches" | 8:10 |
9. | "Lateralus" | 9:24 |
10. | "Disposition" | 4:46 |
11. | "Reflection" | 11:07 |
12. | "Triad" (instrumental – song ends at 6:32, followed by silence) | 8:46 |
13. | "Faaip de Oiad" | 2:39 |
Total length: | 78:51 |
On vinyl editions of the album, "Disposition" is moved to track 8 between "Parabola" and "Ticks & Leeches".
Lateralus sold 555,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.[56] As of July 7, 2010, Lateralus has sold 2,609,000 copies in the US. It is ranked number 123 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200" list.[57]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[7] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] | Gold | 100,000* |
United States (RIAA)[4] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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