Tool тобының «Lateralus» альбомы туралы

the album

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. 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." 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 and their 1996 Grammy winning beast, Ænima. Here, Tool go to extravagant lengths to drown you in sensation." 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."

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. Kludge ranked Lateralus at on their list of top 10 albums of 2001. Kerrang! placed the album at on their 2001 "Albums Of The Year" list. Q listed Lateralus as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. The album continued to gain accolades in the years following its release. In 2016, Loudwire named Lateralus the hard rock/metal album of the 21st century. The magazine also ranked it on their "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time." The album was ranked at on Rolling Stones 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time list. Louder Sound placed the album at on their Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time list. 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 on their list of Top 100 Rock Drum Performances.

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.

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. 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.

YearSongPeak chart positions2001 "Schism"67 2 2 54"Parabola" — 31 10 562002 "Lateralus"— 18 14 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.