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Lateralus | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tool
Label: Volcano
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Rating:  1651 reviews
Sales Rank: 4727
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 614223116020
UPC: 614223116020
EAN: 0614223116020
ASIN: B00005B36H
Release Date: May 15, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | The Grudge | | • | Eon Blue Apocalypse | | • | The Patient | | • | Mantra | | • | Schism | | • | Parabol | | • | Parabola | | • | Ticks & Leeches | | • | Lateralis | | • | Disposition | | • | Reflection | | • | Triad | | • | Faaip De Oiad |
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Track: 10: Disposition,Track: 11: Reflection,Track: 12: Triad,Track: 13: Faaip De Oiad,Track: 1: The Grudge,Track: 2: Eon Blue Apocalypse,Track: 3: The Patient,Track: 4: Mantra,Track: 5: Schism,Track: 6: Parabol,Track: 7: Parabola,Track: 8: Ticks & Leeches,Track: 9: Lateralis
Media Type: CD
Artist: TOOL
Title: LATERALUS
Street Release Date: 05/15/2001
Domestic
Genre: HEAVY METAL
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Everything about Tool's fourth album is an experience, starting with the packaging, which consists of liner credits printed on a translucent plastic sleeve over the CD and a booklet that layers anatomical representations atop one another--the first page pictures musculature and blood vessels; the next, bones; the third, internal organs; and so on. It's worth describing the packaging of Lateralus because it says much about the astonishing music within. Maynard James Keenan and company understand the expectations riding on this much-anticipated release and they've delivered the goods! While it remains in the Tool tradition of trance-inducing progressive metal, Lateralus is tighter, clearer, crisper, and all around a notch above their admirable previous releases. Aenima was marred by muddy production and a certain predictability. Undertow had a cleaner sound but wasn't as confident or adventurous. With Lateralus, Tool have raised an already lofty bar still higher by coming up with a collection that kicks major ass. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1646 more reviews...
 overrated to the extreme November 28, 2008
Tool has too many problems preventing them from ever reaching greatness.
The most noticeable problem is their lack of talent to actually write a decent vocal melody. Instead, the lead singer sounds like someone who just blurts out whatever kind of vocals he thinks is appropriate, no matter how absurd is sounds, which mostly means he ends up either sounding obnoxious for wasting my time, or comes across sounding JUST as generic as thousands of other singers who are attempting the same thing as far as commercial alternative rock music goes. Choose either one. The sound of his voice alone is enough to send me screaming in total fear.
Then you have the guitar riffs, that are not only uninspiring and uncreative, but supposedly millions of people hear something interesting about them (which is completely mind-boggling to me). Wanna hear interesting guitar riffs? Check out Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Led Zeppelin. The kind of guitar riffs on this Tool album are about as generic as they come. Very average. The guitar solos aren't any good either.
The lyrics are sometimes tolerable, but this band is certainly no Bob Dylan as far as lyrics go, but I guess they *are* the highlight of the album. Not that THAT is saying very much, mind you. Lyrics about spiritual journeys, escaping reality, or however you want to interpret them. Sometimes they're alright, but most of the time the lack of any kind of interesting vocal melody makes taking the time to pay attention to the lyrics on Lateralus a complete chore.
This is just forgettable rock music. Whether people think Tool are an intelligent band, or saving the rock scene, or however you want to think of them. The bottom line to me is that they are below average, and to me personally, incredibly uninteresting.
 mind blowing October 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first tool cd that i bought was lateralus. my sons have listened since they were 16 or so. now I am hooked on tool myself, and have gone to 2 concerts with them. the first few times you listen seems ok then the more tool you hear you understand how really great they are they are pure music rock n roll one of my top band besides bowie and zepplin and many others from the past. they are awsome
 It's extremely okay! October 6, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Tool! Arguably the most fiercely lauded band of the last twenty years! My God, the TALENT!
The singer sings!
The guitarist plays the guitar!
The drummer plays the drums!
The bass player plays the bass guitar!
Wow! If that's the kind of thing you like you'll love this CD!
Over 1200 5 star reviews? Really? August 20, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
I don't get it... over 1200 5 Star reviews? I just don't get it! Would you say their review's were not that of the album itself or, more that of dedicated fan ferver? The only thing that really impressed me on this album was the packaging. Maybe that's what the over 1200 5 Stars were for . . . No?!
 Great music, brilliant musicians July 31, 2008
Tool's third album may be their best; certainly it is great. Very happy with it and it stands up to repeated listening.
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