Lateralus
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| Label (s) | Zoo entertainment | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
78 min 58 s |
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David Bottrill, Tool |
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Studio (s) |
Cello Studios, Hollywood ; The Hook, Big Empty Space, The Lodge (North Hollywood) |
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Lateralus is an album by the band Tool , released on May 15, 2001 .
History of origin
Due to a dispute with the old record company Volcano Records, there were delays after the release of Ænima . A process of about four years delayed work on the next album. Tool tried to bridge the gap with the box set Salival and the side project A Perfect Circle .
In January 2001 Tool announced an alleged album called Systema Encéphale , the titles of which have esoteric and occult names such as "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick" and "Celiacus". Within a very short time, the numerous file sharing offers were inundated with files with these names. Just a month later, Tool announced that the new album would be called Lateralus and that Systema Encéphale and its track list were just a fake in order to deceive the public and, above all, the users of file sharing software.
In an interview, when asked why the album's title track was "Lateralis" instead of "Lateralus", Keenan replied that it was a simple typo.
The album was recorded in the "Cello Studios" in Hollywood, as well as in the studios "The Hook", "Big Empty Space" and "The Lodge" in North Hollywood. It was mixed in the "Larrabee Sound North Studios" in North Hollywood and mastered in the "Gateway Mastering Studios", Portland. In addition, the CD was encoded with the HDCD process, which is intended to achieve a higher quality sound on appropriate playback devices.
Cover design
The artwork - consisting of a semi-transparent plastic cover and a six-page booklet - comes from the artist Alex Gray and shows the inside of people on different levels.
Track list
- The Grudge - 8:36
- Eon Blue Apocalypse - 1:04
- The Patient - 7:13
- Mantra - 1:12
- Schism - 6:47
- Parabolic - 3:04
- Parabola - 6:03
- Ticks & Leeches - 8:10
- Lateralus - 9:24
- Disposition - 4:46
- Reflection - 11:07
- Triad - 8:46 (ends at 6:37, followed by two minutes of silence)
- Faaip De Oiad - 2:39
Single releases
reception
In June 2015, the renowned trade journal Rolling Stone selected the album at number 33 of the 50 best progressive rock albums of all time . The German magazine Visions had the album in their list of the 66 + 6 best metal albums of the third millennium in spring 2017.
Web links
- Review at laut.de
- Reviews of Lateralus on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brandon Geist: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time - Tool, 'Lateralus' (2001). In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media, June 17, 2015, accessed on September 30, 2015 .
- ↑ oA: The 66 + 6 best metal albums of the millennium . In: Visions, issue 289, pages 52–66