... Lateralus has some incredible haunting vocals and really intense proggy riffs with an experimental edge. Every single track on this album is excellent, particularly the tranistion between 'Parabol' and 'Parabola.' Vocals alternate between being incredibly loud and powerful to light and delicate. ... Read review
Advantages: Maynard James Keenan on vocals, excellent album artwork, outstanding transcendental music. Disadvantages: not easy listening
...favourite album of all time. Lateralus has some incredible haunting vocals and really intense proggy riffs with an experimental edge. Every single track on this album is excellent, particularly the tranistion between 'Parabol' and 'Parabola.' Vocals alternate between being incredibly loud and powerful to light and delicate. I have nothing bad to say about this album. It is best if you just let each track play after the other, paying attention to ... ...in its entirety. This remarkable piece of powerful fusion-conscious art transcends the intense anger that fuels it, creating such awesome and unique bitersweet sonic progression, with visceral and minimalistic textures, as well as elements of Far Eastern music. This is the band's Magnum Opus. For fans of A Perfect Circle, Radiohead, Pelican, Red, Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree and even Led Zeppelin.
My favourite album of all time. Lateralus has some incredible haunting vocals and really intense proggy riffs with an experimental edge. Every single track on this album is excellent, particularly the tranistion between 'Parabol' and 'Parabola.' Vocals alternate between being incredibly loud and powerful to light and delicate. I have nothing bad to say about this album. It is best if you just let each track play after the other, paying attention to the subtle nuances of each note, while appreciating the album in its entirety. This remarkable piece of powerful fusion-conscious art transcends the intense anger that fuels it, creating such awesome and unique bitersweet sonic progression, with visceral and minimalistic textures, as well as elements of Far Eastern music. This is the band's Magnum Opus. For fans of A Perfect Circle, Radiohead, Pelican, Red, Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree and even Led Zeppelin.
The album artwork is also excellent, impressive in that it simultaneously combines Christian Iconography, Far Eastern art and medical imagery, giving an all-over alien feel (For an example, see the accompanying image, which can be stripped away piece by piece in the book-sleeve.)
Advantages: Unique and beautiful Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste
...To buy in the shops, Lateralus can cost around £16.99 however when found on internet sites the price can be as little as £7.99 although the usual price is a not unreasonable £11.99.
I would suggest that this is a great album to buy if you're looking to expand your music taste and try new things. Also available are 'Aenima', 'Undertow', 'Opiate' and 'Salival'. ...
Kittys_gremlin 10.02.2006
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Product details
Title
Lateralus [PA]
Performer
Tool
Genre
Heavy Metal
Sub Genre
Progressive Metal
Release Date
14/05/2001
Recomended Retail Price
15.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
Volcano / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Engineer
Vince De Franco
Producer
Tool; David Bottrill
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
638592101326
Catalogue Number
9210132
Additional notes
Album Notes
Tool: Maynard James Keenan (vocals); Adam Jones (guitar); Justin Chancellor (bass); Danny Carey (drums). Recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, California, The Hook, Big Empty Space and The Lodge, North Hollywood, California. "Schism" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. Approaching Tool's LATERALUS with a casual ear would be a careless endeavor, to say the least. The sheer magnitude of the musical and emotional textures is as heady as it is primal. Standing out as one of the defining traits of the Tool sound is Justin Chancellor's hauntingly melodic bass playing, which often launches into a role reversal with the mountainous guitar work of Adam Jones. The best examples of said phenomenon are found in "The Grudge" and "Reflection." Drummer Danny Carey slips easily into the pocket, fearlessly tackling odd time signatures and tasty percussion like few contemporary metal percussionists (best evidenced in "The Patient.") Lyrically, LATERALUS crawls through the cerebral catacombs of vocalist Maynard James Keenan, exploring themes such as the fallout from failed communication ("Schism") and clutching to past pain in a desperate attempt at control ("Grudge"). LATERALUS is yet another art-metal tour de force displaying the collective mastery of Tool.
Album Reviews
Spin (1/02, p.77) - Ranked #16 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Spine-crushing dynamics and the best rock howl of the year..." Alternative Press (2/02, p.64) - Ranked #2 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001". Rolling Stone (6/7/01, pp.109-10) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Drums, bass and guitars move injarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent death march....the cumulativ eforce of muscle, imagination and immaculately wrought suspense....In another era, this would have been considered prog rock..." Spin (10/03, p.107) - "...Their first No. 1 album is also their spaciest and most technical..." Q (8/01, pp.141-2) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Extraordinary in every sense..." NME (6/2/01, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...Adds a little more color to their palette of chanting, drumming and high drama....They're the metal Radiohead..." Entertainment Weekly (5/25/01, pp.76-7) - "...It's the sound of a giant beast slowly rousing from a slumber, raising havoc, and then settling back in again. LATERALUS reasserts their strengths....leaving you admiring their principles..." - Rating: B- Alternative Press (7/01, p.57) - 7 out of 10 - "...A thick slab of art-rock..." CMJ (6/4/01, p.15) - "...Staggerringly brilliant..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Grudge
2.
Eon Blue Apocalypse
3.
Patient
4.
Mantra
5.
Schism
6.
Parabol
7.
Parabola
8.
Ticks And Leeches
9.
Lateralus
10.
Disposition
11.
Reflection
12.
Triad
13.
Faaip De Oiad
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