The insert is translucent and flips open to reveal the different layers of the human body. Two of the singles from the album, " Parabola" and " Schism", are featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. However, this edit breaks the segue that occurs between "Disposition" and "Reflection", which, along with "Triad", are linked together on the tracklist. By moving "Disposition" to an earlier point, the sides were balanced and could fit the material. 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. The track listing is altered on the vinyl edition, with "Disposition" appearing at track 8. The original title of "Reflection" was "Resolution" before being changed three months prior to the album's release. 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". The CD itself was mastered using HDCD technology. The band had segues to place between songs, but had to cut out a lot during the mastering phase. We thought we'd give them two seconds of breathing room." Carey aspired to create longer songs like those by artists he grew up listening to. Drummer Danny Carey said, "The manufacturer would only guarantee us up to 79 minutes . 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. The prolonged running times of most of Lateralus thirteen tracks are misleading the entire album rolls and stomps with suitelike purpose." Joshua Klein of The A.V. 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 album has also been described as progressive metal.
Lateralus and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward art rock, and progressive rock territory, in contrast to the band's earlier material, which has often been labeled as alternative metal. 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." Ī 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) and that the name Systema Encéphale and the track list had been a ruse. "I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. During an interview with NY Rock in 2000, Keenan stated: At the time, Tool 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. File sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names. 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". Lateralus emerged after a four-year legal dispute with Tool's label, Volcano Entertainment. 123 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200" list. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song " Schism" in 2002. It was also certified platinum in Australia, and double platinum in Canada. On February 13, 2015, the album was certified Gold by the BPI. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA on August 5, 2003. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling more than 555,200 copies in its first week of release.
On August 23, 2005, Lateralus was released as a limited edition two-picture-disc vinyl LP in a holographic gatefold package. 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. The album was recorded at Cello Studios in Hollywood and The Hook, Big Empty Space, and The Lodge, in North Hollywood, between October 2000 and January 2001. It was released on May 15, 2001, through Volcano Entertainment. Lateralus ( / ˌ l æ t ə ˈ r æ l ə s/) is the third studio album by American rock band Tool.