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Universal acclaim- based on 641 Ratings
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Positive: 580 out of 641
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Mixed: 3 out of 641
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Negative: 58 out of 641
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Jul 31, 2011Dont leave a bad review because you dont like the music/genre... its all about the lyrics retard. Which are amazing if you would listen and pay attention and not just sit there and think about how much you would rather be listening to people sing about money, hoes, cars, and clothes...
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Jan 20, 2012
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Apr 16, 2020Not as good as Animæ but still an awesome record. The complexity and melodies are nothing short of mindblowing. Animæ by the way is 11 out of 10. Go buy them both. It demands a lot of the listener, but the reward is amazing, if you are patient.
TOOL just dont give a **** to what other people think and that makes them very special. -
Jun 4, 2012I still remember first listening to this, not liking it at all.. Huh.. Then it just started rewarding every listening, again and again. Probably their best, and obviously demanding your attention.
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May 5, 2021The album that set the rock canon at the beginning of the 21st century. The album that smashes into the floor from the beginning and leaves us there until the very end, and even longer.
It's an amazing album. Great, clear sound, Musicians in great shape. Progressive rock has reached a higher level. Tool is in a class of its own. A record that will never get bored. -
Jul 27, 2013
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Mar 10, 2014Excelente trabajo de la banda underground Tool, como no olvidar esos pasajes largos de guitarra y alternandolo dando asi un sonido psicodelico, esas canciones excesivamente largas y a la vez obras de arte, simpelemente genial.
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Feb 5, 2014
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Jun 21, 2014Supreme musicianship and lyric writing make this already fantastic album even better. The technicalities, the intense guitar riffs, poly-rhythmic drum patterns and a mixture of deep and low sounding vocals delivered by Maynard, at the peak of his vocal career. Overall, a fantastic, complicated and interesting album capable of a thousand replays. 10/10
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Feb 2, 2015
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Mar 15, 2017One of the best albums ever, certainly the best 21st century album for me. And I can't see why critics are bashing metal albums so much here, there's certainly much more talent in this band than any acclaimed pop act today
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Aug 28, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 2, 2020The Patient is a mediocre song, but the rest of the album is something out of this world
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Feb 7, 2020Anyone who gives this under a 9 is on crack. We need to stick a pitchfork in Pitchfork because this is one of the handful of legendary albums they've dissed. For new fans, start here with Lateralus
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Sep 4, 2021One of the best music experience you can ever have. It discovered full potential of Tool as a band.
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Apr 2, 2020
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Mar 17, 2021This is an album that's best to here in its entirety no distractions.
Legit masterpiece in its entirety. -
Dec 14, 2020This is probably Tool’s greatest released. Every song is great with the intensity of the opening track “The Grudge” to one of their most iconic songs “Schism” to the absolute banger of it’s title track. Lateralus is definitely one of most influential albums of the 2000s that’ll go down in history.
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Sep 5, 2022I love the odd time signatures, the hypnotic, and meditative dark vibe to specific songs such as Stinkfist and Eulogy and Forty Six & Two. This is a creative and intriguing metal album and I just love it.
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JohnL.Jun 9, 2001In your face rock, yet melodic at times. the only thing songs are extended unnecesarily.As a Whole the cd is the best thing out there at the moment.
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^-~chibizarbon^-^rahardjoOct 20, 2001shit i did something wrong oh well like i said i dont know this cd but i will soon enough ^-~chibizarbon^-^
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BryanO.Jul 26, 2002
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AmeyD.Mar 9, 2008Absolute genius of an album! Lateralus pushes the boundaries of music and the person listening to it. I bought the album couple of months after its release in India, coz of its unavailibility, and still end up listening to tracks such as lateralus and reflection over and over again.
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DamonM.May 24, 2001Intense musical phrasing and lyrical genious drip from Lateralus - it's as patient as Tool's fans needed to be - this album does NOT disappoint.
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DanielPMay 13, 2005One of the best cds. Tool is the best when it comes to unique timing. They are so different from every other band it's awesome. Maybard has a very unique voice, but it's really nice. This cd and band are musical geniuses. It really inspires me to be better at everthing I do.
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ZachLFeb 5, 2007An absolute work of art. How can people actually be complaining about the length of time the songs are? Is that all you can come up with to badmouth it? Combine thought provoking lyrics, mellow guitar riffs, and amazing vocals and you have Tool.
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KevinHAug 1, 2007
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matsvJul 17, 2003toptastic progressive heavygnats gonad off perfection
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Sep 22, 2011Hypnotic and raw would be the two words I'd use to describe Tool's best and most ambitious album. The build up and payoff is worth every bit of your time. This is you ideal metal prog album.
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May 17, 2013Greatest album in the history of music. Perfect 10. Tool at their absolute best. I've listened to this album hundreds of times and I am still discovering hidden gems. Don't forget to listen to the Holy Gift version.
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Aug 29, 2019
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Dec 12, 2018
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Sep 6, 2021Good album but tool has better albums than Lateralus so I give this album 9 points, btw this album is first album I listed to from Tool
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BixW.Aug 2, 2002A fine example of what rock should be about. EXCELLENT!!!
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MarksNMar 23, 2003Deep, great music.
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EdMay 2, 2006Most impressive. Let down in places by some meandering which acts like a speed bump to the album's overall flow, but it's rare to listen to a metal project where the silences can be as potent as the sound.
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ChrisR.Oct 6, 2007
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FatachiWOct 22, 2003Let's face it: Tool is one of the weirdest bands on the face of the earth, but, boy, do they know how to rock! (much better than most of the bands on the radio these days......)
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KrakkaJJan 30, 2007
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RobHJul 15, 2006This is a very good album, but common, best in History? The people reviewing this album have obviosuly never heard Dark Side, Sgt. Pepper's, Revolver, Let it Bleed, or OK Computer. There are also better Hard rock albums out there, such as Paranoid, Master of Puppets, RATM, and Led Zep's 1st album. This is very good, but in no way historical.
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Jul 29, 2023Yeah it's maybe one of the most iconic albums in Prog genre. Those musical ideas and performance techniques are breathtaking with their deep message to the listeners, allowing them to feel this atmosphere,Bravo!
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JSSSep 4, 2005Often pretentious. Often beautiful. Often overrated. But...Maynard is quite the singer.
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ElusiveCatSep 19, 2005
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Awards & Rankings
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A 79-minute sonic sojourn of hard rock delivered with an arty, fusion-conscious sensibility rooted most obviously from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Jane's Addiction.
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Q MagazineUltimately, it's Tool's experimental, borderline progressive, edge that proves most rewarding. [Aug 2001, p.141]
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It is dense, it is long, it is complicated. It is also a magnificent triumph of artistry over blind anger.