In
2001 (see
2001 in music),
Tool released their fourth studio album,
Lateralus. The album was a commercial success, reaching the #1 position on the Billboard charts in its premiere week. Two
music videos were released: "Schism" (the video had a short ambient track, "Mantra", at the beginning) and "Parabol/Parabola". Both videos were done in a visceral
gothic rock style that Tool uses in all of their artwork.
The album reached the #1 spot on Billboard Music Chart[?]'s top Internet Albums chart, top Canadian Albums chart and the Billboard 200 chart (US).
Stylistically, Lateralus is a defiantly progressive album, having emerged from a five year legal tussle with Tool's former label. In spite of the inacessibility, the album still became a success in the United States and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere as part of the mid- to late-1990s explosion of nu-metal bands like Linkin Park and System of a Down.
- "The Grudge" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 8:36
- "Eon Blue Apocalypse" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 1:04
- "The Patient" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 7:13
- "Mantra" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 1:12
- "Schism" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 6:47
- "Parabol" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 3:04
- "Parabola" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 6:03
- "Ticks & Leeches" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 8:10
- "Lateralus" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 9:24
- "Disposition" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 4:46
- "Reflection" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 11:07
- "Triad" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 8:46
- "Faaip de Oiad" (Carey/Chancellor/Jones/Keenan) - 2:39
- David Bottrill - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Adam Jones - Art Direction
- Mackie Osborne - Design
- Alex Grey - Illustrations
- Vince DeFranco
2001 Schism The Billboard Hot 100 No. 67
2001 Schism Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2
2001 Schism Modern Rock Tracks No. 2
2002 Lateralus Modern Rock Tracks No. 18
2002 Lateralus Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 14
2002 Parabola Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 10
2002 Parabola Modern Rock Tracks No. 31