Lateralus
by Tool
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Lateralus is ranked as the best album by Tool.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 18 hours ago | JoshN125 | 120 | 91/100 | |
| 5 days ago | seaniedimes_ | 74 | 80/100 | |
| 05/19/2026 01:10 | golrab67 | 173 | 91/100 | |
| 04/29/2026 07:59 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 269 | 77/100 | |
| 04/25/2026 23:22 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,141 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Deserves all the praise. Great ambitious album. If you ask me , I would prefer if the album ended with Reflection. Still a master piece.
It’s tough to get through…there’s a lot of uninteresting filler and it’s long (and heavy, in a non-musical sense). Tool’s sound is as good as ever, of course, and there’s something genius in the lyrics “I know the pieces fit” on top of Danny Carey’s insane polyrhythms. Yeah, they fit…but only because of having one of the greatest drummers ever…
What a fantastic album that is full of great ideas and a lot of very heavy instrumentation. They really hold nothing back and seem to let out all of their passion on this project as some of these songs are so raw and powerful. This makes for a fantastic experience as you can really emote along with them and let out a lot of anger or emotion. The longer songs is where the album truly shines with Lateralus and The Grudge being my two favourite songs. Instrumentally, there is a lot to love as well with the percussion providing some outstanding moments and it does a great job of driving the music forward. The guitars are the highlight for me as they give it that heavy sound and some of the solos on here are exceptional. Where the album struggles is the length of the release. It is far too long and could be reduced by quite a bit. There is filler on here as well with a few songs being completely unnecessary in my opinion. Overall, you have to be in the right environment and mood to enjoy this album but when you want to turn it on it is absolutely phenomenal and deserves a lot of praise.
Parabola and Schism are obvious highlights, but as with most Tool albums it's a little too long with too much filler.
Tool are a band that you've got to be in the mood for to thoroughly enjoy. There are songs on each album that are fantastic (on this my faves are 'Parabola' & 'Triad') but I find they have to many tracks that are just "there". These tracks fare better than filler but are nothing to get excited over. The originality of their sound make them a worthy addition to any collection, but like I said 'play when in the mood'
Probably my favourite album ever, perfect from start to finish.
leaves a bad taste in my mouth but there are some cool ideas htere
Timestarter 02/05/2021 13:14 | #265808
ALL SONGS ARE MY FAV. TRACKS!!!
I generally prefer the heavier tracks in Tool's catalogue, but I still think their more proggy work is still fantastic
This is a really great album. I can definitely see why my boyfriend likes these guys so much. I'd give it a 100 but I'm a bit disappointed with the closing tracks, otherwise this album is amazing. "The Patient" is my current jam
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