The Patient (track)
by Tool
The Patient appears on the following album(s) by Tool:
- Lateralus (track #3) (this album) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 23:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,284 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:11 | stareaterogni0n | 5,824 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 16:03 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 03:37 |  AAL2014 | 40,133 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 22:39 | mrmcrook | 12,562 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.4/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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Man, I needed a song like this. The chorus really spoke to me "If there were no rewards to reap, no loving embrace to see me through, this tedious path I've chosen here, I certainly would have walked away by now" that hits hard for me
Grouse 02/10/2019 23:24 | #231756
Starts of really slow and melodic and then it really gets going, I love it!
AAL2014 09/14/2017 17:29 | #197966
Unique vocalization from MJK, the last chorus has so many layers of vocals, guitars, etc and is one of the highlights of the record.
a nice melody for sure
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