Parabol (track)
by Tool
Year: 2001
From the album Lateralus (track #6)
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Parabol appears on the following album(s) by Tool:
- Lateralus (track #6) (this album) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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85/100  | 11/02/2025 18:19 | Rayzer6 | | 89/100 |
100/100 | 10/29/2025 07:35 | kinginsomniac12 | | 100/100 |
95/100 | 09/30/2025 07:54 |  ssteve | | 78/100 |
90/100 | 08/13/2025 15:56 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
70/100 | 05/19/2025 15:35 |  II | | 70/100 |
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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 83.9/100, a mean average of 83.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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An essential interlude track, Parabola wouldn't be nearly as phenomenal without it, though I feel like it would be better if the two tracks were merged
AAL2014 09/14/2017 17:31
Even more interesting when thought of as the opening track to The Holy Gift, if you're into that idea.
Parabola wouldn't be the same without this amazing intro.
TheHolyKiwi 03/07/2015 08:42
As an into this is one of the better ones I've heard, and it doesn't disadvantage the song in anyway if you listen to both as a whole.
works as a pretty decent intro to parabola
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