Editing Lateralus (section)

== Background ==
''Lateralus'' emerged after a four-year legal dispute with Tool's label, [[Volcano Entertainment]].<ref name=akhtar>{{cite web |last=Akhtar |first=Kabir |date=July 16, 2001 |title=The Tool FAQ |publisher=toolshed.down.net |url=http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html|access-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> In January 2001, the band announced that their new album's title would be ''Systema Encéphale'' and provided a 12-song track list with titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus". [[File sharing|File sharing networks]] such as [[Napster]] were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.<ref name="tdnsystematracks">{{cite web |title=Old News. January&nbsp;— March 2001 |url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html |publisher=toolshed.down.net |access-date=March 6, 2006 |first=Kabir |last=Akhtar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407053401/http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, Tool's members were outspokenly critical of file-sharing networks in general due to the negative impact on artists that are dependent on success in record sales to continue their career. During an interview with ''NY Rock'' in 2000, lead singer [[Maynard James Keenan]] stated:
<blockquote>I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. The ones who get hurt by [[MP3]]s are not so much companies or the business, but the artists, people who are trying to write songs.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gabriella |date=September 2000 |title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle |work=NY Rock |url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/apc_int.asp |access-date=April 28, 2006 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013020808/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/apc_int.asp}}</ref></blockquote>
A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled ''Lateralus'' (supposedly a [[portmanteau]] of the leg muscle [[Vastus lateralis muscle|Vastus lateralis]] and the term [[lateral thinking]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Joel |last=McIver |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grWO5XKtbCoC |title=Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |publisher=Omnibus |year=2002 |pages=137 |access-date=January 27, 2008 |isbn=978-0-7119-9209-2}}</ref> and that the name ''Systema Encéphale'' and the track list had been a ruse.<ref name="mtvnewssystema">{{cite web |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040502145828/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 2, 2004 |title=Tool Tinker With Album Title, Set Track List|work=MTV News |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=March 6, 2006}}</ref>

''Lateralus'' and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward [[art rock]],<ref name="e!onlinelateralus">{{cite web |title=Lateralus review|publisher=E! Online|year=2001 |url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031218003654/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html |archive-date=December 18, 2003|access-date=June 18, 2007}}</ref><ref name="kingcrimsonminitour">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044059/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Tool Stretch Out And Slow Down In Show With King Crimson|work=VH1.com|access-date=July 19, 2007 |year=2001 |first=Laura |last=Bond}}</ref><ref name="munge">{{cite web|first=Milano|last=Brett|year=2006|title=Power Tool: Maynard James Keenan and band craft epic art-metal|work=Boston Herald|url=http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842|access-date=May 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629160758/http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842|archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref> and [[progressive rock]]<ref name="Fricke" /><ref name="AMG Lateralus review"/><ref>DeRogatis, p. 562.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-5142|title=Tool : Lateralus|date=September 12, 2005|website=[[NME]]|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> territory, in contrast to the band's earlier material, which has often been labeled as [[alternative metal]].<ref>[http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/noise/ NOISE – Las Vegas Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112825/http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/apr/26/noise/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> The album has also been described as [[progressive metal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-tools-lateralus|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Tool's 'Lateralus'|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=May 15, 2018|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent [[death march]]&nbsp;... The prolonged running times of most of ''Lateralus'' thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with [[suite (music)|suitelike]] purpose."<ref name="Fricke" /> Joshua Klein of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' in turn expressed his opinion that ''Lateralus'', with its 79-minute running time and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half minute music video for "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/tool-lateralus-1798192665 |title=Tool: Lateralus|work=The A.V. Club |date=May 15, 2001 |access-date=May 25, 2007|first=Joshua|last=Klein}}</ref> Drummer [[Danny Carey]] said, "The manufacturer would only guarantee us up to 79 minutes&nbsp;... We thought we'd give them two seconds of breathing room."<ref name="meanstreet">{{cite news |title=Interview with Danny Carey|author=J. R. Griffin|work=Mean Street|date=May 2001|pages=26}}</ref> Carey aspired to create longer songs like those by artists he grew up listening to. The band had [[segue]]s to place between songs, but had to cut out a lot during the [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] phase.<ref name="meanstreet" /> The CD itself was mastered using [[High Definition Compatible Digital|HDCD]] technology.

Just as ''Salival'' was initially released with several errors on the track listing, early pressings of ''Lateralus'' had the ninth track incorrectly spelled as "Lateralis".<ref name=akhtar /> The original title of "Reflection" was "Resolution" before being changed three months prior to the album's release.<ref name="tdnsystematracks" />

The track listing is altered on the vinyl edition, with "Disposition" appearing at track 8. Because of the long running time, the double vinyl edition could not be released like the disc since the songs would not fit on each disc side in that order. By moving "Disposition" to an earlier point, the sides were balanced and could fit the material. This edit breaks the segue that occurs between "Disposition" and "Reflection", however, which, along with "Triad", are linked together on the tracklist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tool-Lateralus/release/12001168 |title=Tool - Lateralus (2001, CD) &#124; Discogs |work=Discogs |access-date=June 5, 2020 }} (See artwork scans.)</ref>

Two of the singles from the album, "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]" and "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]", are featured in the video game ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''.

The insert is translucent and flips open to reveal the different layers of the [[human body]]. Disguised in the [[Human brain|brain]] matter on the final layer is the word "[[God]]". The artwork was done by artist [[Alex Grey]], who would later design the 3D edition cover for the followup to ''Lateralus'', ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]'' and a major part of the artwork for Tool's fifth studio album ''[[Fear Inoculum]]''.