Editing Relationship of Command (section)

===Legacy===
Following the release of the album, At the Drive-In gained brief mainstream critical and commercial success, with ''Relationship of Command'' appearing in end-of-year lists of the best albums of 2000 by publications such as the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', as well as becoming their first album to reach the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The band also made appearances on shows such as ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' and the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. However, despite this success, the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2001, with the members splitting to form [[The Mars Volta]] and [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]].

The album was included in ''[[Rock Sound]]''{{'}}s 101 Modern Classics list at number 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/rock-sounds-101-modern-classics-the-final-instalment|title=Rock Sound's 101 Modern Classics: The Final Instalment!|work=Rock Sound Magazine|date=July 11, 2012 |accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> The album was ranked at number 177 on ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'}}s "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/3/|title=The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)|work=Spin|author=Martins, Chris|date=May 11, 2015|page=3|accessdate=August 6, 2015}}</ref> In 2019, the album was ranked 42nd on ''[[The Guardian]]'''s 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=September 13, 2019 |accessdate=September 18, 2019 }}</ref> In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref name="MHtop2000">{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 2000 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-2000 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=March 6, 2021 |date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> Journalists Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley included the album in their list of the most essential emo releases in their book ''Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture'' (2007).<ref>Simon; Kelley 2007, p. 171</ref> ''Alternative Press'' ranked "One Armed Scissor" at number one on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36083/at-the-drive-ins-one-armed-scissor-tops-aps-haircut-100-singles-countdown|title=At The Drive-In's 'One Armed Scissor' tops AP's 'Haircut 100' singles countdown|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=November 20, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref>