Studio Album · No. 3
Lateralus Songwriting Credits by Tool
Produced by Tool, David Bottrill · Engineered by David Bottrill, Bob Ludwig
Holds writing credit on 13 of 13 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether Tool carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Lateralus is the fullest expression of Tool's collective writing: every track is credited to Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan, and Adam Jones together, with no outside writers at all. The album is famous for building the title track around the Fibonacci sequence, and "Schism" won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance. It is wholly self-authored by the band as a unit.
Lateralus came out on Volcano in May 2001 and opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 555,200 copies sold in its first week. "Schism" won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance the following year, and this was the last Tool record David Bottrill produced.