For me I remember the first time I heard Schism when was released and thought this was a cool track, but a little less heavy than I wanted. In the coming weeks before the actual album release, there was a stream somewhere on the net of The Grudge, which pretty much blew me away, and after hearing it I knew Lateralus was going to be a great album.

In those days, we used to actually buy CD’s, and I had pre-ordered my copy from the now closed Big Star Records here in Adelaide. I remember being called a couple of days before being told I could pick up the album on Sunday, so that morning, after dropping my girlfriend off to her soccer match, I headed into town and picked up the CD, stuck it in the CD player in the car, gave it my first listen.

I remember being overwhelmed by the album, particularly the last half in a manner I was by Aenima. I was unsure how much I really liked it, though much like their previous album, on repeated listens it became clearer and clearer that this was an amazing piece of work.

There isn’t really a track I don’t like on the album – The Grudge and Lateralus are stand out tracks for me, a Parabola probably my least favorite. Which tracks do you prefer? Below is a poll which should allow you to select your favorite 3 tracks from Lateralus:

Update: Poll has been fixed and reset – please vote again!

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Current bidding puts it at US$127.55.  Expect this to go up considerably…