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Product info
- Categories
- Rock
- Artists
- Barcode
- 0724358091823
- Category
- Performer
- Rock & Pop
- Alternative
- Copy Control
- No
- Country
South Africa- Country of Origin
- USA
- Distributor
- EMI Music Distribution
- Engineer
- Billy Howerdel
- Format
- Audio CD
- Label
- Virgin
- Mono / Stereo
- Stereo
- Notes
A Perfect Circle: Maynard James Keenan (vocals, gourd); Billy Howerdel (guitar, piano, bass, programming, background vocals); Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar); Jeordie White (bass); Josh Freese (drums, percussion).
Personnel: Billy Howerdel (vocals, guitar); Jarboe, Maynard James Keenan (vocals); Danny Lohner, Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar); Josh Freese (drums, background vocals); Devo Keenan, Jeordie White (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.
Photographers: Dean Karr; Billy Howerdel.
With its sophomore effort, THIRTEENTH STEP, A Perfect Circle permanently sheds any clinging notions of being a Tool side-project. Although Maynard James Keenan's plaintive vocals immediately conjure up thoughts of his other outfit, APC distinguishes itself by furthering the melodic elements present on the group's first outing, MER DE NOMS. "The Package" starts things off slowly, with a foreboding guitar line and minimal drum cadence that gradually build into a full-blown Sabbath-like dirge. Carried along by the fluid bass playing of Jeordie White (formerly known as Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson), "The Noose" gives a tip of the hat to the Cure's gloomiest work, while White and guitarist Billy Howerdel create an entrancingly chiming bass/guitar tapestry on "Blue."
Though many of the album's tracks surge with APC's powerful metal riffs, the folky "A Stranger" and the lush "The Nurse Who Loved Me" both feature Keenan's voice supported by a gorgeous bed of strings and little else. A cycle that touches on themes of corruption, despair, and redemption, THIRTEENTH STEP is brought to a fitting conclusion by "Gravity," a powerful song that captures both the dark and light aspects of this fascinating band.- Number of Discs
- 1
- Performer
- A Perfect Circle
- Previews
Rolling Stone (10/2/03, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The band's second album, THIRTEENTH STEP, sounds more like the dusky thrum of DISINTEGRATION-era Cure than it does any of the members' previous bands..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/19/03, pp.86-7) - "...Frontman James Maynard Keenan sounds as elliptically tortured as ever....his band's winding, off-kilter rhythms and contrapunctal guitar riffs create an omnious atmosphere..." - Rating: B
Q (11/03, p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Keenan's voice is naked and clean....[The songs] affirm that Keenan is more than capable of writing bewitchingly unique songs..."
Mojo (Publisher) (11/03, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The frisson of anxiety crackles, brought to nervous pitch by fretful trash-can drumming, pomp rock guitar and disquieting and pervasive bass..."- Producer
- Danny Lohner; Billy Howerdel
- Songs / Tracks
- [ Disc 01 Track 01 ] Package, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 02 ] Weak and Powerless
- [ Disc 01 Track 03 ] Noose, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 04 ] Blue
- [ Disc 01 Track 05 ] Vanishing
- [ Disc 01 Track 06 ] Stranger, A
- [ Disc 01 Track 07 ] Outsider, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 08 ] Crimes
- [ Disc 01 Track 09 ] Nurse Who Loved Me, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 10 ] Pet
- [ Disc 01 Track 11 ] Lullaby
- [ Disc 01 Track 12 ] Gravity
- Studio
- EMI
- Studio / Live
- Studio
- Title
- Thirteenth Step
- Tracks
The Package
Weak And Powerless
The Noose
Blue
Vanishing
A Stranger
The Outsider
Crimes
The Nurse Who Loved Me
Pet
Lullaby
Gravity- Year
- 2004
Product Reviews (1)
Edward Simes
A Nothing but incredible follow up to their first album Mer De Noms. Classic Maynarn at his ultimate best. No with the addition of Jordie White. Better knon as Twiggy Ramirez, formally of Marilyn Manson. Plus James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins. Now they have become a super band of rock. This is an amazing peice of music for ANYONE. If you Listen to it, and don't fall in love with it. Go back and lisen to Britney you mindless music listener.
