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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.
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.
Photographers: Dean Karr; Billy Howerdel.
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).
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..." Thirteenth Step Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $7.69) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Heavy Metal, Alternative | | Label | Virgin | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  878  | | CD Universe Part number | 6021408 | | Catalog number | 80918 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 16, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Danny Lohner; Billy Howerdel | | Engineer | Billy Howerdel | | Personnel | Josh Freese - drums, percussion
Maynard James Keenan - vocals, gourd
Danny Lohner
Troy Van Leeuwen - guitar
Billy Howerdel - guitar, piano, bass, programming, background vocals
Jarboe
Jeordie White - bass
Devo Keenan
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A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step Songs Thirteenth Step Music Review Purchase Thirteenth Step CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Tool Aenima CD (1996)
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AENIMA was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. "Aenima" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
On its second full-length album, this hard-rocking quartet delivers 15 tracks of unrelenting aggression and focused intensity. Rather than overwhelm with huge sonic washes of guitar and booming drums, Tool employs a propulsive, snaky approach that makes use of undulating rhythms and clipped, percussive guitar riffs. Maynard James Keenan's vocals follow suit, opting for a heavily processed slow burn instead of the post-grunge bellow favored by so many ...
| | A Perfect Circle Mer De Noms CD (2000)
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Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan offers up something to fill the collective void of fans eagerly awaiting a follow up to AENIMA. Keenan teamed with Tool guitar tech and A Perfect Circle guitarist/composer Billy Howerdel for MER DE NOMS, which is both a band effort and an engaging hard rock album, recorded while Tool renegotiated with their label and other band members took a break. But don't be fooled; A Perfect Circle is more than a one-off side project.
The band isn't nearly as brutal as Tool; the musical textures are instead spacious and melodic. Keenan maintains his brooding, emotionally charged vocal style and his knack for conjuring bleak imagery. The track ...
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"Schism" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
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Florida's Iced Earth were swimming against the tide in 1992. At a time when alternative rock was wiping the rock & roll slate clean and putting hundreds of heavy metal bands out of business, seemingly overnight, the band's uncompromising blend of classic metaland thrash (think Iron Maiden meets Slayer) was about as unfashionable as it got. And, to make matters worse, their sophomore effort, Night of the Stormrider, was a full-blown concept album about a man's fall from grace and subsequent questioning of organized religion. ...
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Although Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices, etc., etc.) rarely displays a clear comical side in his musical endeavors (though as of 2007 he had released two albums of his hysterical drunken stage banter), his sense of humor is evident on Bad Football, the second alliance with Chris Slusarenko (also of the departed GBV). There are numerous self-referential and self-deprecating lyrics here, including "I got a fake British accent" from the catchy "Pretty Not Bad" (which contains this amusing backhanded complement of a chorus: "I've got a girl and I like her/'Cus she's pretty not bad") and the uproarious faux-fitness anthem "Kicks at the Gym." Even the throwaway "The Jester of Helpmeat" is more entertaining in this context. Pollard is also more visibly affectionate, such as on the heartfelt "I Can See My Dog" and the life-affirming "Father's Favorite Temperature." His critical contempt of "new rock" is obvious on those comedy records, and here he makes that disdain apparent in the sardonic ode "Music for Us." For those ...
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