A Perfect Circle discography

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A Perfect Circle discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 4
↙Compilation albums 4
↙Singles 9
↙Video albums 1
↙Music videos 10

This is a discography of A Perfect Circle, an American supergroup. A Perfect Circle has released three studio albums, one DVD, nine singles and ten music videos. This list does not include material performed by members of A Perfect Circle that was recorded with Ashes Divide, Black Light Burns, Failure (band), Guns N' Roses, Jarboe, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, Primus, Puscifer, Queens of the Stone Age, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tapeworm, Tool, The Vandals, Vanessa and the O's, or Zwan.

A Perfect Circle is the brainchild of Billy Howerdel. After hearing demos of Howerdel's music, Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of Tool, offered himself as vocalist. Howerdel agreed, and the band was formed in 1999. They were then joined by bassist/violinist Paz Lenchantin, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (Failure) and drummer Tim Alexander (Primus). Soon after entering the studio to record their first album, Alexander was replaced by Josh Freese (The Vandals). Mer de Noms was released in May 2000, selling 188,000 copies its debut week.[1] The band embarked on a number of headlining tours all over the world to promote the album which was certified gold by the RIAA one month after its release, and platinum just four months later.[2]

While preparing for their second album, Lenchantin and Van Leeuwen left the band to pursue other projects. They were replaced by bassist Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson) and guitarist Danny Lohner, both of whom had been involved in the production in both albums. Lohner performed only one track on the album and was replaced by James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins). Thirteenth Step was released in September 2003, selling 231,000 copies its debut week.[3] The band followed the release by touring throughout North America, Europe and Japan for the remainder of the year. In 2004, the band continued touring in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Europe, concluding in the late Spring in the United States. The album was certified gold just six weeks after release, and platinum in March 2006.[2] The third album, Emotive, was released in November 2004, selling 142,000 copies its debut week.[4] Two weeks later, the band released the DVD and CD set entitled aMotion. The set contains music videos of the singles, some previously unreleased videos, and some b-sides and remixes. Emotive was certified gold five weeks after its release, and aMotion a month after its release.[2]

Contents

[edit] Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]		 CAN
[5]		 UK
[6]		 AUS
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 SWE
[10]		 GER
[11]		 NOR
[12]		 FIN
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 SWI
[15]		 FRA
[16]		 World
[17]
2000 Mer de Noms — 5 — — 2 81 54 55 32 — — — — —
2003 Thirteenth Step 2 1 37 3 1 17 17 11 7 16 33 77 41 1
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]
2004 Emotive 2 5 — 8 2 46 — 33 18 — 61 62 61 2
  • RIAA: Gold[2]

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions[18] Album
U.S. Hot
100		 U.S. 100
Airplay		 U.S. Mod U.S. Main
2000 "Judith" 105 — 5 4 Mer de Noms
"3 Libras" — — 12 12
2001 "The Hollow" — — 17 14
2003 "Weak and Powerless" 61 60 1 1 Thirteenth Step
"The Outsider" 79 75 5 3
2004 "Blue" — — 21 19
"Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" — — — — Emotive
"Imagine" — — 26 26
2005 "Passive" — — 14 14

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

[edit] DVDs

Year Video information Features Certification
2004 aMotion
  • Music videos for singles "Judith", "3 Libras" and "Weak and Powerless" as well as previously unreleased videos for singles "Blue" and "Thinking of You". The set also includes an audio-only CD containing remixes that were previously only available as b-sides on singles or were previously unavailable altogether.
  • RIAA: Platinum[2]

[edit] Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2000 "Judith" David Fincher
2001 "3 Libras"
2002 "Thinking of You"
2003 "Weak and Powerless" Brothers Strause
2003 "The Outsider" Steven Grasse
2004 "Blue" Contest winner
2004 "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums"
2004 "Imagine"
2005 "Passive" Brothers Strause
2007 "Weak and Powerless (Tilling My Grave mix)"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Simutis, David (2000-09-14). "Circle of Stars". Dallas Observer, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Certifications for A Perfect Circle. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ (2003-09-24). "DMX Is Grand Chart Champ". Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  4. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (2004-11-10). "Nelly, A Perfect Circle No Match For Now 17". MTV.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  5. ^ a b Billboard Singles Chart for A Perfect Circle. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  6. ^ Album chart history, United Kingdom. everyHit.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
    Note: User must define search parameters as "A Perfect Circle".
  7. ^ Australian album chart history. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  8. ^ New Zealand album chart history. Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  9. ^ Dutch album chart history. Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  10. ^ Swedish album chart history. Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  11. ^ German album chart history. Musicline.de. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  12. ^ Norwegian album chart history. Norwediancharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  13. ^ Finnish album chart history. Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  14. ^ Austrian album chart history. Austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  15. ^ Swiss album chart history. Hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  16. ^ French album chart history. Lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  17. ^ World chart history for A Perfect Circle. Acharts.us. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  18. ^ Music Chart History for A Perfect Circle. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.

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