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Emotive (typeset as eMOTIVe on the album) is the third album by American alternative rock band A Perfect Circle. It was released on November 1, 2004 (although in the United States on the following day). It was released to coincide with US presidential election. The album contains 10 political covers, and 2 'original' songs which are also covers. "Passive" is a cover/remake of "Vacant" by the ex-group Tapeworm and "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" is also a follow up of the song "Pet" released by A Perfect Circle in 2003 on the album Thirteenth Step. It debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #2 behind the various artist compilation, Now 17. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 9, 2004. The album cover shows Los Angeles in an Armageddon-like state.
[edit] Track listing
- "Annihilation" (Crucifix) – 2:13
- "Imagine" (John Lennon) – 4:48
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe; Elvis Costello) – 5:03
- "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye) – 4:53
- "Passive" (Billy Howerdel, Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor) – 4:09
- "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" (Black Flag) – 2:18
- "People Are People" (Depeche Mode) – 3:43
- "Freedom of Choice" (Devo) – 2:59
- "Let's Have a War" (Fear) – 3:28
- "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" (Howerdel, Keenan) – 5:36
- "When the Levee Breaks" (Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy; Led Zeppelin) – 5:55
- "Fiddle and the Drum" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:06
[edit] Song information
- "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" was originally perceived to be a remix of the song "Pet" from Thirteenth Step. Maynard James Keenan spoke about this song on aMotion and insists that it is not a remix, but rather a second part of "Pet," even though they have the same lyrics. An animated music video for this song was seen on the band's website.[1]
[edit] Personnel
- Charles Clouser - Programming
- Critter - Engineer
- Steve Duda - Digital engineer
- Joshua Eustis - Drums, engineer, Fender Rhodes, mixing
- Jason Freese - Sax (baritone), sax (tenor)
- Steven R Gilmore - Design, photography, sleeve art, poster design
- John Giustina - Photography
- Billy Howerdel - Bass, guitar, piano, harmonium, keyboards, programming, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, rearrangement
- James Iha - Guitar, keyboards, programming
- Maynard James Keenan - Piano, arranger, vocals, executive producer, rearrangement
- Paz Lenchantin - Piano, strings
- Danny Lohner - Bass, guitar, arranger, keyboards, programming, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, rearrangement, instrumentation
- David Mattix - Assistant engineer
- Matt Mitchell - Digital engineer
- Andy Wallace - Mixing
- Jeordie Osborne White - Bass
- Josh Freese - Drums
[edit] Charts
- Album
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 2004 |
The Billboard 200 |
2 |
| 2004 |
Top Canadian Albums |
5 |
| 2004 |
Top Internet Albums |
2 |
- Singles
[edit] References
- ^ 2004-10-21. "Political perfect-ion!", NME. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
- ^ Trent Reznor (2005-02-26). Access. nin.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
