eMOTIVe (album)

eMOTIVe
Studio album by A Perfect Circle
Released November 1, 2004
Genre Alternative rock, alternative metal, experimental rock[1]
Length 48:13
Label Virgin
Producer Billy Howerdel
A Perfect Circle chronology
Thirteenth Step
(2003)		 eMOTIVe
(2004)
Singles from eMOTIVe
  1. "Counting Bodies Like Sheep"
    Released: September 28, 2004
  2. "Imagine"
    Released: 2004
  3. "Passive"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
E! Online B+ link
Guardian Unlimited [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

eMOTIVe is the third album by American rock supergroup A Perfect Circle. It was released on November 1, 2004, to coincide with the US presidential election.

Contents

Album information

The album contains ten political, drastically changed cover songs, and two 'original' songs. Of the two original songs, one of them is "Passive", a version of the song "Vacant", by the ex-group Tapeworm. The song was created by Keenan, Danny Lohner, Trent Reznor, and others for the defunct Tapeworm project.[4] Tapeworm never released a studio version, but A Perfect Circle has played the song live once in 2001. The other original song was "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums", which 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," although they have similar lyrics. An animated music video for this song was seen on the band's website.[5] eMOTIVe 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.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Annihilation" (Crucifix cover) 2:13
2. "Imagine" (John Lennon cover) 4:48
3. "Peace Love and Understanding" (Nick Lowe cover) 5:03
4. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye cover) 4:53
5. "Passive" (written by Howerdel / Lohner / Keenan / Reznor) 4:09
6. "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" (Black Flag cover) 2:18
7. "People Are People" (Depeche Mode cover) 3:43
8. "Freedom of Choice" (Devo cover) 2:59
9. "Let's Have a War" (Fear cover) 3:28
10. "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" (written by Howerdel / Keenan) 5:36
11. "When the Levee Breaks" (Led Zeppelin cover) 5:55
12. "Fiddle and the Drum" (Joni Mitchell cover) 3:06

Personnel

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
2004 The Billboard 200 2
Top Canadian Albums 5
Top Internet Albums 2
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
2004 "Imagine" Mainstream Rock Tracks 26
Modern Rock Tracks 26
"Passive" Mainstream Rock Tracks 14
Modern Rock Tracks 14

References

  1. ^ a b Theakston, Rob. Album review A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe at Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (29 October 2004). "Album review A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe". www.guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/oct/29/popandrock.shopping1. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Fricke, David (11 November 2004). "Album Reviews: A Perfect Circle - Emotive". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20070208025552/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aperfectcircle/albums/album/6570192/review/6576920/emotive. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
  4. ^ Trent Reznor (2005-02-26). "Access". nin.com. http://nin.com/access/2-26/index.html. Retrieved 2008-02-01. 
  5. ^ "Political perfect-ion!". NME. 2004-10-21. http://www.nme.com/news/perfect-circle/18327. Retrieved 2008-02-01. 

External links

"Worldwide chart info A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe". www.ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=A+Perfect+Circle&titel=eMOTIVe&cat=a. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 

A Perfect Circle
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Mer de Noms  · Thirteenth Step  · eMOTIVe
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