Thirteenth Step
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| Studio album by A Perfect Circle | ||||||||||
| Released | September 16, 2003 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Perfect Circle Studios, North Hollywood, California January 2003 - June 2003 |
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| Genre | Alternative rock Alternative metal |
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| Length | 50:36 | |||||||||
| Label | Virgin | |||||||||
| Producer | Billy Howerdel Maynard James Keenan (Executive) Danny Lohner (Tracks 3, 6, 9, 10) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[2] |
| E! Online | (B+)[3][dead link] |
| Rolling Stone | [4][dead link] |
Thirteenth Step is the second studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle, released under Compact Disc format on September 16, 2003. It was a major success reaching the #2 position on the Billboard 200 in its premiere week, selling over 231,000 copies and staying on the charts for 78 weeks.[5] The RIAA certified it as gold on November 4, 2003 and as platinum on March 24, 2006. The first single from the album was "Weak and Powerless", followed by "The Outsider" and "Blue". The tracks have their remixed versions on a 2004 remix album aMOTION.
According to Keenan on the commentary for the aMotion DVD, the album is a concept album with all of the songs dealing with the problem of addiction from a different perspective. He said that it refers in a way to his 13 years of residence in Los Angeles.[6] Intentionally or otherwise, the title also evokes Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs, where the term "thirteenth-stepping" denotes inappropriate sexual advances toward a person who is early in their recovery, or has little sobriety time.[7]
The cover art features a banana slug crawling across a woman's face.
"The Nurse Who Loved Me" is a cover of the song by Failure, originally featured on the 1996 album Fantastic Planet.
"Pet" has its follow-up, "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums", with the same lyrics, on the band's following 2004 cover versions album eMOTIVe.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel except where noted.
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "The Package" | 7:40 | |||||||
| 2. | "Weak and Powerless" | 3:15 | |||||||
| 3. | "The Noose" | 4:53 | |||||||
| 4. | "Blue" | 4:13 | |||||||
| 5. | "Vanishing" | 4:51 | |||||||
| 6. | "A Stranger" | 3:12 | |||||||
| 7. | "The Outsider" | 4:06 | |||||||
| 8. | "Crimes" (Howerdel/Keenan/Freese/White) | 2:34 | |||||||
| 9. | "The Nurse Who Loved Me" (Edwards/Andrews) | 4:04 | |||||||
| 10. | "Pet" | 4:34 | |||||||
| 11. | "Lullaby" | 2:01 | |||||||
| 12. | "Gravity" (Howerdel/Keenan/Freese/Van Leeuwen/Lenchantin) | 5:08 | |||||||
The Japanese version of Thirteenth Step includes an exclusive extended version of "The Package" (9:23).
[edit] Personnel
- Maynard James Keenan − Lead vocals, executive producer, artwork direction
- Billy Howerdel − Guitar, vocals, production, engineering, additional photography
- Josh Freese − Drums, backing vocals
- Jeordie White − Bass, backing vocals
- Troy Van Leeuwen − Guitar (on "The Package", "Vanishing" and "Gravity")
- Paz Lenchantin - Strings
- Danny Lohner – Guitar (on "The Noose"), additional production
- The Section Quartet – Strings (on "The Nurse Who Loved Me" and "A Stranger")
- Jarboe – Vocals (on "The Noose" and "Lullaby")
- Devo H. Keenan – Backing vocals (on "Pet")
- K. Patrick Warren – Instrumentation on "The Nurse Who Loved Me"
- Jon Brion – Instrumentation on "The Nurse Who Loved Me"
- Steve Duda – Digital engineering assistance
- Andy Wallace – Mixing
- Steven R. Gilmore – Sleeve art direction, design and digital photographic manipulation
- Dean Karr – Cover design & photography
[edit] Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | 2 |
| Top Canadian Albums | 1 | |
| Top Internet Albums | 2 | |
| UK Albums Chart | 37[8] |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | "Weak and Powerless" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 61 |
| Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| 2004 | "The Outsider" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 79 |
| Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 | ||
| Modern Rock Tracks | 5 | ||
| "Blue" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 | |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 21 |
[edit] References
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Album review Thirteenth Step at Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Cowen, Nick. "Album review Thirteenth Step". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3539/reviews/8668-. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ E! Online review[dead link]
- ^ Rolling Stone review][dead link]
- ^ Billboard.com
- ^ Chris Otts (September 26, 2003). "A Perfect Circle keeps spinning, churning out great music". The Crimson White. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080429210119/http://media.www.cw.ua.edu/media/storage/paper959/news/2003/09/26/Entertainment/A.Perfect.Circle.Keeps.Spinning.Churning.Out.Great.Music-2859285.shtml. Retrieved January 25, 2008. "Keenan told MTV that the title refers, on one level, to his now 13 years living in Los Angeles as a musician."
- ^ "AA Glossary". http://www.ipass.net/a1idpirat/AAglossary.html. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
- ^ "UK chart history A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=42514. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
[edit] External links
"Worldwide chart info A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step". www.ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=A+Perfect+Circle&titel=Thirteenth+Step&cat=a. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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