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A Perfect Circle

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Emotive Reviews

Overall Rating
7

Emotive

2004 | Virgin Records

12 Sources have reviewed this album

8.5/10

E! Online

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What it lacks in aggression, though, the disc more than makes up for in inspiration, as these covers are so radically reworked that they sound as much like originals as the disc's lone new tune, "Passive."

8.5/10

Entertainment Weekly

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Sweetly morbid dreams of a better world abound on this politically motivated release. [5 Nov 2004, p.80]

8.5/10

Spin

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A Perfect Circle prove that they've got not only good taste, but real bite, too. [Dec 2004, p.117]

8/10

Uncut

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Unexpectedly impressive. [Dec 2004, p.138]

8/10

The Guardian

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Some of these treatments verge on the visionary.

7/10

Launch.com

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The band builds on the power of the previous Thirteenth Step, applying hypnotic arrangements, brooding melodies, and droning rhythms to a collection that sounds absurd on its surface, but is woven together by A Perfect Circle's heavy and dark-lidded

6/10

Blender

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Around the midway point, just as APC seem handcuffed to despair, they remember that a good protest song should stir the spirit rather than sink it. [Dec 2004, p.140]

6/10

Mojo

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One of the most bizarre covers albums ever. [Dec 2004, p.102]

6/10

Rolling Stone

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On the better half of this eccentric concept album, A Perfect Circle... revisit classic protest hits, jacking up the terror by throwing out iconic arrangements and performing heretical surgery on the melodies.

4/10