eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 85 Ratings

  • Summary: Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan tackles a variety of covers on this latest from his side project, A Perfect Circle, including versions of songs by Depeche Mode ("People Are People"), Devo ("Freedom Of Choice") and Marvin Gaye ("What's Going On"). Also included are two originals.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Sweetly morbid dreams of a better world abound on this politically motivated release. [5 Nov 2004, p.80]
  2. 80
    Unexpectedly impressive. [Dec 2004, p.138]
  3. 60
    One of the most bizarre covers albums ever. [Dec 2004, p.102]
  4. Sounds like helium-voiced rockers Rush discovering a social conscience. [30 Oct 2004, p.65]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 62
  2. Negative: 17 out of 62
  1. tanw
    10
    wicked album show you wat the world has come to loving the voice and super guitar riftes !!!!!!!!
  2. 8
    The grim darkness of Tool meets the melodic direction of more mainstream rock, and the result is some of the most dramatic and chilling music you will ever hear. Special mention goes to "Imagine", the band's re-imagining of John Lennon's magnum opus. Odds are that you will never listen to the song the same way again. Expand
  3. found myself listening to passive, counting bodies, imagine, and annihilation was a badass intro. people are people was alright, lets have a war sounds like something from puscifer. and the rest were kinda just whatever to me. i have alot of understanding, and respect what these guys do, and it was a good album for the times. i would have to say though that it was the worst of the 3 albums. i would highly recommend mer de noms, and thirteenth step though as mind blowers! Expand
  4. NathanD
    4
    i like many other people who rated this album am a huge A.P.C. and Tool fan. But I also like many of you was extremely dissapointed. this is by far maynards weakest release ever. i love maynard for his unique genius, and i buy tool/apc albums because of his lyrical and musical insight, not for that of other artists. yes the reworking of the tracks was well done...so what. any other artist could have done that. maynard has set the bar so high for himself with all his previous work that anything that is short of extraordinary is a let down only because you know what he is capable of. he would have been much better off if he would have sat down and crafted his own origional songs about peace, war, greed and love, im positive it would have been more successful than this album. i only pray he finds HIMSELF again in Tool's upcoming album. Expand

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