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Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings
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Positive: 61 out of 99
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Mixed: 20 out of 99
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Negative: 18 out of 99
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Oct 5, 2014A Perfect Circle has 2 original songs on this album and the others are covers. The originals are amazing and the covers are perfect. A Perfect Circle made all of the covers their own and they succeeded.
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Jan 4, 2013this album isn't for everybody; but if your open minded there's some enjoyable tracks. passive, imagine, lets have a war, and on a good day, counting bodies.
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Sep 22, 2011APC have taken a few steps back with releasing this (mainly covers) record. It has some good covers, but I'd much rather listen to the originals over most of this cover stuff. The best songs on the record comes from their originals 'Passive' and 'Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums'. But surprisingly, 'Imagine' (John Lennon cover), is a haunting take on Lennon's classic tune.
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Sep 25, 2010
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Sep 23, 2010The 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.
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MattJJun 30, 2007
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JonathanHApr 26, 2007
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tanwJan 8, 2007wicked album show you wat the world has come to loving the voice and super guitar riftes !!!!!!!!
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NetoGMay 29, 2006Great sounding and politicized songs.
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JordanFFeb 9, 2006I cant get enough of this album and dont understand what all the negative fuss is about. This album actualy got me to get their older albums, which I actualy dont like as much.
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PeterBDec 24, 2005I wish people would stop referring to Tool when reviewing APC music. They are DIFFERENT bands for crying out loud. Furthermore, if you bought Emotive without realising it's an album of covers, then you are not worthy of being able to vote in this forum!
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ShaysAug 20, 2005This album is a tad dissapointing to APC and tool fans. Although Passive and Imagine are two of the most moving songs done by this and other artists, the rest turns out to be sluggish remakes of old overdone anti-war songs. Nothing against the original writers, but I stopped listening to this album when i heard how they butchered the great "When the Levee Breaks".
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AlexSAug 4, 2005Totally fails and dissapoints all APC fans, fails to match up to thier previous albums.. absolutely rubbish
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AlanRJul 28, 2005
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DanCMar 27, 2005
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HollySMar 26, 2005
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PatrickMar 13, 2005Paz is back which saved everything. It is great
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KevinFeb 24, 2005Very good album. Lot's of cool sounds and a nice take on the old tracks. Definetly worth getting if you are an APC fan.
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JakeHFeb 14, 2005
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DameYFeb 1, 2005REALLY generic and bland
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AlBJan 30, 2005i love perfect circle, but this is a real rushed, album, Has no originality, no spak. lacking great guitar and vocal riffs which generally make them so good
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CecilPJan 27, 2005Lots of ideas on this cover album. Most of them should have never left the rehearsal studio. I'm sure the band's intentions were good, but this is barely listenable.
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Chromosomeman2004Jan 20, 2005
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torirJan 18, 2005
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johnqpJan 17, 2005
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aaronwJan 17, 2005APC is selling out!!!! They are getting worse and worse
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XavierFJan 10, 2005A very different track that this band has gone down and an impressive one. The band takes its responsibility to the world seriously as rolemodels and talks about what matters. Brilliant covers make this a must have for anyone's collection. Don't think of this album as typical Perfect Circle and you won't be disappointed.
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SteveFJan 10, 2005What the hell ? APC used to be one of my favorite bands. I loved Mer de noms and couldnt wait til thier next album dropped. It did and boy did thirteenth step suck. Then they released this crap. I'm losing respect for a band that could be great.
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darkangelJan 9, 2005This was one of the best Albums of all time
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VADec 27, 2004
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JasonRDec 20, 2004This album rocks!!! Anyone who thinks different is sadly mistaken....
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BrandonDec 16, 2004I am probably one of the biggest fans of APC... this album was so disgustingly upsetting. It brutally sucked. I lost a big of respect for Maynard, just hope he gets in together for a new TOOL album.
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AdrianMDec 11, 2004
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CRootplayer5000Dec 9, 2004Just because the pace isn't quick enough for your taste is a shti reason to give an album a bad score. This album is useful in certain situations, such as driving in snow covered hills after a long day of boarding, or just before going to bed, etc..open your minds to various styles & interpretive music, losers.
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V.Z.Dec 7, 2004
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JasonSDec 4, 2004Love Tool, like APC, but hate this album. Probably a result of high expectations, but after only one listen I felt ripped off. Listened some more, and that feeling didn't change. The whole album is one big long boring drawl. If I listened again, I probably couldn't tell you which song was which.
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tsubNov 27, 2004gosh this cd is horrible
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AnthonyANov 25, 2004
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lennybruceNov 24, 2004I would rate this cd, but i can't stop laughing long enough to do so. Anyone buying into this junk proves Barnum is right once again, a sucker is born every minute.
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NathanDNov 24, 2004
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kirilmNov 23, 2004maynard please tell us, what in the tool's name have happened to you, man...
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JeffNov 23, 2004Great leaping Jesus this is awful! Take a bunch of great songs and "cover" them by speaking or singing the words over music that sounds like outtakes from some King Crimson side project. If this album really was a contract breaker, maybe it can be forgiven; otherwise, what's the point?
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BortNov 18, 2004
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ellisbNov 16, 2004Interesting...
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BrandonRNov 14, 2004
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TonyBNov 14, 2004
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HamudZNov 13, 2004This is simply a GREAT recording. Even if you aren't a fan of APC, you'll have to give the band big credit for having the BALLS to create covers of classic tunes like "What's Going On" and "Imagine"...but making these tunes truly different from the originals. Kudus to APC for this effort!
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AaronMNov 12, 2004I listened to this cd twice through before making my judgement on it, the first time i only liked the lennon cover the second time, i loved the cd, and is the only disc i have been listening to for the past 3 days
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NickRNov 12, 2004It's a classic cover album masterpiece put together by this amazing group.
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DanLNov 11, 2004A huge perfect circle and tool fan who is gravely dissappointed by this album. This is Maynard's worst album to date. Maybe other people will find it appealing but it's going to collect dust on my shelves and the next time it gets brought back out may be if I decide to commit suicide.
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Robby"exit"Nov 9, 2004
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MelissaWNov 9, 2004This album is beautiful, symbolic, innovative, striking, imaginative, ingenious, original, artistic, exquisite, and inspired!
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AndiNov 8, 2004maynard is a genius. he truly has an angelic voice. that alone can make any song amazing.
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sanfordbNov 6, 2004
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[Anonymous]Nov 6, 2004
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PCNov 5, 2004Pretty good, not as good as Mer De Norms or 13th Step.
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RichardHNov 5, 2004A little boring...
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DanSNov 4, 2004
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CJNov 3, 2004Awesome!
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KajmanNov 3, 2004Atmospheric, deep songs.
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S.ToncrayNov 3, 2004
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BrettCNov 1, 2004Awful cd. They really turn some classic songs into boring, uninspiration sludge. This is one project that should have been canned.
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Awards & Rankings
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UncutUnexpectedly impressive. [Dec 2004, p.138]
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Emotive falls flat and fails to raise the bar set so high by the quality of their previous two releases.
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MojoOne of the most bizarre covers albums ever. [Dec 2004, p.102]