Thirteenth Step
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| Studio album from A Perfect Circle | ||||
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Publication |
2003 |
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| Label (s) | Virgin Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
50 min 36 s |
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Billy Howerdel et al. a. |
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Studio (s) |
Perfect Circle Studios, North Hollywood |
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Thirteenth Step is the second studio album by the American progressive rock band A Perfect Circle .
The album was released on September 16, 2003, three years after the release of the first studio album, Mer de Noms . The songs Weak and Powerless , The Outsider and Blue were released as singles .
background
It is believed that the album's title is a nod to the Twelve Step Program , an alcoholics Anonymous abstinence support program . Maynard James Keenan says on a comment for the aMOTION DVD that Thirteenth Step is a concept album in which all tracks deal with the problem of addiction. The follow-up album eMOTIVe from 2004 is also a concept album; in this case the work deals with the anti-war movement.
By the time it was released, Troy Van Leeuwen and Paz Lenchantin had left the band. Bassist Jeordie White , previously known by Marilyn Manson as Twiggy Ramirez , and guitarist James Iha , who had previously played with the Smashing Pumpkins , replaced Van Leeuwen and Lenchantin. Iha did not participate in the creation of Thirteenth Step , however.
The album was voted 26th of the "150 records for eternity" by the readers of the music magazine Visions .
Track list
- The Package - 7:40
- Weak and Powerless - 3:15
- The Noose - 4:53
- Blue - 4:13
- Vanishing - 4:51
- A Stranger - 3:12
- The Outsider - 4:06
- Crimes - 2:34
- The Nurse Who Loved Me - 4:04
- Pet - 4:34
- Lullaby - 2:01
- Gravity - 5:08
Music and lyrics are by Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan , Josh Freese (tracks 8 and 12), Jeordie White (tracks 8 and 12), Troy Van Leeuwen (track 12), Paz Lenchantin (track 12)
The ninth song on the album, The Nurse Who Loved Me , is a cover version of a song by Failure (music and lyrics: Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews).
Individual evidence
- ↑ allmusic.com: Thirteenth Step