Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The package (A Perfect Circle) (LP 339)

A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step (Vinyl, Virgin, 2003) ***

Genre:  Prog/Metal 

Places I remember: Marbecks Records, Auckland


Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Outsider





Gear costume:  Blue; Vanishing

Active compensatory factors: In this case the package is made up of a double vinyl set of good, sometimes great music from the Tool man - Maynard James Keenan.


There are others on the set (although not James Iha who is listed on the album but was hired for live shows) and, yes, A Perfect Circle is a band, but this feels like a MJK solo project to me.

In fine prog tradition the album is a concept one with songs revolving around the theme of addiction (not involving MJK - more as an abstract idea).

The music is very Toolish - that is a good thing by and large!


Where do they all belong? Pick any Tool album for the man's first love.

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