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| 1.0 awful | Iai EMERITUS | January 17th 07 |
I'm afraid everything you've heard is true - this album is truly abysmal. Cover albums have a bad reputation as it is, but occasionally, they can be fantastic - artists paying tribute to their influences while adding a little of themselves to the songs, making something that truly stands as a tribute. eMOTIVe, on the other hand, stands as an insult. There are so many things wrong with this album it's difficult to know where to start. For one thing, the motive behind it was cynical to say the least - this album is simply a cobbled-together, half-assed attempt to jump aboard the anti-Bush bandwagon, which means the songs chosen weren't necessarily chosen for the right reasons. There are songs here that simply have no place being covered by A Perfect Circle - "What's Going On", "Peace, Love, and Understandin'", "People Are People", and "Imagine", especially, sound like awkward attempts at jamming together two entirely contrasting ideas, and it simply doesn't work. APC are not a soul band, and they're idiots for trying to do soul songs. Even the songs that you'd think APC might do well, like "When The Levee Breaks" or "Let's Have A War", feel like B-sides at the very best. A shockingly bad album.
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| 2.0 poor | NineteenSeventyNine | February 22nd 09 |
Quite possibly the best album of all time. I mean, have you heard "Counting Bodies..."? The album is about George Bush which means A Perfect Circle are very deep. Man, high school is tough.
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| 2.0 poor | raggedragamuffin | July 17th 08 |
Great: Imagine, Passive
Good: Annihilation, When the Levee Breaks
Awful: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, People are People
Poor: Everything else
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| 2.5 average | StonedManatee | January 10th 20 |
I feel like this album has aged better in parts than Mer De Noms or even The Thirteenth Step, but the last quarter of the album is a waste still. The first eight songs are worth the listen and Passive is probably the best song on the album and Top Three APC songs.
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| 2.0 poor | Flomink | September 6th 19 |
It's good for putting you to sleep... But not much else. Everything in this album's execution is
sluggish and muddy (but not in any endearing, or any other positive way). The only redeemable or
memorable track on this album is Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums but
even that song doesn't have much to it beyond a few satisfying musical notes. Much of the album is
comprised of covers, so you'd be better off just listening to the originals. Not even 12 year old
me (when I had first listened to this record years ago), who was amused by nearly everything, and
wanted to love this album because I liked it's art a lot, could find any reason to revisit this
record.
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| 4.5 superb | slipandslide | May 22nd 19 |
Honestly a good listen. loving most of these tracks other than When the levee breaks . And Freedom of choice being a wonderful song to me as well as Imagine and peace love and understanding.. sorry for having a opinion on this one i guess
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| 2.0 poor | Naseki | November 6th 16 |
So many weird ups and downs in this album Also Annihilation is underrated. After Passive everything starts to be boring. FAV TRACKS: Passive, Imagine
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| 3.5 great | hobblepot | June 9th 15 |
Really don't understand why so many people hate on this album. It was the first APC album I ever heard, and I love it. Even people who totally despise this album have told me they think the cover of 'Imagine' is beautiful
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| 2.0 poor | supremejelly | April 20th 15 |
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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| 1.0 awful | grapeape | June 7th 13 |
Unfortunately, this album can be summed in one word: boring.
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| 2.0 poor | jday | July 31st 12 |
Whenever I listen to the cover of Imagine, I think back to the scene in the first terminator movie when Kyle Reese is walking through the resistance tunnel, watching as kids are scrounging for rats to eat, and then all of a sudden a terminator gets past security and kills them all. When I listen to this album I hope the terminator manages to euthanize everyone. Aside from Passive, and possibly another song I forgot, this is an poor album.
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| 2.0 poor | 6Dark6Cell6 | December 10th 10 |
these songs are just un listenable really. its not that they did a bad job its just that well, they might've been able to do a better job. I know covers arent supposed to sound like the origionals but perhaps covers wernt a wise choice...
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| 2.5 average | Jlo2010 | September 27th 10 |
Actually, it is a more average album than good or great. The covers are nice to hear but nowhere special and certainly not compared to the other albums of APC that are excellent!
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| 1.0 awful | GnarlyShillelagh | November 7th 09 |
Passive is one of my most favorite songs ever, but there's really no reason to listen to anything else on the album.
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| 1.0 awful | AggravatedYeti | January 13th 09 |
I'm like
'lol, this poor excuse for a turd is an album?'
Maynard is like
'Yah dude, totally is the best cover album ever -- probably the best thing I've done'
Then he went off and formed Pussifer. Oops.
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| 1.5 very poor | gbowles | October 17th 08 |
wow, it's surprising how bad this was compared to their original material. one of the biggest letdowns, it sounded like a really cool idea to hear them do more covers (in addition to the great Failure cover)
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| 2.5 average | thedarkestred | October 6th 08 |
If it wasn't for the decent singles "Passive" and "Imagine", and the odd other song that's mediocre, this album definitely would be a 1, as the reviewer has said.
The majority of these songs are done terribly, and it's no excuse that the originals were crap because they chose to do these songs! There are many other songs about war that they could have chosen, but nope, they picked bad ones... and made them worse :|
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| 1.5 very poor | rentford | October 31st 07 |
Oh boy, what can i say about this one?
Not much other than the fact that this album is jam packed with nothing but a bunch of poorly executed covers. There is one original song, but it doesn't justify the purchase of this album. I wouldn't recommend even downloading this one unless you're a die-hard APC fan.
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| 2.5 average | samthebassman | January 17th 07 |
Im very unhappy to report that this one unfortunate album release. What where Maynard and the gang thinking they were going to accomplish with this album? The first blot on A perfect circle's career but it is not without its high points. "Passive" is a great song and would stand out on album while "imagine" and "what's going on" are the standout covers here. This album is really only for the older fans as Iam afraid it won't attract any new ones.
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| 1.0 awful | unlearnme | December 5th 06 |
The only songs I like off this are Gimmie, and Annihilation. Passive and Imagine are so-so. So why give it a one? Because all the rest were unlistenable. Absolutely the worst album I own. Why does APC only put effort into about 3 songs on every record? They beef up their singles and piss together everything else. They didn't even go out with a bang. They fizzled.
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| 4.0 excellent | patbateman666 | November 18th 06 |
What an album!! I listen to this album religiously. Although it is mostly filler due to contractual obligations, they still pull off a solid release!! Everything from Imagine, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Peace Love and Understanding, People are People, and When the Levee Breaks! It was a highly experimental album with great intention; fantastic music!
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| 3.0 good | UpperDecker | November 17th 06 |
I seem to be the only person I know that enjoys this album. Yea, its very different from their other albums and alot more simple but i really like it. I like the anti-war theme and the overall vibe of the album. Peace Love and Understanding is my favorite. Every song is good except for Annihilation and Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. Seriously this album is terribly underrated.
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| 2.0 poor | infinitestrain | November 17th 06 |
I should'nt really have to explain this album, because it just plain sucked... there I said it. Yeah very disappointed with this one. I'm not a big fan of covers, but I will make an exception with Garage Days Inc. by Metallica, because the music they covered sounded alot like the music they made, and you know something; they were friends with those bands, and toured with those bands. But APC did not pull off what Metallica did a few years back. But I'm sure you all know where I'm coming from here you know? And for those of you that do like what they did here, well you should all be ashamed of yourselves. I will give 'em a little credit on the Lennon cover though, but that is about it.
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| 2.5 average | DJD1ed | November 28th 25 |
| 2.5 average | Trundle | October 20th 24 |
| 3.0 good | coopj | January 19th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | Crushd | December 16th 23 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | November 23rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | haley | May 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | haxxiy | March 7th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
| 3.0 good | A.R.O. EMERITUS | September 3rd 22 |
| 3.0 good | Thibs | December 21st 21 |
| 2.5 average | Zeist | October 20th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Zakusz | June 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Adol | June 15th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | April 13th 21 |
| 3.5 great | CHINDI | February 15th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Polvo | January 13th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Nick | December 4th 20 |
| 3.5 great | eljonny | November 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Alex C. | November 16th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Skiiddz | September 25th 20 |
| 1.0 awful | luetin | June 18th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | skeed | May 31st 20 |
| 3.0 good | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | AddiQui | February 7th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | November 22nd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Juca89 | September 30th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | hsb | August 26th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | May 29th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | bmelt | May 21st 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | crab | March 16th 19 |
| 3.0 good | wrax | March 10th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | karlulol | February 10th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | xxm | January 14th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | GazAldo | January 11th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | zbyna | December 29th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Josh | November 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | zruF | October 25th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Akifexx | September 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ssak | September 3rd 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | kempokid | September 1st 18 |
| 3.0 good | AAHN | July 19th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | igi78 | June 18th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Nero | May 25th 18 |
| 2.5 average | kayr0s | May 11th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Gueero | April 30th 18 |
| 3.0 good | JDubb | April 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | rkuder | April 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Srglvrz | April 21st 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Juanpa | April 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | boff | March 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dasher | February 15th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Marci | January 27th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Loch | January 20th 18 |
| 2.5 average | ElSomni | January 14th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | January 1st 18 |
| 3.0 good | kfad95 | October 18th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Kantala | September 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | lada | May 28th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | wub | April 28th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Collis | April 19th 17 |
| 2.5 average | wtabor | March 15th 17 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | February 13th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Handers | February 2nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | Meuric | January 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Radex | October 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brandon | October 22nd 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | loulou | May 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | elch21 | January 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | TeeDeeM | December 9th 15 |
| 2.5 average | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gonzo101 | November 12th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Lassie | October 1st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Sine | September 12th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Daedus | July 15th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Fugue | July 12th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Majkl | May 5th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | B888IE | March 26th 15 |
| 3.0 good | gas83 | March 21st 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | dkkc | January 30th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | tiberk | October 23rd 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Titan | October 21st 14 |
| 2.5 average | Jamper | October 19th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Juke | October 3rd 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Brabiz | September 28th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Lentils | September 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | tysly | September 17th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Alifib | September 12th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Gore | July 9th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | ngk44 | April 25th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Fujay | April 20th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Miggl | April 20th 14 |
| 2.5 average | rg9 | April 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | tarkus | January 18th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | wwf | January 17th 14 |
| 3.7 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | January 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | rawni | December 28th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | sp0tnik | December 22nd 13 |
| 2.5 average | Mailen | December 20th 13 |
| 2.5 average | cdog215 | December 15th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Jung | December 11th 13 |
| 3.5 great | chewhat | November 24th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Snowden | November 21st 13 |
| 2.5 average | neikos | November 16th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Simon K. STAFF | November 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | btj88 | November 6th 13 |
| 3.0 good | hudso | October 29th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | T0rr35 | October 20th 13 |
| 2.5 average | heck | September 30th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Slerbo | September 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Diachy | August 14th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | dgrona | August 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | limbs | May 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Andy37 | February 23rd 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Curse. | February 22nd 13 |
| 2.0 poor | DadKungFu EMERITUS | February 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Tauturk | February 13th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Lobber | February 4th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Icekler | February 1st 13 |
| 2.5 average | CRS5 | February 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | yoyoyo | January 31st 13 |
| 3.0 good | Swoon | January 7th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Escain | January 6th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Minus. | December 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Acorn | December 22nd 12 |
| 3.5 great | geontes | December 20th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Tuth | October 29th 12 |
| 2.5 average | balazs | October 18th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | ala | August 21st 12 |
| 2.5 average | Dunpeal | August 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | 6281226 | August 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Taye | August 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lani | August 5th 12 |
| 2.5 average | TLX | April 17th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Zedi | April 13th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Lalka | April 5th 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Mike08 | February 23rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | nex77 | February 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | StAAder | January 22nd 12 |
| 2.5 average | tribszn | January 3rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | December 23rd 11 |
| 2.0 poor | FLRTE | December 12th 11 |
| 2.5 average | RickLip | November 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | 20eyes | November 13th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Pugnax | October 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aybabtu | October 13th 11 |
| 2.5 average | PacM4n | September 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | musik | September 10th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | benkim | September 7th 11 |
| 2.5 average | hxa155 | July 1st 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | CoConi | May 31st 11 |
| 3.0 good | lucho | May 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | April 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | itchy | April 13th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Kewpie | April 10th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Elwood | March 10th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | rjmunthe | February 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Massn | February 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Pawsee | February 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Apollo | February 9th 11 |
| 3.0 good | 37er00 | January 31st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | sleepcz | January 28th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Rumulox | January 2nd 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Comj | December 15th 10 |
| 2.5 average | mnwild | December 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | NoamBr | December 8th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Tommy93 | November 26th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | cvlts | November 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | nick77 | November 21st 10 |
| 2.5 average | CutMan | October 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Torgol | October 1st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kamorra2 | September 24th 10 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | miltos | September 5th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | tables | August 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | droog | August 5th 10 |
| 2.5 average | LordPH | July 26th 10 |
| 2.5 average | BJBG | July 23rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Hilty | July 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | neuli | July 7th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Velcro | June 16th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Boissi | June 9th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | KP23 | May 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fobeus | May 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | April 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Jens13 | April 23rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | SHINFO | April 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | M87 | April 3rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | cb123 | March 17th 10 |
| 2.5 average | BigHans | February 23rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Nach0 | February 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | vdop | February 10th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Smevin | February 7th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Hisfoot | February 2nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | DonDijk | January 13th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | sp4585 | January 9th 10 |
| 3.0 good | BlissX | December 7th 09 |
| 2.5 average | AlexAix | November 22nd 09 |
| 2.5 average | Jasiu | November 21st 09 |
| 2.5 average | ferrum | November 17th 09 |
| 3.5 great | JesusV4 | November 15th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Awaken | November 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Ricven | October 17th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Kakz | October 9th 09 |
| 2.5 average | XZIST | October 2nd 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | kfilly20 | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Flyboy | September 29th 09 |
| 3.0 good | deadsye | September 21st 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Maes | September 7th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Inveigh | September 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | aBp | August 31st 09 |
| 3.5 great | Ubicuo | August 30th 09 |
| 2.5 average | cia | August 19th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | SAW18 | July 8th 09 |
| 1.0 awful | Arlec | June 26th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Bleak | June 22nd 09 |
| 3.5 great | Thef | June 6th 09 |
| 3.0 good | syhr | June 5th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Tjeerd | June 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | 1zero | June 1st 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | zuzek | May 18th 09 |
| 2.5 average | tvol | May 14th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | SVIIB | February 20th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Kehl | December 12th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | red0 | November 30th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | November 24th 08 |
| 2.5 average | aerial | November 21st 08 |
| 1.0 awful | tarcus | November 6th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | Soflex | October 22nd 08 |
| 3.5 great | kVick | October 20th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Cortana | October 11th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Navarro | September 27th 08 |
| 3.0 good | kekesit | September 10th 08 |
| 2.5 average | kygermo | August 24th 08 |
| 3.5 great | iganja | April 29th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | Wael | April 18th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | Acre | April 10th 08 |
| 2.5 average | RJayZ | February 20th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | snasser | February 15th 08 |
| 2.5 average | jjenndy | January 31st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | beans | December 27th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Frexe | December 22nd 07 |
| 2.0 poor | Daeth | November 26th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Hewitt | November 22nd 07 |
| 3.0 good | ke3nan | November 12th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Tool4u | October 25th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | DerMond | October 24th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Pieguz | September 19th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | Boddah | August 31st 07 |
| 3.0 good | j0shy | August 19th 07 |
| 1.0 awful | aikdog | August 10th 07 |
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