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eMOTIVe
Rock · 2004 · 12 tracks

eMOTIVe

A Perfect Circle

A deconstructed collection of political covers reimagined as dark, industrial art-rock. Tense, atmospheric, and deeply skeptical of the modern world.

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It's like a gothic, industrial fever dream of the 1960s' most famous peace songs.

A cold, clinical exploration of social collapse and the death of idealism.

eMOTIVe · vs · A Perfect Circle
Political+2.8σ

The writing leans far further into political than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Annihilation
2:14
02
Imagine
4:48
03
Peace Love and Understanding
5:03
04
What’s Going On
4:54
05
Passive
4:10
06
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
2:19
07
People Are People
3:43
08
Freedom of Choice
2:59
09
Let’s Have a War
3:28
10
Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
5:36
11
When the Levee Breaks
5:55
12
Fiddle and the Drum
3:06
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transformation of Imagine from a hopeful ballad into a minor-key funeral dirge.
The crushing, mechanical stomp of the war drums on Counting Bodies Like Sheep.
The stark, vulnerable a cappella harmonies that close the album on Fiddle and the Drum.
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