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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Virgin Records Us
Salesrank: 2466
Released: September 16, 2003 |
| Our Price: $7.81 |
| Used Price: $5.44 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Thirteenth Step Track Listing:
1. The Package
2. Weak And Powerless
3. The Noose
4. Blue
5. Vanishing
6. A Stranger
7. The Outsider
8. Crimes
9. The Nurse Who Loved Me
10. Pet
11. Lullaby
12. Gravity
Editorial Review:
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"Weak and Powerless", "The Noose" and "Blue" 
2009-10-15 - An all around great CD that really highlights Maynard's vocals. This is a CD you will listen to from beginning to end but it also has three, count them, three of my all-time favorite songs "Weak and Powerless", "The Noose" and "Blue". Three of the most powerful songs you will ever hear. One of the greatest three song stretches in album history.
Honestly the whole CD is amazing and I hate highlighting three songs in particular but they are so good I had to. If you are not inclined to buy the whole CD, but you should, then you definitely have to download "Weak and Powerless", "The Noose" and "Blue". Highly recommended for any music fan and I mean any.
Powerful compilation
2009-08-02 - I almost instantly purchased this CD after hearing "The Noose" play on Pandora.com. That song alone was worth the money but the other tracks are also very good. I think they did an excellent job of matching songs together and the progression between tracks from the first to the last is well done.
gift 
2009-06-26 - This item was given as a gift to a friend, who specifically requested it, and expressed great satisfaction on receiving it. Pricing, delivery and product integrity were all satisfactory. My rating it a 4 out of a possible 5 reflects only the fact that I lack first hand experience with the purchased item, and can only reflect the limited information conveyed to me by its recipient.
Less inspired 
2009-05-29 - Besides a few compellingly put together segments and overall art-rock competence, the songwriting does not sound nearly as concise as their effective debut, nor does it deliver a unifying whole as presented.
Beautiful
2008-12-14 - Upon realeasing Mer De Noms, A Perfect Circle showed that they was nothing short of a supergroup, delivering Metal in a way that only they could. With songs like "3 Libras", we saw a side of Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan that we'd never thought existed. A great kick off to his and Billy Howerdel's partnership.
But once Paz Lenchantin and Troy Van Leeuwen left the group for different projects, the help of fellow metalists James Iha and Jeordie White (AKA Twiggy Ramirez, if that rings a bell) was enlisted, but who would expect what was coming next for A Perfect Circle?
Then came Thirteenth Step. What a blow.
Thirteenth Step is an incredibly melodic album that hooks you in from beginning (The Package, Weak and Powerless) to end (Gravity) and just leaves you with that "wow" feeling that makes any music lover shiver. Maynard's singing takes a turn for the softer stuff in this album, and Josh Freese's awe-spiring drumming is definitely not getting any worse.
So what's the report on the newbies? First off, James Iha belongs with A Perfect Circle. It's just that simple. His technique combined with Billy's ideas just reach their peak once "Weak And Powerless" fires up, and just sucks you in, making you want to listen to the guitar on there over and over again. Next off, it's a big difference seeing Jeordie White not looking like a killer and actually smiling for a change, at the same time revealing on Thirteenth Step that he is one heck of a bassist.
For anyone who bothers to read this till the end (let's face it, our attention span gets shorter every day), I highly recommend Thirteenth Step, which at the same time stays true to APC's roots all while making beautifully sounding tracks that stay stuck in your head just as much as "I'm Too Sexy". Peace.
