| Artist |
A Perfect Circle |
| Album Title: |
Mer De Noms |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
05/23/2000 |
| Label |
Virgin Records America, Inc. |
| Catalog No |
7243 8 49253 2 1 |
| Bar Code No |
7 2438-49253-2 1 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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The Hollow (2:58)
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| 2.
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Magdalena (4:04)
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| 3.
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Rose (3:25)
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| 4.
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Judith (4:05)
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| 5.
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Orestes (4:47)
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| 6.
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3 Libras (3:37)
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| 7.
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Sleeping Beauty (4:08)
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| 8.
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Thomas (3:28)
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| 9.
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Renholdër (2:23)
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| 10.
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Thinking Of You (4:32)
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| 11.
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Breña (4:04)
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| 12.
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Over (2:20)
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| Date Acquired |
10/26/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
11.99 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Tracks 2, 7, 10 mixed at The Mix Room, Burbank, CA.
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 mixed at Extasy Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Engineered at Perfect Circle Studios, North Hollywood, CA except as noted:
Drums on tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 11 recorded at The Chop Shop, Hollywood, CA; Drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA; Drums on track 9 recorded at Extasy Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Oasis Mastering.
Billy Howerdel credited in full as Producer on back cover, but as Billy in the booklet.
Published by Transfixed Music/ASCAP and Harry Merkin Music/ASCAP.
?&© 2000 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Manufactured by Virgin Records America, Inc.
Printed in the USA.
foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-10-29 07:53:08
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Analyzed: A Perfect Circle / Mer de noms
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 0.00 dB -8.69 dB 2:59 01-The Hollow
DR7 0.00 dB -8.66 dB 4:06 02-Magdalena
DR6 0.00 dB -10.14 dB 3:26 03-Rose
DR6 0.00 dB -7.65 dB 4:07 04-Judith
DR7 0.00 dB -8.43 dB 4:48 05-Orestes
DR8 0.00 dB -9.98 dB 3:40 06-3 Libras
DR7 0.00 dB -8.04 dB 4:11 07-Sleeping Beauty
DR6 -0.10 dB -8.09 dB 3:29 08-Thomas
DR9 -0.39 dB -12.74 dB 2:24 09-Renholdër
DR7 0.00 dB -8.09 dB 4:35 10-Thinking of You
DR7 0.00 dB -9.77 dB 4:24 11-Breña
DR13 -11.43 dB -28.97 dB 2:21 12-Over
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 474 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Ned Raggett
A Perfect Circle is one of those bands that nobody realized was needed until it happened. A grand claim, perhaps, but there's little question that the addicting combination of Keenan's aching voice and Howerdel's accomplished songs and production skills made for one of 2000's best splashes in whatever was left of "modern rock." That the band had in its initial pre-debut album tours performed an audacious, entertaining medley of Ozzy Osbourne's "Diary of a Madman" and the Cure's "Lovesong" -- regularly matching one's words with the other's music and vice versa -- indicates where Mer de Noms ended up. Howerdel's earlier work with Billy Corgan makes perfect sense as a result, since the Pumpkins regularly fused the extreme theatricality of metal and goth just so, but Howerdel's work is no clone. His guitar work operates on setting the mood rather than driving everything before it, balancing sheer power with a textured approach that's quite beautiful. Nine Inch Nails-inspired touches crop up in the distorted percussion of many songs, such as "Rose," but for all the derivations everything becomes its own smart fusion, with Keenan's vocals the killer touch. His abilities in delivering on-the-edge emotional collapse had long been clear thanks to Tool -- here, with a slightly different musical bed to carry things, he often holds back from complete explosiveness, but it's still clearly him, just about to crack. His astonishing call-and-response exchange on the single "Judith" makes another high point in his career. The choice of who else to make up the band was a smart one -- Lenchantin's violin and string arrangements add even further to the air of dark, moody mystery, while Josh Freese's abilities on drums once again come to the fore. Alan Moulder adds in some fine help on mixing, polishing the glowering sheen of Mer de Noms to a hard, sharp edge.
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