A Perfect Circle

eMOTIVe

Cacophonous Cover Tunes

Review Score:

(4/10)
I think it might be useful to preface my review by stating that I normally provide quite charitable, if not subjective, reviews of albums by A Perfect Circle and Tool. This instance, at least in the former sense, is no exception; this album is barely worthy of 2 stars.

I'm not going to give a song and dance about the quality of individual tracks since the criteria used by reviewers is purely subjective. However, I might as well state that, for me, not even one of the songs succeeded in capturing my attention.

In light of their predecessors, these songs take the form of bad cover music. Keenan's rendition of the song "Imagine" is embarrassing and probably the most sadistic treatment of Lennon - sans Brinkley's shooting the man himself back in 1980. Songs like "When the Levee Breaks" and "What's Going On" are equally irreverent.

In short, "EMotive" falls way short of previous APC accomplishments. Even after multiple listens, this album failed to compel me.

Dispensable.

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