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| 1. Annihilation (by Crucifix) |
| 2. Imagine (by John Lennon) |
| 3. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love And Understanding (by Nick Lowe) |
| 4. Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums |
| 5. What's Going On (by Marvin Gaye) |
| 6. When The Levee Breaks (by Memphis Minnie) |
| 7. Freedom Of Choice (by Devo) |
| 8. People Are People (by Depeche Mode) |
| 9. Passive |
| 10. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (by Black Flag) |
| 11. Let's Have A War (by Fear) |
| 12. Fiddle And The Drum (by Joni Mitchell) |
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If it was any standard album then it'd be a fairly decent attempt at an alternative take on a fairly random assortment of tunes. The problem lies in the fact that A Perfect Circle's own material has a very distinctive atmosphere and style behind it and in trying to apply it to some of these other songs, it fails.
I would stress at this point that there are a number of very good renditions on here.
The good? The Annihilation - anathemic but nicely done. Peace Love and Understanding - takes a while to get going, but the usage of strings works nicely and the song suits Maynard's voice. Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums - this comes across as a version of Pet if i has been written by NiN. I personally really like it - although as a song in it's own right, as the style is so much less flowing than the original.
The not so bad? Imagine - as much as I've heard it, I still like the orginal. This version is far more discordant than the original and drags it's feet a little, but the overall effect isn't bad. Lets Have a War - moves nicely.
The ugly? Gimme Gimme Gimme. In my opinion, it simply doesn't work.
The rest of the tunes are.....pleasant, but none of them stand out - and this is where the problem lies. Mer De Noms, or more recently Thirteenth Step have a lot more feeling and drive behind them. Whilst the style is still noticably A Perfect Circle every other part of this band that I like is lacking. Whereas Mer De Noms was at least a collection of songs with similar style and intention behind them and Thirteenth Step came across more as parts of a story banded together, this one doesn't involve the listener.
Give it a listen, you'll probably enjoy a fair bit of it. It really depends whether you know the orignals or not.
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