A PERFECT CIRCLE
Emotive
Virgin / EMI
· Play it again, Maynard!
Maybe the band was feeling the pinch of a contractual obligation or maybe the members were just in a really nostalgic mood. A Perfect Circle have come forth with a "new" album in time for the holiday spending spree and, what do ya know, it’s all cover tunes. Yes, the musical equivalent of a sitcom clip-show. While you wouldn’t expect such a venture to hold a candle to the band’s previous (original) releases, it does have a certain catchiness to it. Just imagine the possibilities when front man Maynard James Keenan lays waste to John Lennon’s "Imagine" reset to a macabre funerary pace. Other offerings include Motown crooner Marvin Gaye’s "What’s Going On?" refurbished industrial-style à la Front 242, and a comparatively contemplative reworking of Led Zeppelin’s "When the Levy Breaks." But let’s not talk about their impotent rendition of Black Flag’s "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie!" or the scary a cappella tribute to Joni Mitchell’s "Fiddle and the Drum." Joni freakin’ Mitchell!? Some songs don’t need to be covered.
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