Amotion Explained
Amotion (stylized as aMOTION) is a DVD–CD set released by American rock band A Perfect Circle on November 16, 2004, only two weeks after the debut of the band's third album, eMOTIVe. The DVD consists of music videos for singles such as "Judith", "3 Libras" and "Weak and Powerless" as well as previously unreleased videos for singles such as "Blue" and "Thinking of You". The CD is composed entirely of remixes of the singles from Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step. The songs were retooled by Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Massive Attack, and James Iha among others.[1] [2] The video album debuted at number four on the SoundScan Top Music Video chart[3] and number ten on the Australian music DVD chart.[4] aMOTION was certified Platinum by the RIAA on 17 December 2004.[5]
Personnel
- Christopher Abbas – Director
- Josh Abrahams – Remixing
- Tim Alexander – Group member
- Ken Andrews – Mixing
- Wes Borland – Remixing
- Brothers Strause – Director
- Jerry Casale – Director
- Joshua Eustis – Drums, engineer, Fender Rhodes, remixing, mixing
- David Fincher – Director
- Jason Freese – Sax (baritone), sax (tenor)
- Josh Freese – Drums, group member
- Steven R. Gilmore – Art direction, design, package design, cover design, sleeve art, poster design
- Billy Howerdel – Bass, guitar, programming, vocals, vocals (background), producer, engineer, photography, group member
- James Iha – Guitar, keyboards, remixing, group member
- Maynard James Keenan – Guitar, arranger, vocals, performer, executive producer, artwork, group member
- Mark Kohr – Director
- Paz Lenchantin – Piano, strings, vocals, acoustic guitar, performer, group member
- Luciano Lenchantin – Viola on "3 Libras"
- Danny Lohner – Arranger, vocals, multiple instruments, engineer, remixing, mixing, group member
- Robert Del Naja – Remixing
- Jeff Myers – Editing
- Geoff Sanoff – Remixing
- Branden Steineckert – Drums
- Paul Thiel – Director
- Troy Van Leeuwen – Guitar, remixing, group member
- Jeordie Osborne White – Bass, vocals (background), group member
Chart positions
This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
Notes and References
- Web site: Theakston . Rob . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r717935|pure_url=yes}} AMotion > Overview ]. allmusic.com . 2008-08-26 .
- News: Conte . Patti . A Perfect Circle Cast Their Ballot With 'eMOTIVe' . 2004-09-23 . Virgin Records .
- News: Conte . Patti . A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan is Voted Best Male Artist in Modern Rock in FMQB's 2004 Leaders Poll . 2004-12-09 . Virgin Records .
- News: Sams . Christine . Entertainment . . 2004-12-05 .
- https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=a%20perfect%20circle&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Gold & Platinum Certifications
- Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=a perfect circle|chart=all}} Artist Chart History — A Perfect Circle ]. Billboard.com . 2008-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924043151/http://%7b%7bbillboardurlbyname%7cartist=a/ . 2008-09-24.
