Amotion

aMOTION
Compilation album by A Perfect Circle
Released	November 16, 2004
Genre	Alternative rock, industrial, ambient
Length	39:38 (CD)
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Various
A Perfect Circle chronology
eMOTIVe (2004) aMOTION (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

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 last 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.^[3][4] The video album debuted at number four on the SoundScan Top Music Video chart^[5] and number ten on the Australian music DVD chart.^[6] aMOTION was certified Platinum by the RIAA on 17 December 2004.^[7]

DVD track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Judith" (Unedited music video)	4:07
2.	"3 Libras" (Music video)	3:39
3.	"Weak and Powerless" (Unedited video)	3:26
4.	"The Outsider" (Edited music video)	4:17
5.	"Thinking of You" (Music video)	4:38
6.	"Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" (Music video)	5:59
7.	"Blue" (Music video)	4:03
8.	"The Noose" (Live video)	5:49
9.	"Imagine" (Music video)	4:57
10.	"The Outsider" (Director's cut music video)	4:26
11.	"Blue" (Runner-up A music video)
12.	"Blue" (Runner-up B music video)
13.	"Blue" (Runner-up C music video)
14.	"Bikini Bandits Experience" (Trailer)
15.	"Bikini Bandits Save Christmas" (Trailer)
16.	"Bikini Bandits Sauvent Le Monde" (Trailer)

CD track listing

All lyrics written by A Perfect Circle. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Judith" (Renholdër Mix)	Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis	4:24
2.	"3 Libras" (Feel My Ice Dub Mix)	Danny Lohner	4:28
3.	"The Outsider" (Apocalypse Mix)	Danny Lohner	5:28
4.	"Weak and Powerless" (Tilling My Grave Mix)	Danny Lohner, Wes Borland, Joshua Eustis	3:05
5.	"The Outsider" (Frosted Yogurt Mix)	James Iha	4:07
6.	"Blue" (Bird Shake Mix)	James Iha, Geoff Sanoff	3:56
7.	"3 Libras" (All Main Courses Mix)	Robert "3D" Del Naja & Grant "Daddy G" Marshall (credited as Massive Attack)	7:16
8.	"The Hollow" (Constantly Consuming Mix)	Paz Lenchantin	3:39
9.	"The Hollow" (The Bunk Mix)	Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Abraham	3:12

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

Chart (2004)	Peak
Australian Music DVDs (ARIA)[6]	10
US Billboard 200[8]	57
US Top Music Videos (SoundScan)[5]	4

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

References

1. "A Perfect Circle AMotion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
2. Stephens, Karl (February 2005). "A Perfect Circle AMotion". Classic Rock. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 111.
3. Theakston, Rob. "AMotion > Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
4. Conte, Patti (2004-09-23). "A Perfect Circle Cast Their Ballot With 'eMOTIVe'". Virgin Records.
5. Conte, Patti (2004-12-09). "A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan is Voted Best Male Artist in Modern Rock in FMQB's 2004 Leaders Poll". Virgin Records.
6. Sams, Christine (2004-12-05). "Entertainment". The Sun Herald.
7. Gold & Platinum Certifications. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
8. "Artist Chart History — A Perfect Circle". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-19.