The discography of American alternative rock supergroup A Perfect Circle consists of four studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, one video album, thirteen singles, one promotional single and thirteen music videos. A Perfect Circle is the brainchild of Billy Howerdel. After hearing demos of Howerdel's music, Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of Tool, offered his services as vocalist. Howerdel agreed, and the band formed in 1999. They were then joined by bassist/violinist Paz Lenchantin, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, formerly of Failure, and drummer Tim Alexander, formerly of Primus. Soon after entering the studio to record their first album, Alexander was replaced by Josh Freese of The Vandals. Mer de Noms was released in May 2000, selling 188,000 copies its debut week. The band embarked on a number of headlining tours all over the world to promote the album which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) one month after its release, and platinum just four months later.
While preparing for their second album, Lenchantin and Van Leeuwen left the band to pursue other projects. They were replaced by bassist Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson) and guitarist Danny Lohner, both of whom had been involved in the production of Mer de Noms and the later Emotive album. Lohner performed only one track on the album before he was replaced by James Iha, formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins. Thirteenth Step was released in September 2003, selling 231,000 copies its debut week. The band followed the release by touring throughout North America, Europe and Japan for the remainder of the year. In 2004, the band continued touring in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Europe, concluding in the late-spring in the United States. The album was certified gold just six weeks after release, and platinum in March 2006.
The third album, Emotive, was released in November 2004, selling 142,000 copies its debut week. Two weeks later, the band released the DVD-CD set entitled Amotion. The set contains music videos for all eight singles, previously unreleased videos, and nine remixes. Emotive was certified gold five weeks after its release, and Amotion a month after its release.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUS CAN FRA GER NLD NZ NOR SWE UK Mer de Noms Released: May 23, 2000 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download 4 2 5 — 55 81 2 32 54 55 US: 1,888,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Platinum Thirteenth Step Released: September 16, 2003 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download 2 3 1 41 11 17 1 7 17 37 US: 1,181,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold RIANZ: Gold Emotive Released: November 2, 2004 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download 2 8 5 61 33 46 2 18 — 80 US: 671,000 RIAA: Gold MC: Gold Eat the Elephant Released: April 20, 2018 Label: BMG Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 2 3 18 2 12 3 8 18 12 US: 94,000 (as of June 2018) "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USAlt. USRock UKRock Amotion Released: November 16, 2004 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download 57 — — — Three Sixty Released: November 19, 2013 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download 38 7 13 32 A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo Released: November 26, 2013 (US) Label: A Perfect Circle Formats: CD and DVD box set, digital download — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Video albums + List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications USVideo AUSDVD Amotion Released: November 16, 2004 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: DVD 4 10 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold
Extended plays + List of extended plays Title EP details Deep Cuts Released: April 7, 2009 (US) Label: Virgin Formats: Digital download
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US USAlt. USMain.Rock USRock AUS CAN CANAlt. NLD NZ UKPeak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom: "Judith": "3 Libras" and "The Hollow": "Judith" 2000 — 5 4 — 25 — 15 — 34 153 Mer de Noms "3 Libras" — 12 12 — — — — — — 49 "The Hollow" 2001 — 17 14 — 49 — — — — 72 "Weak and Powerless" 2003 61 1 1 — — 17 — — — — Thirteenth Step "The Outsider" 79 5 3 — — — — 69 — — "Blue" 2004 — 21 19 — — — — — — — "Imagine" — 26 26 — — — — — — — Emotive "Passive" 2005 — 14 14 — — — — — — — "By and Down" 2013 — — 8 — — — — — — — Three Sixty "The Doomed" 2017 — — 16 19 — — — — — — Eat the Elephant "Disillusioned" 2018 — — — 21 — — — — — — "TalkTalk" — — 17 28 — — — — — — "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" — — 27 43 — — — — — — "Kindred" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — Sessanta E.P.P.P. "Starless" 2026 — — 1 — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "To Whom It May Concern" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" 2004 Emotive
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Judith" 2000 David Fincher "3 Libras" 2001 Paul Hunter| "Thinking of You" 2002 Steven Grasse "Weak and Powerless" 2003 The Brothers Strause "The Outsider" 2004 Steven Grasse "Blue" Joseph Perez "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" Nick Paparone, Paul Thiel, Steven Grasse "Imagine" Gerald Casale "Passive" 2005 The Brothers Strause "By and Down" (live) 2013 Adam Rothlein "The Doomed" 2017 Jeremy Danger, Travis Shinn "Disillusioned" 2018 Alex Howard "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" Kyle Cogan
See also List of songs recorded by A Perfect Circle
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