# A Perfect Circle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257 "2000-07-01T07:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/1 "2000-07-01T07:01:12Z")
does anyone have their album? what do you think of it? ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/2 "2000-07-01T07:32:11Z")
i am listening to it right now. it is quite good. if you’re expecting tool, don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/3 "2000-07-01T10:44:17Z")
I only have the “Judith” MP3 so far. Not completely un-Tool, but I’m told the rest is more melodic. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/4 "2000-07-01T15:00:34Z")
Side projects are great if it’s when a musician has some material that does not fit into what his or her band usually does. This sounds like Tool. Why did Maynard do this? Cop-out asshole… ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/5 "2000-07-01T18:17:33Z")
do you really think it sounds that much like tool, satan? when i bought it, i figured it would be just like tool. didn’t bother me, considering it’s been a while since aenima. but when i listened to it i was surprised. while there are toolisms you can’t escape with maynard singing, i think a perfect circle is something on its own. i really don’t mind similar-sounding side projects when it’s been a while since a release. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/6 "2000-07-01T21:25:20Z")
I’d heard “Judith” (got the mp3 on the recommendation of a friend who knows I like Tool, actually), and thought it was all right. I heard another one in the car today, but they didn’t read-back the title so I have no idea what it was. It kicked much bootay, though. I’ll be picking up the album. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/7 "2000-07-04T20:12:23Z")
i am not a tool fan (simply cuz i never bothered to listen to em much), but the first time i heard a perfect circle was when they were opening for nin in montreal. i thought they put on a good show, and so decided to buy the album. i have been listening to it non-stop since it came out! it is definitely one of the best cds i’ve bought in a long time! 3 libras and brena are absolutely amazing! very good buy…i recommend it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-circle/24257/8 "2000-08-19T22:31:07Z")
now that the album has been out for a while… do any of you still think it sounds like tool? if so, i really don’t think you are paying attention. i would say that judith is the closest-to-tool sounding song on that album, but even it has a quality that is definitely _untool_. is judith what you were basing your opinion on? oh well. i don’t get it.