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Mer de Noms (French for "Sea of Names" [7]) is the debut studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle.The album was released on May 23, 2000, and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 4, making it the highest ever Billboard 200 debut for a rock band's first album.
A Perfect Circle is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan.A Perfect Circle released three of their four studio albums in the early 2000s: their debut Mer de Noms in 2000, a follow-up, Thirteenth Step in 2003; and an album of radically re-worked cover songs, Emotive, in 2004.
As with all of the Mer de Noms album, "3 Libras'" music was written by guitarist Billy Howerdel, while the lyrics were written by vocalist Maynard James Keenan. [1] The two originally envisioned the track to be the first single of their debut album prior to being talked into going with the hard rock track "Judith" by record label executives, who felt the track was a better lead off single due ...
"Judith" is a song by American rock band A Perfect Circle. It was released as the lead single from their debut album, Mer de Noms.The single was released as a 1-track compact disc single in North America, and a 4-track single on both disc and vinyl format in Australia.
Mer de Noms was released in May 2000, selling 188,000 copies its debut week. [2] 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. [3]
"The Hollow" is a single from A Perfect Circle's 2000 album Mer de Noms. It serves as the opening track of the album, utilizing layered guitars. "The Hollow" was recorded in the key of B-flat minor and is arranged using a 6/8 time signature. Tim Alexander, drummer from the band Primus plays drums on the album version of the song. [1]
In 1999, Howerdel founded A Perfect Circle and invited Keenan to join. The project was a success. Their debut album, Mer de Noms, released in May 2000, went platinum in the US, selling over one million copies by the end of the year. [6]
With the project not progressing, Keenan decided to start playing the song at live shows for A Perfect Circle in 2000. [1] While Reznor expressed irritation about the material being debuted in this manner, where it eventually became a live staple at their shows, the band at the time only had one album's worth of material to play, Mer de Noms. [1]