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Mer De Noms by A Perfect Circle

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 The Hollow 2:58 300,833
2 Magdalena 4:05 296,808
3 Rose 3:25 261,406
4 Judith (Explicit) 4:06 3,511
5 Orestes 4:47 288,478
6 3 Libras 3:38 365,468
7 Sleeping Beauty 4:09 245,714
8 Thomas 3:28 223,716
9 Renholdër 2:23 182,198
10 Thinking Of You 4:33 231,720
11 Breña 4:23 125,637
12 Over 2:22 192,068
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About this album

Virgin Records America (2000) Released: 23 May 2000 12 tracks (44:17)
Mer de Noms is the first studio album by the alternative rock band A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000, and certified platinum by the RIAA on October 31, 2000. The album entered The Billboard 200 at No. 4 with 188,000 copies sold.

Most of the album’s lyrics were dedicated to various people that lead singer Maynard James Keenan knew. The title of the album is French for “sea of names”. The track listing consists of various names such as Judith, Breña, Rose, Thomas, Magdalena, Orestes, and Renholdër (for musician Danny Lohner). Some people consider this a possible motif for the album.

The sigils on the front cover of the album can be translated to “La Cascade Des Prenoms”, which translated to English means, “The waterfall of first names.”

Inside the insert the track names appear to be randomly spelled out in symbols. The symbols can be seen in the background of the front cover. One way to decipher the symbols is to match the song titles using the normal alphabet with the song titles inside the insert.

The symbols which have popularly become known online as “APC Text,” “Mayan,” or “Elegant Mayan,” have become surprisingly widespread, appearing in tattoos, computer fonts, and independent artwork. The following is a key for ciphering and deciphering the symbols.

Inside the insert there are twelve pictures (one for each song) and next to each one a song title, and beneath that a portion of the song’s lyrics all written out in the symbols shown above.
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  • gabystarlight

    even after 10 years...I still love this album. My soul sings every time I listen to it. [2]

    March 2012

  • Lost-In-My-Mind

    :thinkingofyou: ♥

    February 2012

  • djFLWB

    This is one of those albums that grows on you with repeated listens. I wasn't impressed at first 10 years ago but I recently was going through my collection and I'm liking it more now.

    January 2012

  • Internationalo

    2nd best i ever heard ^^

    December 2011

  • maccablue666

    just outstanding wow amagic album just great >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    November 2011

  • Soundservant

    "the album was named after his mother" Close, but no cigar.

    November 2011

  • BRODYGATES1122

    the album was named after his mother

    November 2011

  • BRODYGATES1122

    got this

    November 2011

  • skank_pit

    haha shitty names

    October 2011

  • mk741

    I seriously didn't expect this album to be this fucking amazing.

    May 2011

  • Soundservant

    Their best thus far...but there's something about the production of the drums that I find annoying :|

    May 2011

  • idrovetoday

    SO DAMN GOOD

    April 2011

  • Khatharsis

    Sea of names or shitty names. Anyone ever noticed that?

    March 2011

  • immolation

    incredible album.INCREDIBLE.100% rating.

    January 2011

  • skank_pit

    Beautiful album.

    January 2011

  • SpooksInSeattle

    @Vauth When I think of the lyrical content of the album, I can't help but agree with you.

    December 2010

  • Pk_Henry

    Probably my most listened album of the decade.

    October 2010

  • Falcon_pile

    it is 10 years old now...but still sounds like it is from some another galaxy.

    September 2010

  • niespodziewanka

    Magdalena!

    September 2010

  • tilf623

    even after 10 years...I still love this album. My soul sings every time I listen to it.

    August 2010
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