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Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle
Thirteenth Step is an album by A Perfect Circle, released in 2003. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 75 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Weak and Powerless”, on 37 lists with a best position of #10.
Thirteenth Step, A Perfect Circle's second album, arrived on Virgin on September 16, 2003, and it's a slow-burning, brooding beast of a record. Billy Howerdel produced it and plays guitar, Maynard James Keenan handles the vocals, Josh Freese is on drums and James Iha joins in on guitar and keyboards.
The music leans toward progressive rock: layered guitars that shimmer and then bite, songs that take their time to unfold, and Keenan's voice drifting from a hush to a howl. "Weak and Powerless" is the tightly coiled one, "The Outsider" charges ahead with real menace, and "Blue" floats in a haze of melancholy.
It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with more than 231,000 copies sold in that first week, and it stuck around on the chart for 78 weeks. The RIAA certified it gold on November 4, 2003, and platinum on March 24, 2006, and "Weak and Powerless" went to the top of both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "The Outsider" and "Blue" following it onto those lists.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Thirteenth Step on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weak and Powerless | 37 | #10 | – | 2003–2026 | |
| 2 | The Outsider | 22 | #8 | – | 2003–2026 | |
| 3 | Blue | 14 | #9 | – | 2004–2014 | |
| 4 | Blue (Remix) | 2 | #1936 | – | 2004–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.