Mer de Noms
Album by A Perfect Circle
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded
Genre	Rock
Length	44 min 25 sec
Record label	Virgin
Producer	Billy Howerdel
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4/5	link
A Perfect Circle Chronology
none	Mer de Noms (2000)	Thirteenth Step (2003)

Mer de Noms is the first studio album by the progressive metal band A Perfect Circle. The album was released as a compact disc on May 23, 2000. The title means "sea of names" in French. It was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 31, 2000. The album entered The Billboard 200 at No. 4 with 188,000 copies sold.

Tracks

1. The Hollow (2:59)
2. Magdalena (4:06)
3. Rose (3:26)
4. Judith (4:07)
5. Orestes (4:48)
6. 3 Libras (3:40)
7. Sleeping Beauty (4:11)
8. Thomas (3:29)
9. Renholdër (2:24)
10. Thinking Of You (4:35)
11. Breña (4:24)
12. Over (2:21)

All music written by Billy Howerdel, all lyrics written by Maynard James Keenan.

Personnel

• Maynard James Keenan - Vocals, gord
• Billy Howerdel - Guitars, vocals, bass, programming, keyboards, piano, production, mixing, engineering
• Josh Freese - Drums, percussion
• Tim Alexander - Drums (The Hollow)
• Paz Lenchantin - Violins, string arrangement, vocals, bass (Sleeping Beauty)
• Luciano Lenchantin - Viola (3 Libras)
• Troy Van Leeuwen - Guitar (Sleeping Beauty)
• Draven Godwin - Percussion (Thomas)
• Kelli Shafer - Vocals (Renholdër)
• Alan Moulder - Mixing
• Frank Gryner - Drum engineering
• Steven R. Gilmore - Sleeve art direction, design, digital photographic manipulation
• Sean Murphey - Photography

See also Thirteenth Step