Editing Thirteenth Step (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Thirteenth Step
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[A Perfect Circle]]
| cover      = A_Perfect_Circle-Thirteenth_Step.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2003|9|16}}
| recorded   = January–June 2003
| studio     = Perfect Circle Studios ([[North Hollywood, California]])
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Alternative metal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thirteenth-step-mw0000692011|title = Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>|[[art rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/1821|title = A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step}}</ref>|[[hard rock]]<ref name="SPIN"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/30-best-hard-rock-albums-2018/|title = The 30 Best Hard Rock Albums of 2018|website = [[Loudwire]]}}</ref>}}
| length     = 50:36
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Billy Howerdel]]|[[Maynard James Keenan]] {{small|(exec.)}}|[[Danny Lohner]] {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 9 and 10)}}}}
| prev_title = [[Mer de Noms]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[Emotive (album)|Emotive]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Thirteenth Step
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Weak and Powerless]]
 | single1date = August 5, 2003
 | single2     = [[The Outsider (song)|The Outsider]]
 | single2date = March 5, 2004
 | single3     = [[Blue (A Perfect Circle song)|Blue]]
 | single3date = July 27, 2004
}}
}}

'''''Thirteenth Step''''' is the second studio album by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[A Perfect Circle]], released on September 16, 2003. The album sold well, charting at the number 2 position on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in its premiere week, selling over 231,000 copies and staying on the charts for 78 weeks.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=a perfect circle|chart=all}} Billboard.com]</ref> The album went on to be certified as gold on November 4, 2003, and as platinum on March 24, 2006, by the [[RIAA]]. Three singles were released from the album, "[[Weak and Powerless]]", which topped both the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] and [[Modern Rock Tracks]],  followed by "[[The Outsider (A Perfect Circle song)|The Outsider]]" and "[[Blue (A Perfect Circle song)|Blue]]", which also charted on the respective charts.