Editing Thirteenth Step (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|MC = 74/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/thirteenth-step/a-perfect-circle/critic-reviews|title=Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle|website=Metacritic|accessdate=August 1, 2015}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thirteenth-step-mw0000692011|title=Thirteenth Step – A Perfect Circle|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Thom|last=Jurek|access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'', November 2003 issue, p. 110</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
|rev3score = (8/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3539/reviews/8668-|title=Album review ''Thirteenth Step''|first=Nick|last=Cowen|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=September 4, 2011|archive-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814042650/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3539/reviews/8668-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[E! Online]]''
|rev4Score = B+<ref name="metacritic"/>
|rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>[http://www.ew.com/article/2003/09/19/thirteenth-step Thirteenth Step review]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', September 19, 2003 issue, p. 86</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]''
|rev6score = (6/10)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekmag.com/reviews.php?id=357 |title=Album review ''Thirteenth Step'' |first=Bardach |last=Marisa |publisher=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]] |accessdate=September 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040116132718/http://www.ekmag.com/reviews.php?id=357 |archivedate=January 16, 2004 }}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
|rev7score = 7/10<ref>''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', November 2003 issue, p. 132</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Q magazine|Q]]''
|rev8score = 6/10<ref>''[[Q magazine]]'', November 2003, p. 105</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/299856 |title=Review of Thirteenth Step |work=Rolling Stone |author=Robert Cherry |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=January 22, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122055822/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/299856 |archive-date=January 22, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev10score = 4/10<ref name="SPIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2003/09/perfect-circle-thirteenth-step-virgin/|title=A Perfect Circle, 'Thirteenth Step' (Virgin)|first=Chuck|last=Klosterman|date=September 24, 2013|accessdate=August 1, 2015}}</ref>
}}

Media reception to ''Thirteenth Step'' was generally favorable; aggregating website [[Metacritic]] reported a rating of 74 percent based on 11 critical reviews.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/thirteenth-step/a-perfect-circle Reviews for Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle – Metacritic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[AllMusic]] strongly praised the album for having "the sound of a musical and lyrical maturity that normally doesn't occur until a band's third or fourth albums", and concluded that "Lyrically, musically, sonically, the ''Thirteenth Step'' is proof positive that mainstream rock has plenty of life and vision left in it."<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Jon Brion Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jon-brion-mn0000257160/credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref>