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– CD set released by American rock band

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on November 16, 2004, only two weeks after the debut of the band's third album, '' eMOTIVe''. The DVD consists of music videos for singles such as " Judith", "

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" and "

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" as well as previously unreleased videos for singles such as "

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" and "Thinking of You". The CD is composed entirely of remixes of the singles from ''

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'' and ''

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''. The songs were retooled by

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, and

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among others. The video album debuted at number four on the

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Top Music Video chart and number ten on the Australian music DVD chart. ''aMOTION'' was certified Platinum by the

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on 17 December 2004.Gold & Platinum Certifications

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. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.

DVD track listing

CD track listing

Personnel

* Christopher Abbas – Director *

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– Remixing *

Tim Alexander Timothy W. Alexander (born April 10, 1965), also credited as "Herb" Alexander, is an American musician best known as the drummer for the rock band Primus. Alexander has played on the majority of Primus's discography, including some of the band ...

– Group member *

Ken Andrews Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record dea ...

– Mixing *

Wes Borland Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975) is an American rock musician. He is best known as the current guitarist and backing vocalist of the rap metal band Limp Bizkit, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative and industrial rock ...

– Remixing *

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– Director * Jerry Casale – Director * Joshua Eustis – Drums, engineer, Fender Rhodes, remixing, mixing *

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– Director *

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– Sax (baritone), sax (tenor) *

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– Drums, group member * Steven R Gilmore – Art direction, design, package design, cover design, sleeve art, poster design *

Billy Howerdel Billy Howerdel (born May 18, 1970) is an American musician, best known as the founding member, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle, as well as for his former solo project, Ashes Divide. Howerdel h ...

– Bass, guitar, programming, vocals, vocals (background), producer, engineer, photography, group member *

– Guitar, keyboards, remixing, group member *

Maynard James Keenan Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan; April 17, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and winemaker. He is best known as the singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Pusci ...

– Guitar, arranger, vocals, performer, executive producer, artwork, group member * Mark Kohr – Director *

Paz Lenchantin Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973) is an Argentine-American musician. She has been the bass guitarist of the alternative rock band Pixies since 2014. She also played bass or strings with various bands, including Entrance, A Perfect Circle, ...

– Piano, strings, vocals, acoustic guitar, performer, group member * Luciano Lenchantin – Viola on "3 Libras" *

– Arranger, vocals, multiple instruments, engineer, remixing, mixing, group member *

Robert Del Naja Robert Del Naja (; born 21 January 1965), also known as 3D, is a British artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective the Wild Bunch, and later as a founding member and sole consi ...

– Remixing * Jeff Myers – Editing * Geoff Sanoff – Remixing *

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– Drums * Paul Thiel – Director *

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– Guitar, remixing, group member * Jeordie Osborne White – Bass, vocals (background), group member

Chart positions

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References

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