Make Yourself

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Make Yourself
Studio album by Incubus
Released	October 26, 1999
Recorded	May - June 1999 in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:12
Label	Sony
Producer(s)	Scott Litt and Incubus
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Incubus chronology
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)	Make Yourself (1999)	When Incubus Attacks Volume 1 (2000)

Make Yourself is the third album by American alternative rock band Incubus, released by Sony on October 26, 1999. The album has been certified platinum in the United States. It featured three hit singles, "Pardon Me", "Stellar", and "Drive", all which reached the top five of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

To many fans, Make Yourself represents a significant shift in the band's sound, with higher quality production sounds and a more mellow tone to it than its precursor, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. For all practical purposes, it is a concept album, with the recurring themes of not conforming to the norms of society and finding salvation in one's own identity. Vocalist Brandon Boyd's lyrics are more mature, rendering a polemic for fierce self-creation. In some ways Make Yourself acted as a preview of Morning View, the popular album that was to follow.

The album was re-released as a special edition with an extra CD featuring six live and acoustic tracks. There was also a tour edition released, with a second CD containing three acoustic tracks and one live track.

This is the first Incubus album to be recorded with new turntablist Chris Kilmore, who replaced DJ Lyfe.

The song "Stellar" is featured in PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Tour edition bonus disc 2 Personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Privilege" – 3:54
2. "Nowhere Fast" – 4:30
3. "Consequence" – 3:18
4. "The Warmth"– 4:24
5. "When It Comes" – 4:00
6. "Stellar" – 3:20
7. "Make Yourself" – 3:03
8. "Drive" – 3:52
9. "Clean" – 3:55
10. "Battlestar Scralatchtica" – 3:49
11. "I Miss You" – 2:48
12. "Pardon Me" – 3:44
13. "Out From Under" – 3:28

[edit] Tour edition bonus disc

1. "Pardon Me (Acoustic)" – 3:47
2. "Stellar (Acoustic)" – 3:16
3. "Make Yourself (Acoustic)" – 3:13
4. "Drive (Live Orchestral Version)" – 4:04

[edit] Personnel

• Brandon Boyd - Vocals/Percussion
• Mike Einziger - Guitar
• Dirk Lance - Bass
• Chris Kilmore - Turntables
• Jose Pasillas - Drums

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Album sold (to date)
1999	Billboard 200	47	2.4 million

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1999	"Pardon Me"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1999	"Pardon Me"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
2000	"Stellar"	Modern Rock Tracks	2
2000	"Stellar"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	17
2001	"Drive"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
2001	"Drive"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
2001	"Drive"	Billboard Hot 100	9

v • d • e Incubus
Brandon Boyd | Mike Einziger | Jose Pasillas | DJ Chris Kilmore | Ben Kenney
Former members: Alex Katunich(aka Dirk Lance) | Gavin Koppell(a.k.a. DJ Lyfe/DJ 1987/MR 1987)
Discography
Studio albums: Fungus Amongus | S.C.I.E.N.C.E. | Make Yourself | Morning View | A Crow Left of the Murder... | Light Grenades
Extended plays: Enjoy Incubus | When Incubus Attacks Volume 1
Live albums: Live at Lollapalooza 2003 | Live in Japan 2004 | Live in Sweden 2004 | Live in Malaysia 2004
DVD's: When Incubus Attacks Volume 2 | Morning View Sessions | Alive at Red Rocks
Singles: "A Certain Shade of Green" | "Pardon Me" | "Stellar" | "Drive" | "Wish You Were Here" | "Warning" | "Nice to Know You" | "Are You In?" | "Circles" | "Megalomaniac" | "Talk Shows on Mute" | "Agoraphobia" | "Sick Sad Little World" | "Make A Move" | "Anna-Molly" | "Dig"