Make Yourself
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| Studio album by Incubus | |||||
| Released | October 26, 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | May - June 1999 in Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock Funk metal |
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| Length | 48:12 | ||||
| Label | Sony | ||||
| Producer | Scott Litt and Incubus | ||||
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Make Yourself is the third album by American alternative rock band Incubus, released by Sony on October 26, 1999. It is often considered the band's best and most widespread of all their albums to date. The album has been certified 2x platinum in the United States. It featured three hit singles, "Pardon Me", "Stellar", and "Drive", all of which reached the top three 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. 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.
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 album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Privilege" – 3:54
- "Nowhere Fast" – 4:30
- "Consequence" – 3:18
- "The Warmth"– 4:24
- "When It Comes" – 4:00
- "Stellar" – 3:20
- "Make Yourself" – 3:03
- "Drive" – 3:52
- "Clean" – 3:55
- "Battlestar Scralatchtica" – 3:49
- "I Miss You" – 2:48
- "Pardon Me" – 3:44
- "Out From Under" – 3:28
All songs written by Boyd, Einziger, Katunich, Kilmore, Pasillas.
[edit] Tour edition bonus disc
- "Pardon Me (Acoustic)" – 3:47
- "Stellar (Acoustic)" – 3:16
- "Make Yourself (Acoustic)" – 3:13
- "Drive (Live Orchestral Version)" – 4:04
[edit] Notes:
- The tour edition bonus tracks are also available on the "When Incubus Attacks, Vol.1" CD.
[edit] Personnel
- Brandon Boyd - vocals/percussion
- Mike Einziger - guitar
- Dirk Lance - bass
- Chris Kilmore - turntables
- Jose Pasillas - drums
- Dave Holdridge - cello on "Drive" and "I Miss You"
- Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark - Additional scratches on "Battlestar Scralatchtica"
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position | Album sold (to date) |
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| 1999 | Billboard 200 | 47 | 3.1 million |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |
[edit] Trivia
- The Song "Privlege" appears in the PSX game MTV Pureride
- The song Stellar appears on the 2005 Playstation 2 version of the game Guitar Hero. It also was released as a part of a 3-song pack via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 title Guitar Hero II on April 11, 2007.
- Despite ten uses of the word "fuck" in "Make Yourself" (and numerous other profanities on the album), this CD evaded the Parental Advisory sticker.
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