Make Yourself

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Make Yourself
File:Incubus make yourself.jpg
Studio album by
Incubus
ReleasedOctober 26, 1999 (1999-10-26)
RecordedMay–June 1999
StudioNRG Studios, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length48:04
Label
Producer
Incubus chronology
S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
(1997) 		Make Yourself
(1999) 		Morning View
(2001)
Singles from Make Yourself
  1. "Pardon Me"
    Released: February 22, 2000
  2. "Stellar"
    Released: August 8, 2000
  3. "Drive"
    Released: November 14, 2000[1]

Make Yourself is the third studio album by American rock band Incubus, released through Epic Records on October 26, 1999. It is certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and produced three charting singles—"Pardon Me", "Stellar", and "Drive"—all of which reached the top three of the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, with the latter topping the chart and also becoming the band's sole top ten hit to date on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number nine.

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

Composition

Style and genres

Make Yourself has been described as an alternative metal,[2][3][4][5] alternative rock,[6][7] nu metal,[3][6][8] and funk rock[4] album.

Release and touring

Shortly after the album's release, a thrash metal/death metal band from Louisiana called Incubus were forced to change their name. The band, now known as Opprobrium, had released two critically acclaimed albums in 1988 and 1990, and were not aware of this Incubus prior to the release of Make Yourself. The name change was voluntarily made in order to avoid confusion and any potential conflicts between the two bands.[9][10]

To support Make Yourself, the band and Buckethead opened for Primus on their Antipop tour in 1999, including at a millennium show on December 31, 1999.[11] Early the following year, they performed at the SnoCore Tour with System of a Down and Mr. Bungle (who broke up shortly afterwards). The members of Incubus have since spoken of their pleasure at getting to play with Primus and Mr. Bungle, two artists whom they cite as influences.[12] From October to November 2000, Incubus and Taproot supported Deftones on their "Back to School" tour for the album White Pony.[13]

In 1999 and 2000, music videos were made for the singles "Pardon Me", "Stellar" and "Drive". Less widely seen music videos were also made for the non-singles "I Miss You", "Privilege" and "Out from Under". The music video for "Stellar" featured Brandon Boyd's then-girlfriend Jo.[14] A tour edition for the album was released in 2001, with a second disc containing three acoustic tracks and one live track.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Alternative Press3/5[15]
The Daily VaultA−[16]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[17]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[18]
Slant Magazine[19]
Sputnikmusic4/5[20]

Make Yourself has received generally positive reviews from critics. Steve Huey of AllMusic awarded it four out of five stars, writing "Make Yourself makes a bid for broader mainstream success while keeping the group rooted in a hybrid of familiar late '90s alt-metal (i.e., roaring guitars, white-noise sonic textures, and an undercurrent of electronics) and Chili Pepper funk-rock. Where S.C.I.E.N.C.E. sometimes veered abruptly between the two genres without really fusing them, Make Yourself finds the band settling more comfortably into its sound."[4]

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine also gave it four out of five stars, writing in April 2001, "whether it’s rehashed hard rock or a non-enterprising rap-metal hybrid, there isn’t much to differentiate between most rock bands these days. Incubus, however, sets themselves apart with their second full-length release Make Yourself. A superb blend of metal guitar riffs, classic punk-rock mentality, and subtle hip hop and electronic elements, Incubus doesn’t just imitate these genres, but rather, redefines them in an otherwise non-revolutionary rock landscape."[19] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide states that on Make Yourself, "Incubus had found a beta-male approach to new-metal: roaring, assymetrical riffs and herky-jerky dynamics coexisting with Boyd's yearning tenor and burgeoning melodic gift."[18] In November 1999, Tulane Hullabaloo writer Henry Rienka claimed that it was a rap rock album in the style of bands such as Hed PE, and wrote that, "their union of grinding guitar, vinyl scratching, and urgent rock/rap vocals produces thrashing, grooving, and bouncing boobies."[21] He added, "Make Yourself just doesn't quite match up with their breakthrough release; 1997's S.C.I.E.N.C.E. On this effort, Incubus seems more concerned with playing with sounds and differentiating themselves from Kid Rock than they do with making enjoyable music."[21] Kevin Stewart-Panko of Canadian publication Exclaim! gave Make Yourself a positive review in December 1999, writing "Incubus is simply an awesome band. They have the distorted guitars, but they also have finger wagging melodies, an actual singer and dance floor elements. It’s similar stuff that plagued Faith No More about ten years ago, and Incubus has a noticeable FNM influence, especially Brandon Boyd's voice, which eerily recalls a youthful Mike Patton."[22]

Despite garnering critical and commercial success, Make Yourself was met with a mixed reaction from some fans of the band, due to its more melodic sound. In a June 2000 interview with Spin, Brandon Boyd claimed, "when the album first came out, we got threatening letters from fans like 'You Sold Out'."[23]

Legacy

The album is listed on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2021, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 by Metal Hammer magazine.[24] PopMatters included it on their 2020 list of "The Most Memorable Albums of 1999", with writer Theresa Dougherty remarking that they "became one of the first bands played on modern rock radio to effectively integrate a DJ into their sound" and that "the fundamental struggle for identity within these songs still strikes me with its relevance."[25]

The band went on a major tour of North America in 2019 to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary.[26]

Track listing

Original release

All tracks are written by Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger, Alex Katunich, Chris Kilmore and Jose Pasillas.

No.TitleLength
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"3:43
13."Out from Under"3:28
Japan edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Crowded Elevator"4:46
Total length:52:58

Tour edition bonus disc

No.TitleLength
1."Pardon Me" (Acoustic)3:47
2."Stellar" (Acoustic)3:16
3."Make Yourself" (Acoustic)3:13
4."Drive" (Live Orchestral Version)4:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[27]

Incubus

Additional personnel

  • Dave Holdridge – cello on "Drive", "I Miss You", digital editing
  • Cut Chemist – additional scratching on "Battlestar Scralatchtica"
  • DJ Nu-Mark – additional scratching on "Battlestar Scralatchtica"
  • Michael "Elvis" Baskette – engineer
  • Evan Hollander – assisting engineer
  • Matt Griffin – assisting engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen — mastering at A&M
  • Rick Will – mixing
  • Scott Litt – mixing

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[40] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[41] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[42] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[44] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ "Oral History: Incubus' 'Make Yourself' Turns 20". RecordingAcademy.com. October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Lemeshow-Barooshian, Rae (January 8, 2019). "Top 50 Best Nu-Metal Albums of All-Time". Loudwire. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
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  7. ^ Mack, Eric (February 26, 2012). "Make Yourself - Incubus". Attackzonemedia (AZM). Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2016. And in all seriousness, it’s not a stretch to call Incubus the only good new band that emerged during this period in mainstream alternative rock.
  8. ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". Loudersound. April 2022.
  9. ^ "Opprobrium - Francis and Moyses Howard". Metal-Rules.com. May 28, 2008.
  10. ^ Hartmann, Graham HartmannGraham. "Metallica Issued Cease-And-Desist for Allegedly Plagiarizing Death Metal Band". Loudwire.
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  12. ^ "Brandon Boyd of Incubus: 'Jeff Buckley to me was my first experience of a Western male singer'". Music-News.com.
  13. ^ "Deftones Tap Incubus, TapRoot For Tour". MTV News.
  14. ^ LLC, SPIN Media (November 25, 2001). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Incubus: Make Yourself". Alternative Press. No. 138. January 2000. p. 88.
  16. ^ Thelen, Christopher (2001). "The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Make Yourself". dailyvault.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  17. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Incubus". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
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  26. ^ DiVita, Joe DiVitaJoe. "Incubus Announce Huge 'Make Yourself' 20th Anniversary 2019 Tour". Loudwire.
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  43. ^ "British album certifications – Incubus – Make Yourself". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 1, 2015.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Make Yourself in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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