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Thot was gud, definitely coo, but frankly pretty gud, not da besh
Still holds up!
This does take me back. Listened to this album a lot as a teen. It's been probably 20 years since I gave it a go, but the words and beats come straight back to me. That said, even though it holds a lot of sentimental value for me, I will try to listen with objective ears. Compositionally, I think Incubus is unique in their style, at least at the time this album came out. Nu metal was just getting started and I think Incubus was somewhat on the forefront of that wave. So although there are now many bands that shared this sound, Incubus was near the front. So if you're a fan of nu-metal but also Goo Goo Dolls, you might like this album. I think the singer has a unique enough voice to be interesting, but I don't care for some of the style choices he makes. Overall, nostalgia will be carrying me here. It's obviously not something I've held onto too hard that I want to listen to still today, but it's got a place for me at some point.
Track 4 - The Warmth. Track 5 - When It Comes. This one-two punch on the album is clearly about the sweet, sweet relief of pissing your pants. Speaking of going number one, that is all I can really do here as this is dreadful.
not bad probably gets better with more listening 3/5
I’ve always been interested to listen to this album in full as it has quite a big song on it, however besides Drive this album was really quite generic rock of the time. Nothing blew my socks off
This album is just amazing. First, Branden Boyd is a very capable front man. Great voice which he can vary stylistically considerably with significant range. Always liked how capable a singer he is. Second, I know that they were part of a group of nu metal bands which used scratching (Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park) but to me, they have always incorporated it the best of any of these bands. It wasn't just a gimmick; it really worked in their tracks. Beyond this, though others might consider Linkin Park the better band (Limp Bizkit sucks, btw), I think Incubus has been song structures and their bass drives more effectively throughout their catalog, especially in this album. In going back to Make Yourself, a record I have heard a decent amount before, I'll admit I was predisposed to liking it. That said, I'd forgotten how many great songs are on this. Drive is a killer track, rightfully one of their biggest songs ever, as is Pardon Me. But there's also Stellar, Clean, Out From Under, Consequence, Nowhere Fast, and The Warmth, all of which are demonstrate how capable and diverse this band can be. With more than half of this record downloaded in my personal library, though it lacks their best individual tune - Wish You Were Here is an amazing track and one of my favorite songs ever - it is the best album from an excellent band. 5 stars.
20th century, pop culture, wisdom lit mediated through a world weary 20 year old. The Brandon Boyd musings could easily veer into eye rolling territory but are kept on the right track by curiosity, youthful insight, and a sincerity that makes the lyrics read as sincere instead of a college entrance essay. I repeatedly saw people call this their "commercial attempt", which is strange to me, given that the criteria for commercial seems to be effectiveness. If a band is organizing their sound around ideas expressed by the song writer and they find the best way to do that and it clicks with people, that is getting good not selling out. If it sounds commercial, it is because Boyds writing style naturally lends itself to reflective verses that analyze the problem with sweeping, open choruses that present his solution, which is usually feeling more of the right thing while youre young enough to remember the feelings in the first place. Sure this is an album for late-teens, early 20s .That's the point. The fact it executes its position very well for nearly 9 songs before faltering isnt a problem, its a strength. There are missteps (looking at you Battlestar Scr...whatever!), and i still think DJ'ing adds nothing sonically, but I can't wait till my son is old enough to grow into this album.
Rock-rap, nu metal, whatever. It happened, but I don’t know why anyone would still want to listen to that music
As far as 90s hip hop influenced hard rock goes, this ain't bad.
A certain kind of bro-alt rock that I just can't get behind
meeehh....
Definitely not the genre for me. That said Drive is worth the price of admission and the balance of the album (except tracks 12) is completely tolerable.
No se si voy por ahi eh, pero aprecio que esté Nota: 3.1
Even for what it is (which is admittedly not a thing that I'm a big fan of), it doesn't seem that special or interesting.
diverse
Sort of corny nu metal stuff that played relentlessly when I was growing up. I have a soft spot for it but also naturally kind of tune it out
Knowing and not liking "Drive" made me apprehensive of this album. That boring, depressing song brings me back to dark days working at a CVS. Turns out that song is the outlier. The rest of it is a less angry version of the Nu-Metal sound of the late 90s. It sounds like Deftones-lite, or the "better" parts of 311. The album could have been worse is what I am saying. By falling between the aggressive Nu-Metal, and the introspective "deep dude" sounds I found it not terrible. I'm not ever going back to this, but it didn't make me angry. Low bar I guess. "Battlestar Scralatchtica" is embarrassing for everyone involved: The band, the producer, the label, the album art director who had to put it on the sleeve, me for having to spell it out above, you for now being aware of it's existence.
Old metal, but don't like it for some reason
haiiiiii gezanik en gezeik
This is really hard to judge. To me it’s music for people that go to huge rock festivals and still think they have a distinguished musical taste because they go and see Incubus at 4 in the afternoon because they think the writing is so clever and the singer can sing so well. But it’s run off the mill rock for the masses. Ok it was easy to judge.
Everything about this record is distasteful: the ugly cover artwork, the boorish guitar riffs, the pseudo-masculine whiny vocals, the steak rock vocal harmonies (always and only in fifths, the least appropriate interval for vocal harmonies).
C'est mauvais. Le style est flou, c'est chiant dès la première musique
I liked this as a young’un, and it’s certainly triggering some nostalgia. It’s extremely millenium. But apart from nostalgia, I’m really unsure how this made the list. Found myself skipping quite a bit of it as it just offers nout and borders on the annoying at times. I think it’s the vocals and lyrics. Like somewhere between high school jock rock boy next door pop. Nostalgia dragged it to a 2, and there are a few interesting moments. But it’s just a bit meh overall. Pretty pointless. Glad I revisited for old times sake but I hope I never return.
Listened to a fair amount of Incubus back in the day, was never a super fan but had a few albums, this one included. Think I listened to morning view the most though. This album is definitely back loaded, the run from stellar to pardon me is top. I think back in the day I always felt they were very good but not great and that held here, enjoyed an excuse for another listen mind.
Totally passed me by when I was younger - I think I was just a little bit too young to enjoy this. Coincidentally saw an Instagram story by an American friend I made one night at a bar in Kyoto where he had Drive on in the background. That night I was convinced, as was James Firman, that the bartender was going to steal my kidneys when we went to a second location. The Drive guy was such a classic Incubus listener, reminded me of a different friend in almost every way, just considerably younger. Really, really enjoyed the album. That sort of edge of edgy, but while constructing a decent song. Drive, Pardon Me, Make Yourself, and The Warmth have entered my rotation. Music for when I want to take some B roads with a bit of pace.
Didn't expect to see Incubus on this list, haven't heard this for many years! Never really realised how of it's time it sounds. Or how nu-metal it is looking back. Don't think I would've classed it as that back in the day, it is though! Really enjoyed hearing this again, got some great tracks on, my favourites are: Privilege The warmth Stellar Make yourself Drive Pardon me Thinking 4.5, but it's getting a 5
An album that truly represents the intersection of 90s alt-rock and the early era of numetal. I've never been a fan of Incubus, and listening to a full album did not change my mind. An argument could be made for the album's historical significance, but I'll happily forget this album exists.
Surprisingly enjoyed this. I don't listen to enough nu metal to tell you if this is a bit generic or not, but I suppose that's why I'm listening to all these albums so I can figure out what I like.
Rätt störigt efter ett tag
Det är rätt risigt men har ändå en del variation och delar som man typ skulle kunna köra gamla bilspel till.
Bra fart!
Bof
Decent enough listen, albeit aggressively 90s/00s
the problem with this album is that it is indeed an iconic piece of media that documents the birth and development of nu metal but at the same time it is not as good as the artists that came later in the field. like im serious. its good but still needs a bit of momentum. also i hate those gatekeepers that think nu metal is not "real metal" just because it sounds too "poppy". come on dude you can do better than this. 3.5/5
actually a good album ! listened to it initially with some hate in my heart but i will give a relisten bc i actually liked it
Ik heb niet veel Incubus geluisterd, maar dit is in principe wel precies de muziek de me in m'n tienerjaren gevormd heeft. Tegelijkertijd is dit voor mij niet de absolute top van de nu-metal uit die tijd. Het is geen Deftones, System of a Down of Korn om maar even drie toonaangevende, heel verschillende, nu-metal bands te noemen. Dit zet ik wel voor m'n plezier aan en ik kan ervan genieten. Ik zit niet uit te kijken naar het einde. 'Pardon Me' en 'Drive' zijn lekkere hits. De zanger doet het prima, de productie is zoals je hem wil bij dit genre. Een warm nostalgisch dekentje dat doet denken aan die qua muziek goeie ouwe tijd. Nederlandse luistertip: Green Lizard. Bovendien wordt er in het midden des lands bij m'n grote luistervriend inmiddels ook met 5-sterren-ratings gestrooid als met snoepzakken na een kinderfeestje. Waarom zouden we nog moeilijk doen? We hebben ons al lang en breed bewezen als kenners, snobs en wijze heren die afgewogen oordelen goed verbaal kunnen onderbouwen. Er zijn misschien betere nu-metal albums uit dit tijdperk, maar dit ligt me lekkerder in het gehoor dan 90% van de lijst. So pardon me while I geef 5 sterren. En whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there, zelfs als het nog een keer Astrud is. We gaan die eindstreep halen.
Trash.
Hadn't listened the them outside of Drive. Great song, so was hoping there'd be lesser listened tracks that stood out. Wasn't exactly the case. Perfectly listenable but not something I'm returning to.
i really like this album its a classic on the scene but it gets kind of boring midways; it has some great bangers tho
Tried to give this a fair shot. Between being over played on the radio in the 90’s and the vocals all sounding so similar I just don’t like this band.
Dave Grohl once said "Musicians should go to a yard sale and buy an old fucking drum set and get in their garage and just suck. And get their friends to come in and they'll suck, too. And then they'll fucking start playing and they'll have the best time they've ever had in their lives and then all of a sudden they'll become Nirvana". At school I was in a band called Caution Wet Floor. Aside from an absence of talent, one of our main problems was a lack of musical focus. We played a sort of ska/punk/indie/blues/rock/folk/metal/nu-metal. But really just each of us playing a different song, in a different corner of my bedroom. Our friends formed a band called Tantrum Sally. In contrast to Caution Wet Floor, Tantrum Sally had (a) a frontman who could sing, (b) actual gigs, and (c) a clear musical focus. And that focus, I think, was 80% Incubus. I didn't like watching Tantrum Sally play and I have always thought that it was latent jealousy, seeing my peers' almost Nirvana-level success as they headlined 17th birthday parties in Marlow Bottom. But having listened to this album I think that maybe I just don't like Incubus.
A big album from hard rock band Incubus. I learned they are from California. Also that there were a couple other bands with the same name. The last half of the album was above average, maybe 3.7 stars. Unfortunately the first half of the album was below average, maybe 2.7 stars.
Don't be Stinkubus! (as my dad would say) I *almost* have this album, but I don't really - my mom does, and I just liberated it temporarily. (I did, however, buy their later album 'A Crow Left of the Murder...'). This one has a charmingly nostalgic 1999 radio rock sound, so, similar to the Linkin Park album we had, I like hearing it now, but I don't actually like it-like it. Brandon Boyd's voice will always be inexorably linked to Spider Solitaire for me because I first got a PC in my room (which had this brand-new-to-Windows game on it) when Incubus was the only album I had saved to my computer, and I spent like a solid week playing both. Ah, memories. Also, I've skimmed pretty much every wiki page for this project so far, and this is the first one to tell me when a video "premiered on The Box" ('Pardon Me', January 16, 2000). I miss that channel even more than Sega Channel. Language observation: Early use of "try and" in 'Make Yourself' ("Why not try and make yourself?") Historical reminiscence: At this time, before anyone had smartphones (but after they had mp3 downloads), there were a lot more arguments about what songs were called. I got in soo many arguments with people who insisted 'Drive' was called "I'll be there". There were moments listening to this when I thought "could it be a 4?" but ultimately I didn't add any of the songs to a playlist, so perhaps not. A smiley 3.5 though. Highlights: 'Stellar' (space rock??), 'I Miss You'
9/10 love the songs. i dont understand how its not famous its amazing
Never have I heard something more aggressively 1999.
It gives me some nostalgia of that late nineties sound but without sounding particularly dated. I really appreciated the scratching melodies as they sounded really tasteful throughout. 7/10 [KEEP]
Sure, a lot of the songs sound the same but this album gets a lot of unjustified hate. There’s some banger songs on here that perfectly captured early 2000s hard rock. Another review said that this is junk food music and I would gladly dip my grubby little hands in a bag of this kind of music once in a while. I will always have a soft spot for divorced dad rock.
While I view his album as a good work of music, it is not the band's best work. It is less developed. For me the album Morning View is a much better album. Make Yourself is a 3-4. Check out Morning View for 5.
Ikkje mitt nye favorittalbum, men litt gøy med nu-metal etter gammalt egentlig
Drive is fine, the rest is pretty bad. Did they run out of albums?
Reminds me of being a teenager In the best way, used to wait for the Drive video to come on MTV2, and marvel at Brandon Boyd’s plugs and think I wanted to look just like him. Still a great album today, as far as that alternative / nu metal scene goes it’s a standout that sort of transcended it. Lovely stuff. Favourite track: Pardon me
mogelijk zijn er 1001 albums die ik moet luisteren voordat ik doodga. dit is er niet 1 van
È proprio il mio genere di musica. Le poche canzoni che conoscevo degli incubus mi piacciono tanto e questo album è un insieme di elementi funk, rock, nu metal, bello bello
Never got into these guys when they were new, but their radio songs were unavoidable. The rest of the album is not terrible, but it’s also not really metal. More like a K-Mart 311 😒
Nothing special, but I could see its place on the list for an example of an eclectic rap rock band....there is singing, rapping, scratching, a good slice of what was going on in the late 90s. Singles still hold up though, I'll tell ya that much.
Never heard them before this, so came in with no expectations. It's not my type of music, but enjoyed it. Powerful guitar work. I doubt if I'll come back to it, but found it surprisingly good.
Dated scratches and some crap lyrics ("fuck me in my own way?") detract from earnest vocals and tight instrumental accentuation (especially from drummer Jose Pasillas). A problem here is the riffs and verses consistently outdo the hooks, save for the massive "Drive-" a worthy late 90s/early aughts jam.
Privilege 3 Nowhere Fast 3.1 Consequence 3.1 The Warmth 3 When It Comes 3.3 Stellar 3.5 Make Yourself 3.3 Drive 3.4 Clean 3 Battlestar Scralatchtica (instrumental) 2.9 I Miss You 3 Pardon Me 3.6 Out from Under 3 Score: 3.169230769
Half way through I was sure this was two, one good song and then nothing of any interest. the back half had 2 good songs, one made it my playlist, so barely a three. Not sure why this is album anyone needs to hear.
This album was quite good. I am not one to love the grunge alt scene as much. this sound reminds me a lot of the likes of Faith No More, Nirvana, Deftones and such. It is a nice project with a unique sound that I could definetely see influencing later heavy metal and grunge spaces.
I went through a real Incubus phase when I was 18 or so and this was very nostalgic for me. Tracks like Stellar, Drive and Pardon Me are undeniable bangers, and the bits in between all have a unique vibe that kept me going through it all - maybe not objectively the best but I enjoyed this.
Listening to this album is kind of like [redacted]. You feel gross doing it, and you would never want anyone to know you did it, but it is not a wholly unpleasant experience; even though you’re embarrassed and ashamed of yourself afterwards.
drive guzel
Incubus? More like SUCK-ubus.
What a great album. I loved this album when it came out and it still holds up.
I liked Incubus as a teen. I haven't listened to them that much in recent years though. "Drive" and "Pardon Me" are the two tracks I remember from my youth, which made me wonder if I had only listened to a greatest hits rather than a specific album. Anyhow, I think the album stood up better than I thought it would. There are elements that firmly place it in its time period (there's a very distinctive sound that I don't quite know the source of but it's on a lot of Linkin Park tracks), and that's fine, it is a product of the late 90s after all. I am not sure I would quite call it Nu Metal, but it's adjacent for sure. One thing that surprised me was hearing elements that reminded me of Tool. Which, I think, is a compliment. I don't think Incubus are at their level really, but I was moderately impressed.
Just emo dad rock and it’s great
노래가 신나긴 했지만 평범한 느낌이었다. The song was upbeat, but it felt ordinary.
senti uma mistura de the calling com linkin park nesse album (to chapando mto?). nao é um album ruim, mas nao é um album que eu voltaria pra ouvir. esse rock de gritaria, com batida sintetica e mto instrumento nao é pra mim. porem gostei muito da faixa drive, se fosse um album com mais faixas nesse estilo, eu ia gostar mais. nota 4
I never got into Incubus for some reason, in theory I should like them but this just strikes me as barely average alternative rock/metal album. I remember them as my guitar teacher's favourite band. At most 3 stars.
Some solid rock
I am not (maybe a tiny bit) ashamed to say that I do have a soft spot for nu metal and maybe this hit a little harder than I was expecting it to. Is this a piece of genius, obviously not! Do the chords hit good, IDK yes! The song from BEEF slaps the most because I recognised it and that's the kind of smooth brain woman I am SUE ME
It's like, enjoyably 90s I guess, but pretty middling in terms of nu metal which is itself a pretty middling genre. The lyrics are baaaaaaaaaaaad. The music itself is unremarkable. You've gotta be real good to get me into nu metal, and this just aint, so I'm sorry Incubus lads (I'm assuming you're all lads) but it's two stars for you.
To all the Americans out there who moan about the British music they find on here. If you think this is somehow better then you’re welcome to it.
Plenty of good riffs but a bit too nu metal for me.
So if I gave Swift a 3* yesterday, then this must be a 4* right? Not sure any of that’s feels right. 600 albums in and I think I’ve lost the plot. I need the 8th Elvis Costello album next to reset back at 1*.
I did not hate it? Goth reggae is not as bad as it sounds. I kinda love his whiney voice.
Not for me but didn't mind the pump up while working on some sales calls
I bet this album appeared in the used bins in the early thousands there seems to be perhaps maybe three or four bands artist from the 90s that everyone was influenced by and then that influence slowly trickle down to other bands and artists kept getting watering down the watering down and this is one of the most Watertown bands you can find from the 90s they’re probably relegated to sixth or seventh on the bill of a nostalgic 90s act that tours stadium. Sorry not even stadiums amphitheatres in the summer. Nothing redeeming about this.
8/10 - Wow. I didn't realize Drive came from an album this heavy. Loved it. Instrumentals go heavy while the vocals are silky smooth. Not going to lie, didn't vibe with Battlestar Scralatchtica - it just feels so out of place in the album. But love "I Miss You". The song builds, the vocals deliver at the climax Fav Tracks: Drive, I Miss You Heard before? --------–- ✅ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? ---––– ✅
2.8
hmmmmmm
not for me
I've never been bit on Incubus, and I'm not really sure why. I think its a combination of trying to incorporate too many sounds/rhythms in their songs, while also being over the top with emotion and attitude. This album was no different- the hits were enjoyable, but the album was a little all over the place. I did enjoy it more than I thought I would, but only slightly. Overall- probably in the 2 5 to 3 range
Pleasant listen.
Some parts were too hardcore for me others just weren’t enjoyable.
Not for me.
Huh, so this is what Incubus sounds like. I guess nu-metal is just neo-grunge? It's reminding me of Temple of the Dog, or whatever that was. But then there are some other interesting things happening in the background here and there in the music; I found some of this enjoyable. But hoo boy this is one of those records where the vocals get on my nerves. It isn't quite as annoying as emo, but it gets whiny a little too often for me.
This is all a little tepid and dull. Well played and well produced, but little else for me. I remember comparisons to Faith No More when they first became popular, mainly due to some similarities between vocalists. Incubus cannot hold a candle to FNM though, obviously. Some good ideas and some good moments, but little else.
Monster album not many hit songs but all songs are top quality and the album flows perfectly. Producer killed it. This was the pr eoition of what was to come next to me their breakout album. Moning view was bigger and got all the airwaves but as much as I love morning I think this is a better album
Solid album. Enjoyed it, but not real standouts or anything groundbreaking
Me gustó el disco de rock. Me dio ondas Nirvana o Foo Figthers... Se disfrutó.
Nah.
too close to my musical DNA for me to not enjoy. but Brandon Boyd is not my favorite in the arena of alt metal singers. the production of this thing is amazing, the songwriting not so much. "Drive" is kinda the one song here i've never really liked.
I was SHOCKED at how much I enjoyed this album. Sure, I've been hearing the band's major hits on the radio since before I could talk, but there were a surprising number of "hidden" bangers on this album (clearly I should have been looking). I'm kind of obsessed with Boyd's voice (even though all I can hear in 2026 is Mac Glocky's impression of him). Not a perfect album by any means, but damn was it nostalgic. Favorite tracks: Consequence, When It Comes, Drive
Ok; not great
Stellar must be their #1. It was in my rotation before I knew of the band/album. OK, one of their charting songs. Ah yes, Drive, also in rotation, great tune. Battlestar Scralatchtica moves me. 3 for me. I like the opening vibe, a few hits, and a groove tune.
has some pretty good songs, but a lot of boring ones too, which dont hurt too much cuz they are short
not bad
This felt like the soundtrack to a group of teenagers who had just discovered distortion pedals and the concept of "deep" lyrics. The musicians clearly know how to play, but the songwriting is stuck somewhere between a high school talent show and a notebook full of angst that probably should've stayed private. The lyrics are especially rough—packed with the kind of pseudo-philosophical musings that sound profound when you're fifteen and unbearable once you're not. Every time I thought a song might go somewhere interesting, it settled back into the same dated alt-rock groove. I get why this album has nostalgic value for people who grew up with it, but nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. For me, it was a long 48 minutes of waiting for something memorable to happen. It never really did. I couldn't wait for the album to end, and I have no desire to make myself listen to it again.
utterly pedestrian. I find nothing noteworthy about this album whatsoever. they are trying very hard to be Tool. Reader, they are not Tool. 1/5.
Honestly this was better than I initially thought it would be - a pretty versatile album with solid songs.
The album art is absolute bullshit; it couldn't look more 2000s if it tried. It's not particularly great music, but it's enjoyable and isn't that the point in the end?
I only knew them from the song Wish You Were Here, which I took the title from such a classic song and didn't exactly replicate it. Thus I was underwhelmed when I saw this pop up from the generator today. What I found was a pleasant album. The lyrics were nice platitudes and the music was inoffensive. Yes, I even found myself tapping my foot along with some of the songs. But I can't say I found it an enjoyable listen. It wasn't bad, but there's nothing truly good about it either. I understand why the band was popular, much the same way I understand Bon Jovi was popular. It's a 2.5 and I'm not sure which way I'll go when it rate it tomorrow morning.
Non male, anche se non pienamente nelle mie corde
Like a bag of Doritos. Not good for me, but a decent snack
Solid 90s rock album. Incubus is one of my earliest rock influences and the album still holds up for the most part.
9th grade forever
Not my thing
Not much to say. It was ok think more a 2 ok.
I’ve never been a fan of Incubus. Their style of music has never really done anything for me. They’re often described as an eclectic rock band that blends alternative metal, funk, hip-hop and jazz, and even reading that description makes me think it sounds like a bit of a mess. Unfortunately, listening to Make Yourself did nothing to change my mind. I gave this album two or three listens today, really trying to find something positive to say, but I struggled. Nothing ever truly clicked, and I never found a track that grabbed my attention or made me understand why this album is so highly regarded. My biggest issue is that the album feels completely all over the place. Rather than sounding eclectic in an exciting way, it just feels disjointed and lacking any real cohesion or direction. The constant shifts in style never come together into something compelling for me, and instead the album ends up feeling like a boring, confused mess. This challenge has confirmed something I probably already knew — Incubus and this style of alternative metal just aren’t for me. Favourite tracks: I genuinely couldn’t pick one Least favourite tracks: Honestly, the whole album left me cold Album artwork: I do like the cover — the colours work really well
A product of its time. Some decent to good stuff on here but a lot of questionable genre blends and cringy lines and line delivery.
I just realized that I know less about this band than I thought I did. This was pretty decent in my opinion but maybe that's just because I'm used to this type of funk rock and nu-metal. "Drive" always reminds me of the movie Surf's Up, which has an absolutely killer soundtrack. Favorite track: When It Comes 3.5/5
Gets a bit too butt-rocky at times for my taste, but not the worst out there. I like the bass guitar work, helped out a lot by nice production/mixing. 7/10.
7.5/10 Might be a bit generic but I can't deny that the production and vocals are very good.
Some good songs liked it more than i thought i would
I really enjoyed this when it was new. You still hear ‘Drive’ on the radio today. I saw them live right around when this was released - great live show.
It's like Linking Park but slightly better 3/5
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Standard rock. Not for me.
Probably the 90s nostalgia but was a surprisingly pleasant listen
такой он разный (в какой-то момент решила что спотифай выключил альбом и включил ии-трек про диджейство. местами тяжеловато и злобновато но в целом вроде даже приятный
Pretty good. Kind of a weird mix of sounds here. Favourite Track(s): Make Yourself, Drive Least Favourite Track(s): Out From Under
It's always difficult to honestly rate albums that were important to you as a teenager. In my heart of hearts, I know this isn't a 5-star album. But if I have to listen to 35 Elvis Costello albums, I can jam out to this and click 5 stars.
After some old metal I get some "nu" metal! Follows the quiet-loud formula of alt rock and has those late-90s hip hop drum beats and guitar work. "Make Yourself" doesn't really sound as heavy as I thought, almost kinda "sanitized" and commercialized (2.5-3).
It’s bad but and I’m ashamed to say I enjoyed it. It reminded me of a simpler time
Nooooooope.
The looseness and humility of the delivery feels like one of the record’s strengths, but also holds it back from being timeless because it can sound immature if you listen to it with a certain angle. It sounds like “young man’s music” (I say at the ripe age of 34). This record is good and it is for someone, but it’s not for me. Hard to appreciate not coming out of a car’s tape deck. I think you had to be there. Drive still holds up as a pop gem, but it’s not like the rest of the record.
Incubus is one of those bands that annoyed me when they came out in the late 90s. They seemed too derivative of the early 90s stuff in this vein that proceeded them. They were also a lot like other crappy bands like Limp Bizcut that I hated. Basically light metal, or clean grunge, with some hiphop elements but nothing near the quality of Rage or even RCHP with the style they are going for. Listening to this again in 2026 just kind of confirms my earlier impressions. 2/5
This was a three (I wouldn’t ask someone why they were listening to it if I was around while it was on) until the lyric ‘To resist is to piss in the wind/Anyone who does will end up smelling’
Another album that has cemented my love of rock maurice aside from Mellon Collie, Celebrity Skin, Pavement and the Icarus Line. It’s an introspective record that is interesting on the first listen! I quite enjoyed it ‘Consequence’ and ‘Stellar’ are standouts for me. Ratings wise I am giving it a 4/5 GEMV (14.06.2026)
So I like Incubus but I don't think I like a whole album of incubus. They are unique, distinct and different. But it kinda drags, but not because the music is dragging, just too much of the same. Individually I enjoyed the songs, but its kind of like a seven course meal if everything is the same flavors. Everything tastes good, but by course 5 you are just not as excited anymore. I love the song Drive but by the time I got there I was just kind of meh with it. It no longer felt special, it was just another one of the courses. Pardon me is pretty beautiful though...
They don’t really do much for me. Pardon Me is a pretty good song and I liked that they really pushed the energy on the last track. Overall, it feels like they want to be hard core and edgy while still being radio friendly and it comes across a little disingenuous as a result.
I get such nostalgia from this. I am surprised how well it holds up, apart from the lyrics really which are pretty angsty.
I was surprised to see Incubus show up on here. But I suppose Drive was a massive song on release. Never listened to the rest of this. Privilege is quite a bit heavier than I remember Incubus being. And the album continues being relatively heavy. But you do then get the slightly softer side in the biggest hit Drive. I dunno, they're a band that were around when I was working out my musical tastes and that should fit my tastes pretty well, but they never quite resonated with me. This album is ok, but honestly I feel like their sound is pretty dated. I will admit though, Drive is still a pretty good tune. Also Battlestar Scalatchtica is kinda weird but fun!
I love Incubus and all 2000s alternative rock/music
Make Yourself by Incubus ain’t a bad album. Lots of great songs and I think the instrumental was great for my music taste. Special shout out to the song Out From Under for the lyric ‘To resist is to piss in the wind, anyone who does will end up smelling’. Top Songs: Privilege, Consequence, Make Yourself, Drive, Clean, I Miss You, Out From Under
Habia escuchado completo el disco Morning View, gran disco, y este me pareció espectacular! Gran disco! Cada vez me gusta mas Incubus!
As much as I love this album (And the follow up, Morning View), I really do think this is a weird pick for the list. I don't think Incubus were big, influential, or culturally important enough for it. But either way, the album's on the list, so that's what I'm reviewing. It really feels like with their influences being Primus and Faith No More, that bands really had two paths to go down when incorporating funk/hip-hop into metal and hard rock. Either you became a nu-metal band, or you were Incubus who focused more on Faith No More's playing around with genre's instead of just being like "HIP HOP AND METAL LETS GO". I guess there's a third path, which is what Rage Against the Machine took and were a hip hop band with rock instrumentals instead of nu-metal bands where they were rock bands with hip hop (influenced) vocals. But yeah, this is a pretty damn good record. Incubus just sounds like Incubus, especially with Brandon Boyd's instantly recognizable voice where he somehow manages to sing lyrics in a way that sounds like rapping a little bit. The singles are definitely the best songs on the album (Pardon Me, Drive, and Stellar), but the rest of the tracklist is no slouch. From the more nu-metalish The Warmth and When it Comes, to the more Pink Floyd/psychedelic stuff like Consequence. There are a few songs that are kinda nothing like I Miss You, but not many. Just a great album all around.
It's hard to approach this album without bias because I remember the singles being absolutely played to death at the time. It's definitely a band of its era (turntable scratches and all) but this is a consistent effort and the non-single tracks don't feel like filler.
Some of Incubus's later material might rise to a 4, but this definitely does not. The definition of mediocre rock.
Christ, this was terrible.
I hated this album for an entirely different reason than I thought I would, largely because I thought Incubus sounded like Linkin Park. I was surprised to find Tool run through a 311 filter. Gross. The album art also offends me.
1/5 - I don't want to listen to this 1 more minute than is required.
I enjoy it, but not as much to rate it 5 stars.
Beyond Drive, I Miss You, and Pardon Me, I'd never have to hear this again. I Miss You is solid. The rest isn't for me.
I remember my dad bought a DVD for a live performance of this album. We never put it in the DVD player. I don’t think he even unwrapped the plastic. The album is fine. Pretty unremarkable and very much a product of its time. Whatever.
Album #97/98: Make Yourself - Incubus Genre (W): Alternative metal, nu metal, alternative rock, funk rock Singles: Pardon Me, Stellar, Drive I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I doubt this is really an album I have to hear before I die, but some songs are alright. Overall mediocre album, not horrible but not enjoyable either. Sounds very average. Favorite songs: Privilege, Clean, Battlestar Scralatchtica, I Miss You
Such a unique sound that was great for one album and then felt trite after. Definitely a great album with some great variation that shows that they had better chops than most. I'll never stop fighting for their bassist to be more widely recognized.
I dont know these guys music, but they seem to be not quite fitting into the regular established genres, which is fine - gotta applaud them going their own way I'm hearing a lot of influences, RHCP probably being the dominant one for me Something is just slightly off - I'm not getting the emotional rawness that I generally expect from a guitar band - its just a little but too refined, as if its grunge-lite which has been focussed-grouped for mass appeal, and in the process had it's heart and soul surgically removed Confusing
It was fine
Very '90s (complimentary). I'm not sure if I ever listened to anything from this other than "Drive" and "Stellar", but this sounds like just about every alt rock band I heard around this time. Not a bad thing - as a 90s kid, it gives me a very strong feeling of nostalgia. The guitar and bass tone sound great, drums sound great, everything seems mixed pretty well. It's funny remembering that rock bands might have a dedicated DJ. Overall it's a pretty good listen. "Stellar" and "Drive" are still fantastic songs and the rest of the album is solid, if dated.
Dont see any original sounds, but maybe THIS ALBUM was the origin of some vibes in alternative rock
Fuckin' love Incubus. Incubus is good.
This 90s-00s nu-metal era of divorced dad rock is my kind of music tbh. Loved it. Drive was my fav song of the album. I Miss You (my fav first listen) and When It Comes were my other highlights
I would like it more if i was younger.
Very much of its time and I'm not sure how essential it is. Musically it pretty much lives between Grunge and Nu Metal, but also tries to be pop succeeding mainly on the singles, "Drive" has even become some radio classic while being the odd one out in this album. Lyrics aren't completely dumb like Limp Bizkit and other contemporaries, but also a bit shallow like your teenage diaries. It's okay, but I have no great desire to revisit.
Nostalgic
An album I did not enjoy at all. It was just the same basic nu metal sound for the whole album, with very little variation. The whiny pop punk lyrics only increased the frustration. If you asked AI to make a nu metal album, it wouldn’t be far off this.
Given that it actually has a fair amount of sonic variety across its thirteen tracks, this is an almost impressively boring album. It washed over me so much that I’m struggling to think of *anything* to say about it at all, except that I really wasn’t a fan of the singer, who had an acute case of ‘whiny 90s American rock voice’. This genre isn’t to my taste at all, but I didn’t find it too offensive, so I guess it just about deserves 2 stars, even if this felt like one of the longest 48 minutes of my life.
Sometimes I wish I was born 5 years early so I could have been 18 when grunge was around, or 5 years before that so I could say I was into the Cure or the Smiths, but sadly at the turn of the Millennium, we got Nu Metal and embarrassing this was pretty much my favourite album of my teens. I know all the pseudo spiritual lyrics, I know where every naff DJ scratch lands, and especially loved the special second bonus CD of acoustic versions, so that I could feel really connected to all the teenage angst and turmoil! Haha. Joking aside, I don't care how dated this seems now, this was the best Nu Metal record in my opinion (perhaps only bettered by White Pony by the Deftones); more sincere and less macho than Limp Biscuit, less gloomy than Korn, and less angry than Slipknot and the like. I think perhaps their next album Morning View has dated better, but for pure nostalgia this is the one... Sorry, It's not my fault I was born in 1984!
Oh dear. Yet another rocky band trying to say something and change the world. Find the backdoor and head for the bin.
Alright I guess but too tame.
At one time Incubus were my favourite band and this album takes me back to a time in my youth for which I have many fond memories. Hadn't gone through this start to finish in a long time and it's surprising how many of the lyrics I still remember. Great album. Maybe not as good as Morning View but it's still getting the full 5 stars.
My heart wants to give this album a 5 purely for Battlestar Scralatchtica. My head wants to give this album a 3 as it is otherwise pretty boring, it's very sedate nu-metal. This is a reluctant 3, but know that if I were making a list like this, I would put this record on it just so people listen to Battlestar Scralatchtica.
3.8
I did not like any of this. So verbose and so stupid. ‘To resist is to piss in the wind// Anyone who does will end up smelling’, wtf kind of a lyric is that? If I wanted piss I would go to Patti Smith. And this album DOES smell.
Sick video for drive
The band name "Incubus" doesn't exactly speak to their good taste, but I suppose that's to be expected from a metal band. Aside from the screeching guitars, which I hate, the singer's voice is alright. What I find strange is that the song "Drive" has by far the most views on YouTube. So what do people really like about Incubus: the noisy guitars or a decent song?
j'aime pas :/
Cool! Always heard about that band but it's the first time I'm actually listening to. I liked it.
Nu metal was a dark time, and this is really not good enough to be considered part of that shitty genre. It’s barely metal, and it’s not even really nu enough either. Everything sounds the same (with the horrid exception of Battlestar Scralatchtica, which is really, really shit), and it’s all boring and tame. This is poo.
Just never got into it.
This isn't the type of music for me, but it's so of it's era.
i would probably have loved this album at 14 but i am unfortunately an adult. privilege and when it comes did stand out to me, the rest was typical nu metal which i thought was fine, but nothing particularly incredible
Re-listening to this today, my middle school self felt very vindicated, because I do feel like this is a particularly creative example of this kind of music.
Listening to Make Yourself completely transports me back to the late 90s, triggering a massive wave of nostalgia. It sits in a strange, polarizing sweet spot of the era, not quite as aggressively angry as Korn or Limp Bizkit, but distinctively polished with its alternative rock melodies and prominent turntable scratching. While some tracks definitely feel like dated, formulaic fillers that lean a bit too heavily on angsty, millennial cliches, the vibes underneath is undeniably tight, offering a spacey and melodic atmosphere that grounds the record. Sometimes you just want a safer version of nu metal with its growling guitars, and "Drive" is the absolute highlight for me. It is a brilliant, timeless track that completely anchors the album alongside other standout singles like "Pardon Me" and "Stellar". Even though the album stumbles through a few dull stretches and some questionable hip hop experiments, it remains a comforting, quasi-easy listening relic of its time that balances aggressive distortion with genuine pop sensibilities.
Entering a dark age for music…the age of butt-hurt rock. Not interested.
Went into this with rock bottom expectations - I have the opposite of fond memories of the nu metal fad. Ultimately this is more of an "alternative " rock album, and has many of the awful sonic motifs of so many successful American bands of the late 90s - Zoom pedal guitars, overly twangy bass, and pointless turntables are in aabundance. On top of this, every song is super-boring and the singer has a totally nothing voice. Bloody rubbish.
He says words so satisfyingly. It's kinda slop but I like it??
Some tracks were enjoyable (such as 'Drive' which I knew already) but some were a bit odd. I will say: if we can have Incubus in this list, we should also have Tool. (I can't fathom why they're not in it.)
3.5
Cool, this band. I've never listened to Incubus, though it's a pretty sweet name for a band and I've heard their name being spoken in proximity to artists that I enjoy. I have very little of an idea as to what this album could be. I'm pretty sure these guys are American, so I'll rule out my initial prediction of a British indie rock album with a hushed vocal style and production. I guess that leaves a grunge-adjacent alternative rock album. Here's hoping I'm correct. Nu metal. I mean, come on. Surely I was close enough with my "grunge-adjacent alternative rock" prediction, no? I'll take my loss. I hope I'm nearing the end of the nu metal albums on this list as I've been inundated with them lately and am beginning to grow tired of this genre. Anyways, this was a respectable listen. The music has a commendable level of depth to it with some interesting influences. I particularly liked that one instrumental track which had a bit of a funk sound going on. Speaking more broadly on the album itself, the better songs of this album typically incorporate a more ambient sound and place an emphasis on the bass, though the grungy guitars carry these songs along competently as well. I can't say I cared much for the vocals, however. They're standard nu metal fare, but man if they aren't smoothed-out and impersonal. The only other things which inhibit my enjoyment of this album are that nu metal isn't exactly my speed and the sound/style of this music is quite restrictive. Other than that, I had a respectable enough time listening to this album. Book time. Nu metal's "finest hour". "Make Yourself manages to bridge the tastes of a mass market without selling out to appease a single genre." The band worked with R.E.M's producer to create an album with a more mature sound. The entry closes out by calling it a timeless album which has a more enduring appeal than its contemporaries. Wikipedia says this album had three successful singles, was well-received by critics and has received enduring acclaim. The album had modest success in the handful of Western and European countries where it charted, peaking at around ~30 - 40. It was a bit of a steady seller, however, being the 107th best-selling album of 2000 and the 90th best-selling album of 2001 in the US. Yeah, I think this is a respectable pick. It definitely transcends the image which is traditionally associated with nu metal. I cosign this inclusion.
I've listened to bits and pieces of this album before but I hadn't ever listened to the whole thing. My new favorite from the album is When it comes. It makes me feel like I'm little and listening to music with my dad or watching live performances of bands like this on the TV of my dad's weed dealer and best friend. It makes me feel happy.
Buen disco, me gustó todo menos un tema, medio rhcp-nu metal que se yo. Ricos scratches. Sape
Oh no. No, no, no. Definitely not.
aggressively late-90s. not in a good way.
I bet someone would like this. Do NOT give them my address.
One of the best albuns of all time. Incubus are such an underrated band!
Just sounds like a worse version of Deftones and rhcp and rhcp is already bad so this is somehow a step down from them. Some of the more metal songs are ok but songs like drive are so annoying to listen to 5/10 Favourite: Nowhere Fast Least Favourite: Drive
Its just...I dont like the voice most of the time.
Never been into this type of alt rock, don’t know how to put it, “not quite grunge alt rock?” Idk. Credit where its due though, the lyrics are meant to inspire and they do just that and the instrumentals are solid. Standouts are nowhere fast, the warmth, when it comes, stellar, drive and i miss you.
This album and Morning View are prime incubus IMO. easy 5 stars
Its very much a capsule of time for this genre of music. good stuff tho.
mtl legal ate.. coisas novas. coisas mt bem reutilizadas. mt maneiro.
Pretty samey in the first half but felt it picked up after drive (which slaps)
Some of the butt-rockiest butt rock to ever butt rock but you know how much I love some butt rock.
Awesome
I want to apologize to my good friend Kelly for this album rating. I can’t get behind Brandon Boyd’s voice, the music isn’t emo or rock enough. I wasn’t in to it then and I’m not going to get in to it now. I do know every word to “Drive,” but I realize maybe not by choice?
Truly an average album from the 90's that has a few hits but is overall repetitious, dated and bland. You can't deny the greatness of "Drive" (900M listens on Spotify), and the inclusion of "Pardon Me" (305M) & slightly above average "Stellar", but then you have filler tracks like "Battlestar Scralatchitica", "Nowhere Fast", "Consequence", "When It Comes", "Clean", "Out From Under", etc. The weak outweighs the good on this one. The best surprise was "Privilege", that's a pretty solid tune. Would I ever want to hear it again, nope. I'll just crank "Drive" if I need an Incubus fix. 2.5 stars
I've always found Incubus to be a mixture of instrumentation and music that I really like, with a singer who I generally don't enjoy. There are exceptions, of course. Megalomaniac is an example of a song of theirs where it all just works. On this album, the vocals were a little grating for me overall. Not enough to ruin it, but enough for me not to want to come back to this album any time soon. Solid enough and I'm sure a lot of people will dig it, but it's just alright for me.
Angry music, soft singing, not very good.
I guess I've listened to this kind of music too much over the course of my life. I don't think the album is bad. Actually, I think it is quite good, but I don't find it particularly interesting. It's in the 3-star range. Some songs I enjoyed: "Consequence", "Stellar", "Drive", "Clean" (probably my favourite) or "I Miss You" (just a simple song but pretty nice).
Middle of the road, non-offensive modern rock.
RATING: 3/10 HIGHLIGHT: Nowhere Fast LOWLIGHT: Pardon Me
I was expecting it to be a bit harder. Not overly memorable
it's a bop and if you don't think so then you're lying to yourself 4/5
J’ai hésité sur la note mais il y a des morceaux vraiment sympa
I liked it
I hate nu metal
Maybe an alternate universe me would’ve liked this? It’s almost decent?
mid
Vaikka olenkin rockjätkä, niin täytyy sanoa, että on myös olemassa huonoa rockmusiikkia. Incubus on juuri sitä. Se on täysin turhanpäiväistä, sielutonta ja pahimmillaan myötähäpeää aiheuttavaa. Eli todella huono albumi, en keksi mitään kehuja. Tätä ei olisi tarvinnut kuulla ennen kuolemaa. Miksi ihmeessä tällaista on listalla? Aivan tusinatavaraa Amerikan ihmemaasta. 1/5
It's okay
Goddamn music executives, taking a mediocre alt-rock band and turning them into a mediocre alt-pop bad.
I think they're a unique band sound. Some alt rock mixed with funk. It just doesn't do anything for me. Even the songs I already knew from the radio don't hit me well
I like this better than I thought I would. I only know this band from their radio songs, and Drive is one that I feel is overrated. But as an album, this exceeded my expectations.
Gostei da vibe, mais um show aleatório do Gus, mas é bem da hora. Me lembra um Red Hot as vezes. Podia ser a soundtrack de um Tony Hawk. Acho que não é justo dar 3* depois de vir tanto álbum genérico, então vai 4 por que eu curti mais. Muito rockzinho bão dos anos 2000.
Another new band that I never heard of until I started reviewing records for this website. A pretty good mix of funk and Rock. That's as close as I can get to describing it. The songs are all exceptional and I will definitely be listening to it again.
Not my favourite band but it was an alright listen
Favorite Track: Pardon Me
2026.04.29
I bought this album when I was 13 or 14 off the strength of the first single ("Pardon Me"). I’ve listened through it many times, but it's been a solid 25+ years. There are some great anthemic hooks on this record, and I'm sure Incubus is still a great live show (I probably wouldn't pay for a ticket though). Listening today really brought back some memories. Like I often say... in context, this made total sense and wasn't as cringy as it is now. It was a little more aggressive than 311, but funkier than a lot of the nu metal stuff happening in 1999. Listening to this was like coming up for air after being deep in a nu metal dive. Of course things like "Battlestar Scralatchtica" were a little bit out there back then and hold up even less now. Overall, I'll say this record has its moments, but I don't think I need to revisit it again as a whole. There are a lot of very negative reviews about this record, so I'll note that this record would have still loomed fairly large in the rearview mirror when this album list was compiled for the original 2005 book. I'm not totally surprised that it squeaked into the top 1001 for that edition. Why it continues to be included on the list may be a more interesting discussion, but it's probably a situation where incumbents carry more weight than new additions. "Drive" was a standout track for me before it was ever a single. As a passively suicidal kid, the lyrics found me at the right time and pushed me through some rough spots. If I was old enough at the time, I almost certainly would have gotten a tattoo inspired by this song. "The Warmth" gets an honorable mention here as well for the same reasons, but also because of how infectious that guitar riff is.
I can't believe this was the followup to S.C.I.E.N.C.E.. That was such a good album, then they made ... this. I know most bands have a goal to make it big, but when you sacrifice sound for popularity (*cough* Sugar Ray *cough*) you lose me. Enjoy your mediocrity, you could have had something good.
I've pretty much liked everything I've heard from Incubus prior to receiving this album (a good handful of radio hits I've heard all my life plus a few others). Growing up, I heard "Drive" and "Pardon Me" frequently, but I realize that those were just the mainstream pieces. This was the band with the unique, smooth-voiced lead singer and the turntables. I certainly didn't group them with the other nu-metal bands (like Linkin Park, another band I grew up hearing a lot). I loved this whole album, with its alternative metal sound and interesting sound effect choices at the beginning of many of the songs (plus the dark tonality). This is a familiar sound for me, and I felt like there was enough variety to the melodies to keep me interested. The bass guitar really stands out, too. If you only really like the lighter, more poppy songs from their discography, you may not like the rest of this album, which is heavier in contrast.
That. Was. Terrible.
My main memory of this band is that their greatest hits CD would randomly get advertised on Nickelodeon in the middle of the day. Not sure what 9 year olds were gonna buy Incubus greatest hits but anyway. This was fine, kinda like a heavier Third Eye Blind.
Crap rock
Just ok
This band has grown on me a lot in the last 20 years (woah). I love their novel vocal harmonies, the dynamics, the artful two guitar attack, the musicianship from the rhythm section. Even the judicious use of a dj for some skritchy punctuation, mashing up funk and grunge and alternative, works for me. Perfectly recorded.
Better and less screamy than I had expected, but still not great.
The vast majority of this album I’m pretty allergic to. I truly don’t understand how scratching adds anything to this music. It could be a genre thing, but it was a real zeitgeist fad that has aged like organic lettuce. There are a few tracks that I don’t mind. The two singles are alright, and I kinda liked “I miss you”. Overall… tough album to Get through.
mid
Make yourself remember a simple time where post grunge Incubus ruled the TRL airwaves. Some bangers and some clunkers.
Really not my thing, embodies a part of American music which i find bland and whiny. It is quite something that they have 10 million monthly listeners and yet still offer so little in terms of substance or experimentation
First time ever listening to this. First song seemed like stock 90s sound. I recognize a couple songs, but what I really enjoyed were some of the non single tracks. Nowhere Fast, Consequence and When it Comes are a great run of tunes. Definitely liked this better than I thought I would after the first song.
Enjoyed most of what the band did on this record with a wide array of interesting tracks that all had their moments. Didn’t fall in love with much but it was fun anyways. Looking forward to hearing more of their material. 1 listen Favorite Track: The Warmth
Expectation: -> Familiar band name but details are fuzzy. After listening: -> This is solid and was suprised to hear a song I knew so well (Drive). Oddly picked Battlestar as my favorite track. I'm ready for an entire album of similar songs. Overall, no bad tunes and a 3.5 to 4. Track ranking: Battlestar Drive Warmth Miss Pardon Clean Nowhere Privilege Out Stellar Consequence Make Comes
such a great album, classic from my high school days. Awesome to revisit it. I never really did listen to the whole thing front to back but it's got a lot of hits on it.
Not my thing but I think I enjoyed one song!
nah
Whenever the hit from this album, Drive, comes on the radio- I change it. He just feels really whiney. Pardon Me is a solid song. I still listen to this one when it comes on the radio and it now qualifies as Classic Rock.
They're alright a sorta light grunge
Pretty nice trip down memory lane. Nice nostalgic turn of the century nu-metal with lashings of funk and hip/hop. Way more enjoyable than it probably has a right to be.
battlestar scralatchtica is possibly the most late 90's song title ever conceived
As a 2002 graduate this album from 1999 brought me right back to high school. Drive and Pardon Me are classic late 90s tunes and I admit I forgot about Stellar until this re-listen. Chock full of bangers.
Not a bad album.
Incubus didn’t sound how I expected them to sound and I ended up mostly liking this
Many moons ago I had a flatmate that would play this album on fairly high rotation. I haven't heard it in nearly 30 years and am still indifferent to it.
this is more up my alley than some of the other albums but not really a fan of anything in here
Meh. Nothing to see here
No hay chance que esto me guste. Es flojito. Como un Linkin Park Berreta.
I liked this but didn’t love it. Strong neutral.
There is a certain smugness to this where you just know every band member is a insufferable "spiritual" person Has not aged well. 2*
Ok
🙂↕️🤘
Not nearly as bad as its contemporaries. Some hits that are forever ingrained in my millennial brain.
Nostalgia is definitely at play here - which is funny because I didn't really care for Incubus when they first got big. But looking back, this was some pretty good stuff amid a sea of questionable alt music.
4/5
Perhaps not as bad as some other nu-metal, but still absolutely not my kind of thing.
Incubus was a band I knew best as the band my alt rock radio station always had tickets for. But I also never remember them getting any actual airtime. Incubus kinda sounds like a distillation of nu metal and the rest of the alt landscape. I really should hate this. But I also kinda like it? It’s like a shitty pizza. It’s still pizza.
Like it 3/5
Not good. Aged badly
Oof.
Oh wow, this one really surprised me. In a way it does almost feel like a super typical 90s album, and to be fair it is, but somehow in a good way. You can really feel how it's an amalgamation of a lot of the popular genres at the time, with alternative rock being the most prominent, but the underlying nu metal and even grunge tendencies are actually used really well considering where both genres were at the time. But even outside of genres, it's all around just a really well put together album with great guitar playing, fitting vocals, and very strong writing.
This is a bit of a weird one. The vocals are very repetitious. He seems to drag the last word of every line on every track, in the same key. He's definitely the weakest link. But the musicianship is way above average, the guitar player is doing some very interesting things and the drums and bass are locked in and grooving. If I had been a teenager when this came out I would've listened to it a lot. Really enjoyed the playing on this and it has a couple tunes that still get a lot of radio play.
More like Linkin Park than Coldplay. Couple of real bangers, though.
I could have been worse. I think.
Not really as memorable as I remember them being, but a mostly harmless way to pass three-quarters of an hour, I suppose.
Sorry but I kinda liked it.
Æ tror ikke broren min hørte på det her, han e kanskje akkurat for ung, for sånn ellers e det veldig tidstypisk sånt han hørte på og som æ har veldig få sterke tanker om. Deler av det e gøy, men generelt e æ ikke spesielt interessert.
whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there. overall very late ninetys in a good way.
Some good 90s alt rock. Does sound a bit dated at times but some of the production and instrumental choices set this one apart from other albums in this vain. Fav Songs: Drive, When It Comes, Stellar, Pardon Me Least Fav: I Miss You 7.8/10
No recuerdo la última vez que escuché un álbum tan malo y no se me ocurre ni una (1) razón por la cual alguien lo pondría en una lista de álbumes que uno debería escuchar antes de morir. No le encuentro ningún aspecto redimible y no entiendo cómo es que tiene un puntaje promedio de 3.08 en esta página. ↑: Stellar, Comfortable Liar ↓: Nowhere Fast, Consequence, Pardon Me, Out from Under
That was fine. I remember the radio hits. Not really my thing, but fine.
Really good album. I was mostly familiar with the hits from this album but had never listened to every track. There’s only one track that don’t seem to fit the album and there are a few songs where the lyrics are hard to overcome. Otherwise, solid album.
I can't say I hated this album, and I can't say I liked it. Incubus has always been nu-metal for the dudes in therapy. The lead singer reminds me of your buddy who'll help you move, but doesn't take gas money. The safe nu-metal. The nu-metal for people who don't like the messiness of nu-metal. While there's space in music for this, it just kind of feels hollow. My Rating: 2/5
I really don't know what to think.
This one almost made me want to quit this whole challenge. Louisiana's Incubus is much better. This album on april 1st? No wonder, this album is a joke
I reallyy wanted to give this a 4 because of ‘Drive’ but it lost me towards the end. Enjoyed the vibe, ‘Drive’ remains a solid hit but nothing else gave me a similar feeling.
This sounds like beige. There is nothing new or original I could find about this album. It might be the most safe and boring music I have ever heard. Except for a slight change in the start of Track 6 ‘Stellar’, every song sounded pretty much the same.
congrats to incubus for making some of the cringiest music i’ve ever heard
I have a pretty strong distaste for this sort of compressed clean distortion sound on 90s alt rock and nu metal type records. For such an "edgy" attempted image, this shit is too manicured, too controlled. boring and fake. its saved by like 2 decently good songs. drive and pardon me. and also the random hip hop moments which are the best parts of the record.
It's not good but it's fairly inoffensive
My review for this album will certainly be clouded by nostalgia, but here it is anyway. I was a sophomore in high school when this one came out and I had it in regular rotation. There's a lot of gems on this album even if it didn't necessarily age all that great (very dated sounding overall), but the songwriting for the most part is pretty solid. Basically the pretty boys of the nu-metal scene, but barely metal in any way other than some monstrous guitars on a number of tracks, and barely "nu" other than the fact that they have a DJ in the band, but I feel like this album was intended to be a watered down version of their contemporaries so they could appeal to the more pop minded fans. I do enjoy this record, but I don't believe it belongs on this list. If Incubus was an absolutely mandatory inclusion, I might have gone with a different album. Maybe "A Crow Left of the Murder.."?
Just let me be me bro (real ones know)
Whuuuuuuuut?
One really good song and the rest is just average. 3 stars or C+.
I like the general sound of this album. I do wish it was more dynamic. The songs that really hit for me had more range and made a change from the other tracks. Every song contains the same elements, which unifies the album, but also allowed a lot of the songs to blend together. Stellar Drive Pardon Me
Antes de falar do álbum, preciso mencionar que este é o disco #365 que estou gerando aqui na lista. Em outras palavras, amanhã dia 30/03 comemorarei um ano do projeto! Já faz um ano que estou, entusiasmadamente, abrindo o aplicativo toda santa manhã e olhando qual é o “álbum do dia”. Um ano que estou escrevendo essas longas reviews pra mim mesmo, e compartilhando com algumas pessoas que entram e saem da minha vida periodicamente. Muito legal, esse projeto mudou muita coisa pra mim e vêm sendo uma ótima experiência! Agora, pra falar do disco em si… É Rock. Eu imagino que seja assim que todo mundo que odeia Rock ache que seja Rock. É um som um tanto quanto genérico, sem muito o que oferecer, e totalmente produto do seu tempo. Chega a ser um pouco datada a sonoridade do disco. Mas há um pouco de variedade, o suficiente pra não ser uma total perda de tempo. Pauleira na medida certa, e com uns elementos multi-gênero, novamente, algo bem comum do período e indicativo da idade do álbum. De resto, achei um álbum bem mediano e previsível, apesar de não ser agressivamente ruim. Acho que ‘inofensivo’ seja uma boa palavra para descrevê-lo. Não fez muita diferença na minha vida. Única coisa que impede esse álbum de um 3 redondo é sua duração, longo demais pro que ele oferece, e novamente, um defeito comum do período em que ele foi lançado. 2.5
Propper metal and.alternative fusion.
Roots in nu-metal I guess, I've heard of this band but never listened. This is pretty good, got some good grooves and more subtlety than a lot of their contemporaries, elements of funk and hip hop. not too onerous a listen
I feel like this is just everything I don't want in an Alt-Rock album put in an Alt-Rock album. I feel like a lot of the 5 star reviews saying it felt like they were reliving their high/middle school days shows that people only think it's good because they can associate it with something. I had one vague conversation about Incubus with my boyfriend half a year ago and totally forgot about them until I got this album tonight and had to listen to it, so without the nostalgia, it's just really shitty Alt-Rock. It's just way too clean. It feels like Panic! at the Disco learned what swears are and wanted to show their friends. When they're not doing that, it's just Deftones without any of the interesting lyrics, experimentation, Shoegaze-inspired guitar effects, or anything that makes Deftones worth listening to. There's at least a pretty funny irony about the most submissive-sounding rock singer I've ever heard telling everyone to "get out from under them" in the last song. That and a turntable, I guess.
Another high note from my high school years.
I could have sworn I have seen the album cover somewhere before. I didn't recognize any of the songs though, so maybe not. I liked how the album contains a lot of genres and the "golden" age of nu metal really shows in some songs in this album. The song that stood out for me was Pardon Me. Don't feel like giving it a generic 3 since I think it was better, but it is a low 4.
I think 13/14 year old me would have loved this album. It definitely had a nostalgic feel to it that just took me right back to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Present-day me thinks this album was pretty mid, I didn't hate it, but it's fairly bland nu metal. Also extremely disappointed with "Battlestar Scralatchtica" as a big Battlestar Galactica fan... Low 3.
typical nu metal, not really a fan. I think what highlighted how generic this is was when my music app shuffled onto similar songs and I realised after 3 random artists I was no longer listening to the album. I wasn't bored tho so low 3
Drive the most popular single feels like an outlier on this album. The rest of the album was good but I did not enjoy any of the songs as much as drive.
Questionable name, boring and at times annoying music. Nu Metal is absolute gash.