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Incubus is slightly tolerable butt-rock. Definitely a time and a place thing, and that place was early 2000s in high school for me. It's rock that is "there". I suppose musically it's fine but vocally it's pure butt.
Mm, best wel poppy. Prima op de achtergrond maar het album hoeft bij mij niet in de kast te staan.
Iets meer van verwacht, maar eind jaren 90 al geen band die ik echt veel aandacht heb gegeven.
Niet echt blown away, maar wel erg goed gedaan.
Eind jaren '90 vond ik dit fantastisch! Heel vaak geluisterd. Maar nu klinkt het toch wel behoorlijk achterhaald en zelfs wat pathetisch. For old times sake toch leuk om weer eens gehoord te hebben.
Pretty standard stuff for a late 90's alt-rock release. Has some good moments, not much else.
Varsin hyvä levy. Hittibiisit oli entuudestaan tuttuja ja kokonaisuutena viihdyttävä kokemus. Pitänee jossain vaiheessa perehtyä orkesterin tuotantoon syvemminkin. Ihan ei kuitenkaan neloseen yllä.
Weird choice. This is a band and album that I'm intimately familiar with, having long since grown out of them. The entry on the list calls this nu-metal's "finest hour," a statement patently absurd in a world where System of a Down and Deftones exist - the latter of whom are conspicuously absent from the list. Maybe don't posture yourselves to be experts on something if you speak from a place of ignorance? Anyway. Incubus are barely nu-metal. They began as more of a watered down Mr. Bungle, sacrificing the majority of its weirdness in favor of accessibility. They quickly began to morph into a 311-ish beach hippie baja hoodie sound. It's hippie music with distortion, but it lacks any real depth. All of its ponderings and naval gazings are just lay-in-the-grass far-outisms. It has a certain amount of charm that mostly comes from its calmer moments that can evoke a sort bittersweet yearning. That capture that emotional vibe very well. But the rest of the album feels utterly unnecessary in the grand scheme of things. Once you've heard Tub Ring's Drake Equation, there's no real need to listen to Incubus - outside of maybe Wish You Were Here, which is the song (not on this album) that distills that yearning vibe that I described above down to its essence and removes all the whiteboy dreadlock frills that fill out the rest of this band. The Warmth plays a similar role on this album, but the cheesy turntables (and boy are the turntables in Incubus cheesy) overall really lower the quality of the song. I'm not 16 anymore. I'm now (painfully) aware of how shallow most of the music I listened to when I was 16 is. The authors of the list should as well. The drummer's pretty good though.
Takes me back to my teenager years. Never listened to incubus before, but younger me would have liked this. Not an must listen album, but it’s okay. Favourite songs: - Drive - Pardon me
Heerlijk edgy album
Could very much have done without the scratching but overall this had a nice nostalgic sound that I enjoyed
Late 90's nu-metallers make clean, crunchy record. Distorted guitars that your mum would find acceptable, scratching, smooth vocals. It's almost Yacht Rawk. Lots of teenagers sitting in their bedrooms feeling hard done by listened to this. Best Tracks: Privilege; When It Comes; Drive
I was apprehensive going into this one...but it was alright
I like the funk that incubus brings in later work and you can see it start to develop on this album. The DJ they added for this is fantastic as well.
Bom post-grunge
Mediocre
Feel like I ran into this album at the wrong age. I would have loved this as a teenager. As it is, fun but would probably only revisit a track or two. Definitely reads to me, for whatever reason, that this album influenced a lot of pop punk sound, like Fall Out Boy. But who's to say for sure? Fave track: Battlestar Scratchlatchtica. Whimsical, creative, and fun.
Incubus are a band beloved by my peers but I've always kept at arm's length. With 'Make Yourself', I can see both why people like them, but also feel fully justified in giving 'em the swerve. Funky, hip-hop influenced, vaguely nu-metal - they certainly have their own niche. I like some of their chewy riffs, and for 1999 - the land that good guitar tones forgot - they get some lovely noises out of their instruments. But for all their slippery rhythms and undoubted skill, they're missing the x factor, the thing that allows them to kick free from terra firma and fly. They play it all a little safe, no? Lack of competence can be forgiven (can be a bonus sometimes); lack of ambition cannot.
5/10. Had some moments that I enjoyed, but this kind of music just has not aged very well
5/10. It was an interesting mix of genres, but didn't really come together into anything too exciting except for Drive.
I could dig a couple songs I guess. 5/10
Not really into incubus, decent album though. Couple of nice songs but also some really meandering ones.
This is fine, but not as fine as I remember
Ok. Not my style of music but nice enough to listen to. Might put it on in the background again 6/10
Lo recordaba mejor y tenía más altas expectativas, pero ya al oírlo no me gustó tanto. Siento que es un gran gran predecesor de cosas muy buenas que vinieron después pero por sí mismo tiene detalles que no me gustan: el scratcheo metido por todos lados, la onda de quererse ver "oscuros" pero tener algo de Raggae, y el efecto de guitarra que es el mismo en todas las rolas. En fin, creo que es un mejor recuerdo de haberlo oído en Radio ITAM, de lo que es escucharlo ahora.
The bass work is really wild. They have a great sense for song dynamics on Nowhere Fast. The album gets kind of same-y in the middle. Drive gives a breath of free air to this album. Battlestar is way out of place.
Cool?
Diese 90er waren keine Songwriter Wunderkerzen, eher so Technik Feuerwerk. Fettere Verstärker, immense Bandbreite bei Effektgeräten und die Mode der Fusion von Genres und Techniken: Crossover. Dadurch wirkt das Werk verspielt und vielfach experimentell, was an Experimenten hervor zu holen war (Einsatz vom scratchen bei Rockmusik) vor allem wirkt es bis auf wenige Lichtblicke datiert und selten zeitlos schön. Dennoch 2.5
Not a fan of incubus, not for me
Top Picks: Clean & Battlestar Scralatchtica Was a fan of Drive already, so I was excited to hear the rest of the album. Not bad, kinda reminds me of Blood Sugar Sex Magic, but not as many catchy tunes and maybe a bit too nu-metal for my taste.
Very ordinary 90s style toothless rock/metal. Generally, I like this kind of music but this felt a lot like trying to cash in on a trend and not much originality.
Not bad, almost reminding me of Faith No More at times, but just a bit over-produced for my liking.
Again not a genre I am very familiar with,but I generally enjoyed this album. It has a nice funky side that drew me in. The rhythm section is strong and pushes the music forward. Songs of note.... The Warmth is a cool song with a warm, subtle beat perhaps my favorite on the album Make Yourself also good Drive is also good and the first that I recognize. This was a hit. Battlestar Scralatchtika..a nice funky instrumental tune. An enjoyable listen with at least 4 songs that were noteworthy 3.5 🌟
Not a bad time. Some solid songs, but it's been 2 days and I'm forgetting most of the experience already.
A few classics on here (Pardon Me the big Stand out) and I like the album as a whole, but some songs are a bit filler-ish/ I don't really like. It's no Morning View, that's for sure, but they are on their way. Incredible Band.
Not a massive fan of the 90s nu metal situation but there's some undeniably fat riffs
Knew some of this album. I enjoyed some songs but not others!
Rather flat and commercial pop-rock
Nostalgic but I don't know that it will age well.
An alright album with some good songs. Not exactly my cup of tea but not bad either. Highlighted songs: Pardon Me, Battlestar Scralatchtica
The sort of music this band makes isn't what I'm usually into, but I was pleasantly surprised. I liked it. It wasn't amazing, but definitely good. 3/5 stars.
Really 3.5 but that isn’t an option. Better than 6/10 but not as good as 8/10. If I consider music in 1999, this is decent rock. Some intergalactic ditties. Some songs are probably only good because they have nostalgic reminders of my high school years.
Accessible hard rock with record scratching. Nothing too abrasive.
I do like a lot of tracks from Incubus. As a whole album it's pretty hit and miss, but still some good moments on this one. Drive is a classic
Drive song
I had this album in college. I never really got into it.
More of a 2.5 than a 3. I don't think at any point I was particularly bored or wanting to not listen to this, but there were also almost no parts that stuck out to me. So it's a perfectly average, fine album to me.
No es mi estilo pero no está mal
Never understood the praise around this album. A couple of good tracks: Drive, The Warmth... and the rest of it it is just plain random generic millennial rock...
Drive and the backhalf really saved this album. Otherwise mostly 2000s nostalgia.
Rock mezcla de alternativa y algo de industrial. Aun siendo un género que me gusta, no me ha llenado especialmente y no estaría entre mis favoritos
Not as bad as I thought it would be
Juste pour m'avoir rappelé l'existence de "Drive", ça a valu la peine ahaha! J'ai beaucoup trop écouté cette chanson jadis naguère!
Mildly ashamed by how much I liked this.
Definitely emblematic of where rock music was in '99, but maybe not what I'd pick from that era in such a tight list. More specifically, why "Make Yourself" and not "Hybrid Theory"? Similar nu-metal and hip-hop influences, but the latter is probably more indicative of music to come and overall more influential.
I may be a little biased here, but an ex of mine loved incubus and needless to say... I’m not a big fan. That being said listening to the album feels like an incubus album and most of the songs felt very similar.
It was okay, again very much representation of the time.
Honestly it’s not nearly as bad as I thought it might be. Still not sure why it’s on here though. Kinda feels like a Soundgarden, sounds like it might even have influenced bands like Linkin Park(?). Pretty groovy bass and drums. Part of me just hears it and feels a little cringey though (Make Yourself has some CRINGE). Am I gonna come back to this ever? Probably not. Pretty mild, middle of the road.
On first listen, this was a 2. But I gave it another spin, and realized that it had some quality tunes, just not in a genre that I usually love. The title track was especially good to these ears.
Honestly had no strong feelings about this. Three track run from “Drive” to “Battlestar” rocks tho.
Not that bad, I was right.
Meh, medio heavy metal pero no tan heavy, mas pasable pero no me llamo mucho la atención 4/10
Couldn't much be doing with this. It was at odds with my desired Sunday morning vibe.
If I had heard this album when I was around 14–16, I might have had a different opinion, but at 33 it's just boring, predictable, and drawn-out
I think I would need the right situation to enjoy/appreciate this music, and a Sunday afternoon in the sun isn't it. It didn't do that much for me. Would like to give it 2 1/2 stars.
I’m not obligated. There’s no contract. I said what I said what I.
The groove on Nowhere Fast is really catchy and redeems a bit the album. I am waiting (which means it's boring) to ear what Battlestar Stralatchica is about because with such a title it's a miss or a hit, no second guessing … and it's quite nice in fact. Oh the guy sings again. He can die for all I care it will just make the albums more bearable. Oh yes please die. I will not support another "I Miss Youuuuuuu" and his whinny voices. Yeah it's over. I still don't know if the OK songs will be enough to gain a second star. Favorite songs: Nowhere Fast ; Battlestar Scralatchtica
I guess, given Limp Bizkit and No Doubt and Bush &tc, this was inevitable. Very much of the late 90s riding in Negative Nate's Durango on the way home from a trail ride in SMSP. Not super memorable. Not terrible, just filling in the blanks.
I didn’t like it, but not because it was bad. It’s just not my style. Also some of the lyrics were silly.
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
meeehh....
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.
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
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.
Rätt störigt efter ett tag
Bof
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.
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.
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]
Drive is fine, the rest is pretty bad. Did they run out of albums?
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 😒
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.
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.
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.
hmmmmmm
Some parts were too hardcore for me others just weren’t enjoyable.
Not 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.
Nah.
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
Not my thing
Not much to say. It was ok think more a 2 ok.
Standard rock. Not for me.
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’
Christ, this was terrible.
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.
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
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
Dont see any original sounds, but maybe THIS ALBUM was the origin of some vibes in alternative rock
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.
Oh dear. Yet another rocky band trying to say something and change the world. Find the backdoor and head for the bin.
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?
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.
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.)
aggressively late-90s. not in a good way.
I bet someone would like this. Do NOT give them my address.
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.
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?
Angry music, soft singing, not very good.
Maybe an alternate universe me would’ve liked this? It’s almost decent?
mid
Goddamn music executives, taking a mediocre alt-rock band and turning them into a mediocre alt-pop bad.
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.
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
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 good. Aged badly
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.
It's not good but it's fairly inoffensive
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
Decent moments but overall a terrible album.
Not a fan of NuMetal. Not something I would choose to listen to myself. I cant really think of specific bad things, but also I can't think of anything good. My favorite song is the first track I guess just because I had more tolerance for them then. Favorite Track - Privilege Least Favorite Track - Stellar ⭐️⭐️
Music for dorks who think managing a gas station is a “career.”
2,5
Make myself sound like creed?
Incubus? I’m Outcubus
2.5 stars
2.5 rounded down to 2. Drive still a good song. Didn't know Pardon Me was Incubus.
Wow. Way to grab your attention instantly with the gritty, fast-paced, riff-heavy Privilege. This is a combination of about five different genres, but it overlaps most heavily with post-grunge/metal bands like Tool and AiC. (Nu-metal? Isn't that just a made-up words for young, self-indulgent garage-rockers who think their music is significantly more inventive than it is?) Now, don't get me wrong: this genre-conglomerate isn't terrible by itself. But it is mildly terrible when Incubus does it. That low, ultra-distorted guitar sound, particularly when relentlessly coupled with an identically-written bassline, gets old pretty quickly – and the strongest tracks end up being the mellower ones like Consequence (the first half), The Warmth, Drive, and I Miss You. And often, those tracks forget to be mellow within a couple minutes. It probably doesn't help that I'm sick and bedridden while listening to this record. If I can't stomach anything spicy or acidic, it follows that Incubus would do very little for me. The opening 30 seconds of Stellar is honestly fantastic. That ultra-chill bassline and lead guitar tone, the multiple interacting melodies... it's no wonder this was chosen as a single. The title track is all over the place. I think the time signature is changing rapidly during the stupidly-written chorus ("Fuck me in my own way / (repeat ad infinitum)") but I'm not focused enough to work it out. Whatever the case is, it feels like Incubus is trying too hard to be cool. Later on the album, I don't even know where to start with the song Battlestar Scralatchtica. Dwight Schrute doesn't know where to start either. Unfortunately, in terms of raw instrumentation, it's one of the strongest in the album, and I'm having trouble faulting it for anything other than its incredibly stupid title. (But then later: The DJ-esque vocals. Yeah, those are crap. Whew.) I don't see any of the appeal of Pardon Me. That synth-organ in the back is pretty irritating and persistent, while the vocal-guitar combo reads like a knock-off Linkin Park (who boast significantly stronger melodies overall). 2/5 Key tracks: Stellar, Drive, I Miss You
Pat and Chad, I’m sorry to tell you Frank will never love you. As you may have guessed I’m with Frank here. Some kind of childhood mind meld group think. I have a very strong reaction to the vocal style. It reminds me of sublime for some reason, comes across as pretty “put on”? I don’t know. Chicks dig incubus is the real lesson here.
My high school girlfriend had a poster of this album on the wall of her bedroom and I'd often look at it after we'd had sex with this vague feeling of guilt because I knew I could never truly love someone who liked incubus.
At the risk of being the contrarian here, I've never been high on this band or this era of alternative rock. I feel like this is sort of the nail in the coffin of '90s alternative rock -- something that started off being weird and wonderful and ended up being sort of corporate and bland. I think bands like Incubus are why bands like the Strokes and White Stripes were such a welcome change around this time. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but would not listen to this again. I'm not sure what the best song is here. "Stellar" maybe? I don't know. 2.5 stars.
Stinkubus. Seems to feel like the most boring elements of Korn, Linkin Park and Nickelback but a little stinkier. Favourite tracks - none.
I thought the guitars were fun and the drums but the vocals left me absolutely cold.
Scritchy scratchy, not really talenty
Falls into the trap a lot of 90s radio rock fell into. Lots of cymbals. Cool it on the cymbals boys. If not for Drive this would have been completely skippable - but Drive is an all timer (and coincidentally soft on drums….) so it gets a 2
Hate the vocal style.
2.5. The singles still work, but a lot of the rest is just filler or aged poorly. They seem like nice guys and I’m happy for their success, but this is very 1999.
Almost delightfully mid
weird generic nu metal crossed with pop rock ballads must have been in high demand for this list. Drive, I Miss You, and Pardon Me seem like the standouts for this album which is strange when they sound nothing at all like the other tracks (Battlestar Scralatchtica is so silly on its own), it was a pretty big slog to get through by the end of it.
Didn’t realize the “Drive” band was nu-metal. Fans of that song must have been so disappointed when they bought this album. It was fine but I have no idea how it made the list. 1001 albums is just a lot I guess
I've always thought that the best thing about Incubus is how easy they are to forget. Thanks a bundle for the reminder, Bob. Now I've gotta start the forgetting all over again.
There's something about the sound of this band that I don't care for. Never have, and I'm surprised they're on this list.
I liked this band better when they were called 311. Album could have been called “Jump Rope” because I couldn’t stop skipping.
This album is not a breeze. Cause it blows hard. (Kidding, its alright. Just not very interesting.) 5/10
Really space-like and hovering sound that I could immerse myself in more than I could enjoy. Also the vocals were not the most pleasing which didn’t help. Obviously recognizing Drive, the rest of the songs all had some cool stuff going on but nothing was especially my favorite. While this was cool I would not listen again.
Monotonous. I thought Incubus were more energetic than this.
how did this make the list. Like it’s not bad but come on.
I didn't hate this album which surprised me. When the group got away from the heavy head-banging music with the strong guitar riffs and the ponderous drums, there were songs that I liked: example: "I Miss You". I appreciated that the songs weren't terribly long also.
ik was echt aan proberen te zoeken naar iets goeda wat ik hierover kon zeggen maar no
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be thereeeee (das het enigste goed stukje uit dit album, de rest is gwn een beetje lame sorry)
Holy shit this is the one that has Drive on it.
2.5 - ok, mostly carried by drive
I never listened to Incubus, but I remember that, when I was a kid and their videos were in rotation on MTV, I found them pretty boring. After listening to this record, I want to tell the "teenager" me this: "You were extremely right!" Only saveable track is Drive, bonus point.
Incubus deliverers intriguing sounds (When it Comes/Make Yourself) and cringy lyrics (Make Yourself). They seemed to have succeeded with two radio hits. I understand why Drive became so popular, but don’t understand why this band did. 2.5 rounded down. Post Script: Sometimes this project feels like Groundhog Day.
Ohhhhhh kay
I know contemporary Incubus tends to be more of a punchline than something people enjoy listening to but I did enjoy this look back at their earlier stuff. It’s not an album I’ll ever listen to again but it was solidly fine. Round up to 2.5 stars.
The dudliest dude rock of the early 2000s. Some of the gnarliest lyrics penned upside down while chugging a keg. Also, there’s a random hit in this that snaps you back to being 15 in a Kohl’s in a very real way.
Alternative-Rock, 1999 -> 2
Much less bad than Limbus Kit
Incubus.... I didn't think it worked in 1999, and I'm not convinced it does now. Not sure how this ended up on the list. I certainly would not include it. More interesting albums than this from the period of 1998-1999 that to my knowledge are not on this list: Nine Inch Nails THE FRAGILE, Rage Against the Machine THE BATTLE FOR LOS ANGELES, Vast VISUAL AUDIO SENSORY THEATER, and Massive Attack MEZZANINE.
The most bland version of an edgy band possible.
I'm baffled as to how this made the list. I'm not a fan of nu-metal anyway, but surely there are much better and more influential examples of the genre. Utterly uninteresting to me.
Not a style I enjoy
Epitome of late 90s/early 00s man rock, not my favorite alas
If I were 25 years younger, I would probably give this at three. But I’m too old for it now! 😂
Thought I'd like this more. 'Drive' is such a good song that it makes the rest of it look even worse because nothing comes close to it. Ah well.
Mild nu-metal with some hip-hop scratching, some dub/reggae bass/beats and normal non-shouty vocals. A little more palatable than most nu-metal, but still mostly forgettable. The track "Drive", one of the singles released from this record, was fairly popular on the radio and is marginally memorable, "Pardon Me" has some System of a Down and Faith No More homage, and "Battlestar Scralatchtica" is a novelty funk-lounge ditty with turntables, but nothing else particularly stands out.
This is the sort of shit the kid that drank Monster 24/7 named Kyle would listen to while raging on Modern Warfare 2. And this isn't metal. This is shit.
They learned all the wrong lessons from Deftones and 311.
weirdly nostalgic for me for some reason drive is definitely the best track
I’m just a bit of a hater when it comes to this kind of thing
This is an album. It has notes. There are songs. The songs follow a tempo. The tempo varies sometimes and sometimes the notes also change.
I’m in the early days of this and am trying to make an effort to understand the appeal of music I just don’t get. And I can see how this kind of raw distortion would appeal to young men. But I am neither young nor a man and it just makes me feel like I am being yelled at. The band does tone it down during the song “Drive” and that is what I added to my Generator playlist.
The best song on this was Drive, and I don’t even like that song. It was just the most melodic. Not a fan of the nu-metal grungy whatever. There’s a large amount of 90s alt rock that I just don’t love. Incubus doesn’t hit the spot for me
Brandon Boyd spends most of the record sounding like he’s searching for a melody in real time, only occasionally landing one ("Drive") before politely moving on.
Big meh
5/10 - kind of typical American rock from the 90s, can't say I'm enamoured
Nah
I don’t understand why I needed to listen to listen. It sounded like late 90’s hard rock which is not a genre I particularly like. I knew Drive and Pardon Me.
I guess the dj was their standout sound?
This is another one of those “just ok” albums. It might fit on a list of 10,001 albums but probably should not be on a list of 1,001 albums. It sounds ok with a pleasant mix of alt rock styles but they’re clearly taking their sound from many great bands that came before within 10 years from when this was released and it doesn’t sound like they’ve taken that sound and elevated it much. The vocals are good, the musicianship is good, and there’s some interesting things going on with the arrangements and the mix but I still can’t help but think that this sounds a bit second rate. There’s some potential here though and with further listens and perhaps a deeper examination of the lyrics it might click with me but for now this goes in the ok pile and I’m unfortunately left with that feeling of hoping for a better album tomorrow.
Similar to the Chilis, they successfully changed their sound from rap-rock-turntable-whatever to palatable “alternative radio”. Some of the songs are solid, but gosh, did I just listen to the same song 12 times over?
Such an unusual blend of 15% enjoyable and otherwise completely insufferable. lol Drive Saved a song: N RYM: N
This takes me back to high school, pretending to love Incubus since they were my crush’s favorite band. Not worth it, definitely not an album you need to hear before you die. Drive is the only song I truly enjoy from this one.
It was OK. A little too cheesy for me. Won’t listen again.
Make Yourself is my 80th Book Album this year and the fact that I had never seen its cover art in my life made me question whether or not I had actually heard Incubus’ music before (even though I was pretty sure I had). Seriously, this artwork is one of the most Y2K-looking things I’ve ever seen and it doesn’t fit the vibe of the music at all – it feels like it should be the cover for a vocal trance compilation from 1998. With that out of the way, this was honestly a pretty tough one for me to get through. Brandon Boyd’s vocal style got grating very quickly and his lyrics/melodies came across as pretty amateur – it felt like I was listening to Scott Stapp sing freestyle over early Linkin Park instrumentals. The only track that felt like it had legs on the songwriting front was "Drive," which was understandably the album’s biggest hit. The band backing Boyd actually came across as quite solid to me – not amazing, but perfectly functional and occasionally proficient. One of my favorite tracks on Make Yourself was "Battlestar Scralatchtica" (terrible name for a song), where the band and DJ basically just jam/scratch for 3+ minutes. Songs like "Nowhere Fast" also have some really interesting things going on in the instrumental department, which I definitely appreciated. That said, even good instrumentals can’t make annoying vocals and sucky songwriting significantly more tolerable. I was actually considering giving this album one star until "Drive" came on and things sort of started to pick up after that... just not enough to bump it higher than two stars. It’s not a top 1000 LP of all time, that’s for sure. Highlights: Nowhere Fast, Drive, Battlestar Scralatchtica, Pardon Me, Out from Under
I find this hard to explain. I *thought * I liked this album, I thought I had listened to this several times. But - there's songs on here I don't remember ever hearing - that I just really don't like. I'm confused, but other than two tracks on here, I will never listen to this again.
Mezcla de grunge y nu metal totalmente coyuntural. En su día tenía interés para los jóvenes en 1999. Hoy no se merecen una escucha atenta.
They never had any success in the UK and I see why. All the ingredients are here but the results are lacklustre and boring. Next
listed as alternative, I find it more Rock/Hard rock. Some of the same stuff. not impressed
Just because it's a good Incubus album doesn't mean it's a good album. But what other band before them had a turntable scratcher?
Music for a generation I'm not part of. Didn't hate it, but didn't particularly warm to it either.
Not necessarily a bad album but not my cup of tea. There were 2 or 3 songs I actually enjoyed.
An early entry of the Nu Metal bands and the sound of New Years 1999, where it was hard to avoid them...try as I might. I'm listening to it again to see if taste and perspective have shifted enough to feel like I'm enjoying this. Drive and Privilege are pretty good, Battlestar Scralatchtica is amusing in its novelty and benefits from the touch of the Ozomatli DJ, but isn't great. The rest of the album just isn't that good.
Each song very samey...
Incubus just feels so dated to me, and I didn't particularly like it when it was contemporary
3/10
Singles aren't bad but it's pretty generic nu-metal/alternative.
Stupid American alternative metal crap. Unexciting and soulless. Also why on earth name your band incubus? That’s not tough you nuts.
Sad
cool album cover
I fully expected to hate this album. I didn’t which is nice, but also didn’t like it that much either. It’s extremely 90s and it’s a fine example of late 90s nu metal. Which is a genre I really don’t like at all. But if I had to listen to nu metal, this album would be fine. The best song here is Drive which is basically Dollar Store Alice In Chains
It was alright but not something I would go back to
Inte för mig
Faith No More lite. I'd rather listen to The Real Thing ;-)
Foo fighters-ish slop
Sounded a bit like Red Hot Chili Peppers at times and also a bit like Foo Fighters, but not as good as either. Enjoyed a few songs but the lyrics were terrible, knocking this down from 3 starts to 2.
Is this where Nu Metal was born? If so, it was a very handsome baby shorn of those long golden locks and not a double denom nappy in sight. (Sorry, I've only just woken up). I liked it, there were no particular standout tracks, but nothing particularly jarring either.
Alternative rock. Sounds like a band I’d expect to hear at a high school talent show.
Dit voelt heel erg als R O C K. Ik weet niet zo goed hoe het te omschrijven maar als een soort Nickelback achtige rock? Poprock? Is dat iets? De site zelf noemt het metal, ik snap die vergelijking wel een beetje, nu-metal ook wel. Dat klinkt wel een beetje zoals dit is. Het volgt een beetje het standaard riffje van zacht beginnen en dan HEEL VEEL GELUID YEAAAAAAAAAH Ik haat dat. Maar vind het hier nog niet verschrikkelijk tot nu toe. Oef, Make Yourself is een afslag die ik liever niet had gemaakt, wat een herrie op het einde. Hoop niet dat dat hun 'nieuwe' sound is, want dan ben ik geen fan. En dat is toch een beetje de sound waar ze voor gaan. Popmetalnurock ofzoiets. Ik krijg er erge Linkin Park/Nickelback vibes van, en van beiden ben ik totaal geen fan. 2 sterren, want het is niet zo verschrikkelijk dat ik het nooooit nooit meer wil horen. Maar liever niet. FAVO: The Warmth
Nu Metal and Alternative Metal are two genres that could either be really good or really "douchebaggy". Sometimes you get a mix of them, sometimes you one or the other. But man this album really borders douchebaggy. It does have a mix of hits or shits in my opinion. Incubus is a very boring band that I could care less for and it confuses me that this album even ended up on this list. This album sounds as though it was made for the one guy in the 2000s that would dress up in a red Yankees hat like Fred Durst, have frosted tips like Mark McGrath or wear Fox Racing clothes unironically. It is just an out of style album with one song that is replayed over and over again on the radio. Favorite Tracks: Privelege, Consequence, The Warmth, Drive Rating: 2/5
Hm. Why special?
"Pardon Me" was all over Boston rock radio in 1999. I can remember thinking it was sort of cool back then. Today, it sounds too slickly produced and fake-y. The rest of the album was surprisingly boring.
The band’s playing is pretty tight, but I found none of the songwriting impactful or memorable…
Goodbye numetal. Well remember Linkin Park and Slipknot et al. And incubus…. You were also there.
There is the hit, but rest of album not my stuff...kind of boring to me...
Weird and edgy in a bad way
Make Yourself is a perfectly serviceable alternative rock album with touches of Nu Metal and Rap. It's played well by talented passionate musicians but for all its tightness and skill Make Yourself is also pretty boring affair that while easy to listen to (nothing here makes me scream for the album to hurry up and end) I found it vastly forgettable. It's the kind of album that someone will ask me sometime if I have ever heard it and I will say that I have and when asked how it was, I will reply that I honestly don't remember that I don't recall hating it but also don't recall loving it. I'll smile and say, "Well I better get going, it was good seeing you" I'll get in my car & break in the new speakers in with some Motorhead.
not really big on this Will I listen to again: 4%
A little too punk for me. 3.1/10
Man, those vocals are ATROCIOUS. Musically some of this wouldn’t be half bad, but the way he sings ruins everything.
Nunca conecté con Incubus. Probé varias veces con tres discos: SCIENCE (me acuerdo que en el foro de LIA había un personaje con la tapa del disco como avatar), con este y con Morning View. Y no sé, reconozco el talento y virtuosismo de la banda, pero cuando termina el disco me quedo sin ningún recuerdo efectivo de las canciones. No sé, todo bien con la gente a la que le gusta esto, pero para mi siempre va a ser una segunda marca de Faith No More. Ni siquiera los singles me parecen muy memorables. Vamos a ver, voy a poner acá las canciones que me gustan a medida que vayan apareciendo: Nowhere Fast está buena, tiene efectos con la guitarra que son interesantes que parten de la melodía vocal (pero que tampoco es muy memorable, no me extraña recordar poco de este tema); The Warmth es bastante mejor. Mucho más memorable la melodía vocal (más que a Patton me parece que acá se copiaron de Kiedis y los RHCP) y el tema de vuelta tiene cosas muy interesantes con la guitarra. Potencial mejor canción del disco; Make Yourself también está bien: es más punky y radio friendly; después de ese tema viene Drive, canción más pop que también está bien. Obvio single del disco. Por ahora es la 2da mejor canción después de Warmth: de vuelta me parecen alucinantes los arreglos con las guitarras. Out from Under: el último tema es uno de los mejores, es de los más agresivos del disco, y eso es algo que me parece que la banda debería hacer más. Las otras ("Meh"): la primera canción me parece un mal opener, muchos scratches y muy genérico; Consequence: tmb menor: tiene una melodía simple pitipitití, pitpipipitú que primero se hace de forma desnuda con la guitarra y después viene en forma de explosión y distorsión; When It Comes es super genérica, me aburre y no tengo ganas de escribir tanto; Clean tiene como mucha intro y construcción pero no llega a nada; Battlestar Scrachláctica es una verga (iba a poner Garchláctica): es un tema instrumental que no dice nada. La única canción mala del disco; I Miss You es un temita menor, una balada de menos de 3 minutos, en un disco con mayor contenido me caería mejor que acá; Pardon Me, otro sencillo del disco también me parece un toque genérico. No sé, me da lástima no poder conectar con esta banda. Es un tipo de música que ME DEBERÍA GUSTAR, pero no conecto, no conecto para nada. No entiendo cuál es la gracia de este disco. Tiene potencial para crecer, pero todavía no llegó ese momento. Le pongo 2 estrellas. Sería un 5/10 para mi.
I didn't mind this, it was good background music to my day.
One good song lifted it up from one star
Fade, sans originalité, sans saveur, sans être vomitif : le tofu des albums de rock.
Very different album
I've heard so many great things about this band. Now that I've listened to one of their biggest albums, I'm not sure why. They're not bad musically, just typical 90s rock. The lyrics, however, are just bad. Worthy of maybe a high school rock band, but not a record released on a major label.
Like an aldi version of RHCP. I couldn't get into it at all. I didn't turn it off though, so it's a 2 star effort for me.
“I feel emphatic about not being static/And not eating the bullshit that's being fed to me no more/Cause now I'm full.” Ugh. This kind of rock music just doesn’t do it for me. It’s a combination of the weakest parts of its parent genres: the flatness of metal and the labored, pained lyricism of alt-rock. It’s bewildering to me that this is labeled as “metal” at all. There are some interesting production choices and turns of melody I guess, but it’s just so overwrought and uniform that I could not enjoy it.
It's like a metal band that just wont commit and needs a gimmick - extra nu!!
Definitely would not have guessed this to end up on this list. I know it had some hits and it was pretty popular at the time it came out, but still. Kind of want to read the book to see the reasoning behind its inclusion.
A few bangers that I enjoyed hearing again. The rest I don't plan on revisiting
Tror ikke lige det var min kop te. Kan normalt godt lide den genre, men der var intet der fangede min opmærksomhed. Var også bare syg og i dårligt humør og ked af det.
Always thought I would enjoy this band more
Didn't find it all that great. Probably a little too hard rock for me. I liked the lead singer voice though.
Never really got these guys. To me it feels like Tool for people who want a less aggressive vibe and less intrigue. And arguably less interesting. It’s prog rock if it was played by the jocks to attract the chicks instead of the nerds to be complex and complicated. Drive is good tho.
Nu Metal is up there for my least favorite genre. Surprisingly I was kind of thinking this would be an exception near the start. That quickly changed to me counting down the songs until it was over. Rating: 1.8
J'aime pas vraiment la voix du chanteur et la musique est elle-même est assez meh. Ils essaient d'être spéciaux en mettant des sons bizarres mais ca fonctionne vraiment pas.
Incubus is just RENT 2. Roger hit it big with his One Song, got famous, alienated all his artistic friends, and ended up writing this bitter whiny garbage. Very nostalgic but not very good.
I know of the singles from my days watching MTV. Stellar, Pardon Me, Drive, are all enjoyable. Beyond that, I never realized how big this album was, so much so that you have you listen to it before you die.
Some pretty good, for listening while skiing or driving, but not for hangng out. Not awful
I didn’t warm to this album with the first few songs. However, it had grown on me by the time it got to the song that I can remember hearing on MTV at the time, Stellar. Overall, there are a few decent songs on it, but it is quite ‘samey’ and there is overuse of the scratchy DJ sound. I’d probably agree with the decent number of people reviewing it that suggest it shouldn’t be on this list. 2/5 stars.
While it certainly reminds me of my junior high years; pardon me while I still haven't grown to like em 25 years later.
This may be an overly critical rating, but this album just wasn't quite what I wanted it to be. I was unfamiliar with this band, but the sound is familiar to me (and somewhat nostalgic). Unfortunately there was a fair bit of the album that I thought didn't work well, and it compounded over time.
The sound of Incubus brings me back to the days of listening to P.O.D. in friends’ basements, but I’m not really nostalgic for nu metal. There wasn’t much on this album that stood out to me, and the lyrics are a little whine-boy for my taste.
Your dose of predictable, cliché, commercial American Nu Metal. Foo Fighters like. I spare my 1*s for the absolute worst albums so this is a 2, some songs are not too bad and one or two songs could be fun at parties.
I could tolerate this in small doses but that’s about it . I’d never choose to listen to this on my own.
Very normie
coveret ligner en winamp animation haha, meget of its time jeg kunne godt lide det nummer, der var på den første guitar hero. ellers lyder det som dime store tool
I’m going to be basic and say that I liked Drive but everything else was mid
I thought this sounded vaguely familiar, and then "Drive" came on. And I'm pretty sure that song was on one of the Madden games that I played incessantly as a kid, but I couldn't confirm it through the magic of Google. Honestly, this whole album feels like watered-down music. I couldn't tell you what the original was supposed to taste like, but I can tell you that it's lost whatever makes it stand out. Not to say that this album is necessarily bad, but it's definitely not great, and parts of it aren't really all that good. "Drive" ends up being my favorite song, but I think that's mostly due to its recognizability than anything else. Favorite Song(s): Drive
I struggle to describe Incubus to people in explaining why I don't like them, and actually sitting down and listening to this, I think I've got it - they're Deftones if Deftones sucked, and if the lead singer was determined to do goofy-ass vocal affectations and obsessed with making sure people saw him as an intellectual, but being the kind of 'intellectual' who read two books, has a freshman-in-college-level vocabulary (as opposed to the average 8th-grade-level) and wants everyone to know those things about him.
I was very surprised to see this band on here. I remember Drive being on the radio and thinking it was ok. I still think so. The Incubus song I enjoyed the most was Megalomaniac, but it’s not on this album. Overall this sounds really dated and I’m not into it at all. Side note, Brandon Boyd was the only nu-metal adjacent singer that appeared on the pages of my teen mags. He has a nasal voice that I’d expect to hear from an emo singer.
Incubus? Really? We all really need to hear Incubus before we die? ... are you sure 1001 album gods? I dunno about that. I think my life would have been just fine without hearing this album, maybe even better. I actually predict this album will have a negative impact on the trajectory of my life. So thanks a lot 1001 records... look at what you've done. So, ya... I really didn't like this. It's moody post-grunge with hints of hip hop and nu metal. It's as bad as that genre mashup sounds. O and the cherry on top of this shit sundae of an album: cheesy record scratches sprinkled throughout the track list. What a choice. I must say I'm really baffled by the significance of this album and band. Is this the peak of the post-grunge genre? And thus it's included on this list to have that genre represented? That must be the reason. Or maybe they're massive and relevant in America? I dunno. They didn't seem that big here when I was growing up or maybe I just missed the boat. I know the radio singles that still get airplay and I remember enjoying a late career song from them called Megalomaniac that got a lot of play on much music. Honestly, that song was better than most of this album, but apparently that's a hot take. I consulted an Incubus fan and I was told that Megalomaniac is from a bad album and is not considered classic material. But I have a feeling that the Incubus fanbase doesn't have the best taste in music... but that's obvious from the phrase "incubus fanbase." Thank god for the song Drive or else I'd probably have given this a one. It holds up well. It's a good song for alternative rock radio. It's for sure this album's saving grace.
Score: 5/10 Favorite Track: “Consequence” Make Yourself is the kind of album that neither offends nor excites. It just exists. It stays in a constant middle gear, coasting on alt-rock textures and vague angst without ever finding a real pulse. There is some quality here. The band is tight, the production is clean, and occasionally a track like “Consequence” hits a solid groove. But most of the album feels like background noise for someone else’s nostalgia trip. It is not a disaster, but it is not essential either. For a record that once tried to sound vital, it now comes off as forgettable. You do not need to hear this before you die.
Metal was never broken so there was zero requirement for a Nu (sic) Metal.
I had to google Incubus to see if they are a Christian band based on that vocal styling. They are not. Some very solid guitar and bass work. However multiple penalties for "Battlestar Scralatchtica" and this: "And it feels like a matador is taunting me With his reddest red cloth and I am the bull Yes I feel emphatic about not being static And not eating the bullshit that's being fed to me no more 'Cause now I'm full"
1. privelege - 1.5 2. fazt - 2 3. conzequence - 1 4. uuarmth - 2 5. comez - 1 6. ztelalr - 1.5 7. yourzelf - 1.5 8. drive - 2 9. clean - 1.5 10. battle - 1.5 11. mizz - 1.5 12. pardon - 2 13. under - 1.5
Shocked to see this pop up today. I've never in my life thought that everyone needs to hear an Incubus record. This album sounds like it would be blasting out of the Monster Energy Drink tent at some kind of festival where a dude named Kyle is giving out free samples. It's not for me. It's so dated and doesn't hold up at all. People love Drive but that song is so overplayed I'm fine never hearing it again. I mean I've heard worse albums but I'd never play this again and I would probably turn it off if it came on randomly. 2/5
I have an aversion to "nu metal". Even the name triggers me. Consequently I wasn't looking forward to this. The first half of this album was much better than I was expecting though. It's not very metal or "nu"; not particularly memorable either, but streets ahead of the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit. It dropped off for me in the second half though, where the turntable comes to the fore more and, ironically, where the two hits I was familiar with sit (Drive and Pardon Me sound horribly dated to me). This is not the album to win me around to the genre.
Day514 - i tried to like incubus when they came out but they just seem so pretentious. re-listening didn’t change my mind
Fun album but nothing really crazy. Pretty classic 90’s-00’s rock band but has a little bit of a heavier sound than I was expecting. Really fun to lock in and listen to individual instruments. Everyone is totally on top of their playing, particularly the bass part for me. Also had some unexpected funky and out of the norm tracks that I enjoyed. Fav Track: Battlestar Scralatchtica
I don't even know what the heck this is supposed to be, it's like poppy, grungy metal maybe? Whatever it's trying to be, it's not working. It all sounds the same and nothing stands out. How in the world can you make music that is so grey and pedestrian.
I agree with another review I saw on this site. You can be metal or you can be not metal but this wants to be both and it doesn’t work. At least for me. 2/5
As far as Nu-Metal goes, this isn't so bad... But it sure isn't anywhere near as good as Deftones
An interesting fusion , I think this is the type of album that only could have come out when t did .. it didn’t click for me, although drive was an add and the scratch off was a cool listen
Ugh. Was not looking forward to trying to listen to this. "Battlestar Scralatchtica"??? Help.
Alt Metal, eh? All pretty dull stuff to my ears.
2.5
This music is just mid. It’s pablum. It’s vanilla. I’m not aware of anyone stating this band or any of their albums were pivotal or important. I do not get why this is on the list.
I didn't much care for this when it came out and still don't. It's...fine.
A lot of skipped tracks.Only good song is drive. Battlestar starlactaca was interesting compared to the rest.
Very underwhelming 90 rock. Not bad enough to warrant a 1- just unremarkably bad.
Drive's got a pretty great hook. The drums manage to be low energy nu metal somehow. Some innovation for the time maybe though I'm pretty sure turntables had been incorporated to rock before. The lyrics are truly atrocious. Experience the warmth before you grow old, bro.
Boring.
Absolutely crap. The music itself is grand but that singing does my head in. Stand out song (cause he's not singing) - Scalachthica
Found this pretty meh overall.
i just don’t get the appeal of this type of music. annoying gym bro pump up music. the instrumental record scratching track was cool though
What genre is this?
It wants to rage, it wants to rock and I suspect it does to teenage boys, whose hormonal surges distort their hearing. One senses it wants to be seen as serious and edgy, as well as clever and provocative, but it cops out with the same tired tropes and transitions on every song – the formula is intense bit/contemplative bit/intense bit (the only variation being that some songs go contemplative/intense/contemplative). There’s a reason that funk metal (or nu metal, whatever) has gone from sub-genre with a bullet to micro-genre approaching invisibility in just a few decades. Rather than hearing before one dies (or ever again), one'll be content to actively ignore and seek better listening for one's remaining days.
Not my jam. Started badly - did improve a little throughout the album and at least there was some variation (battleship scralatchtica was a surprise). Only listened once and could not face a repeat.
Make Yourself ‘I’m not eating the bullshit that’s being fed to me’ You may not be eating the bullshit, but we’re all listening to it. It’s not as abject as Linkin Park, which is a very low bar, and there are occasionally some vaguely interesting instrumentation and melodies, but it’s still just not very good. The utter unfunkiness of their funk-metal just absolutely reeks of ankle length jorts, wallet chains and soul patches, and the whole album starts to feel very stagnant after 3 or 4 songs, and is a slog to get through. It's on the cusp of 1 and 2, I’ll go 2 as relative to some metal we’ve had it’s not horrifically terrible, but ultimately it is a very uninspiring collection of dated, re-hashed metal tropes, DJ noises, adolescent lyrics and whiny vocals. 👿👿 Playlist submission: I Miss You
After the tender, if murderous, charms of Willie Nelson, this is about as welcome as a fart in a boiler suit. It has a stuck-in-treacle tempo throughout. It really becomes the very definition of dirgey. Although the last track nearly wiped out all my good will, it's saved from a one-star by 'Drive'.
Not really my thing