Make Yourself by Incubus

Pros: A greatly refined effort that stays in touch with the band's core strengths
Cons: Just a few so-so tunes

After slowly building up an underground following with three punk-metal-funk fusion albums, the largest of which was S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Incubus seemed destined to break out into the major market with just a touch of refinement and consistency. Those ...

Pros: Good mix of two different Incubus styles.
Cons: Too much filler, rhythm section are being held back.

Now it may come as a surprise to know that this was my last Incubus album. The shock! I mean, ...

Pros: ::Some excellent tracks. Great lyrics on "Make Yourself"::
Cons: ::A few dry spots here and there::

Well, every few years or so, I go obsessed over something. Rather it be a movie like The Matrix, TV show like 24, or musical group like 311; I always will go nuts over something. I remember watching The Matrix...

Pros: Great music, great lyrics, cool style
Cons: Yeah right

After numerous listenings on the radio of both the regular and acoustic versions of "Pardon Me", I finally broke down and purchased Incubus' latest album "Make Yourself." "Pardon Me" was a great song in it's own right, with...

Pros: Brandon's voice. Lyrics that make you ponder. A great album.
Cons: um...thinking... none!

I was seeing 311 on tour June of 00 and I had heard that Incubus was to open up for them. I had not heard of the band Incubus before so I didn’t really know what to expect. I purchased “Make Yourself” in May and gave it a listen to. It was out of...

Pros: Rockin', unique sound, still sounds current or dare I say, futuristic
Cons: They aren't all great.

Best song: Nowhere Fast Worst song: Consequence Before I get into how much I know about Incubus and how big of a fan I am, I should let it be known that I'm really an imposter bandwagon-jumping fan not worthy of those who know "Incubus peaked at ...

Pros: 12 of the songs are fantastic, soulful and beautiful and uplifting
Cons: The final song slightly lets down the rest

I bought this album back at xmas 1999 and immediately fell in love with it. I must have listened to it religiously for months; at the time it was absolutely the soundtrack of my life. Now, just over 4 years later I find myself listening to it once again; ...

Pros: Completely new and unique.
Cons: May require more than one listen to fall in love with.

Late 1999 was a sad, sad, yucky, pitiful time for music. The Backstreet Boys had launched a full-on assault of the music scene, Britney Spears was successfully brainwashing the youth of America, and somewhere in the background, rock music (and all good...

Pros: great tracks.brandon's voice. the guitar riffs.
Cons: a discrete DJ Kilmore.Not too varied.

Incubus formed in the middle of the 90’s. The band is composed of Brandon Boyd (vocals), Mike Einziger (guitars), Alex Katunich (bass, a.k.a. Dirk Lance), José Pasillas (drums) and DJ Kilmore.
The members come from Santa Monica, CA and their common...

Pros: "Pardon Me", "I Miss You", "Drive", "Stellar", and "Clean"
Cons: Many other "ok" songs

(For those who are kinda slow.. I'm gonna make this C-L-E-A-R, my title is not a diss on Incubus, but rather bands who write extremely mindless lyrics. That's what I loved about this album on every level - it wasn't as such.)

As their song,...

Pros: Two great songs.
Cons: Eleven mediocre songs, pedestrian power chords, and sterile, wide-open vocals thick with reverb. Ugh.

Three years back, Incubus released S.C.I.E.N.C.E., one of the better releases of 1997. Now they release their follow-up, Make Yourself, and guess what? In one swift move they manage to totally eradicate the promise created three years...

Pros: a thoroughly enjoyable record that sounds different from a lot of stuff out there.
Cons: ===

The other day I was driving to a concert in the Tattooedjedi mobile amd I was listening to the radio. Suddenly, I heard an acoustic version of the Incubus song "Pardon Me", that I found so listenable, that I had to stop and buy...

Pros: Deep, "mellow" lyrics, originality, diversity.
Cons: The same originality that makes them good is rough at times.

As the rock world slowly spirals down into less and less substance and more and more crap, it's getting harder for one band to stand out among the hundreds of others trying to make a name for themselves.

Enter Incubus.

Mainstream...

Pros: Offers an excellent combination of vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, and mixing
Cons: None

I was one day watching MTV, just because their was a rock concert on it, and suddenly, a band performed that I had never seen or heard before: Incubus. I loved it from the very beginning, and when the cd "Make Yourself" came out in stores, I was one of...

Pros: Everything!
Cons: Some curse words.

GENERAL
I've been indecisive about buying or not buying this album for the past half-a-year, having heard only Privilege, Drive, and Pardon Me. All three were excellent songs, but there was always something else I thought I wanted more. Four or five...