Make Yourself

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Make Yourself is the third album by American alternative rock band Incubus, released by Sony on October 26 1999. The album has been certified platinum in the United States. It featured three hit singles, "Pardon Me", "Stellar", and "Drive", all of which reached the top five of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song Stellar is also featured in the 2005 Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero.

To many fans, Make Yourself represents a significant shift in the band's sound, with higher quality production sounds and a more mellow tone to it than its precursor, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. For all practical purposes, it is a concept album, with the recurring themes of not conforming to the norms of society and finding salvation in one's own identity. Vocalist Brandon Boyd's lyrics are more mature, rendering a polemic for fierce self-creation. In some ways Make Yourself acted as a preview of Morning View, the popular album that was to follow.

There was also a tour edition released, with a second CD containing three acoustic tracks and one live track.

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

The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

1. "Privilege" – 3:54
2. "Nowhere Fast" – 4:30
3. "Consequence" – 3:18
4. "The Warmth"– 4:24
5. "When It Comes" – 4:00
6. "Stellar" – 3:20
7. "Make Yourself" – 3:03
8. "Drive" – 3:52
9. "Clean" – 3:55
10. "Battlestar Scralatchtica" – 3:49
11. "I Miss You" – 2:48
12. "Pardon Me" – 3:44
13. "Out From Under" – 3:28

Japanese Bonus Track:

1. "Crowded Elevator" - 4:46

Tour edition bonus disc

1. "Pardon Me (Acoustic)" – 3:47
2. "Stellar (Acoustic)" – 3:16
3. "Make Yourself (Acoustic)" – 3:13
4. "Drive (Live Orchestral Version)" – 4:04

Personnel

• Brandon Boyd - Vocals/Percussion
• Mike Einziger - Guitar
• Dirk Lance - Bass
• Chris Kilmore - Turntables
• Jose Pasillas - Drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Album sold (to date)
1999	Billboard 200	47	2.4 million

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1999	"Pardon Me"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1999	"Pardon Me"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
2000	"Stellar"	Modern Rock Tracks	2
2000	"Stellar"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	17
2001	"Drive"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
2001	"Drive"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
2001	"Drive"	Billboard Hot 100	9

Trivia

• The song Stellar appears on the Playstation 2 version of the game Guitar Hero. It also was released as a part of a 3-song pack via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 title Guitar Hero II on April 11, 2007.