Editing Morning View (section)

===Critical response===
The album received generally positive reviews,<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Outlook |date=2002 |volume=42 |issue=11 |publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Limited |title=This album has been well- received by critics because Incubus has managed to inject sense and melodic substance into its fuzzy alternative funk - metal repertoire}}</ref> with a [[Metacritic]] score of 62, based on 10 reviews.<ref name="metacritic.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/morning-view/incubus |title=Reviews for ''Morning View'' by Incubus |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170017/http://www.metacritic.com/music/morning-view/incubus |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' stated that "even at their most acerbic or delicately downplayed extremes, Incubus are compelling",<ref name="q"/> while CDNow noted that Incubus "has begun to grow up a bit".<ref name="metacritic.com"/>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in their November 2001 review, "for a [[nu metal|new-metal]] band competing in a field of [[Alpha and beta male|alpha males]] with pierced, sloping brows, the supple, even delicate Incubus have an awful lot of yin in their yang. Unlike [[Staind]], who require a suspension of disbelief that they are, essentially, macho crybabies, and [[Crazy Town]], who probably tinge their mook-hop with Orientalism so they can score with Asian strippers, the coolest thing about Incubus is the way they come front-and-center with their inner little girl. They’ve got the tender lyrics, the nonlinear arrangements, melodies you can soak in and neckbreaker riffs alternating with swaying metallic grooves that somehow say, 'Love me, OK?'."<ref name="rs"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the album a B in October 2001, and wrote, "lead singer/heartthrob Brandon Boyd, with his wavy locks and herbal-life philosophy, is the anti-[[Fred Durst]]", further adding that "Incubus’ nontraditional drift continues on ''Morning View'', a third album that, with its sonic kitchen-sink approach to record making, feels more like a typical band’s experimental sixth album."<ref name="EW"/>

Sean Adams of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' awarded it a 9 out of 10 on November 21, 2001, writing, "the really special bit, is the typical heart-throb frontman, Brandon Boyd. He's got it made. His vocals are something special."<ref name="dro"/> Adams further writes, "lyrically there is that little extra you don’t and won't get from many, if any, of their peers. It may sound like self-empowered, dope smoking, hippy rubbish to some, but it's gotta be better for the kidz than some homophobic diatribes, surely?."<ref name="dro">{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2788/reviews/2608-|title=Album Review: Incubus - Morning View|website=DrownedInSound|access-date=June 17, 2022|archive-date=June 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620073500/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2788/reviews/2608-|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[AllMusic]]'s Deren Svendsen awarded it a similarly high score of four-and-a-half out of five stars, noting, "the ratio of softer and mellower numbers have increased dramatically, to the point where hardcore fans of earlier material may be bewildered. For the most part, the transition works."<ref name="amg"/> He adds, "while it may not appeal to fans of the harder material, music lovers who like their rock a little less aggressive and a little more ambitious and, well, sensitive should give ''Morning View'' a spin."<ref name="amg"/>  Dylan P. Gadino of ''[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' compared the album to [[Faith No More]] and [[Linkin Park]] in November 2001, still considering it to have the same metallic undertone of previous releases. He writes, "on ''Morning View'', the group's third major label album, Boyd and company continue their journey into the metal mystic, guided by familiar cascading chord progressions and ethereal-to-plump dynamic sensibilities. There are aggressive rockers like 'Under My Umbrella' here, but lush yet-harsh metal tunes like 'Blood on the Ground' are more indicative of the album's sound."<ref name="cmj">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=cmj+%22incubus%22+%22science%22+%221997%22&pg=PA78 | title=CMJ New Music Monthly | access-date=June 7, 2022 | archive-date=June 17, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617165615/https://books.google.com/books?id=OCoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=cmj+%22incubus%22+%22science%22+%221997%22&pg=PA78 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, he did note a higher number of acoustic songs, observing that, "''Morning View'' shows a softer Incubus, yet it also affirms the group as being visionary among today's hard rockers."<ref name="cmj"/>

''[[Daily Nexus]]'' writer Jessica Jardine had a more negative view of the band's new direction, remarking in November 2001, "the release of the mushy-gushy single 'Wish You Were Here' became an ominous harbinger of the kinder, fuzzier Incubus to come. Without skipping a beat, that’s just what ''Morning View'' delivers – into the waiting palms of pre-teen girls everywhere", adding that "the semi-charged 'Have You Ever' and 'Under My Umbrella' remind me of ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' but lack the diaphragm-thrusting belts and off-beat experimentalism that once wooed me."<ref name="nex">{{Cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2001-11-07/incubus-morning-view-epic/|title=Incubus &#124; Morning View &#124; Epic &#124; The Daily Nexus|date=November 7, 2001|access-date=June 7, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628013929/https://dailynexus.com/2001-11-07/incubus-morning-view-epic/|url-status=live}}</ref> She concluded her review by stating, "yes, Brandon, you are a towering heartthrob amid booty-obsessed playa-pimps, but do we really need this saccharin-coated love goo?."<ref name="nex"/> ''[[NME]]'' had a similarly negative review in October 2001, writing, "''Morning View'''s insurmountable flaw is that Incubus sell themselves as an intelligent and sensitive rock band, without actually appearing especially intelligent or sensitive. They're hippies, basically."<ref name="nme"/> Mikael Wood of the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'' wrote that ''Morning View'' is "an unapologetically flowery record", adding that it "wraps the angular, hard-edged [[funk metal|funk-metal]] the band made in the early '90s in a silvery wash of acoustic-guitar strumming, vaguely Eastern ambience, SoCal surfer beatitude and [[Lilith Fair]]-friendly sensitive-male empathy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/incubus-6389955|title=Incubus|first=Mikael|last=Wood|website=Dallas Observer}}</ref>