Editing Make Yourself

{{Infobox album
| name       = Make Yourself
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
| cover      = incubus make yourself.jpg
| released   = {{start date|1999|10|26}}
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[NRG Recording Studios|NRG]] (Los Angeles)
| genre      =
*{{nowrap|[[Alternative metal]]}}
*{{nowrap|[[nu metal]]}}
*[[alternative rock]]
*[[funk rock]]
| length     = 48:04
| label      = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Immortal Records|Immortal]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Incubus|[[Scott Litt]]}}
| prev_title = [[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[When Incubus Attacks Volume 1]]
| next_year  = 2000
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Make Yourself
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Pardon Me]]
 | single1date = October 5, 1999<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 1, 1999 |title=Alternative: Going for Adds |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-10.pdf |magazine=[[Radio & Records]] |page=121 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]
 | single2date = June 13, 2000<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 9, 2000 |title=Alternative: Going for Adds |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-06-09.pdf |magazine=[[Radio & Records]] |page=121 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]
 | single3date = November 14, 2000<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-10.pdf|title=Alternative: Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1376|page=133|date=November 10, 2000|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Make Yourself''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]. It was released on October 26, 1999, through [[Epic Records]] and [[Immortal Records]]. The album received double platinum certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and produced three charting singles—"[[Pardon Me]]", "[[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]", and "[[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]"—all of which reached the top three of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs]] chart, with the latter topping the chart and also becoming the band's sole top ten hit to date on the [[Billboard Hot 100|'' Billboard'' Hot 100]], where it peaked at number nine.

The album is the first to be recorded with new turntablist [[Chris Kilmore]], who joined in February 1998 and replaced [[Gavin Koppell|DJ Lyfe]].

==Composition==

===Style and genres===
''Make Yourself'' has been labelled as an [[alternative metal]],<ref name="kerr"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordingacademy.com/grammys/news/hold-wheel-and-drive-incubus-look-back-their-alt-metal-classic-make-yourself-20-years|title=Oral History: Incubus' 'Make Yourself' Turns 20|date=October 23, 2019|website=RecordingAcademy.com}}</ref><ref name="top50numetal" /><ref name="allmusic" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/incubus-make-yourself|title=Incubus Make Yourself - Album Review - Slant Magazine|website=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=April 14, 2001|access-date=August 30, 2016}}</ref> [[nu metal]],<ref name="kerr"/><ref name="top50numetal">{{cite magazine|url=http://loudwire.com/top-50-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time/|title=Top 50 Best Nu-Metal Albums of All-Time|magazine=[[Loudwire]]|first=Rae|last=Lemeshow-Barooshian|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name="TN">{{cite web|date=May 6, 2019|title=Incubus Plots 20-Year Anniversary Tour To Commemorate 'Make Yourself'|url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2019/05/incubus-plots-20-year-anniversary-tour/|access-date=January 14, 2022|website=TicketNews|language=en-US|last=Perreault|first=Olivia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time|title = The 50 best nu metal albums of all time| newspaper=Loudersound |date = April 2022}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref name="TN"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Mack|first=Eric|title=Make Yourself - Incubus|url=http://attackzonemedia.com/music/favorite-albums/eric-mack/incubus-make-yourself/|website=Attackzonemedia (AZM)|access-date=August 4, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512023105/http://attackzonemedia.com/music/favorite-albums/eric-mack/incubus-make-yourself/|archivedate=May 12, 2015|url-status=dead|quote=And in all seriousness, it’s not a stretch to call Incubus the only good new band that emerged during this period in mainstream alternative rock.|date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> and [[funk rock]]<ref name="allmusic" /> album. ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' claimed in 2001 that Incubus "blur the perceptions between metal and alt-rock" on the album.<ref name="slant"/> It has also been described as having more [[Ambience (sound recording)|ambient]] tones than their previous work.<ref name="rec2000"/><ref name="way"/> In a 2000 interview, singer [[Brandon Boyd]] said that the band weren't concerned about whether the album was going to fit into any particular music scene.<ref name="rec2000">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NBIAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22incubus%22+%22s.c.i.e.n.c.e.%22&pg=PA19&article_id=3967,2411997|title=Record-Journal|publisher=Record-Journal|via=Google Books}}</ref>

===Writing and recording===
The songs for the album were written following an exhausting tour for their full-length major label debut ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]''. Touring for ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' began in mid-1997, once they had finished recording it, and covered the entirety of 1998, with the band playing over 300 shows that year alone.<ref name="make19"/> The ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' touring cycle concluded in January 1999, following a run of shows with [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Pantera]]. The shows with Black Sabbath were as part of their reunion tour, and Incubus was put on this tour on the insistence of the Osbourne family, who also put them on the 1998 edition of [[Ozzfest]], since [[Jack Osbourne]] liked their music.<ref name="brave">{{Cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/incubus-guitarist-mike-einziger-composes-score-for-ozzy-osbourne-documentary-what-a-great-family-for-supporting-my-band-and-me-as-an-artist-theyre-fantastic-people|title=INCUBUS Guitarist Mike Einziger Composes Score For OZZY OSBOURNE Documentary - "What A Great Family For Supporting My Band And Me As An Artist:; They’re Fantastic People"|website=bravewords.com}}</ref> Brandon Boyd reflected in a 2020 ''[[Kerrang!]]'' article, "when we got home, we started coming up with ideas and gave ourselves eight weeks to write the record and in those eight weeks, all the songs that appear on the album came out."<ref name="oral"/> In a 1999 interview, Boyd mentioned that "Nowhere Fast" originated through improvisational live jams during the ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' tour, remarking "we've been exploring [[drum and bass|drum-'n'-bass]] here and there on stage, playing little improvisational ditties in between real songs from the records. [[Jose Pasillas|José]] would start playing a drum-'n'-bass he'd made up, I'd play my [[didgeridoo]] to it, and [it] started forming out of live things like that."<ref name="bio99">Incubus.com biography by Brandon Boyd (1999)</ref> For ''Make Yourself'', turntablist Chris Kilmore intended to use a scratch record of sounds he had recorded over the years. However, it took two and a half weeks for Kilmore to get this record made, which led to him not being present for the early portions of the writing process.<ref name="make19"/>

While the album has since been considered to have a more accessible sound than their previous works, Boyd claimed in 2020 that "we didn’t actually say out loud to each other that we needed to write a more commercial record; we just wrote in the same way we knew how to write and ''Make Yourself'' is what came out."<ref name="oral">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/instead-of-falling-into-some-subgenre-of-rock-we-created-our-own-an-oral-history-of-incubus-make-yourself/|title=An oral history of Incubus' Make Yourself: "Instead of falling into…|date=October 26, 2022|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> However, guitarist [[Mike Einziger]] did note in 2020 that the band wanted to make the album more mature and less "zany" than earlier works such as ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''.<ref name="oral"/> In a 1999 interview from when the album was being written, he further said that it was going to have more "ambiance" and be more focused than ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''.<ref name="way">1999 interview with Mike Einziger and José Pasillas [https://web.archive.org/web/20231207190321/https://ascensive.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/incubus-interview-98-99-ish/]</ref> In 2020, he stated there was a "genuine creative desire to step up our artistry. We really wanted to become great songwriters [and] graduate from the zany music we spent our high school years writing."<ref name="oral"/> Einziger added that, "I really wanted Brandon to be more vulnerable. We had conversations about that; some of them were uncomfortable. I felt like a lot of the music we’d written up until that point was personal but some of it was almost cartoonish, which is awesome and something that came very naturally to us, but I felt like we could really connect with people and write music that could make more of an emotional connection."<ref name="oral"/> 

Einziger also noted in a 2011 [[Ultimate Guitar]] interview that he knew the band's change in direction would potentially alienate fans of their earlier work, which had more of an experimental funk-based sound. He compared the change in sound from ''S.C.I..E.N.C.E.'' to ''Make Yourself'' to the change in sound from 2006's ''[[Light Grenades]]'' to 2011's ''[[If Not Now, When? (album)|If Not Now, When?]]'', which saw the band temporarily go in a soft [[adult contemporary]] direction.<ref name="abc">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Opinion: The 50 Best Albums Of 2011 |url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/01/opinion-the-50-best-albums-of-2011 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> In this same interview, he said when they started writing ''Make Yourself'', he felt as though the band had naturally come "to the end of an era" with their music, saying this mirrored how they felt when they started writing ''If Not Now, When?''.<ref name="ug"/> He added that on both occasions, he felt like it was time "to do something very different that was going to polarize the people who had been previously listening to us."<ref name="ug">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/incubus_the_gravity_of_our_friendship_drove_incubus_back_into_the_studio.html|title=Incubus: 'The Gravity Of Our Friendship Drove Incubus Back Into The Studio'|website=www.ultimate-guitar.com}}</ref>

Tensions arose between band members during the making of the album, which led to them briefly entering group therapy.<ref name=
"spin01"/> Boyd reflected on the tension in a 2001 interview with ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', saying that "when we're making music together, it's like five men making love  — in a very platonic sense. It's very erotic because your spirits are intermingling, you're becoming one. It's also why it can get so heated. You're tapping into this electricity that's very primal."<ref name=
"spin01"/>

Regarding his experience writing the album, Boyd remembered in 2020, "when we were touring ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E'', I’d been with my girlfriend for quite a long time, and then it came to light that she’d been having an affair while I was gone, so I was dealing with a pretty high degree of heartbreak when I went into ''Make Yourself''. The writing process ended up becoming like an open poetic therapy session for me. There was a little bit of anger, definitely heartbreak but also a sense of hope around finding a new love. From my point of view, the songs very clearly describe the arc of that experience."<ref name="oral"/> Prior to discovering the affair, Boyd had been dating this woman since 1991, which was the same year that Incubus formed.<ref name="oct97">{{Cite web|url=http://incubus-france.chez-alice.fr/kerrang1.htm|title=Interview Incubus - Kerrang octobre 1997|website=incubus-france.chez-alice.fr}}</ref> In a 2000 interview, Boyd said that when "[[Pardon Me]]" was written, he was also dealing with the deaths of a family member and a friend, in addition to these relationship troubles. He said that he was "being bombarded by life" at the time, and that this inspired the song's lyrical themes.<ref>2000 newspaper article for the 18 February 2000 Snocore tour show at Mid-Hudson Civic Center Poughkeepsie, NY [https://twitter.com/fnmlivedb/status/1494448791558111241/photo/1] </ref> The lyrics to "[[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]" were inspired by Boyd's new girlfriend Jo, who he met during the making of the album.<ref name="bio99"/> She would later appear in the song's music video,<ref name="spin01">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-qexhnZaukC&q=%22Considering+his+androgynous+beauty+and+sweet+demeanor%2C+plus+Incubus&pg=PA74|title=SPIN|first=SPIN Media|last=LLC|date=November 25, 2001|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}</ref> with Boyd saying in 2020, "it was a very different kind of love than the love I experienced as a teenager. It felt much more expansive, hence the 'meet me in outer space' imagery."<ref name="oral"/> Boyd wrote the melodies to the song after Einziger showed him the main guitar part for it.<ref name="oral"/>

Regarding the hit single "[[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]", Boyd said "a lot of those topics are still things I wrestle with. The song is about reckoning with fear and uncertainty and I’m still in a kind-of active dance with that, as I probably will be my entire life", adding that "just because you write something down, put a melody to it and a bunch of people like it doesn’t mean it was a thought that was complete – it’s not as if I became enlightened around the idea of not letting fear dictate the course of my life."<ref name="oral"/> Einziger said, "I could never have predicted [Drive] was going to be a smash-hit song, but I knew that it felt special to us. It felt like an honest encapsulation of being vulnerable and I felt like people would connect with it."<ref name="oral"/> Before recording the final version that appears on the album, the band worked on a demo version of the song at their homes which closely resembled the final version, with Einziger saying, "I remember [Brandon] singing the lyrics to me in the car as they appear on the album. The version we made before we recorded it properly was really the same."<ref name="oral"/>

When the album was being recorded at NRG in North Hollywood, Chris Kilmore had his own DJ setup in the hallway. He adds, "there were a bunch of other bands there. [[311 (band)|311]] was there a lot of the time, and [[Jurassic 5]] was there a lot of the time. And because I had that turntable setup in the hallway, I was always out there practicing and trying stuff."<ref name="make19"/> The day the instrumental song "Battlestar Scralatchtica" was recorded, Brandon Boyd was missing because he had a dentist appointment. Kilmore states, "we weren’t going to waste a day. So we wrote a cool little track. I was out in the hallway scratching, and [[DJ Nu-Mark|Nu-Mark]] and [[Cut Chemist]] walked by. I was like, 'Hey. Do you guys want to scratch on this track we just did?'. We went in, laid it down, and that’s how 'Battlestar Scralatchtica' came about."<ref name="make19"/> Around the time the record was being made, Kilmore also contributed DJ scratches to the album ''[[Introduction to Mayhem]]'', by the nu/[[rap metal]] band [[Primer 55]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/introduction-to-mayhem-mw0000051839|title=Primer 55 - Introduction to Mayhem Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>

==Touring==
To support ''Make Yourself'', the band and [[Buckethead]] opened for [[Primus (band)|Primus]] on their ''[[Antipop]]'' tour in 1999, including at a millennium show on December 31, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEOcDL2nLc|title=Brandon Boyd Fan First: Incubus Origin Story, 1991 Turning Point, Lucid Dreams, New Solo Music|date=22 November 2021 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> Early the following year, they performed at the [[SnoCore Tour]] with [[System of a Down]] and [[Mr. Bungle]] (who broke up shortly afterwards). The members of Incubus have since spoken of their pleasure at getting to play with Primus and Mr. Bungle, two artists whom they cite as influences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/144473/Brandon-Boyd-of-Incubus-Jeff-Buckley-to-me-was-my-first-experience-of-a-Western-male-singer|title=Brandon Boyd of Incubus: 'Jeff Buckley to me was my first experience of a Western male singer'|website=Music-News.com}}</ref> Mr. Bungle were met with a hostile crowd reception at some of the shows with Incubus and System of a Down. Mr. Bungle's bassist [[Trevor Dunn]] remarked in 2013 that "we were sort of the grandpas of the tour", adding that his band dressed up as the [[Village People]] at these shows in an attempt to anger the "metal kids" in the audience.<ref name="toma">{{cite web|url=http://rocknrollcocktail.com/tomahawks-trevor-dunn-on-oddfellows-mike-patton-and-his-favorite-moment-touring-with-mr-bungle/|title=Tomahawk's Trevor Dunn on Oddfellows, Mike Patton, and His Favorite Moment Touring with Mr. Bungle|date=March 3, 2013|website=Rocknrollcocktail.com|access-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref> Brandon Boyd later reflected in 2018, "Mr. Bungle was hugely influential to both of our bands, and they were playing second, like before Incubus and System of a Down." He added, "[[Mike Patton]] would be a real rabble rouser, and say horrible things to the audience. We would be on the side of stage cheering, fanboys."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2018/08/08/part-2-incubus-brandon-boyd-and-system-of-a-downs-serj-tankian-on-life-on-the-road/|title=Part 2: Incubus' Brandon Boyd And System Of A Down's Serj Tankian On Life On The Road|first=Steve|last=Baltin|website=Forbes}}</ref> 

Following this, Incubus went on an American tour with 311, which lasted from late April 2000 to the beginning of July 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xjbijg/311-incubus-to-hook-up-on-joint-tour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207201834/https://www.mtv.com/news/xjbijg/311-incubus-to-hook-up-on-joint-tour|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2023|title=311, Incubus To Hook Up On Joint Tour|website=MTV}}</ref> From August to early September 2000, the band performed at that year's edition of [[Ozzfest]]. It was their second appearance at the festival, having earlier appeared at the 1998 edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrat.com/2023/11/14/ozzfest-documentary-1999/|title=Ozzfest: Long-Shelved Documentary Could Finally Be Released}}</ref> On October 12, 2000, the band performed the single "Stellar" on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref name="rev">{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-incubus-stirring-performance-stellar-letterman-2000|title=See Incubus' Stirring Performance of "Stellar" on 'Letterman' in 2000|date=October 25, 2019|website=Revolver}}</ref> They had also performed the song on an August 2, 2000 episode of the ''[[The Late Late Show (American talk show)|Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir7lqH_toyc|title=Incubus - "Stellar" [Kilborn 8/2/00]|date=2 August 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> Between October and November 2000, Incubus and [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] supported [[Deftones]] on their "Back to School" tour for the album ''[[White Pony]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1427977/deftones-tap-incubus-taproot-for-tour/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111184811/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427977/deftones-tap-incubus-taproot-for-tour/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2020|title=Deftones Tap Incubus, TapRoot For Tour|website=MTV News}}</ref> 

==Release and commercial response==
Shortly after the album's release, a [[death metal]] band from [[Louisiana]] called Incubus changed their name. Now known as [[Opprobrium (band)|Opprobrium]], they had released two critically acclaimed albums in 1988 and 1990, titled ''Serpent Temptation'' and ''Beyond the Unknown'', and were not aware of the Californian Incubus prior to the release of ''Make Yourself''. The name change was voluntarily made in order to avoid confusion and any potential conflicts between the two bands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-rules.com/2008/05/28/opprobrium-francis-and-moyses-howard/|title=Opprobrium - Francis and Moyses Howard|date=May 28, 2008|website=Metal-Rules.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/metallica-cease-and-desist-allegedly-ripping-off-80s-metal-band-incubus/|title=Metallica Issued Cease-And-Desist for Allegedly Plagiarizing Death Metal Band|first=Graham |last=Hartmann|website=Loudwire|date=7 April 2017 }}</ref> ''Serpent Temptation'' and ''Beyond the Unknown'' were sometimes incorrectly labelled as being early releases from the Californian Incubus, and Opprobrium eventually reissued these albums under their new name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/beyond-the-unknown-reissue/1510776961|title=Beyond the Unknown (Reissue) by Opprobrium|date=January 1, 1990|via=music.apple.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Incubus/dp/B000026UPF|title=Beyond The Unknown|via=Amazon}}</ref> A British [[hard rock]]/[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band called Incubus had also released an album in 1984 titled ''To the Devil a Daughter'', which was sometimes attributed to the Californian Incubus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6655972-Incubus-To-The-Devil-A-Daughter|title=Incubus - To The Devil A Daughter|date=December 2, 2007|via=www.discogs.com}}</ref>

The first single "Pardon Me" was initially released to radio stations as an acoustic song, which led to the album version becoming popular as well.<ref name="oral"/> According to Boyd, it was Epic/Immortal Records that suggested "Pardon Me" be released as a single, telling [[MTV]] in 2000 that "we wrote 'Pardon Me' along with the whole album and never thought anything different about it."<ref name="mtv"/> In August 2000, an EP titled ''[[When Incubus Attacks Volume 1]]'' was released, featuring the acoustic version of "Pardon Me" and acoustic versions of the songs "Make Yourself" and "Stellar". The three acoustic versions of these songs originated from a November 1999 recording session in [[Chicago]].<ref name="mtv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ghgc89/incubus-reveal-softer-side-on-ep|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026140718/https://www.mtv.com/news/ghgc89/incubus-reveal-softer-side-on-ep|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2022|title=Incubus Reveal Softer Side On EP|website=MTV}}</ref> The EP also featured additional material, including the song "Crowded Elevator", which was recorded during the ''Make Yourself'' sessions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-incubus-attacks-vol-1-ep--mw0000086501|title=Incubus - When Incubus Attacks, Vol. 1 [EP] Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> "Crowded Elevator" had earlier appeared on the soundtrack album for the horror film ''[[Scream 3]]'', which was released in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-3-original-soundtrack--mw0000262426|title=Original Soundtrack - Scream 3 [Original Soundtrack] Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>

By the time ''Make Yourself'''s final and most popular single "Drive" was released in November 2000, the band had already sold a million copies, with Einziger recalling in 2020 that, "'Pardon Me' was a big deal for us, 'Stellar' was the second song that came out and a big deal on MTV, and then when 'Drive' came out it really pushed everything over the top."<ref name="oral"/> "Drive" managed to garner substantial airplay on non-rock stations, and in a 2001 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' interview, Boyd said that this fit with their philosophy of not creating music for any one particular group.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=incubus+cruised+in+2001&pg=PA32 | title=Billboard | date=8 December 2001 }}</ref> Regarding their success around this time, Boyd remembered in 2020, "the most stark change was that all of a sudden women were coming to our concerts so when people would cheer after a song, the pitch went up considerably."<ref name="oral"/>

In 1999 and 2000, music videos were made for "Pardon Me", "Stellar" and "Drive". Less widely seen music videos were also made for the non-singles "I Miss You", "Privilege" and "Out from Under". The video for "Out from Under" was originally meant to be released as part of the 2001 ''[[When Incubus Attacks Volume 2]]'' DVD, although it was not included as there was not enough space left on the disc. A tour edition for the album was released in 2001, with a second disc containing the three acoustic tracks and one live track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/make-yourself-bonus-tracks-mr0001419762|title=Make Yourself [Bonus Tracks] - Incubus &#124; Release Info|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/make-yourself-mw0000542004 |title=''Make Yourself'' – Incubus |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 1, 2015 |last=Huey |first=Steve}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = 3/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Incubus: ''Make Yourself'' |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=138 |date=January 2000 |page=88}}</ref>
| rev3 = The Daily Vault
| rev3Score = A−<ref name=vault>{{cite web |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4025 |title=The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Make Yourself|first=Christopher |last=Thelen |work=dailyvault.com |year=2001 |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|rev4      = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="lark">{{cite book |chapter=Incubus |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rs">{{cite book |chapter=Incubus |last=Kemp |first=Rob |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/403 403–04]}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="slant">{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/incubus-make-yourself |title=Incubus: ''Make Yourself'' |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=April 14, 2001 |access-date=October 1, 2015 |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal}}</ref>
| rev7      = Sputnikmusic
| rev7score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/10704/Incubus-Make-Yourself/ |title=Incubus – ''Make Yourself'' |website=Sputnikmusic |date=January 13, 2007 |access-date=October 1, 2015 |last=Fisher |first=Tyler}}</ref>
}}
''Make Yourself'' has received generally positive reviews from critics. Steve Huey of [[AllMusic]] wrote that "''Make Yourself'' makes a bid for broader mainstream success while keeping the group rooted in a hybrid of familiar late '90s alt-metal (i.e., roaring guitars, [[white noise|white-noise]] sonic textures, and an undercurrent of [[electronic music|electronics]]) and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Chili Pepper]] funk-rock. Where ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' sometimes veered abruptly between the two genres without really fusing them, ''Make Yourself'' finds the band settling more comfortably into its sound."<ref name="allmusic"/>

Sal Cinquemani of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' also gave it four out of five stars, writing in April 2001, "whether it’s rehashed hard rock or a non-enterprising rap-metal hybrid, there isn’t much to differentiate between most rock bands these days. Incubus, however, sets themselves apart with their second full-length release ''Make Yourself''. A superb blend of metal guitar riffs, classic [[punk-rock]] mentality, and subtle [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and electronic elements, Incubus doesn’t just imitate these genres, but rather, redefines them in an otherwise non-revolutionary rock landscape."<ref name="slant"/> ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide'' (2004) states that on ''Make Yourself'', "Incubus had found a [[Alpha and beta male|beta-male]] approach to [[nu metal|new-metal]]: roaring, assymetrical riffs and herky-jerky dynamics coexisting with Boyd's yearning tenor and burgeoning melodic gift."<ref name="rs"/> In November 1999, ''[[Tulane Hullabaloo]]'' writer Henry Rienka claimed that it was a [[rap rock]] album in the style of bands such as [[Hed PE]], despite consisting entirely of sung vocals. Rienka wrote that, "their union of grinding guitar, vinyl scratching, and urgent rock/rap vocals produces thrashing, grooving, and bouncing boobies."<ref name="tul">{{cite magazine |url=https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A104776/datastream/PDF/download  |title=Silly demon, sex is for kids |first=Henry |last=Riekna |date=November 19, 1999 |page=19 |magazine=The [[Tulane Hullabaloo]] |via=[[Tulane University]] Digital Library}}</ref> He added, "''Make Yourself'' just doesn't quite match up with their breakthrough release; 1997's ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.''. On this effort, Incubus seems more concerned with playing with sounds and differentiating themselves from [[Kid Rock]] than they do with making enjoyable music."<ref name="tul"/> 

Kevin Stewart-Panko of Canadian publication ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave ''Make Yourself'' a positive review in December 1999, writing "Incubus is simply an awesome band. They have the distorted guitars, but they also have finger wagging melodies, an actual singer and dance floor elements. It’s similar stuff that plagued [[Faith No More]] about ten years ago, and Incubus has a noticeable FNM influence, especially Brandon Boyd's voice, which eerily recalls a youthful Mike Patton."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/incubus-make_yourself|title=Incubus Make Yourself &#124; Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref> In their November 1999 review, ''[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]]'' also compared the album's vocals to Faith No More, and described the instrumentation as being a cross between the funk style of Primus and the "bloody new metal riffs" of [[Korn]]. They added that it is a "step away from the spastic, funkdafied metal of 1997's brilliant ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' [but] definitely not a step down in quality."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajrfqGFW3-EC&dq=spastic%2C+funkdafied+metal&pg=PA26|title=CMJ New Music Report|date=November 1, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''[[Adweek]]'' stated in April 2000 that Incubus had "finally made a mark", and that "their newest offering blends alternative metal with a little rap/rock thrown in for good measure."<ref>{{cite book |title=Adweek Volume 41, Issues 14-17 |date=2000 |publisher=A/S/M Communications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdwiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22incubus%22+%22make+yourself%22+%22alternative+metal%22 |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' had a negative view of the band's new sound, giving the album only one out of five stars in October 1999. The review states that, "the group's once potent mix of funk, metal, hip-hop, [[soul music|soul]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] was initially compared to 'Primus with a soul singer' and a '90s Red Hot Chili Peppers'. With the bland, radio friendly offering ''Make Yourself'', it looks like Incubus is more likely to get compared to the likes of [[Goo Goo Dolls|The Goo Goo Dolls]] and [[Sugar Ray]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewZKAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22MAKE+YOURSELF%22+%22INCUBUS%22&pg=PA5&article_id=1176,3352215|title=The Michigan Daily|publisher=The Michigan Daily|via=Google Books}}</ref> In December 1999, ''[[The Daily Eastern News|Daily Eastern News]]'' writer Al Dertz criticized the album for having less [[slap bass]] playing from [[Alex Katunich]], adding that Incubus "once had equal influences of Faith No More, Primus and [[Rage Against the Machine]] brilliance" and have now "fallen into 311 mediocrity."<ref>https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=den_1999_dec</ref>

''Make Yourself'' was also met with a mixed reaction from some fans of the band, due to its different sound. In a June 2000 interview with ''Spin'', Brandon Boyd claimed, "when the album first came out, we got threatening letters from fans like 'You Sold Out'."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6N0JSkTI3j4C&dq=incubus+%22aggro%22+%22late+90s%22+%22make+yourself%22&pg=PA136|title=SPIN|first=SPIN Media|last=LLC|date=June 11, 2000|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}</ref>

===Legacy and accolades===
The album is listed in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.  [[Colin Larkin]] wrote in his 2011 book ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' that ''Make Yourself'' was "a far slicker affair than previous outings", adding that it "utilized the latest studio technology and a greater range of sounds."<ref name="lark"/> In 2019, ''Kerrang!'' included it on a list titled "50 Rock and Metal Bands Whose Third Album Was Their Best".<ref name="kerr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/50-rock-and-metal-bands-whose-third-album-was-their-best-1/|title=50 rock and metal bands whose third album was their best|date=August 14, 2019|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> They wrote, "in ways moving away from their roots and definitively getting more anthemic and catchier with it, ''Make Yourself'' caught Incubus in a state of flux, but one in which they really found their feet. A little nu metal, a little alternative metal, a little funk, but altogether compelling."<ref name="kerr"/> ''[[Loudwire]]'' praised it in 2019, stating that "while at first the album appears to be more of a mainstream break for the band, with ''Make Yourself'' they’ve managed to find a smoother way to incorporate hip-hop and funk more consistently into their brand of alternative metal", adding "it may not be the most heavy on the nu-metal sound because of this, but it allowed the mainstream to get a taste of something they may otherwise not have been looking for."<ref name="top50numetal"/>

[[PopMatters]] included it on their 2020 list of "The Most Memorable Albums of 1999", with writer Theresa Dougherty remarking that they "became one of the first bands played on modern rock radio to effectively integrate a DJ into their sound."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/most-memorable-albums-1999-part5-2496042953.html|title=The Most Memorable Albums of 1999 (Part 5), PopMatters|date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2021, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine.<ref name="MHtop2099">{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1999 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=6 March 2021 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> In a 2022 ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Louder Sound]]'' article, Brandon Boyd placed it fourth in his ranking of their studio albums. He stated, "It's not higher because it was a period of time that was gruelling. We were playing 9 or 10 shows a week: one in the morning and one in the evening, I learned to take naps on drum risers during soundchecks."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-incubus-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-by-vocalist-brandon-boyd|title=Every Incubus album ranked from worst to best, by vocalist Brandon Boyd|author1=Stephen Hill|date=October 25, 2022|website=louder}}</ref> Boyd also reflected in 2020 that, "all of the flags were blowing in a direction that was telling us we should’ve made another record like ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' and that would’ve solidified our place in a small subgenre of rock and metal", adding "our intuitions were pulling us in a completely different direction and we trusted it. We ended up carving our own place in the world."<ref name="oral"/> In 2023, ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' placed it third in their ranking of the band's studio albums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/incubus-albums-ranked/|title=Every Incubus album ranked: From worst to best|first=Miki|last=Hellerbach|website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>

==Live performance==
The first known performance of a ''Make Yourself'' song was at a March 4, 1999 concert at the Glass House in [[Pomona, California]], which featured the live debut of "Nowhere Fast".<ref name="set">{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/albums/incubus-1bd68944.html|title=Incubus Album Statistics &#124; setlist.fm|website=www.setlist.fm}}</ref> All of the other songs from ''Make Yourself'' were performed live during the touring cycle in 1999 and 2000, with the exception of "Battlestar Scralatchtica", which is not known to have been performed until 2001 during the ''[[Morning View]]'' touring cycle.<ref name="set"/> The band went on a tour of North America in 2019 to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/incubus-make-yourself-20th-anniversary-2019-tour/|title=Incubus Announce Huge 'Make Yourself' 20th Anniversary 2019 Tour|first=Joe |last=DiVita|website=Loudwire|date=6 May 2019 }}</ref> In a 2019 interview, DJ Chris Kilmore stated, "for me personally, I actually really enjoy revisiting ''Make Yourself'' because my role in the band has expanded greatly into playing all kinds of keyboards and things like that. But when we were on ''Make Yourself'', I just had two turntables. So I really get to showcase what I originally did in this band, which is really fun for me."<ref name="make19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuvo.net/music/incubus-turntablist-chris-kilmore-reflects-on-20-years-of-make-yourself/article_01cfee6c-072c-11ea-874c-63b555707842.html|title=Incubus Turntablist Chris Kilmore Reflects on 20 Years of 'Make Yourself'|first=Seth|last=Johnson|date=November 14, 2019|website=NUVO}}</ref>

==Track listing==
===Original release===
{{track listing
| headline = ''Make Yourself'' track listing
| all_writing = Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger, Alex Katunich, Chris Kilmore and Jose Pasillas
| title1 = Privilege
| length1 = 3:54
| title2 = Nowhere Fast
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Consequence
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = The Warmth
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = When It Comes
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = [[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = Make Yourself
| length7 = 3:03
| title8 = [[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]
| length8 = 3:52
| title9 = Clean
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Battlestar Scralatchtica 
| note10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 3:49
| title11 = I Miss You
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = [[Pardon Me]]
| length12 = 3:43
| title13 = Out from Under
| length13 = 3:28
| total_length = 48:04
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title14 = Crowded Elevator
| length14 = 4:46
| total_length = 52:58
}}

===Tour edition bonus disc===
{{track listing
| title1 = [[Pardon Me]]
| note1 = acoustic
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = [[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]
| note2 = acoustic
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Make Yourself
| note3 = acoustic
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = [[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]
| note4 = live orchestral version
| length4 = 4:04
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Make Yourself|others=Incubus|publisher=Epic. Immortal|year=1999|type=liner notes|id=EK 63652}}</ref>

'''Incubus'''
* [[Brandon Boyd]] – vocals, percussion
* [[Mike Einziger]] – guitar
* [[Chris Kilmore|DJ Kilmore]] – turntables
* [[Alex Katunich|Dirk Lance]] – bass
* [[Jose Pasillas]] – drums

'''Additional personnel'''
{{div col}}
*Dave Holdridge – cello on "[[Drive (Incubus song)|Drive]]", "I Miss You", digital editing
*[[Cut Chemist]] – additional [[scratching]] on "Battlestar Scralatchtica"
*[[DJ Nu-Mark]] – additional scratching on "Battlestar Scralatchtica"
* Michael "Elvis" Baskette – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Evan Hollander – assisting engineer
* Matt Griffin – assisting engineer
*[[Stephen Marcussen]] — mastering at A&M
*Rick Will – mixing
*[[Scott Litt]] – mixing
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Make Yourself''
! Chart (1999–2001)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|24|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|30|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|56|id=3745|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|8|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|45|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|artist=Incubus|album=Make Yourself|83|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|47|artist=Incubus|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
|-
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2000 year-end chart performance for ''Make Yourself''
! Chart (2000)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
| 107
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2001 year-end chart performance for ''Make Yourself''
! Chart (2001)
! Position
|-
!scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|archive-date=November 6, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=[[Jam!]]|access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 166
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref>
| 90
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2002 year-end chart performance for ''Make Yourself''
!Chart (2002)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|archivedate=September 2, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
| 151
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|archive-date=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html|title=Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002|website=[[Jam!]]|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
| 75
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Make Yourself''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2001|access-date=20 September 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=2001|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus|award=Platinum|source=archive|access-date=20 September 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus|award=Gold|access-date=October 1, 2015|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|id=9019-1859-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=October 1, 2015}}
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==References==
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