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Monuments & Melodies by Incubus

Monuments & Melodies

Release Date: 6/16/2009

Recording Date: 6/2009

Tracks: 26

Length: 01:48:23 Hrs

Label: Epic

Type: CD,LP

Genre/Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, United States of America, Funk Metal, Alternative Metal, Rap-Metal, Alternative/Indie Rock

Album Tracks (26)

Song Title
Length
1.
Black Heart Inertia [#]
04:53
2.
Drive
03:53
3.
Megalomaniac
04:55
4.
Anna Molly
03:47
5.
Love Hurts
03:58
6.
Wish You Were Here
03:34
7.
Warning
04:39
8.
Stellar
03:21
9.
Talk Shows on Mute
03:49
10.
Pardon Me
03:45
11.
Dig
04:18
12.
Oil and Water
03:50
13.
Are You In?
04:24
14.
Nice to Know You
04:44
15.
Midnight Swim [#]
03:15
16.
Neither of Us Can See [#]
04:04
17.
Look Alive
04:22
18.
While All the Vultures Feed [#]
03:53
19.
Pantomime [#]
04:39
20.
Anything [#]
03:33
21.
Punch Drunk [#]
05:14
22.
Admiration
04:13
23.
Martini [#]
04:10
24.
A Certain Shade of Green [Acoustic][#]
03:37
25.
Monuments and Melodies [#]
05:05
26.
Let's Go Crazy [#]
04:28

What the Critics Say

Monuments & Melodies is an elliptical allusion to the hits and highlights contained within this 2009 retrospective, a double-disc set that's separated into a CD of singles and a CD of rarities. The first disc does its job efficiently, running through all but two of Incubus' Billboard hits -- the minor mainstream rock radio hits "Circles" and "Make a Move" are missing, but the non-charting single "Are You In?" is in its place -- bookended by two strong new Brendan O'Brien productions, "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim." The second disc is devoted primarily to B-sides and other stray non-LP tracks, including an acoustic version of "A Certain Shade of Green," a remix of "Pantomime," and a ham-fisted cover of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," where they get the riff slightly wrong. For the devoted, this disc does provide a nice service of rounding up the tunes that got away, while the fair-weather travelers get a good disc of highlights -- and while there may not be much crossover between these two camps, it does mean that Incubus cover all the bases on Monuments & Melodies, giving something satisfying to every kind of fan they have. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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