Monuments & Melodies [1 CD]

by Incubus

Overview

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. [Sony Music reissued Monuments & Melodies' first disc (featuring the hit singles) as a one-CD set in 2017.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2017
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0889854334628
Rank:	53112

Tracks

1. Black Heart Inertia
2. Drive
3. Megalomaniac
4. Anna Molly
5. Love Hurts
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Warning
8. Stellar
9. Talk Shows on Mute
10. Pardon Me
11. Dig
12. Oil and Wate
13. Are You In?
14. Nice to Know You
15. Midnight Swim

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Incubus   Primary Artist
Jose Antonio Pasillas II   Drums
Ben Kenney   Bass,Vocals
Mike Einziger   Piano,Guitar,Fender Rhodes
Chris "DJ" Kilmore   Piano,Theremin,Mellotron,Marxophone,Turntables,Fender Rhodes,Organ (Hammond),Moog Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Billy Bowers   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Kevin Mills   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Greg Nelson   Monitors,Monitor Engineer
Scott Litt   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Nick DiDia   Engineer
Prince   Composer
Michael "Elvis" Baskette   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Brandon Boyd   Design,Composer,Group Member
Seth Alley   Management
Steve Rennie   Management
Kylie Dejesus   Engineer,Remote Engineering
Bill Vuylsteke   Management
Brantley Gutierrez   Photography
Ernie Woody   Remote Supervisor
Alex Katunich   Composer
Kory Aaron   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Sheri Lee   Art Direction
D.P. Samuels   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ted Whitacre   Assistant,Studio Coordinator
Mark Warnholtz   Engineer,Remote Engineering
Rick Will   Mixing,Engineer,Audio Production
Evan Hollander   Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jason Cropper   Engineer,Remote Engineering
Brendan O'Brien   Mixing,Producer,Audio Production
Matt Serrecchio   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jose Antonio Pasillas II   Composer,Group Member
Alex Gibson   Assistant
Dave Holdredge   Editing,Engineer,Audio Engineer,Digital Editing,Digital Engineer
Tom Syrowski   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Matt Griffin   Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Ben Kenney   Composer,Group Member
Adam Ayan   Mastering
Incubus   Producer
Mike Einziger   Composer,Engineer,Group Member,String Arrangements
Tom Sweeney   Engineer,Second Engineer
Glenn Pittman   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tom Tapley   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Rick "Soldier" Will   Mixing,Engineer
Farra Mathews   A&R
Chris "DJ" Kilmore   Composer,Group Member
Philip Martin   Assistant
Jose Pasillas   Composer