Incubus – Morning View (2xLP)

II am in a band called Incubus. We are all about the same age; and we started our band in 1991. Our story is not unlike other success stories. It has its peaks and valleys, its struggles, its triumphs, its highest highs and lowest lows. But it's not the bad parts of our unfolding story that have intrigued people over all of these years. To tell you the truth, I am not sure exactly what has kept people interested in us this long. I'd like to think it's the music we make and ultimately share. I'd like to think it's because we have struck chords with people at very specific times in their lives and that when they hear certain songs they are harkened back to the not so distant past wherein life changing events and turns in their own stories coincided with lyrics and rhythms. Sounds meandering into symmetry with an individual's psyche like that rare moment when your body and your shadow line up on a wall. If the music has been the true catalyst for our (once again) unfolding success story, than I'd say we were right on track." - Brandon Boyd

On August 21st, 2001, Incubus released their first single from their upcoming record, "Morning View" called 'Wish You Were Here'. The single instantly began to climb up the charts and in early September was sitting at #2. On October 23rd, 2001, Incubus released their 3rd full length major label album, called "Morning View". Named after the the street where they recorded was located. The band continued to headline dates after its release. And 'Wish You Were Here' continued to sit among the top 10 on Billboards Modern Rock Charts. By December "Morning View" was certified platinum, the video for "Wish You Were Here" was at #8 on MTV TRL, #4 on modern rock charts, while "Morning View" was #38 on top 200. To begin 2002, Incubus was #9 with "Drive", #12 with "Stellar", #20 with "Wish You Were Here", #75 with "Nice To Know You" and #31 with the album "Morning View". Morning View was the 40th best selling album of 2002.

180 Gram Double LP! 3rd Full Length Album! Features "Wish You Were Here", "Warning", "Circles", "Nice To Know You" & More!

Reviews

"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?' A textbook example: 'Blood on the Ground,' which rips and swells, and climaxes with a totally rad drum fill. But singer Brandon Boyd's words stop short of violent imagery and treat anger as an inner journey, like an entry in his diary. Two songs later, high above the tidal crash and bash of 'Warning,' a tiny piano melody floats like a lighthouse with a ten-watt bulb, and in a lull before things get really choppy, Boyd's rusty, burnished voice wails, 'I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.'" - Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone