This album was released through Immortal Records on October 26, 1999. It was a stylistic change from their previous funk-metal sound into more mainstream alternative rock, largely due to the lack of slap style bass playing (slappa de bass), and the lack of palm muting on guitar, which can only be heard briefly in the song "Out From Under".
Make Yourself, along with it's followup album, Morning View, skyrocketed Incubus to stardom, while they had built up a strong underground following and had opened for bands like Korn, Primus, 311, Sublime and Unwritten Law, and performed gig's at Ozzfest and the Family Values tour, they would soon become a headlining act. At the time, "Pardon Me", and "Stellar" were popular songs on mainstream rock radio, but they didn't become truly known until they released their breakthrough single, "Drive".
"Drive" is widely considered to be the band's biggest hit, reaching number 1 on the modern rock charts, and number 9 on the hot 100. It was awarded the title of Billboard modern rock single of the year for 2001. It was one of the main reasons that Make Yourself would later go double platinum in the U.S. (2 million units sold).
It has received mostly positive reviews, getting 4/5 stars from Allmusic and Rolling Stone.
Buy the record if you are looking for alternative rock with melodious vocals and a groove-edge, but if you're a new Incubus fan, listen to Drive, you will not be disappointed.
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