Monuments and Melodies

Monuments and Melodies is the first greatest hits compilation album by American rock band Incubus released on June 16, 2009 through Epic Records.[3] It is released as a double-disc set, the first disc features 13 previously released singles from the albums Make Yourself, Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder..., and Light Grenades, along with two new Brendan O'Brien-produced tracks, "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim".

"Midnight Swim" redirects here. For the 2014 film, see The Midnight Swim.
Monuments and Melodies
Greatest hits album by
Incubus
ReleasedJune 16, 2009
Recorded1997–2008
GenreAlternative rock
Length61:10 (disc 1)
47:22 (disc 2)
(Total: 108:32)
LabelEpic/Immortal
ProducerBrendan O'Brien, Scott Litt
Incubus chronology
Monuments and Melodies
(2009)		 The Essential Incubus
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rock Sound[2]

The second disc is a collection of rarities, including B-sides, soundtrack cuts, alternate versions, three previously unreleased songs, and a cover of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy". The album takes its title from a song that was originally released as the B-side to "Megalomaniac" and as a bonus track on international releases of A Crow Left of the Murder...; it is also included on Disc 2 of this album. The album art was drawn by vocalist Brandon Boyd.

Overview

"Midnight Swim" from Disc 1 (Monuments) is not the same song as the one featured of Incubus' CD/DVD, Look Alive.

Although disc 2 was advertised as being made up of almost entirely previously unreleased and unheard tracks, many of the included tracks can be found on other releases.

"Look Alive" and "Punch Drunk" were not only on the Japanese release of Light Grenades, but live versions were on the Look Alive concert CD/DVD release from 2007.

"While All The Vultures Feed" was a song recorded for the soundtrack to the movie Stealth, but was inexplicably left off; the song was, according to the band manager Steve rennie, recently "dug out and polished up" for the release.

"Pantomime", "Monuments and Melodies", & "Follow" also appear on Alive at Red Rocks, though "Pantomime" in the Alive at Red Rocks is solely Brandon Boyd, whereas in this compilation is an entirely different recording featuring the whole band for the entire song as it was recorded for A Crow Left of the Murder..., but ultimately left off. Furthermore, a live version of "Pantomime" appeared on 3 of Incubus' "bootleg" live albums to profit the Make Yourself Foundation, along with "Monuments and Melodies".

"Anything" was a song recorded during the Morning View sessions, which never made it past the demo stage. It was revealed that the song was born from a jam session between Mike Einziger and José Pasillas that was recorded for potential inclusion on the album. Bass guitar on the track was performed by Mike Einziger, and vocals were completed on the track during the demo stage. Eventually, however, the song was left off in favor of other tracks.

"Martini" was one of the songs recorded during the Light Grenades sessions—amongst many other tracks and demos—that never saw the light of day. Not much is known about "Martini"; it is regarded as just another song that didn't make the album. Listeners will notice that the solo from the song is very similar to the solo from "Rogues", a song that made it to Light Grenades, and was possibly an early version of the solo, which was tweaked to fit on "Rogues".

"A Certain Shade of Green" was recorded during a Live X session for 99X. There are also numerous bootlegged live recordings of Incubus acoustically performing "A Certain Shade of Green" in this style.

"Crowded Elevator" is also on "Pardon Me", Scream 3 soundtrack, When Incubus Attacks Volume 1, and Live in Sweden 2004.

Track listing

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 24
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 35
Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] 96
Italian Albums (FIMI)[9] 76
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 104
US Billboard 200[13] 5
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[14] 2

Credits

Incubus

Other personnel

References
  1. Monuments and Melodies review. Allmusic
  2. Walker, Jen (June 2009). "Incubus – Monuments and Melodies." Rock Sound (123): 84.
  3. Incubus View messageboard. Retrieved 3-11-09
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  6. "Incubus Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Incubus – Monuments and Melodies" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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  9. "Italiancharts.com – Incubus – Monuments and Melodies". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  10. "Charts.nz – Incubus – Monuments and Melodies". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Incubus – Monuments and Melodies". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  12. "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: I Am Arrows – Laura Izibor". zobbel.de. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  13. "Incubus Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  14. "Incubus Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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