Monuments and Melodies

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| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1553297|pure_url=yes}} Monuments and Melodies review.] Allmusic

| rev2 = Rock Sound

| rev2score = {{rating|9|10}}Walker, Jen (June 2009). "Incubus – Monuments and Melodies." Rock Sound (123): 84.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the compilation four out of five stars, commenting that the first disc "does its job efficiently, running through all but two of Incubus' Billboard hits", and that the second disc "[provides] a nice service of rounding up the tunes that got away." Conrad Hughes of Contactmusic.com wrote in his June 2009 review that "the band's work reminds me a little bit of what the Chili Peppers may have done were Mike Patton their lead singer instead of Kiedis. And hopefully they'll follow up their Greatest Hits with a better album than the Chili's Stadium Arcadium."{{Cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/album-review/incubus-monuments-and-melodiesx02x06x09|title=Incubus - Monuments and Melodies|date=June 2, 2009|website=Contactmusic.com}} Craig Hlavaty of the Houston Press reflected in August 2009 that "It's been a long and varied career for the band, who started in 1991 as little more than teenagers armed with a Red Hot Chili Peppers tab book and unfinished algebra homework", adding that "Make Yourself turned the band away from the monotony of punk-funk into more soulful, organic territory. Overnight, Incubus seemingly took a turn from mookish modern rock into straight-up makeout-core."{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/incubus-brandon-boyd-the-shit-weve-been-screwing-around-with-has-been-really-exciting-6518353|title=Incubus' Brandon Boyd: "The Shit We've Been Screwing Around With Has Been Really Exciting"|first=Craig|last=Hlavaty|website=Houston Press}}

Aly Comingore of the Santa Barbara Independent stated in her July 2009 review that "the five musicians have crafted some of the most forward-thinking and experimental radio-friendly rock of their time, proving all the while that alt-metal can prosper within the mainstream-and attract the attention of millions."{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/multimedia/incubus-reemerges-with-monuments-and-melodies/|title=Incubus Reemerges with Monuments and Melodies}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Monuments track listing

| extra_column = Album

| title1 = Black Heart Inertia

| extra1 = Monuments and Melodies

| length1 = 4:53

| title2 = Drive

| extra2 = Make Yourself

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Megalomaniac

| length3 = 4:54

| extra3 = A Crow Left of the Murder...

| title4 = Anna Molly

| length4 = 3:46

| extra4 = Light Grenades

| title5 = Love Hurts

| length5 = 3:57

| extra5 = Light Grenades

| title6 = Wish You Were Here

| length6 = 3:36

| extra6 = Morning View

| title7 = Warning

| length7 = 4:42

| extra7 = Morning View

| title8 = Stellar

| length8 = 3:20

| extra8 = Make Yourself

| title9 = Talk Shows on Mute

| length9 = 3:52

| extra9 = A Crow Left of the Murder...

| title10 = Pardon Me

| length10 = 3:44

| extra10 = Make Yourself

| title11 = Dig

| length11 = 4:17

| extra11 = Light Grenades

| title12 = Oil and Water

| length12 = 3:49

| extra12 = Light Grenades

| title13 = Are You In?

| length13 = 4:24

| extra13 = Morning View

| title14 = Nice to Know You

| length14 = 4:43

| extra14 = Morning View

| title15 = Midnight Swim

| extra15 = Monuments and Melodies

| length15 = 3:15

| total_length = 61:10

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese disc 1 bonus tracks

| extra_column = Album

| title16 = Make a Move

| length16 = 3:14

| extra16 = Stealth (Soundtrack)

| title17 = New Skin

| length17 = 3:51

| extra17 = Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout Root Beer / S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

| total_length = 68:15

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{{Track listing

| headline = Melodies track listing

| extra_column = Album

| title1 = Neither of Us Can See

| extra1 = Stealth (Soundtrack)

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Look Alive

| extra2 = Light Grenades (Japanese edition)

| length2 = 4:21

| title3 = While All the Vultures Feed

| extra3 = Monuments and Melodies

| length3 = 3:53

| title4 = Pantomime (Altered Version)

| extra4 = Monuments and Melodies

| length4 = 4:39

| title5 = Anything

| extra5 = Morning View unreleased track

| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = Punch Drunk

| extra6 = Light Grenades (Japanese edition)

| length6 = 5:14

| title7 = Admiration

| extra7 = Stealth (Soundtrack)

| length7 = 4:13

| title8 = Martini

| extra8 = Monuments and Melodies

| length8 = 4:09

| title9 = A Certain Shade of Green (Live acoustic version)

| extra9 = S.C.I.E.N.C.E. / Monuments and Melodies

| length9 = 3:36

| title10 = Monuments and Melodies

| extra10 = "Megalomaniac"

| length10 = 5:06

| title11 = Let's Go Crazy (Prince cover)

| extra11 = Purple Rain / Monuments and Melodies

| length11 = 4:29

| total_length = 47:22

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese disc 2 bonus tracks

| extra_column = Album

| title12 = Follow (Vocal Version)

| extra12 = Halo 2 (Original Soundtrack Volume One) / Alive at Red Rocks

| length12 = 3:35

| title13 = Make Yourself (Acoustic Version)

| extra13 = Make Yourself / When Incubus Attacks Volume 1

| length13 = 3:23

| title14 = Crowded Elevator

| extra14 = Pardon Me

| length14 = 4:44

| total_length = 59:04

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{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes bonus track

| extra_column = Album

| title15 = Pardon Me (Live)

| extra15 = Make Yourself / Monuments and Melodies

| length15 = 4:16

| total_length = 63:20

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{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes pre-order bonus tracks

| extra_column = Album

| title16 = Mexico (Live at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY - September 2001)

| extra16 = Morning View / Monuments and Melodies

| length16 = 4:40

| title17 = Drive (Orchestral Live Version)

| extra17 = Make Yourself / Monuments and Melodies

| length17 = 4:04

| total_length = 72:04

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• Brandon Boyd – lead vocals; djembe (on "New Skin"), album cover
• Mike Einziger – guitar, backing vocals, occasional keyboards
• Alex Katunich – bass (on all tracks of S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Make Yourself, & Morning View)
• José Pasillas – drums
• DJ Lyfe – turntables (on "New Skin")
• Chris Kilmore – turntables, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, theremin on all tracks except "New Skin".
• Ben Kenney – bass, backing vocals (on all tracks of A Crow Left of the Murder..., Megalomaniac, Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, Stealth soundtrack, Light Grenades, & Monuments and Melodies)

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