Incubus: HQ Live [CD/DVD]

by Incubus

Overview

To commemorate their 20th anniversary in 2011, Incubus literally set up shop on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, renting out a storefront and dubbing it their HeadQuarters. Incubus' intent was to use their past to showcase their present. Over the course of four nights they dug deep into their past, playing large chunks of their early albums and excavating a few non-LP rarities, eventually weaving in selections from their new album, If Not Now, When? The 2012 collection HQ Live -- available either as a single-CD/DVD set or a two-CD/DVD set -- culls highlights from these four nights, picking a few hits but largely relying on songs known best to the diehards. Clearly, the description suggests this is something only for the dedicated, but this bare-bones, intimate setting plays to Incubus' strengths. They sound lean and sinewy, eschewing bombast for nimbly shifting tempos and mood, never succumbing to the moody meditations that occasionally drag down their studio work. HQ Live crackles with energy yet also illustrates the finesse in this sometimes underrated band; stripped down to the basics, their imagination and intensity shine brightly. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2012
Label:	Epic / Legacy
UPC:	0887254405528
Rank:	85703

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Intro
2. Nice to Know You
3. Circles
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Privilege
6. The Warmth
7. Stellar
8. Drive
9. Megalomaniac
10. Just a Phase
11. Anna Molly
12. Promises, Promises
13. Love Hurts
14. Pardon Me
15. If Not Now, When?
16. Adolescents

Disc 2

17. Wish You Were Here
18. Circles
19. Consequence
20. 11 A.M.
21. Promises, Promises
22. Anna Molly
23. Rogues
24. Isadore
25. Just a Phase
26. Glass
27. In the Company of Wolves
28. Nice to Know You
29. I Miss You
30. Pantomime
31. Megalomaniac
32. Blood on the Ground
33. Nowhere Fast
34. Adolescents
35. If Not Now, When?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Incubus   Primary Artist
Jose Antonio Pasillas II   Drums
Ben Kenney   Bass
Mike Einziger   Guitar,Keyboards
Chris "DJ" Kilmore   Keyboards
Brandon Boyd   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

The Doors   Composer
Brandon Boyd   Composer,Liner Notes
Jose Antonio Pasillas II   Composer
Incubus   Producer
Mike Einziger   Composer
Reuben Cohen   Mastering
Steve Rennie   Management
Darren LaGroe   Mixing,Engineer
Alex Katunich   Composer
Chris "DJ" Kilmore   DJ,Composer
Benjamin Kenney   Composer
Gavin Koppell   Composer
Joe Lilak   Management