The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus, Vol. 2: New Skin

Vitamin String Quartet

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The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus, Vol. 2: New Skin Review

by Johnny Loftus

Quite simply, the second volume of Vitamin's String Quartet Tribute to Incubus covers much of what the first didn't, augmented by tracks from the group's late- 2003 effort Crow Left of the Murder. With the usual combination of viola, cello, and two violins, the set runs through chamber music-type instrumental versions of oldies ("Nice to Know You," "Are You In?") and newbies ("Megalomaniac"), completely missing the harsher angles in Incubus' music and eschewing much of the loose-limbed soul. "Circles" does feature some rousing layers of violin harmony, but that doesn't make this tribute anything more than a novelty for Incubus diehards.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Megalomaniac	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	04:27	Amazon
2	Circles	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:49	Amazon
3	Have You Ever Brandon Boyd	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:15	Amazon
4	Are You In?	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:56	Amazon
5	Just a Phase Brandon Boyd	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	05:05	Amazon
6	Nice to Know You Brandon Boyd	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	04:41	Amazon
7	New Skin	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:36	Amazon
8	Privilege Brandon Boyd	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:52	Amazon
9	Idiot Box Jose Antonio Pasillas II / Alex Katunich / Gideon Koppel	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:53	Amazon
10	Blood on the Ground Brandon Boyd	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	04:28	Amazon
11	A Certain Shade of Green Randy Muller	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	03:05	Amazon
12	Doctor's Orders	Vitamin String Quartet feat: Ya Baby! String Quartet	04:43	Amazon