Make It Be

Make It Be is the first collaborative studio album by American musicians R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner, self-released on January 10, 2015.[3] The album was recorded in November 2012. On March 10, 2017, it was reissued through Bar/None Records and was met with generally favorable reviews.[4]

Make It Be
2017 cover. Illustration by Stephen Kalinich
Studio album by
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2015 (2015-01-18)
RecordedNovember 2012
StudioFalkner's studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre
Length52:52
R. Stevie Moore chronology
Herald, Goods
(2014)		 Make It Be
(2015)		 Nobody Pays Me Much Mind Until I'm Gone
(2016)

The album consists of newly written material along with rerecordings of a few Moore songs.[5] Its reissue added one more track, "Horror Show", written by Falkner.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[1]
PopMatters[6]
The Wire[7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, Make It Be received an average score of 79 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4] The Guardian's Gwilym Mumford wrote; "A certain tolerance for Moore’s loopier sound experiments and slam poetry skits may be required here, but for the most part this is an appealing mix of strangeness and sheen."[1] Tim Sendra of AllMusic reviewed that the "record is packed with really fun, great-sounding songs and moments where the guys sound like they're having a blast working together.[2] PopMatters' Jeff Beaudoin deemed the album "a fine, fine record that deserves to be heard now and well into the distant future."[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I H8 Ppl"R. Stevie Moore3:51
2."Another Day Slips Away"
  • Moore
  • Roger Ferguson
4:30
3."I Love Us, We Love Me"Moore3:52
4."Gower (Theme From A Scene)"
1:39
5."Prohibited Permissions"Moore0:31
6."Stamps"Moore2:30
7."Guitar Interplé"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
1:30
8."Sincero Amore"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
3:20
9."Don't You Just Know It"
3:42
10."If You See Kay / Run For Your Lives!"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
3:50
11."Guitar Interplay Dos"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
2:45
12."That's Fine, What Time?"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
4:03
13."Play Myself Some Music"Moore3:41
14."Passed Away Today"
  • Moore
  • Falkner
5:41
15."Album Drop"Moore1:15
16."I Am The Best For You"Moore4:49
17."Falkner Walk"Moore0:57
Total length:52:52

References
  1. Mumford, Gwilym (April 13, 2017). "R Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner: Make It Be review – loopy lo-fi intrigue". The Guardian.
  2. Sendra, Tim. "Make It Be". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. Moore, R. Stevie. "Make It Be [ltd ed]". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
  4. "Make It Be". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  5. DeVille, Chris (March 3, 2017). "Stream R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner Make It Be". Stereogum.
  6. Beaudoin, Jeff (March 29, 2017). "R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner: Make It Be". PopMatters.
  7. "Make It Be". The Wire. March 2017. p. 50.


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