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Kinda decent for a meme of a band
Honestly, better than I expected. It’s all silly fun. It’s not mind blowing, but it’s not like they take themselves seriously.
There’s a lot to unpack here. I’ll start with the biggest positive, WES BORLAND. He’s the saving grace of this band, I don’t think this is a hot take anymore, but if it wasn’t for Wes, this album would not be on this list and frankly, Limp Bizkit would be not be THE nu metal band. And that’s this albums greatest strength, because of his insanely inventive and original guitar playing, they have this sound that’s both iconic and wildly copied. I don’t think Linkin Park exists without Wes, or they’d just copy somebody else sound. The biggest problem with this album is, obviously, Fred durst. He’s just so painfully cringey and immature. Don’t get me wrong you can have a crass inappropriate album without it being cringey and bad, look at all of Gwar’s discography for examples of dirty gross song topics but done in an elevated creative and silly way. At one point Fred brags about how many times he gets to say fuck… like its bottom of the barrel but not done in an elevated creative way. I also find his vocals to be hilarious, not even in a negative way, I just think he sounds funny. Like one minute he’s growling about Rolling rolling rolling only to follow that up with the highest pitched YEAH! Literally comedy gold. But despite the fact that this album has a bunch of cringey songs that need to be skipped everytime, there’s also a ton of songs that are total mirrors to how young men were feeling and they are undoubtedly THE nu metal band. When you list nu metal bands you HAVE to start with Limp Bizkit (or Korn). That’s how synonymous they are with the music scene at that period of time. Also ona small side note/rant, Limp Bizkit did nothing wrong at Woodstock. For those that don’t know, the Woodstock 99 organizers screwed over their customers and didn’t provide them with clean water, or affordable food, or shelter, or security, etc. so when Limp Bizkit came out on the second day, the crowd went fucking nuts and became pretty destructive. But I can’t stress this enough, that’s not Limp Bizkit’s responsibility, that’s Micheal lang and the other promoter’s job. Seriously go watch the Netflix and HBO documentaries about Woodstock 99, they are great.
Guilty pleasure
- Ummmm wtf is this - On paper I should hate this album, but I am actually enjoying it a bit - It’s like a harder version of the beastie boys
My first time listening to a Limp Bizkit album. It’s not bad. It’s not great. It’s an album of its time. The music is decent the lyrics are dumb. But you can get into it if you just ignore the stupidity of it. But I did kind of enjoy this.
A little embarrassed to say I didn’t hate this…
I unironically enjoy Limp Bizkit and all the goofy ass rage-y hit songs they make. This one has a lot of the classic Limp Bizkit tracks on it, such as Rollin, My Generation and My Way. I wish this album ended at the 40 minute mark though. Limp Bizkit is not a great albums band and the album progressively gets shittier and less fun the more you get into it. This didn't to be 75 minutes long, or have a remix of a track already featured earlier in the album, or that dumbass 10 minute outro laughing track.
on Sunday, November 1st, 2025, sometime around 2 in the morning, in a basement club in the heart of the Cardiff City Centre, i slipped and fell on my ass on the dancefloor after jumping to Limp Bizkit. i know this band isn't terribly intelligent or subtle, but there's something really undeniable about their energy. that's what keeps people my age coming back to it, despite it releasing before we were born. songs like Rollin and My Generation were made for moshing, which is honestly a pretty noble goal. Significant Other has better songs and a better flow but this can do in a pinch. it gets a point for being more experimental, if you wanna call it that. deserves to be one of the 1001? eh i would swap for Significant Other but there are worse choices on here for sure
It was better than expected but went on a bit too long for me. More an album for pubescent teenage boys than grown men I think!
Ik vind het wel een leuke vibe maar zou er niet dagen naar luisteren
Musically there are a lot of moments on your album that are fine, which is why I'm giving it a 2. But the vocals are just really a problem. His voice is annoying and his lyrics are dumb. And why did I listen to that whole 10 minute final track with the guy making fun of the band and laughing?
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water I owned this on CD. Take A Look Around was the gateway, and doing My Generation and Rollin’ at Shidax Karaoke in Hanno with Paul, Bernie, Natsumi, Toru-sensei, Maki, Jason, Chieko, Jay, Ulf, Kim and Kim’s mum was the high that made me buy the album. It is terrible, but I cannot bring myself to truly hate it as there are some very funny memories attached, and, as silly as they are, Take A Look Around, Rollin and My Generation I still like - for all their witless stupidity and narcissistic whinging, I cannot not enjoy them. The remaining of the songs though are objectively lamentable, they’re more pitiful versions of those good songs, and the principal, recurring, overriding, exhausting theme of how everybody hates Fred Durst and are jealous doesn’t exactly give the album much light or shade. If I’d never heard this before it would have been a 1, It’s wretchedness is undeniable, but as it carries some nostalgic weight and as I do like Rollin, My Generation and Take a Look Around , I’ll nudge it up to a juvenile, infantile, baggy jorted, red capped 2. 🌭🌭 Playlist submission: Take a Look Around
These guys took the torch from Kid Rock and went absolutely nowhere with it. To sum up, they are confident enough to know they like what they like, but insecure enough to feel like you hate them for liking what they like, but immature enough to tell you they don’t care if you like what they like and they’ll fight you over it. Now repeat that theme for an hour, and you have an album!
MRW looking at the cover art: https://youtu.be/wLg04uu2j2o?si=6GA_ShOtlMfaGa2Y Sounds like something a 10 year old would write. I don’t know why this album was included from an objective standpoint. It is only spared from a 1 rating since little Sean thought they were badass because they said bad words, and it does have a late 90s/very early 00s “in your face IDGAF to the EXTREEEME” feel to it that I have a nostalgic soft spot for.
✅ not in my edition. it's like if linkin park were bad.
Limp
Plus one star for the Wu Tang track. I was in Jr High when Limp Bizkit hit the scene, and I was way too into them, even for the time. This album is the one where they jumped the shark (if that's possible). If this band has to be on the list (they don't), it should have been one of the first two, and I'm not saying they would hold up at all; what I am saying is whoever added this to the list didn't have the ear of the pimply-faced target audience of the day. Btw, the outro includes a dude making fun of the band for like six minutes and it's by far the most relatable thing they've ever done. Best track: Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)
The day has come. I mean saying fuck 48 or whatever times i guess is an accomplishment. Having just listened to Rage's self titled, there are so many sonic parallels, but replacing Zach D with Fred Durst is almost a crime. So its the complete vapidity of the lyrics, coupled with Fred Durst having a voice for silent film makes me feel so down about this album. Like the instrumentals are actually pretty competent and the sonic structure is sold. It's not just the lyrics, I also don't think his voice is a good fit for this style. Rollin' is a bonafide piece of shit song. It'll Be Okay has some great hooks, and if it had Chester, I would believe that this was a Linkin Park track. Jesus, why is there a 9min outro?!
Might be a "must-listen" only as a cautionary tale. If we don't revisit this miserable pile of musical trash every once in a while, we are at risk of forgetting its "Jacob's Ladder"-like effect on young males and having to suffer another Woodstock '99. Another nail in the coffin of 90's Optimism. Subtract one half-star for being way too long and another half-star for the horrible cover art.
I rated Slipknot a 1, and I'm rating this a 1. That is not fair to Slipknot, in as much as I would not want herpes, it would be wrong to equate herpes with ebola or cholera in sheer awfulness. This was like a combination of ebola and cholera.
1 of the worst albums of all time!!
Not for me. Too many "fuck its", "Mother fuckers", and "fucks" in general. I didn't like this album at all.
More soggy biscuit than teatime at Eton
Middle school swearing layered onto basic riffs and beats, decorated with the worst artwork imaginable. Quite an achievement. Fred Durst is such a turd.
Seriously? SERIOUSLY? I am not allowing this crap anywhere near my algorithms. Unplayed. No stars. In fact, this record should give ME some stars.
The very worst of the worst.
I committed a lot of musical sins in my adolescence but I'm happy to have passed on this Album
Pete Hegseth's favorite album.
Music school shooters listen to. Best Tracks: My Generation; My Way; Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)
Great reminder that this list is NOT called "The 1001 best albums of all time". If nothing else I hope that people will appreciate the work of Wes Borland.
Boom! Bang! Crash! HATE IS ALL THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN LATELY 😔😎
If you wanted to be generous, you could say that this really speaks to a specific time in America. Rage -- suburban, white rage -- was in vogue, and this was the exact soundtrack that was demanded by that demographic. If you wanted to not be generous, you could say that this kind of content speaks to America now more than ever, and that grosses me out. I was the PRIMEPRIMEPRIME demo for this album and band, having been 14-18 in the years of Limp Bizkit's surge into super-relevance, and been a white guy growing up in medium-rural America. To this day I still don't quite understand how this kind of music speaks to people. Politics/culture aside, I don't think this aged gracefully at all, and I say that while also pointing out that this was aggressively terrible at the time. If you want to hunt and peck for things to enjoy, there are some good bass lines, some sick riffs from time to time, and occasionally the 'band' trips and falls into a chord progression that sidles almost all the way up to 'not bad'. Save your time, both by not listening to this album, and also by never thinking about Limp Bizkit again.
75 minutes of fred durst that i cant get back
I can't believe that this album was included as anything other than a juvenile joke and, as a joke, it is significantly more witty and sophisticated than anything Limp Bizkit have ever done. For a short moment, I found an element of this being so bad, it was actually quite enjoyable. Much like say, William Shatner. However, listening to more than about 20 minutes became a tediously annoying chore.
Shit from a shit era. Makes for great hate, perfect timing for 9/11… Plenty of undereducated American males hopped up on testosterone and teen angst and ready to kill. Now they’re cops. Great. Seriously though, fuck these guys.
Are you kidding?
Is this what it feels like to be forced to listen to Axe Body Spray: The Album?
There is some nostalgia to this, but it is embarrassingly bad. The worst of their albums that I've heard.
Gen X never get scolded in the generation wars - I think they need to answer for their crimes of making this fuckass album popular.
💩-1*
Makes a mockery of the genre despite how well it did commercially. Cringy.
Lololololololol hot garbage!
Yeah, no. 1/5
Does anyone like this album?? Like why is this on the list?? Everything about this is awful. The title alone is revolting, as is the album artwork. And the music is this garbage nu metal with nothing to say. They also keep saying chocolate starfish which is just gross and reminded me of each painful moment I spent listening to this. I really should have just not done it. The only silver lining is getting this album so early as opposed to having to deal with it toward the end of my list. 0/5
This is the worst piece of shit in the history of recorded music. Don’t be friends with people who like this. Severance isn’t enough to redeem Ben Stiller for participating.
In Clueless, one of Cher's main gripes about Josh is that he listens to "complaint rock" (aka Radiohead), but I have never heard a band complain more than Limp Bizkit. While Radiohead may complain about how they don't fit in because they aren't good enough for the world, Limp Bizkit act like they don't fit in because the world isn't good enough for them. I love a good "angry at the world" song (Break Stuff might be their most tolerable and relatable song but it is unfortunately not on this album) but dude, the world doesn't owe you shit. The entitlement is annoying and exhausting. Also the music is tedious and repetitive, the songs mostly sound the same with a lot of f-bombs thrown in.
Kids, THIS IS NOT how you mix hip hop and rock. The only redeemable track is 'Hold On' with the only non-insufferable feature on the record in Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots. But that song is maybe a 3 or 4 star track lasting 348 seconds on an album lasting 4,502 seconds (yes, I counted). This leads to an average album rating of 1.15, which is, in all honesty, a higher rating than I had anticipated.
I quite liked LB when I was 13 but this has not aged well. Saying "fuck" and "shit" repeatedly is not particularly clever. And the title is a reference to an asshole, haha, great stuff. There isn't a great deal of substance beyond that either tbh. The hits like My Generation, Rollin' and the Mission Impossible one provide a bit of dumb fun but that's the only good thing I have to say about it I almost leant towards giving this 2* but it's too long, and what the hell are the last two songs which are apparently part of the album proper? A remix of a track that's already earlier in the album? And then a 9 minute outro that's mostly talking?? They annoyed me enough to relegate it to a 1 and not even Method Man can save it
Just like the title of this album, this music is absolute dog water.
Yeah, I think I'm good. It was as bad as I expected it to be. Any decent or passable production moment here (I didn't despise it on 'Take a Look Around') is soiled by the rapping. Durst is a YouTube rapper years before the fact. He is the most intolerable thing here. Yes, the production is tacky, messy, and all over the place - but what could've been a charming, aged, so-bad-it’s-good quirk is ruined by Durst and his whiny voice. I can't stand it.
Yeah, no.
Nope!
It’s hard to pin point when it all went so wrong. Houmous & Chutney tried to do it with their satirical 71st studio album ‘We Know When It All Went Wrong’ but in fact you can pin point it to the year 2000. When an outrageously irresponsible person thought it would be a good idea to let the general public listen to this. Lo and behold 25 years later and we’ve spawned a generation willing to vote Donald Trump in as President, not once but twice. I hold this album entirely responsible. It’s unfair to allow idiots to listen to this! 0.3
This is horrible.
HAHAHAHA. They said 'chocolate starfish'! HAHAHAHA that's rude. The perfect album for a 13 year old boy who hates his parents and is excited by swearing.
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ugh
Truly one of the worst albums ever made. If I could rate it 0 stars, I would
Nah man fuck this
Limp Bizkit? More like Limp Dizckit, am I right??… No??? I’ll see myself out.
This album 100% deserves to be on this list. There are so many good albums that i've already got to listen to through this generator, that I needed to reset my expectations of music can sound like. And this steaming pile of dogshit what exactly the palate cleanser I needed. I will treasure all the actually good music I listen to in my life so much more now I had had to force myself through this audio torture. Fuck you, and thank you Fred Durst. 1 Star.
This list has lost all credibility with this selection.
Oh, I am absolutely not listening to this. Rest assured, dear reader, that I have listened to this. I listened and enjoyed Limp Bizkit multiple times in my youth, but that was 25 years ago and there are not enough rose-colored glasses in the world to make me remember this fondly. And that's without adding in the context gained from watching those Woodstock 99 docs.
Just unbearable to listen in this reality
Oh my god... Torture. How did anyone ever listen to this? It sounds like joke music. And it is extremely sad to me that 10X as many people listen to this than Belle and Sebastian.
Yesterday I got Abbey Road, arguably the best album of all time Today I get this
Jesus Christ. It’s like Godsmack and Insane Clown Posse collaborated to make a way-too-long album inspired by all the worst songs from the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtracks. The intro and the first 40 seconds of “Take a Look Around” are the only okay parts of this album. This is so goddamn bad. I struggle to articulate how much I don’t like it. If I ran Guantanamo Bay, this is the album I’d play on repeat to push inmates to their psychological breaking point and coerce confessions. 1/10
Fred Durst has the worst voice. Every Limp Bizkit song sounds like 1998. Hot Dog is an excuse to say fuck over and over again. To save time they should have just replaced all the lyrics of one of their old songs with the word fuck. Ice Cube and DAS EFX should have sued over him even saying the words "check yourself before you wreck yourself". The music sucks, the lyrics suck, by 2000 this would have sounded dated. They are like a joke band. Fred Durst saying he'd knock someone out is hilarious. They're like an ICP that takes themselves seriously. That's it, he mentions Fight Club...this went from bad to insulting. Xzibit sullied his good name doing this and he is definitely the highlight so far. Mission: Impossible too. It's hard to listen to this. People actually like Limp Bizkit, this is a band that sold millions of albums. I have to buy this book and read the batshit crazy justification of whatever critic picked this. Redman, Method Man and DMX...why? I guess people will do a lot of things for money. Having guest artists that are legitimate really showcases how awful Fred Durst is. The robot voice is stupid but is an improvement over Fred Durst. He is the fakest hard ass ever. He make Steve Seagal look like Bruce Lee. This outro skit is just the perfect ending to a truly terrible ending. Come on Ben Stiller, you too? This is awful, Ben Stiller has a truly annoying laugh and he is chuckling like a moron for almost ten minutes. This is a loop, he's not laughing like this at his own dumb Limp Bizkit burns for five minutes. I respect everyone associated with this album less now. I am literally revisiting in my mind how funny I find Ben Stiller's movies listening to this. This is such a stupid ending to a remarkably terrible album. Thank god they recorded their stupid phone calls to put at the end of the album.
I could probably list close to 200 albums with an argument to be included on this list. Albums that serve to truly enrich the life of the listener. Albums with unbelievable cultural and historical significance. Albums that speak to and/or make sense of the human experience. In lieu of those hundreds of albums, the curator of this project decided to include Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit. They made dozens of questionable decisions, but perhaps none more nonsensical than this one. It's a shame that one star is the lowest rating we're allowed here. 0/5
Music for morons
When this came out I remember seeing the posters all over London Underground and thinking WTF, that is lame. This album reaks of teenage boy's bedroom... Fred Durst can kiss my chocolate starfish, but then as we have learned he wouldn't give a fuck. Some of Wes Borland's playing is genuinely great, but it isn't enough to compensate for all the other things that are completely lame about this album. It's The Eagles for teenage boys who hate their step-dads
What a fitting name for such a disgusting group of musicians
I may only be 809 albums into this project, but I can say with relative confidence that this is by far the worst album on the list. Nu Metal was a mistake.
Horrible. Even worse that YT Music has the censored version, which makes the entire first actual track sound like a stuttering mess as literally every 3rd word is cut out. The vocals are whiny & annoying, trying desperately to sound cool by pulling lyrics from much better bands like NIN, GnR & The Who (and that's just in the first 2 songs (minus "Intro" which barely even counts)). And all packaged into an album named after a slang term for "butthole" and a meat-flavored drink "joke" that was already done by Primus 7 years earlier w/ Pork Soda. Nope. If I want to listen to white-boy rap rock I'll put on Linkin Park, at least they have some decent songs & their vocals don't make me want to tear my ears off. Gave up on track 7. "Listed in the book for 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, but later removed in recent editions of the book" -- yeah, I can see why. One legit laugh out of the whole album (before I rage quit, at least) for the "My Way" chorus, which I recognized from Weird Al's "Angry White Boy Polka" medley. And here I'd thought Weird Al was exaggerating the ridiculousness of the delivery. Nope.
No Durst, no Trump. I mean he did popularize the red baseball cap. Anyway I've been eagerly awaiting my chance to give this a one. No I didn't listen to it but I was around when this was big and I had a couple of misguided friends who enjoyed listening to this album so I'm sure I've heard it in its entirety and there's no chance that putting myself through a relisten is gonna change my mind. You're next Kid Rock.
Apparently the author corrected the egregious mistake that was the inclusion of this album on the list removing it in a later edition. This is just bad in all ways and I made it through pretty much the whole thing skipping ahead when some tracks were just unbearable. A disgrace that this ever made it on the list at all
this book has lost all credibility
Oooh! Swearing! Grow up.
This is an album I do not want to hear again before I die.
Did they actually hard code this album to everybody for it's...23rd anniversary? At least I got this dogshit out of the way in one fell swoop between my personal and group listens
Oh come on...really? REALLY Robert? THIS is on your list? You're gonna make me sit and listen to it so I can trash it more than it's already been trashed? Or are you just trolling us all with this one? I got two songs in before switching it to a much better nu metal album (System of a Down’s debut)
Uh, yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and take a page from the Book of Bizkit itself and keep things rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin’.
This project is really starting to suck
I didn’t have a great day today and that may be because this album got generated 1/5
fuck off
No, no. You can't trick me. I'm not fouling up my music recommendations for this obvious troll pick.
Why is this garbage on the list? Oh wait, it got taken off, rightfully so. And why does it have to be so long? Thanks for including a 9 minute track at the end of some douchebags laughing, that's art. Ugh. 1 star.
Fred Durst still sucks mondo ass.
No
I kind of went back and forth between a 1 and a 2 because it's objectively not *that* bad and has some genuinely good moments. But ultimately for me, it's just so stressful and unfun to listen to.
Absolutely awful. Easily the worst music I have ever heard
Poor garbage
I'd have more respect for this album if it was called 'Buttholes and Dick Water'. But not much more respect. Production is pretty clean, the music itself is fine. Imagine if there was something to hear, lyric-wise. Could be something. This is sort of like if you took Eminem's music and removed any hint of introspection. "Maybe life is up and down But my life's been "what" till now I crawled up your butt somehow And that's when things got turned around" Hmm. Given the choice proposed, between his way or the highway, I have chosen the highway.
Truly one of the worst lyricists of all time. If there weren't enough reasons to dislike Fred Durst, I had no idea that they had this song where they basically just took Nine Inch Nails lyrics and turned them into a shitfest. How? Why? Why again? What on earth are they thinking here? Goddamit, why again?! I hate, hate, hate his stupid whiny voice. Dude sounds like angry Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. I hate his "singing" voice. I hate that there's a line about how he doesn't even smoke marijuana, but he loves the smell. NOBODY thinks that. Even if they did, who the hell decides that's a cool thing to rap about?? Just stupid. So, so dumb. I hate the title of this album. I hate the font they chose. I hate the cover "art." I hate that there's a butthole on that starfish, and typically that's an idea I could get behind, and I hate them for that. There's one song on here that would be a good Deftnes song. I don't even want to say which one, because the title is dumb and the lyrics are dumber. The Mission Impossible song would be good minus the vocals, but then separating Durst from this band is the real impossible mission, innit? You can't. I can't. I won't. The only thing I can appreciate is the probability that the album is on the list for the sole purpose of fucking with us. That's the only explanation here.
Holy god make it stop my ears are bleeding this is so bad I might cry. NO NO NO. Help.
the absolute worst of roided fat headed backwards hat wearing white frat boy bullshit that somehow gets called music. I don't have enough terrible things to say about everything and everyone responsible for creating and liking this. 0 anythings and if you like this I hate you too.
I think this is the worst album we've had so far. It probably isn't since we have had a few doozies but in recent memory . . .
If you crossed the Chili Peppers with The Beastie Boys you might get decent group, it Limp Bizkit ain't it. The album cover and album name also suck
Misogynist egocentric juvenile pap. Averagely played. No subtlety. No nuance. I’ve rounded up the star rating. This is an album no one needs to hear.
I was doing ok about 30 minutes ago, now I'm feeling so well.
I lived through Limp Bizkit when my 12-year-old son got into them. Those are only unpleasant memories, so I became extremely nervous when this album popped up. Still, I skimmed it (pretty quickly) & the nausea was only mild. It’s just not for me, for a plethora of reasons that I’d rather not go into. Thank Christ he moved onto hip-hop, which, while also challenging, at least threw up some great music. Not like this.
I do not even know where to begin with my loathing of this album. The juvenile title, abysmal cover art, the terrible songs, the annoying vocals that swing between yelling and whining, the terrible production, the angry and misogynistic lyrics, and just plain base idiocy of it all. I only just managed to get through all 75 minutes of it, and now have to wash the nasty taste out of my mouth. God, this is just awful....
Shit. Always was, always will be. I doubt the parents of the band listen to this.
”Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water was listed in the book for 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, but later removed in recent editions of the book” Aivan sietämätöntä. 1/5
Hmmmm, couldn't much get into anything in this. Even the title is offensive or juvenile, I'm not quite sure.
Yeah nah this was pretty much unrelentingly awful.
its limp bizkit… its bad. the name of this album comes from a joke about anuses and shit smells. theyre dumb as hell. this got taken off this list for a reason (though it was here in one of the earliest iterations). yucko stupid shit.
really? why did i say publicly i would listen to all of these... it takes a lot of effort to be this bad
Surprised how many songs I recognized, and despised, from this album. This is LB at the height of their global hatred.
What garbage. Listen, I love metal. I love rap. I even like a lot of rap rock. But man, I hated this so much. It's just so bad. The lyrics are juvenile. It's not just that they sound like they were written to appeal to 13-year-old boys. They're also just... bad. Like a notebook filled with curse words written in crayon. I try really hard not to come across like some sort of elitist snob (I mean, my favorite band is Ramones so I don't have much of a leg to stand on there) but this is just SO DAMN IDIOTIC. I tried to ignore the dumb vocals and find a star for the musicality but even that's not great. It's so basic and emotionless. This whole band comes across like a bunch of middle-school boys standing by looking for cops while their leader yells the two curse words he knows as he gleefully chucks rocks into traffic.
Ugh. Terrible. Everything about this album is idiotic, from the name of the record, the name of the band, the artwork, the songs, the lyrics, the themes. It is a terrible terrible record. There was a time when Limp Bizkit had some fun songs, but by the time this album was out, they were jumping the shark, pushing their luck on how much patience the world has for them. All these years later, with the benefit of hindsight - it's even more terrible - the songs are about nothing, but the whining of a petulant white asshole, starting off with a very badly executed diss track towards Trent Reznor, and ending with an attempt and self-deprecation that is even more cringeworthy than had they avoided it. I can't even laud any of the hits from this album as they are totally hollow and just remind me of jocks with baggy pants and backward baseball caps and wallet changes doing the 'rolling' dance. ugh. This was Limp Bizkit which I had a little sympathy towards a very narrow selection of their older stuff when I was younger - I shudder to think when Kid Rock's album will turn up. I'm bracing myself.
long and bad
Not a fan
Absolute pish. Grew incredibly tired of the constant forced angst this record seemed to present very quickly. There is only a number of times I can hear a man shout 'F*ck that sh*t' before I start pull out my own eyelashes in frustration.
Even morons find this moronic.
The intro is the best song on here.
honestly insulting that this album is even on the list
no
Ugh. Another album I haven't listened to since I was like 15, but unlike Kid Rock, I felt like I owed it a refresher since Wes Borland's Big Dumb Face side project has a really good album under its belt. It's kind of amazing how little charisma Fred Durst has. "Aggressive bro whining" really shouldn't be a thing that exists. While Kid Rock swims in a cesspit that matches his tobacco spit personality, Durst lowers the quality of some mid-tier grooves that could have otherwise been saved with a better frontman and some better production.
This isn't a situation where, "I wish it could be rated less than one star." No I think this is actually a deserved 1 star. This is not a zero star record. That's the nicest thing I could say about it.
Sophomoric and utterly putrid.
Oh lord. The cover, the album title, boy I'm not looking forward to suffering through this album. I was on a good run with some great music I hadn't heard before, so statistically this was bound to happen. Let's see if I can see why I need to listen to this. Yeah, no. Zero stars. That outro was just kicking a man when he's down.
Dismal. The band was somewhat OK but the lyrics and vocals were so bad I actually laughed a couple times. Oh and the cover is the worst.
No idea how this has made the list... Although I do remember my generation and Rollin being on every music channel for a long time. Can't remember if I liked it when it first came out.. Think I probably did but I remember a lot of taking the piss out of it too. It is, and I'm sure always was terrible, no matter if I did like it as a angsty teenager and it goes on way too long. Trying to be so edgy and just quite bizarre in parts really. Actually cringed during one track... Think it was "the one". Take a look around is probably the best track. Given I just gave genesis a 2 and I also gave slipknot a 2, I can't give this any more than a 1. Would feel too harsh on Phil Collins... Also it was terrible.
Why is this on this list?
Can I give this 0 stars? I thought nothing could possibly be worse than Kid Rock but clearly I was wrong. It took everything I have just to get through the second track (first actual track after "Limp Bizkit in tha house!" intro). This flaming pile of excrement is dated to a specific moment in pop culture and toxic masculinity that I hope is forever buried in the past.
LMAO 1/5.
Lives up to its album cover. Getcha Groove On was the only one I enjoyed, mostly because 90% of it was Xzibit My Way and Rollin’ are listenable, but overall this album is not my cup of sludge
Hate this - immature crap
Hot Dog- 2 My Generation- 1 Full Nelson- 1 My Way- 1 Rollin'- 1 Livin It Up- 2 The One- 5 Getcha Groove-7 Take A Look Around- 7 It'll Be OK- 5 Boiler- 4 Hold On-6 Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)- 1 Total- 33%
Artless stuff. The music, cover and name. No taste.
Not for me.
This is just... terrible.
ugh
No.
Ugh….
GOD I LOVE THIS SHIT
If I wasn't 14 when this came out, I probably would have given it one star, but I was so it is getting 5 stars. I can't objectively judge this album, so take it with a grain a salt. Just have to say, you needed to be there.
Y aquí vemos como el “arquitecto” no tiene ni p*** idea. Yo puedo ser fan acérrimo del primer disco, pero en una lista de “1001 discos a escuchar antes de morir”, que pongas “Chocolate starfish” antes que “significant other” …. Voy a llamar a la policía.
Классика, что скажешь
Keep rollin rollin rollin rollin, buenardo
absolute peak
Full Nelson
Increíble que el primer álbum que si escuche sea de limp bizkit
Guilty :(. 5.0
Obviously nostalgia sways my opinion on this, but an absolute belter of an album. No skips at all, start to finish fantastic, and just great fun. A iconic album of the Noughties, thoroughly enjoyed going back through this one today.
I hate myself for having to come to terms with the fact I enjoyed literally every song on this monstrosity. What a fucking disgrace of an album, and yet I nodded my head along to them all like a complete moron. I even listened to this a few extra times just to confirm I hadn't come down with a temporary bout of psychosis. Lyrics/Songwriting? Braindead at best. Album art? Actually fucked. Instrumentals? Okay yeah fair these go hard. Fred Durst's voice? Dreary. And yet? I loved this thing. Fuck. I need to get my head checked.
Album 125. Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (https://open.spotify.com/album/5mi7FKaWE5CtcOjdyxScA7?si=V41Je5AVSaacKZaVxpNKPQ) — Limp Bizkit (2000) Thank God we have Limp Bizkit. I was genuinely amused when I saw average rating 2.5 aghahhhahahlol. Yeah, it's kinda shit. But it's great dope shit. 5/5 Liked songs: — Hot Dog — My Generation — Full Nelson — Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) — Livin' It Up — Take A Look Around — Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)
Годнота годная! Супер альбом по звуку, по формату, по смыслам. Прям такой телепорт в 2000!
I kinda hate that I have to rate this 5/5, but fuck it.
I know, I know... But I don't give a f*, y'all
It's a classic Nu album 22/1/26
unexpectedly loved this
Love this
just one of those days, where I wake up, and this is today’s album, and everything fucking rocks
Legendary. One of my favourite albums ever - even non-singles and interludes here are brilliant
everything besides the fucking outro and the fuckass rollin' remix is no skip. idk what method man and dmx were on when they decided that was a good idea
It is very 2000s. For me it was az introduction to metal.
honestly this album isnt my taste anymore but the cover art and overall influence this album had on my life makes this a five. such an iconic album im so glad i found this when i did.
Never was a fan of Limp Bizkit. I knew a few songs, but this is the first time Iheard a full album. It's a 5/5, a complete experience of a metal/rap fusion that defined an era. A great album!
YEAH
Here’s how it breaks down: 2⭐️: A couple of really great musicians in this band, makes them more compelling than a lot of other nu-metal acts. Still not a great listening experience though, just a good and colourful example of a bad genre. 2.5⭐️: In the Woodstock ‘99 footage you can watch Fred Durst gradually realize that the crowd is becoming a tinderbox. Instead of easing off like a normal person, he goes on a long spiel about imagining everything that’s ever pissed you off, and then commands the crowd to release their negative energy. You can see the angel on one shoulder and devil on the other, and the devil tells him to throw the match and he does it. It’s maybe the most captivating bit of film I’ve ever seen. Obviously it’s not Good. But it’s certainly Special. 0.5⭐️: “Leadership/Leave your shit” “Enough of this/Now I’m pissed” is probably the best pair of rhyming couplets ever composed.
You want to hate it but it’s almost a guilty pleaser. Outside of linking park, they’re the peak of nu metal- a mash of hip hop, scratching, metal by angry young men rejected by too many women. A Peak 2000s album that crossed from a sub-genre to mainstream.
Wasn’t expecting to but I loved this mix of rock, hip pop and punk more than I ever thought. Starts with head banging, lost me a bit in the middle but then came back again strong, probably a 4.5 but I’ll round up.
lots of songs i like
I don’t believe there is a rhythm section in the world that sounds like the light-up bass guy and the little fella. Nobody sounds like Wes Borland. There is fortunately only one Fred Durst. Some songs are stupid and fun. Some songs are surprisingly intricate (The One) Some songs are utter shit like whatever that last track is. It’s a unique album and I enjoyed it so it gets a 5
Sensational sounds
The Bizkit made a great album here, boiler is an amazing anthem to nu metal everywhere Fuck the haters
He disfrutado muchísimo este álbum. Decir que nunca había escuchado un LP completo de limp Bizkit ni me considero un fan, pero menudo viaje al pasado, a la adolescencia, a los pantalones anchos y la MTv - la buena -. De nuevo la nostalgia millennial me hace puntuar alto un disco. Pero es que cuando da en el punto exacto no puedes remediarlo. Mención a la época en la que añadían un último track, normalmente dejando sonar el disco tras la ultima canción, con cualquier coña o broma del grupo
Love it. Hard songs, amazing lyrics and Fred Durst as its best. Nostalgia 90s.
Limp Bizkit, een nu-metal band geformeerd rond een charismatische zanger, die inmiddels meer grijze haren heeft dan wij bij elkaar. Ik ben uiteraard bekend met dit album, maar destijds vonden we dit al een stuk minder dan de eerste 2 albums. Waarschijnlijk was de snob van dienst er wat laat bij. Hij werd overigens wel gecorrigeerd, want inmiddels staat dit niet meer in de snoblijst. Het is natuurlijk wel leuk om de eerste 3 albums van Limp Bizkit nog even onder de loep te nemen. Met "Three Dollar Bill Y'all" kwamen ze in 1997 ten tonele in de hoogtijdagen van de nu-metal (wiki spreekt van mainstream breakthrough 1997-2001, nou dat klopt perfect met deze band), met een rauwe crossover van metal en rap. Niet dat dat nu zo vernieuwend was, maar zoals eerder gezegd was frontman Fred Durst een charismatische kerel en dat helpt toch wel om je op de kaart te zetten. Er kwam geen hitje van dit debuut, of het moet zijn dat de cover van Faith wat airplay kreeg. Album twee was hun grote doorbraak en als ik een album van Limp Bizkit had moeten selecteren, dan was het dit album geweest. Significant Other begon in 1999 met het hitje Nookie, maar het bekendste is denk ik Break Stuff geworden. Door de vele samenwerkingen met collega nu-metal-mannen en Method-mannen is het een mooi gevarieerd album. Ik sla uiteraard het liefst de hiphop over, maar door de afwisseling met het gitaarwerk kan ik het prima hebben. En dan komt dit album met de idiote naam. Stardom is Fred Durst wat naar het hoofd gestegen gok ik, dus de nummers verliezen wat aan (zeggens)kracht. Het is keihard mainstream cashen met nummers als Rollin of My Generation en ze doen lekker kinderachtig mee met de hiphoppers en laten vooral hun spullen zien. Take a look around lift wel heerlijk mee op de epische tune van Mission Impossible en is misschien wel hun beste nummer, dat moet ik wel toegeven. Maar dat komt dan door een riffje dat niet van henzelf is. :-P Het is eigenlijk veel te commercieel voor de snobs. Je zou denken dat ze dan toch beter een album van Deftones hadden kunnen selecteren. Ik noem White Pony nog maar een keer. Dit album is misschien niet helemaal die 5 waard, maar ik zit er toch wel heerlijk van te genieten. Dus kan ik alsnog weinig anders dan op die 5 sterren drukken.
Love this F&^$ing album! Standouts: Everything! Every F&^$ing song! 5/5
Still great
So good!
What can you say about this album that hasn't already been said about the Mona Lisa?
Late teens Favourite... 40 year's old favourite. Its a Great album and ahead of its time. Commercial yes.. but not as approachable given the hard edge and volumes of swearing. I actually wondered how someone who enjoyed Miles Davis would go listening to this or if they would just skip it? Hmm
I had this album released on a tape cassette! Absolute classic of new metal and my favourite band, along with Korn. Never was a fan of Linkin Park :-)
I love this album and am not ashamed to admit it. It still bangs to this day.
Loved this one, not every song but most of them. Atmosphere and sound are amazing, highlights are Boiler, Take a look around (duh), My Way... Easy 5 stars.
Wore a red new era cap backwards for the whole album.
Limp bizkit!! 90s kid
goat
Yeah! So the lyrics are inane and crude. The album title is an abomination, and the artwork makes me want to yak. But listening is such GOOOD FUN! And sometimes I just want my music to be fun - so this is getting five stars and a place in my Tidal library.
This album was surprisingly better than expected. Nu Metal passed me by but I can understand it's popularity with albums like this.
Fake-angry, self-important, and humorless. Oh, and repetitive.
Five stars to counteract the haters lol
"Rollin" is a great song. I remember it being The Undertaker's entrance music in WWE from 2000 - 2002. Limp Bizkit performed the song live at WrestleMania 19.
It was one of the first CDs I owned, and I also played it until it was almost see-through. I loved it and still do.
What can I say about this album. Its the sound of a generation of angry angst ridden kids. Rollin was the undertakers intro music and was possibly the most overplayed song that year. Fred is an awful human, but the rest of the bad is incredibly talented (especially Wes Borland). I know it's a biased scored but that's the fun of this project
Classic
I’m a product of my time. I love Limp Bizkit. So I’m inherently biased, and I know I’m going to rate this 5-stars based on vibes alone, especially since this is their only album on this list. But I still have a ton of thoughts, so hear me out. I think you would be hard pressed to find a Millennial trans woman– especially one who was emo or scene during her teen years– who doesn’t have a soft spot for nü metal, and in particular Limp Bizkit. I think that’s because being forced to experience boyhood made us angry. We may have been too young to relate to the Gen X lyrics of malaise and frustration about absent parents, jobs, and being seen as losers by society, but the aggression of it all was palpable. I know that’s why I latched onto it, and while I think you could make a valid critique that Durst’s lyrics are a product of toxic masculinity, I also think, as someone who grew up angry that she had to adhere to any element of masculinity whatsoever, Bizkit’s songs also unintentionally reject societal expectations of what it means to be a man. (Not to mention Wes Borland’s guitar tone, which sounds eerily glitch-adjacent like so much of the glitch music made by trans people today, but that’s a topic for another time.) Obviously, I didn’t get any of this when I was 7 scrolling through MTV or listening to my trailer park cousins’ CDs when they babysat me. I just liked the general vibe of Limp Bizkit: bouncing rhythms, heavy riffs, DJ scratches, and a funny loud frontman. But as I grew up and revisited those records, it became a little more obvious, particularly within the last decade or so as nü metal and Bizkit have gotten a slight critical reassessment. Bizkit crashed out hard, and burnt down their whole subgenre in the process, so I grew up loving emo and hardcore, as nü metal was dated by the time I was old enough to buy my own CDs, but a lot of my initial seedling love for heavy music came from Limp Bizkit, and I can be honest about it while also appreciating them today, because I can now relate heavily to the anger that drives most of their records. But how do I feel about Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water? That’s a little more complicated. Superficially, this is a good metal album. If you can meet Bizkit on their rap-metal terms, I think you have to appreciate their talents as musicians. Without looking at the lyrics, just tonally-speaking, they are a consistent band, and this album is no exception. These are song you can bob your head to, rock out to, etc. Minus the “Intro,” which is fine but an intro nevertheless, the first 7 songs are perfect pre-9/11 era heavy music. I’ll admit, “The One” throws off the vibe a lot, but “Getcha Groove On” brings it back pretty quickly. While the rest of the album takes a half-step down in quality, it makes for an overall consistent if front-loaded experience. The biggest offense here is the “Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle)” reprise, which has a god awful beat but is saved just enough by the guest verses, and of course, the Gen X obnoxiousness of the outro, which is, again, an outro. Yet, when I do listen to the lyrics…it’s hard to argue that Chocolate Starfish is a substantive record. Lyrically, it’s as deep as a clogged shower filled with your ex-girlfriend’s hair you haven’t cleaned out since you broke up three weeks ago. Throughout Chocolate Starfish, Durst sings anthems about nothing. Suck my asshole; you don’t care about my generation, old man; keep rollin’ (come on!); everything sucks; I hate you and everyone and myself; fuck me, baby; fuck me, I’m sad. It’s all 5th grade journal bullshit, and thin as hell. And that’s the joke about Limp Bizkit and nü metal– it was never that deep, and the angst was a passing fade before these boiz grew up and got real jobs. But if you go through Limp Bizkit’s back catalog, in particular Significant Other, yes, you’ll find songs about these exact same themes, but lyrically, they are not only explored with more depth emotionally, but also explored with more literal depth, aka the writing is fleshed out to make a real cohesive point. This is not the case on Chocolate Starfish, and of the 3 good Bizkit records, it is obviously the worst one because it is lyrically superficial. Aesthetically and culturally speaking, though, I love Chocolate Starfish. If I want to just vibe out to aggressive but fun metal, Chocolate Starfish is the way to go. It’s not a record I need to listen to when I’m pissed off, or want actual depth. It’s kind of a brain-dead album, one that is enjoyable mainly for the vibe, not the material substance. That reflects the times it was released, and therefore, is a fun historical artifact, too. Does Significant Other do all that while also providing the listener with depth and complexity, making it more deserving of a spot on this list and sincere praise? Yes, 100%. But what can I say, I’m down with the Bizkit, even when it means loving a bimbofication metal record about being mad but being so ADHD that you forget what you’re mad at half way through the song. And honestly? That’s hot, and I relate to that.
While the music isn't a technical jazz marvel there's also something to be said about being to the point and coming together with the vocals and the vibe to create a bigger experience. When Limp Bizkit came up there really wasn't anything quite like them, there were obviously other nu metal acts, but none with the same juvenile, frustrated yet energetic sound and lyrics. To this day I'm not really sure if I "like" Limp Bizkit, but their tracks have a catchiness and an aggressive unwillingness to be ignored and accepting the state of things. It's music that feels like it wants you to do something about the things that frustrate you Standouts Hot Dog My Generation Full Nelson My Way Boiler 5/5
11/30/2024 How the fuck did I get this record as my first record!?? I’m truly blessed and I’m excited to “GET THE FUCK UP” hold the hot dog water pls. Lmaooo
Oh boy, I like this one. Grew up with it and it is still a banger. Sadly, the political views from Fred Durst are not so much a banger...
Cannot believe this is getting a 5 but here we are. This album bops so hard. People criticize Fred but I can’t imagine anyone else selling it as hard as he is. Just silly masculinity at max volume. Unrelenting. And all the slow songs sound exactly the same. Echoey guitar and soft voice. But overall it’s fun to listen to by yourself while doing dishes. Outro is awful as well. Still a 5 star experience!
Led Zeppelin 4? Dark Side of the Moon? Hell , Graceland? They all bow down to the power of the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Oh fuck yeah, it’s Limp Bizkit baby! I would have a really hard time honestly saying that Limp Bizkit is a guilty pleasure of mine. But that’s only the case because I feel absolutely no guilt! Like a lot of their records, this one kicks off with a weiiird intro. Not much to say about that one. But then we immediately drop into “Hot Dog” which is an impressive lyrical exercise on using the word “fuck”. It’s also a delightful little shot at Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, so much so that Trent was actually given a writing credit on the song. Wes Borlands signature guitar tone absolutely shreds this tune, and the rest of the album for that matter. It’s hard not to bob your head along with this one. “My Generation” starts a little slow, but pretty quickly slams into that classic Nu Metal sound that we all know and love. Later in the song we get some DJ lethal scratching, which is just delightful. “Full Nelson” is a pretty standard Nu Metal track. I’m not a huge fan of Fred Durts lyrics on this one, almost a hair too self pity for me, but the chorus is catchy as hell. “My Way” is my favourite song on the record. The post grunge vibes hit hard, and you can see the inspiration Fred drew from Aaron Lewis in the verses on this one. Sam Rivers bassline really makes this song what it is, and its further proof of my long held belief that he’s severely underrated as a bass player, far more talented than most root note kings of the era. “Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)” holds a special place in my heart as it was used as an entrance theme for the Undertaker during his American Badass era in the WWE. 10 year old me loved this song, and 30 year old me loves it just as much. “Livin’ it up” makes use of a sample of the Eagles “Life in the Fast Lane” and it’s just objectively fun. Another excellent example of Wes Borland’s punishing guitar tone here. “The One” is a bit of a strange track, not much to write home about, perhaps more of a space filler than anything. “Gotcha Groove On” may be one of the most 2000 things I’ve ever heard. Xzibit doing a feature with Limp Bizkit was a bit mind blowing to me the first time I heard this record, decades ago. Yo dawg we heard you liked gettin’ your groove on. “Take a Look Around” is a sleeper pick on this album, super catchy bassline and the little guitar hook throughout is such an ear worm, it’s hard to ignore. “I know why you wanna hate me, ‘cause hate is all the world has seen lately” is one of those lines that ain’t remotely profound, but it’s just as true now as it was then. “It’ll Be Ok” is perhaps a great example of Fred Durst’s more emotional side, it’s a pretty song with a banger of a chorus. Wes Borland’s clean guitar playing here is technically challenging as it is beautiful. “Boiler” is almost haunting, another pretty classic Limp Bizkit track. More DJ Lethal is always more better. “Hold On” is one of my favourite LB tracks, Scott Weiland (RIP) bares his soul here, and the duet between him and Fred Durst is shockingly great. The harmonizing really does it for me. Then we’ve got the most ridiculous remix of “Rollin’” with Method Man, Redman, and DMX. What an insane thing to even exist. We are truly blessed by the nu metal/hip hop gods. The outro is far weirder than you’d expect, which is saying something. Not worth talkin’ about. This album is just absolutely bonkers and I’m so glad it exists. I have heard and I even understand every criticism of Limp Bizkit, and I just don’t care. It’s a fun nu metal album and no one can stop me from loving it. 5 stars.
What's up with the fun police in the reviews? This album is banger after banger
Not sure if it’s the nostalgia of loving this album as a kid but I think it holds up extremely well and loved it.
Stupid fun
Only cowards who are lying to themselves give this a 1. Keep on rollin' baby.
This album is such a fun fusion of genres. It doesn't take itself too seriously and I appreciate that. Just chaotic in your face energy. The outro was a waste of 10 mins of my life but honestly I had so much fun with the rest of the album I'm excusing it.
What other album ends with Ben Stiller making fun of it, and then laughing for 5 minutes straight, followed by a voicemail from Rob Dyrdek? Cannot give this less than a 5. Inarguably one of the most iconic albums of my lifetime.
Удивительно, что и спустя более чем 20 лет, он слушается с таким же удовольствием как и в 2000 году. Бриджи просто ахуенные. The one и hold on в сердечке.
absolutely atrocious. 5 stars
Angry teenage hype stuff init
Sorry but
Great album all the way through. 5/5
I always said that I don't like this group, but having heard this album with open mind I have to say that I loved it! I was so wrong.
De GOATS
Brings back SO many memories! Classic. 5/5
Okei tästä mulla onkin sanottavaa. Muistan kun luin jostain että tää levy on tällä listalla kun joku valitti siitä että miksi ihmeessä. Mää ymmärrän kyllä sitä miksi tää levy tai Limp Bizkit ylipäätään ei maistu jollekkin. Ohan tää ainakin ameriikassa vähän sellaista lukiokovis musaa ja Fred Durst kanssa antaa sitä samaa vibaa. Levyn nimikin meinaa kusta ja paskaa. Mutta kyllähän tää oli tosi iso 2000 lukua ja tää soundi on niin nostalgista. Tällä levyllä on tosi monta hittiä ja Wes Borlandin kitarariffit on oikeasti helvetin kovia. En mää välttämättä kehtaa tälle 5 tähteä antaa kun ei tää ehkä sitä ihan ansaitse, vaikka kyllä hittien määrällä ansaitsisikin. Ja tuo Xzibit featti biisi yllätti. Parhaat: Hot Dog, My Generation, Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), My Way, Take A Look Around, Boiler, Livin' It Up
It has it's place, never really listened to this at the time, I really thought I would dislike this but I don't surprisingly, Fred's vocals do get a bit much after a while and some of it is juvenile garbage spew, but mostly I don't mind it, 3.5 so ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I never knew there was so much hate on these guys until reading the reviews. Who knew. Never really listened to them other than the singles. Yeah the lyrics are rather childish and stupid, but the punchy riffs are top quality and there’s some decent variety in songs (not the lyrics). It’s all rather fun really, and Rollin’ is always a banger.
Enjoyed it a lot more than I expected after reading some of the 1 star reviews. Sure there are some pretty ordinary tracks but some of it rocked. I’ll definitely give it another play when the most is right.
I kind of dig it hahah
I grew up with this album so I cannot give a fair first time listener rating. Not as good as Significant Other, but still solid. "My Way" is probably the best written LB song to date. RIP Sam Rivers.
i had forgotten how much fun this album was. i went into this totally expecting to be rolling my eyes, but no man, they had it back then. especially loved the outro skit with ben stiller making fun of them. i remember the early 00s and how delicate one's persona was and it's actually super confident to put that kind of thing on there. really fun time
Dachte am Anfang es würde mir nicht so gut gefallen wie Korn oder LP aber bin dann gut reingekommen und hat schon gegrooved und gevibed
The best part about this was Apple Music censoring the album's title to C***************h. Potentially an award winner for most use of the word fuck in an album? Either way, they were never my favourite band growing up but they bring a sense of nostalgia for me so bonus points for that
Amaze, amaze! Ta album mam na cdju, iz OŠ cajtov. (Mi je pa kot odrasli osebi kinda disgusting naslov albuma.) "Hot Dog" je a banger. The amount of fucks je delightful, reimagined "Closer" od NIN & pa neverjetno of the time izraz 'You better check yourself, before you wreck yourself' - amazing. Po pa "My Generation"? Dj nehi. "Full Nelson" - super za teenage angst. Oooo, "My Way". Pa sledi mi "Rollin'", fuck me. So far, all good. Če ne bi glih ta teden vidla reel, kjer nekdo quota začetek tega komada ("Livin' It Up"), ne bi po možnosti nikol dojela, da je na začetku shout out Ben Stillerju, ha. "The One" je glede na celoten vajb so far surprisingly vulnerable? Ha, Xzibit, k je bil glih v Kino Šiški (komad "Getcha Groove On")! Ful sm rada gledala Pimp My Ride. Uuu, "Take a Look Around". Moram rewatchat Mission Impossible. "Boiler" je hud. Remixa od "Rollin'" je vseen, če ne bi blo, kljub Wu Tangu. Alas, nostalgia prevails. (Fak, sam ta loopan smeh od Ben Stillerja v "Outro" je pa za popizdit.)
Really liked this album! Favorite song off it is "Hot Dog"
La roba mi gasa, è un genere che va preso a pillole altrimenti stufa.
plesant surprise
People hate Fred but Wes's guitar is iconic.
Me parece una genialidad (así como ellos lo mencionan) la forma en la que meten punk, rock, hiphop en una licuadora y mezclan todo de una manera que compagina sumamente bien Hay canciones que son bien reconocidas, justamente, y dan mucha energía al escucharlas, las menos conocidas del álbum no se quedan atrás, solo que quizás son un poco más suaves Le meten hasta electro en algunas partes, y no un electro chafa, buenos elementos del género Reescuchable 3.8
1st one i actually owned
Some may say that at a track length over an hour, this is an excess of overdursting that few can survive. I kneel. I close my eyes. The breeze feels natural and welcome against my skin. There is no passage of time. For these 75 minutes, the hands of the clock freeze on my behalf. With each symphony of edgy skateboard-metal, my heart's yearning is felt for the next to come. I am brought peace and sanctuary. This is the right place. Also the cover is the most atrocious blight a mortal lifeform could ever hope to commit upon a godless world, but in a good way. Why does it look stretched? What's going on with the clouds in the background? Would you really want this album to have a beautiful masterpiece of a cover? Or would you really want this album to have something sort of boring, average, passable and informative? That's not the kind of vision I could personally have for the world. The way things are, right here, right now, this is what feels proper. This is what makes sense. The people thirst for the Durst
INTRODUCING THE CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVOURED WATER...
Very good
This album really takes me back. I was a big fan of Nu Metal growing up, and I really do enjoy some Bizkit from time to time when the mood strikes. The first half of this album is especially great, and some songs at the end of the album are good as well. Say what you wanna say about Fred Durst, but sometimes you just gotta keep on rollin' baby.
3,5
Esta es la puta vibra, aunque nadie en esta página lo entienda. No digo que los miembros de Limp Bizkit sean los mejores liricistas del nu metal, pero escribían las canciones que la nueva generación necesitaba en la época. La música disruptiva puede ser también divertida y este álbum lo prueba. ↑: My Generation, Full Nelson, My Way, Rollin' (Air Ride Vehicle), Getcha Groove On, Take A Look Around ↓: Boiler
Very genre. Such angry. Fred doesn’t take himself very seriously these days but was full of bad ass attitude back in the day. A fun retro listen. Listening again to this after 20 odd years I am surprised how much I don’t dislike it. Some decent Melodie’s and tunes beyond Durst’s incessant angry shouting “motherfucker”
I wanted to hate it, but it took me straight back to middle school in a surprisingly good way.
GET THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/10
classic ps2 mx vs atv music. As dumb as the whole thing is, its very unique and actually pretty good. 3.5/5
Favorite Track: Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)
Imagine a 22-year old white guy wearing an Affliction t-Shirts, baggy black shorts with a chrome chain, a skull belt buckle, dirty hi-top black & white Vans Sk8s, waxed spiky hair, a juvenile scraggly beard, a nose piercing, and two huge black gauges in either ear. That's your stereotypical Limp Bizkit listener and it hasn't changed since Y2K. You either love or hate Limp Bizkit. I fall in the category of ironic love. If you listen to the band just to headbang in your garage while pounding natty lights, this band rocks. If you listen to it expecting genuinely good metal music, you're going to cringe. It's aggressive drums, bass, and guitar, catchy tunes, chantable lyrics, and all round "dude-bro" vibes. They sing about sex, breaking the law, drugs, taboo behavior, and drinking. It's mosh-pit party metal to its core and inspired an entire sub-genre of metal "Nu-Metal" and also "Rap Metal". On this album, notably, is: "My Way", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", and "Take A Look Around" which are arguably this bands 3 of their top 5 songs. I make fun of Durst's voice all the time and I think it's hilarious, but this whole album actually jams. I go through my "Divorced Dad" metal phase about once a year (Though I've never been either) and this album is always in the rotation. 8/10 - I understand the hate, but choose to ignore it.
So, I fully acknowledge that this is not a good album... but it's so much fun. It's no Significant Other or Three Dollar Bill, Y'all, but it's still got it's fair share of bangers. I think it starts to lose stream after Take A Look Around. It's another album that falls into that 3.5 range... this time I'll go up to a 4, just for how much I was enjoying the majority of the album.
lyrics are soooo bad, but this is my child hood soundtrack so it gets a nostalgic 4 (at least 1 star higher than the actual quality)
This album was so unique and interesting. I believe it was the first rock/hiphop album
Yes, this album is crass amd goofy. But I don't think that's a bad thing. For the reputation this album has, there's a surprising amount of depth, artistry, and passion for the music being made. No it's not for everyone. But this is a good album with a lot to enjoy, and a lot of range for a raprock band. Top tracks: My Way, Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), Boiler
This is the second Limp Bizkit album I've heard, the other being Significant Other. I'd consider both guilty pleasures—lyrically they're not deep or anything, but their sound of rock/rap mixup is undeniably catchy. SO had the problem of many tracks sounding the same, but this album offers a little more variety and quirkyness. It's also got several certifiable hits, so I'll give it a 3.5, rounding to better-than-average.
This might be the worst album cover of all time. The lyrics are juvenile and contain little beyond false bravado. Many other nu-metal/hard rock artists have better vocals, more skilled musicians, and more complex composition. I completely understand why this album was taken *off* the list of 1,001. In short: it's hard for this album to appeal to anyone beyond teenage boys. On a related note: I was a 15 year-old Mountain Dew-chugging white boy when this was released, and this shit still slaps for 40 year-old me. I can't call it good, but I also can't honestly give it lower than a 4 since I'm rating all these albums subjectively. If the second half of the album were better or shorter it would get a 5 (although the track "Boiler" still holds up). Yes, it's simple, but it still fucking rocks. Yes, the lyrics are stupid, but they're kinda fun and (shockingly) you can actually understand them and sing along. OK, you wouldn't "sing" along, but "raise or lower the pitch a bit while you kinda yell" along. I gotta say: I genuinely enjoyed my time with this album. So if you're keeping score, "Sgt. Pepper's" and "OK Computer" are 2-star albums according to me, but Limp fucking Bizkit has a 4-star album. Today is one of those days where I can't believe I was a valedictorian. Gave a speech at graduation and everything. There were nights where I was listening to "My Way" and "Rollin'" and "Livin' it Up" while absolutely *crushing* my trigonometry homework (and probably taking breaks to play Tetris or Galaga on the TI-86). 4.4
(5/7) good for a rage run, probably my favorite metal so far
Classic from college
Sick album, Wes Borland is just amazingly good.
Whelp, there's all my 2000's nostalgia. Songs like My Generation and My Way are classics. Hold on is very nice as well. Just be aware that he does not in fact say "Simon Says" in the song Rollin' so you don't actually need to do what he's telling you. Anyway. Still a decent album, but hardly a great one.
Has some great tracks, almost a 5 but there are 3 or 4 tracks which just bring it back to a 4, especially outro, really should have left it off.
The pussies are gonna hate this one
Thank you for the nostalgia. I hid away in shame that I loved this album in middle school. Looking back now, it’s not as problematic as some of the other stuff at that time.
The end of the album drags a bit. But the hits kick ass!
Hell yeah
I went in knowing exactly what it was going to be, and that is pretty much what I got. I do not love it, but I do not hate it either. Some of it is daft and over the top, and some tracks have a bit of punch. A lot of it might feel dated now, but I loved many of the singles at the time. I enjoyed a few moments, then had enough.
bangers
So bad it's good? Always liked this album
This is just pretty stupid
Will admit I listened to this a bunch back in the day. Nostalgia has it at an immediate 5, still slaps, don’t care. But, minus 1 star for the ridiculous and juvenile “chocolate starfish” concept and cover art.
If it were half the length, I’d like it better. Still, it’s a good picture of where this style of music was at that time. It sold a lot of copies cause people liked it. I like some of it a lot... the rest, I could do without.
I didn’t think I was going to like this when it started. But, the music is “really” good. The guitar playing and drumming are particularly exciting and driving. This is exceedingly thoughtful stuff. What a treat!
This was big for me during my formative years. Giving a 4 although I’m sure this album receives a lot of hate now.
Ah Limp Bizkit. Peak 2000 right here. When the rap rock genre took off with Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Tech 9. His singles were absolutely HUGE when they came out with Rollin, Break Stuff, My Way, Take a Look Around. Limp Bizkit was popular due to counter culture and a result of everyone who hated the Mickey Mouse Club bubble pop that was also dominating music, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, Brittany Spears, Christina Aguilera were absolutely hard countered by Limp Bizkit, Eminem, Kid Rock etc. Guys like Durst, Eminem, Kid Rock at the time represented a young, working class group and they really stood alone, and there was more of an overlap with hip hop than metal. You see that with the Xzibit, Method Man, Redman, DMX features on this album. Metal bands did not share this demographic and metal fans did not like Limp Bizkit. It was a different type of aggression that appealed to the struggling middle class, blue collar workers. The whole "IDGAF, everything sucks" type of lyrics appealed to this audience. It's an angry album, immature, not deep at all, Durst's voice can be annoying, but it is a great album to represent 2000's counter culture (along with Eminem's first two albums). It is a fun album and great to rock out to in your car. It's funny that this album has always been so polarizing. It's not horrible and definitely has some appeal, it's just not something to listen to to feel inspired. It's just an angry aggressive album which has it's place. I like that it's included in this list because it really does define an era and a group of people, and the overlap and hip hop collaborations were awesome. Eminem shouted out Fred Durst in The Real Slim Shady and they kind of represented the same group of people. The only difference is Eminem went on to establish himself as one of the GOATs in hip hop and Limp Bizkit just kinda faded out along with the Hummer humvee's of the early 2000's.
Vilken jävla resa. You wanna mess with Limp Bizkit? You can’t mess with Limp Bizkit
What!? Did NOT expect Limp Bizkit. I have never heard a full album by this band but I feel like I know them well. Let's do this. This is an album I've always known existed and I had a friend who had it in middle school but I had never heard it. It was so much better than I expected. This is the kind of music that can only work when delivered with absolute conviction and a braggadocio that Fred Durst embodies with his entire being. From unexpected explicit Nine Inch Nails references to big single Rollin and its unknown rap-centric cousin to the outro skit to the brilliant zeitgeist-capturing Mission Impossible interpolation that accompanied the most self-indulgent of those films, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the most unique hit album from the year 2000 and could truly only have become a hit album in the year 2000. It is a fascinating study of the times. I will listen to it again.
Far from my favourite Nu Metal band, but you can't deny the contribution they had to making metal appeal to the masses. And this album has a lot of the hits. The album cover is absolutely hideous though. One of the worst album covers.
At first it wasn’t anything that special, kind of annoying vocals, but it got significantly better as it went on. I’d actually listen to some of these songs out of my own volition. Ok fine, this grew on me a bit too much, not a solid 4, but 3 feels a bit too low. There's some great stuff on here man. Also, what’s going on with the cover? I hate it, yet I love it. It unsettles me, yet it intrigues me. It disgusts me, yet I can’t take my eyes off it. I don’t want it on my wall, I need it.
It was fun to finally get around to listening to the entirety of the album. I played it riding to and from work on my bike I never quite a few people who were visibly bopping along when I stop at intersections for red lights, and I actually got into a brief conversation about that old school s*** with some homeless people when I stopped to pick up groceries.
Up there with weirdest album names but definitely memorable
These guys have been hated on and now they are strangely loved, but I've always kinda had a soft spot for them. It's not good, but it's a lot more fun than a lot of the stuff that is "good"
I like it. 4*
it's trash but sometimes you want trash
Honestly I love this, though I realize I didn't appreciate it AT ALL when I was younger.
4.4 Wow. I laughed when this came up. I haven't listened to it since I was about 15, and I thought it would have aged terribly in that time. Can't get across how much this was the fucking coolest thing ever when this was released when I was 12. Fred Durst ruled the world for a few months, despite being an absolute tool. The thing is, in hindsight he knew he was tool. He knew this was his 15 minutes and thought fuck it, I'll play it up and pretend I deserve it. I think it was all a charade though, given by them fully embracing the novelty band aspect at modern festivals and putting on a banging set list, almost completely ignoring anything that came after this album. Fair enough. To the album itself, I'm giving it a high score as, like I did between the ages of 12-15, I'm instantly skipping the three shite songs - both Rollin's and Betcha Groove on. Ignoring them, and discarding the intro/outro, you have about 50 minutes of 10 actually fucking enjoyable songs. Looking back now, the musicianship is a hell of a lot better than I accounted for in my young brain. Wes Borland is actually incredible, the atmospheric moods he creates is phenomenal, there's a large argument he was 'wasted' on Fred Durst but fuck it, at least we got to enjoy it. His solo stuff was terrible so it's not as though it was a complete loss opportunity. Sam's bass is super groovy, really brings out some tracks, and Johns drums are super tight. And Fred...we'll, he's not to everyone's tastes, but if you just allow yourself to slip back into the mind of angsty pre-teen then he's almost godlike, and you know what, fuck it, I'm here for it. This album is one of the biggest surprises on this list, and it's one I've heard 1000x before. Fair play lads.
Hits
I want to hate this album but it’s just so much fun
Great memories!!
Unfortunate how much I enjoyed this album
4/5 Certified Bangers
Shout out to Terry Parker High School, The Matthews Bridge, The Arlington Section of Jacksonville, Our Generation, and Ben Stiller!
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' come on! The Fred's voice is sooo contagious . Love the energy
Klassieker met een paar echte knaller, maar ook wel een beetje vermoeiend en schreeuwerig na verloop van tijd.
Alright, so I am very far from being a Limp Bizkit fan, but I actually really enjoyed this. I now see/remember why they were a pretty big thing back in the day. Their sound is still fresh and they really had something interesting with their blend of styles. One listen was enough though, haha. Four stars.
Heard of this band through an Eminem track; wow, this is dope af!
Absolutely loved this. Made me hate my grandma and fuck the old generation
where's break stuff. this is so fucked
Energetic and fun.
I've never listened to Limp Bizkit. The album cover is off-putting. "Hot Dog" is good. I dont mean this negatively, but I would have loved this when I was eleven. I like "Full Nelson". This is the background music to me sitting on the bus to school daydreaming myself into awesome anime fight scenes. The production on "My Way" is dope at the beginning. This is a very different song to the previous ones. "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) is also sick. "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle) has some awesome features." I can perfectly picture how everyone looks at a Limp Bizkit show. It would be a lot of fun to be at one. I thought that Limp Bizkit were from the early 90s, surprised to see they're right around the late 90s/early 00s. This album was really surprisingly good. Great beats, great flow, OK lyrics. Lots of variety. There's a couple of dope features. Method Mad has a sweet verse. Parts of the album remind me Linkin Park, other parts Eminem. 8/10
Ah yes. I remember...
The infamous Bizkit album. But you know what, I had a lot of fun listening to this!
Me encantó y eso que le escapo a este mundo. Boiler lo conocía y reafirmo que es un gran tema. Nota: 3.9
Good
greatest album title of all time fred durst is the best gen x-er to ever gen x, no competition. highkey its terrible but I can't help but love it. there's def better nu metal, but ts is so fucking fun idgaf
This album got way too much hate in these reviews for what it provides. Clearly no one here as bombed down a groomer on a bird blue day with this under the flaps of their boarding helmet. A concept album and a masterpiece. 8/10
It’s dumb and it’s fun as hell
Lol, people round here just hate fun While I believe Rollin' deserves a whole remix album let's be real, this album was already so long. Bad tactic More like 3.5 because of the length, but it was fun so
lots of 5ers but enough songs i dont care for to not reach that grade. if I liked the genre more maybe
yoyyyyy