Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

An album I hated at the time, and still do! The MI:2 song was ok, and is the only reason for this nonsense scoring more than 1.

I mean not a terrible album but not the best, I liked a couple songs Top tracks: Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle), Take A Look Around

The most 2000 album possible (he dedicates a song to Ben Stiller for fuck sakes). Limp Bizkit obviously sucks but I was trying to figure out why they were so huge. I was in Nashville a few weeks ago and saw a version of a bar band that I’ve seen a few times now. They have a charismatic lead singer who stands on the bar and gets into it with the crowd and who flips back and forth between genres and does medleys of seemingly unrelated songs. It’s a great time in a crowded bar after 9 Coor’s banquets. This should have been Fred Durst’s career. Holding down the 10-12 Saturday slot at Blake Shelton’s bar, closing with Devil Went down to Georgia with Sweet Child of Mine thrown in the middle of it. However, through some fucked up cosmic aligning of stars Limp Bizkit briefly became the biggest band in the world. I think what happened is they happened to catch the tail end of the era where people identified as fans of only one genre of music, but just as the internet was making it a lot easier to discover a much more diverse catalog. Limp Bizkit rips off/samples/interpolates Nine Inch Nails, Rakim, The Eagles, and even the Mission Impossible theme on this album. It (rightly) feels extremely derivative today but it was novel in 2000 and I think appealed to people who liked “life in the fast lane” but didn’t think it was cool to say so. Throw in the generic heavy guitars, even more generic “fuck the man” lyrics, and enough references to sex to make teenagers not want their parents to hear it and all of a sudden they’re selling out arenas. What a time to be alive.

1.9 Would have been better as an instrumental album.

Conflicted between calling this the worst thing ever or the best thing ever. Sound is incredibly dated and that stunts it the most, but when it bangs, it bangs.

Significant Other has a better flow. The cover art is sooooo creepy.... Eh, caught myself enjoying some of the songs.

Not without skills but the anger, puerile lyrics, and approach to humor all fail for me.

The majority of this is loud, brash, and unsubstantive - particularly the first half, which seems to incorporate all of the worst and most overused elements of heavy metal, hip-hop, and alt rock into one slushy mess. One red flag was in Hot Dog with the horrendous lyric "If I say fuck two more times / That's 46 fucks in this fucked up rhyme". (Side note: by the end of this pair of lines, "fuck" had only been said 45 times. Points docked for inaccuracy.) The lyrics don't particularly evolve or improve over time - nor does the sound, which is often blisteringly loud, including the vocals. Yes, I could turn down the volume, but the auditory overload primarily comes from the poor, blistery production, particularly on the guitars. Distorted electric guitar can sometimes sound great (see: nearly all Led Zeppelin tracks that use it), but when you can't hear a riff anymore, a line must be drawn. There's also the issue of rapping. I'm not typically a fan of rap anyway, but add to that Fred Durst's general inability to rap (compared with popular contemporaries) and you get a pretty bad result. Had me wincing - when I was engaged enough to do so. But when Limp Bizkit avoids horrific eardrum torture and uses Durst's singing rather than his rapping, it actually produces some decent tunes. My Way, The One, Take A Look Around, and It'll Be OK are all songs that succeed because of their non-overbearing sound, fun guitar riffs, and genuinely good melodies. This is good enough reason to raise the album to a 2. Plus, as another reviewer pointed out, I can avoid having the extremely questionable album cover forever pasted onto my front page. 2/5 Key tracks: It'll Be OK, The One, My Way, Take A Look Around

It's like a 12 year old wrote these lyrics to try and piss off their parents with naughty words.

The only tolerable songs for me were the ones with actual rappers. The rest was cringe. Moronic lyrics.

don't get it, didn't at the time, no idea why it's on this list - I didn't hate it, but I don't get the fascination

I expected better, the only good songs were singles really, lots of filler

This album makes me want to eat a single toast with friends.

These guys are angry at everything

Ugh. It might have been better without the rap crap.

Þetta hlustaði maður á alltof alltof oft, því þið vitið útvarp/vinna/Xið. Þetta er ekki allt fráhrindandi, það er einstak gítarsound sem er næs og ekki allt leiðinlegt, en meirihlutinn er nú samt dead boring, bæði þá og nú. Ég myndi samt frekar hlusta á þetta en Slayer.

Best Song: Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle). I feel like for this song, Durst just said "Fuck it, let's make the song 90% chorus", and honestly it kind of works. A song that'll leave you wondering, "why shouldn't we keep it rolling?" Worst Song: The One. Somehow, in an album called "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water", this seemingly earnest attempt at a love ballad comes off as the most pathetic. If you're looking for a song to make you cringe, this could be the one. Overall: It's just so dumb. They're clearly trying to be edgy and confrontational, but for some reason it just comes off with the energy of a golden retriever acting out. Sure he's digging a hole in the garden in a place that he shouldn't, but at the end of the day he's still just a golden retriever.

J’ai commencé l’album avec une appréhension négative en bouche; Craquelin Insipide n’est pas réputé pour être dans les best, peu importe la catégorie. Je n’ai donc pas été surpris de découvrir que c’était effectivement de la belle grosse merde. Seulement, c’était de la merde bien pyramidal, à la manière d’un emoji caca. Les paroles, aussi dépourvu d’intérêt qu’une divagation aggressive d’un sans-abri à Berri-UQÀM, se glissent bien sur l’instrumentation mal mixé, créant un tout qui a le mérite d’être écoutable. Bref, n’écoutez pas cet album

Some absolute bangers here but also a lot of highlights of exactly what was wrong with music at the time.

Ah here's the definitive rap metal/nu metal from late 90s to early 00s. Both the rap and the metal are bland and a perfect example why people say they don't like nu metal after listening to this. Listen to Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Slipknot or Linkin Park instead of this. Those bands are great.

obviously this is absolute bollocks but I think people give it too much of a kicking. Rollin and the Mission Impossible one are good

It is very dumb and a bit fun but ultimately I would never like to listen again

-1 for the title. I really don't need music to make me think about sausage boiling water. Disgusting.

Cet album a mieux vieilli que je l'aurais pensé, mais considérant que ça reste du nu metal très moche, ça reste que c'est un album qui est plus ou moins oubliable. J'imagine que si l'on regarde ça du point de vue que "rappelons nous de tout ce qui a marqué la scène musicale, le bon comme le mauvais" alors on doit lui donner une chance. Mais c'est vraiment quétaine, try hard, très "oh je suis un dur de dur qui écoute de la musique explicite". 4/10

Not really my thing. It started off well with the intro, but the mix of metal guitars, cringe juvenile references to themselves and hip hop doesn't work. Shame as when it was more mellow it was getting somewhere.

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Meh. Couple popular songs but overall bland.

Was not looking forward to reviewing this. The site paused me a couple times while I had it in my queue and I finally decided to bite the bullet. Now don't get me wrong... it's pretty bad, but the generic beats and and guitars aren't overly offensive and can be catchy at times. The angst-ridden lyrics are not good but I could see teenage me being into it. His whiny voice is probably the worst part. Anyway, everyone knows what they are getting into with this but it's probably not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. 2.5 stars

“Look at me! Look at how I say ‘fuck’ all the time. Isn’t it amazing how edgy I am?!” - Fred Durst (probably). Swearing, cliches, and rhyming words with themselves - the album. The sad part is, the instrumentals are actually okay, bordering on good. Nothing about this is offensive to the ears, which keeps it from getting a 1. It’s just that the vocals are So. Effing. Stupid. Being on the same track as DMX and Xzibit (far from the GOAT) doesn't help matters for Mr. Durst. It’s also kind of funny how much better the production values are on “My Way” than the rest of the album.

Well, that certainly was an album. So many cringe bars and lyrics. It has a few good moments but those are once in a blue moon. Don’t think I’ll be returning to this any time soon.

2 stars. maybe.

Limp Bizkit want you to know they don’t care so much that they wrote a whole album about it. Firstly I felt they were ripping off Beastie Boys, other times Incubus and god knows who else. I don’t get the NIN diss track, especially considering Trent Reznor is vastly more talented. I honestly always thought Limp Bizkit were more of a joke band but now I’m wondering if they take themselves seriously? My favourite “Limp Bizkit” song is Cookie by Cookie Monster followed by their section of Angry White Boy Polka by Weird Al. Actual Limp Bizkit…? Ah - no thanks. There were some songs I didn’t mind but the irritating moments outweighed them. This is the first album which I am absolutely perplexed is on this list. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Getcha Groove On - Dirt Road Mix made it into my running playlist because of those basslines Rating: 2

I suppose "1001 albums to listen to" is not exactly a promise that every album will be good. Fred Durst has such a goofy ass flow. The album cover is HIDEOUS. On "Getcha Groove On," the beat is pretty catchy, and Xzibit starts the track off well, and then Durst's chorus is soo underwhelming. Lots of the instrumentals aren't half bad, but the lyrics are not impressive and rather corny. Maybe in 2000 this was really revolutionary stuff. I can see how songs like "My Way" and "Rollin" could get a group of people going. The aesthetic is clear throughout most of the album, but does stray to a more sensitive approach with a few songs. "The One" is very boring, but I appreciate it and a few other songs for showcasing a perspective other than "kiss my chocolate starFISH" The slow songs do exemplify that the band is not very engaging without all the heavy guitars and big drums, as they can feel like they drag on. Though don't get me wrong, the fast songs can drag on too. Also, you could cut about 4 or 5 songs from the album. But good for them for getting Method Man, Red Man, and DMX for another version of their most popular song. "The Outro" is cute. Would be a lot better if it weren't 10 minutes long

It’s like Eminem mixed with Korn. 4/10

Too many F bombs, good rage album.

This is objectively an awful album. Like real fuckin bad, pure dogshit level. The production is shit, it's a solid 15-20 minutes too long, Fred Durst is a wack vocalist and an even worse lyricist etc. Honestly I could go on for quite a bit. The one saving grace is that the riffs are sometimes pretty decent. But. BUT. It's such a fuckin stupid album all the way through that it actually becomes really entertaining and funny. Like, it totally fails at everything it sets out to do but, by sheer luck, Limp Bizkit fluked their way into this album not being a chore to listen to.

This album objectively sucks. Too long, musically it's a clown show, the lyrics are shit, and it just feels like a pointless record. But it's not completely shit, because it somehow gets entertaining. It has 'Rollin'', which is a fun and nostalgic song for me, acting as a bit of a saving grace for this one.

meh.

🍫 ⭐️ 🐟. NOW LISTEN. THAT'S CALLED MOTHERFUCKING BARS, FELLA. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!! Honestly though, it would be a one, but it does have Rollin' which is defiantly one of my most guilty pleasure songs. But this a really bad album.

I love RATM, but it makes me sad that they influenced stuff like this. Xzibit was the highlight of the album. Listened to the whole album, and still not quite sure if Fred Durst "gives a fuck". 2 stars because I actually like the music. If they got better lyrics, and got rid of Fred Durst, it might actually be decent.

Writing this on my phone cause I don’t have much to say. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Their Spotify profile says “Limp Bizkit is an infectious spirit.” True! But I didn’t get infected and I’ll probably never listen to this again.

I thought there was no way I could listen to the entire album.....I did. I will never listen to it again, but I did finish it. Some decent beats, but the lyrics are terrible. FUCK went through my head for 4 hours.

Elke keer dat ik dacht dat "oeh dit klinkt nice" werd het verpest. Stoor me ook heel erg aan de titel en cover, ze zijn veel te veel "oehh look at us we don't care we maken het lelijk oehhh"

frankly a small thing

"Go ahead and talk shit/talk shit about me." The problem with referencing other bands so heavily, especially in the opening moments of your record, is that it reminds the audience they could be listening to those other artists instead. Why would I listen to "Hot Dog" ever again when I could just listen to NIN's "Closer"? Durst seems to want me to. I was relieved to get to "My Generation" and discover that it's not a cover. Instead it's another numetal song filled with more sloppy references. It isn't top to bottom dog shit. I came close a couple of times to having the kind of dumb fun that (I think) is intended here, like on "Full Nelson." I liked the instrumentals for "My Way" and "Hold On" a fair amount. The sample and interpolation work is a mixed bag. "Take A Look Around" interpolates the Mission Impossible theme is overwrought, but in a way that's fun to listen to. On the other hand, the interaction between the Eagles' "Life in the Fast Lane" sample and the hook on "Livin' It Up" is unforgivably corny. I'd be more forgiving of this album if it was a reasonable length. I'm already embarrassed by the amount I've written about 'Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water.' I admire the audacity of including "Outro." If you tapped out on this album after the first couple of songs or didn't listen at all out of "principle," you're a coward and being silly. Highlights: My Way, Getcha Groove On, Take A Look Around, Rollin'

Wow la pochette est vraiment affreuse! Parodie ou effort d'hommage ou de répartie? On trouve nombre de références à d'autres pièces connues. Je ne sais pas pourquoi je me suis infligée ça, on dirait un groupe qui a composé 2 chansons et a essayé de trouver quoi dire d'autre autour pour faire un album.

I hated this when I was young and, if I am honest, I still do now. For me this is full on wrestling entrance music. Loud, brash and completely over the top. That said, listening to it again did bring back memories. I had a mate, Crowton, who absolutely loved this album back in the day. Hearing it now takes me straight back to those times, and that nostalgia is the only reason it scrapes a two out of five. Sadly Crowton has since passed away, so in a strange way this record now feels tied to those memories of him. Musically, there are a couple of tracks that still have some energy. My Generation and My Way are probably the highlights for me. Beyond the first few songs though, there is a lot of filler and it quickly becomes repetitive. Favourite songs: My Generation and My Way Least favourite: After track six it really drags Album artwork: Completely mental. Definitely not something you would frame and hang on your wall Not an album I enjoy, but one that now carries personal memories that mean more than the music itself

It's not as bad as some people have wrote, some ok tracks, some not so good ones and it's far too long

A blast from the past that was not as good as I remembered it.

I mean the sound is cool and there are some real good damn the man songs. For angry rock it is not bad. But seriously why you so angry...you grew up middle, white class males in Jacksonville, Florida! You say you were bullied (which can be traumatic, no denying that) but you have spent the rest of your life spewing anger and hatred at everyone else. You have even said Putin is a nice guy...WTF. I want to believe your life was really that bad and that you are trying to share those feelings through art, but in today's climate this album gives real white privy incel vibes

Some Bangers, but let's be honest, it's mostly shit :)

There are waaaay better Nu Metal albums than this one, even from Limp Bizkit.

This one does trigger some amount of nostalgia for me, but that's not quite enough to overcome the vibe that most tracks on this album are sub-par. Fred's lyrics have always struck me as a little too angsty and immature, like a tweenager adult who never grew up. Listen, I'd like being in a mosh pit for some of these songs in a live concert, but as an album I will probably never willingly listen to this one again.

Oh Jr high nostalgia- this album was miserable to re-listen to

Loved this one in middle school

I rolled my eyes when I saw this was the album of the day. All I remember from them is the song Nookie from the late 90s, which got way overplayed. But when the album started, I found myself grooving to their intro and the first song with the NIN mashups made me laugh. Then all the songs started to blend together a bit. Has an immature kind of feel to it but it did kind of make me nostalgic for that era of weird pop culture yell rock. I dunno. I’m all over the place with feelings on this one lol. It’s fun for what it is, but it’s lacking some serious depth. Dude laughing in the outro was so annoying. That outro put a bad taste in my mouth. I thought this had potential in the beginning but damn.

LB gets a lot of hate, especially this album. I didn't think it was bad, but I can agree that the lyrical content is meh. I dig the overall sound of it though.

I'm not angry, just very, very disappointed. I was in my mid teens when this came out and hanging with a crowd who were really into this (I wasn't), so any enjoyment was largely as a result of nostalgia, rather than excessive quality. The tracks I didn't hate were The One, My Way, Rollin', Take A Look Around and Hold On. Some of those had catchy hooks or half decent tunes. The album as a whole was far too bloody long, Fred Durst's whiny, posing anger is laughable and I didn't think much to the production. And I listened to it in full, so the final track with its looping laughter made me righteously angry. Still not the worst album from this project that I've endured, so I can't rate it 1 star.

Absolutely awful. Setting this made me question the whole process but I listened dutifully. They do what they do well I guess, but what they do is knucklehead music completely devious of substance. Does Durst consider himself a rapper? He had no good lives whatsoever and the best verse on the record was from Xzibit.

Good god nu-metal is just the worst shit ever. I really wanted to give it 1 star because of how up-it’s-own-ass the final song is, but the rest of the album wasn’t absolutely atrocious, more just annoying. 3/10

Wow, this album is so much worse than I remembered it. Mundane and uninspiring music coupled with foul language for the sake of foul language, there’s little to redeem this turd. This album should only be listened to by those seeking to worsen their condition.

Some songs from my youth but honestly didn't love it

i honestly have never understood how this genre became so popular. “nu metal” was everywhere from the mid 90’s to the early 2000’s. after hearing this album, i have come to the conclusion that fred durst is playing a character, in that nobody is this obnoxious in real life. he comes across as a douchey college frat boy, and his use of the word “fuck” is as if he is a middle schooler that just learned the word. it is literally on this album dozens of times. *so edgy* anyways, this album is not good. apparently durst had some sort of “beef” with trent reznor in the late 90’s, so of course there is a diss track in which durst sings about how much better he is than reznor (spoiler alert: he isn’t). and the album doesn’t get any better from there. when he is not talking about how much of a badass he thinks he is, he sings about how he doesn’t understand why people don’t like him. this proves that he has never listened to this album, for if he had, he would understand why people don’t like him.

Hip-hop mosh rock for angry 13-year-old boys. Except for Hold On which he actually sang in and was actually pretty good.

I didn't like this group when they were popular and I still don't. I'm not sure what's so great about this.

Probably should be more embarrassing than it actually was listening back. Durst’s vocals are easily the worst part.

This band has a song or two that I can appreciate off of the album. I respect that he was able to call in heavy-hitting artists to feature on a track but it doesn’t change the fact that he can’t sing and his lyrics are pretty one-dimensional.

Pretty dire in places, but with recognisable bigger hits mixed in. So a real mixed bag, but stays at 2* due to the other parts of the album.

Hmm not a huge fan

Obviously some people like this, but I don't. I'll give it two stars but man that wasn't pleasant for my ears.

There are some good guitar riffs in there, but the whiny self referential lyrics just suck. It also gets repetitive the longer you listen to it. Could have done with 5 fewer songs on the album. At least the outro is kind of self aware.

Not my fav of theirs but a couple good hits.

Where you at? Enough said....

- Vocals are annoying. - It's quite repetitive. - There's some nostalgia thinking back on the edgy videos and 2000s vibe that prevents me from giving this a lower grade.

Rollin is still a banger

Doing a crunchy riff and screaming fuck doesn't make you Rage Against the Machine. I really don't know which is worse, Durst's voice or the lyrics. Why did they hire angry 14 year olds to write them? Seriously, sometimes they sound OK but most of it is poor.

too long. rollin is a classic but most the songs just sound the same. the outro is too long too. 10 minutes of shit talk🤷‍♂️

Irytujący wokal

Okay as a first draft. Cut half the material, revise the other half, and resubmit.

Woo. I fucking liked this band as a 13/14 year old. I distinctly remember this coming out and being hugely disappointed. Was their other stuff better? Because this is awful

Oh so much worse than I remembered. I liked this! How? It’s bad. It has moments I’ll always be fond of but as an album, this just sucks.

stolen from another review: Chocolate Starfish is a messy, vulgar piece of work that isn't worth anybody's time but will still be remembered for it's moment.

I've never actually listened to this band before and honestly it was better than I expected (which isn't saying that much as my expectations were catastrophically low). A lot of it is just so dumb though.

franchement je met 2 et c'est bcp pour cette énorme merde mais bon comme je l'avais emprunté à la médiathèque et que je kiffais à l'époque ... le feat avec DMX Methodman Redman sauve l'album

Fred durst is a douchebag, that’s certainly true but my actual problem with the album is first it’s length and how much the singing kinda sounds like shaggy off scooby doo. Some songs are okay though so I don’t think it’s a 1 but it’s not very good 2/5

It's dumbfounding that Limp Bizkit became any sort of cultural force, because it's so damn dumb. Most of the personality of Limp Bizkit comes from frontman Fred Durst, who is only ever obnoxious in his delivery. Whiny vocals, repetitively crass vocals, all overpowering the mix so the only thing you can think about is whatever garbage Durst is spewing at any given time. The first actual song, Hot Dog, is this odd diss track that riffs on Nine Inch Nails' Closer. It sucks because it's reminding me of a much better song. Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (quick sidebar, does not need to be said but terrible album title and cover) has moments that I would actually consider to be good. The rest of the band brings unmatched nu metal riffs that feel like the peak of the genre. Dynamics are used to great affect and I'm consistently impressed by everyone except Durst. There are two notable exceptions where everything falls into place and you get the best of Limp Bizkit: the first is My Way, which is incredibly hype and utilized in the greatest video package ever made, promoting the all-timer WrestleMania 17 match of The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship. Hearing that outro over the quote "I need to beat you, Rock. I need it more than anything that you could ever imagine" gives me chills. Masterpiece. The second exception is the immediate follow-up Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), where the band manages to completely make up Durst's shortcomings as a vocalist. It was also used as an entrance theme for the Undertaker during his biker era. I'm noticing a trend here. At the top I questioned how Limp Bizkit became a cultural force. I guess the answer is that the culture preceded the band. Professional wrestling (only one part of the puzzle, but still) had hit a fever pitch in the late 90's and was only going to get dumber. Spectacle had become the game and it was bombastic in every way. Limp Bizkit was more than happy to be a part of that spectacle. Fred Durst is the perfect in-your-face guy to bring the energy. People wanted that sort of unfiltered, unpretentious music that you could break stuff to. Chocolate Starfish is a messy, vulgar piece of work that isn't worth anybody's time but will still be remembered for it's moment.

Having recently blustered to Linkin Park, this “rap”/metal/electronica was a good comparison. Musically I think it might be slightly better produced than Linkin Park. Lyrically it is not as intense “emo” although covering similar themes, but with an incredible puerile tongue-in-cheek tone. The swearing is world record level! With a little more seriousness this could have been improved, but nothing here helps me think that Fred Durst is not a pollock.

Les gens qui note 1, on probablement acheté l'album dans le années 2000. comme tout les jeunes de 12 ans a cette époque. C'est devenu un meme band donc c'est nice de détester, mais c'est vraiment pas si mal. Si on compare avec ce que les jeunes écoute comme rap aujourd'hui, c'équivalent. Juste un band moyen dans un genre qui a existé au début des années 2000 et qui a peaké dans ces années là avant de sombrer dans l'oubli. C'Est vrai que Fred durst est une bitch mais bon il es quand meme pas tout seul dans le band... C'est quand meme drole que la meilleur partie du CD soit le verse the METHOD après 1h00 d'écoute... sauf que l'outro est vraiment la pire toune que j'ai entendu de ma vie j'ai le gout de descendre la note a cause de cela. 2.50

Why Limp Bizkit, but even more importantly, why this one? I guess this one got removed, which is good. I kind of do like the intro to Take a Look Around. It’s not the worst thing in the world but definitely not required listening. 2/5

Incredibly juvenile and far too long? Oh undoubtedly. But are there moments of genuine dumb fun and some good riffs? Shockingly yes.

So Limp Bizkit is like a dirtbag Rage Against the Machine? I never thought of that before but they sound like they're explicitly imitating Rage's musical style on a lot of these songs. But Fred Durst is no Zach de la Rocha, and without the latter's political lyrics, Limp Bizkit's anger sounds performative rather than righteous. It's just an act. Most of the time, Durst directs his anger at critics who don't like Limp Bizkit. His rage doesn't have a higher cause; it's self-indulgent. But I can't get too mad at some of these dumb lyrics. I just roll my eyes. And even a watered-down version of RATM rocks pretty hard. I found myself banging my head from time to time. I also find it charming how much Limp Bizkit wears their influences on their sleeves. There are interpolations of Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses right at the top of the album. Later, on the second verse of "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)," Durst sounds like he's imitating Eminem. I’m surprised to hear some more emotional tracks near the end. The music gets pretty heavy. And “Hold On” is surprisingly gorgeous. The album cover is so bad that I almost kinda like it. It’s so unpleasant to look at. I remember being drawn to it and disturbed by it as a kid.

Fucking hell

I've definitely heard this group's name before but I have no recollection of having heard any of their music, so this is all new to me. They play very well and this is some impressively tight work. Stylistically, it's not what I am usually drawn to but I can easily see why a lot of people like it. And there are definitely moments that I enjoy.

Hmm

I am not ashamed to admit that I was a big fan of theirs when their music first came out. I was a teenager so I was naturally drawn to the high energy and rebellious nature of their music. Going into this I am suspecting that this music won't hold up very well at all. It's probably been 15 or 20 years since I've actively sought out to listen to their music. And my prediction totally holds up, the music is just not good. Sure the big hits might have brought back some fun memories and nostalgia, but the fake tough guy routine got stale real quick. The filler songs were awful. I'll give it 1 star for quality and 1 for nostalgia, but I won't be revisiting this album any time soon.

Tout ce qui touche de près ou de loin au métal est ignoble, vise un peu les bébés-cadavres.

For all the hate I give the author(s) of the list about being so biased of 90s/00s UK unoriginal pop, I'd easily swap any of those albums for this. This is the example of Limp Bizkit they chose warranted inclusion? Must be a must-listen so you know how bad it was in the 90s. 2/5.

Is it metal, punk, or rap or some combination of all three? They can't seem to make up their mind and neither can I - some tracks are boring, and some are meh, but nothing really grabs me.

C Intro - 3 Hot Dog - 2 My Generation - 2 Full Nelson - 2 My Way - 4 Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle) - 2 Levin’ It Up - 2 The One - 3 Getcha Groove On (Dirt Road Mix) - 2 Take a Look Around - 3 It’ll Be OK - 3 Boiler - 3 Hold On - 3 Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle) - 2 Outro - 1, this has to be Ben Stiller. I love Ben Stiller. He’s one of my favorite actors. Definitely in my top 5. While we’re on the subject, my top 5 are Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Jason Bateman, and idk who’s fifth. I’m just going off the top of my head. Also, if this isn’t Ben Stiller, idk what tf I’m hearing. IT HAS TO BE HIM. I’m now listening to a never-ending loop of Stiller’s laugh. Similar to Kid Rock's album, I had zero expectation to like this, and it took me by surprise. Limp Bizkit is more than screamy BS. They had some real musical quality.

Really makes you feel like you're in the 6th grade. Fred Durst has a fun personality, with vocals and delivery clearly inspired by Korn, NiN, and Eminem. The alt metal components are generic guitar work with distortion and chorus to the max. But compared to other nu metal works, he places a greater emphasis on the chill funky hip hop components which make it a bit more captivating and diverse. There's a lot of trash on this album, and certainly doesn't warrant the exhausting double album length. But a lot of it is just ok and bearable, with some decent hits. Significant Other had better songs and was more consistent, but this one isn't so bad either. If it cut a lot of the trash and unnecessary outro, I'd upgrade this by a star.

A little bit too heavy for me

Not as good as Significant Other Mostly nostalgia stars for being young and dumb

This is in no way as bad as the reviews here suggest - I mean, "outro" is legitimately one of the most obnoxious tracks to ever have sullied my Tidal account, and there's nothing which even slightly tempts me, on a day to day basis, to think "I know, I'll play this again", but we can't argue that numetal wasn't something that happened, and we can't argue that it dominated music for a few years. Coincidentally, around the early 2000s when music was utterly, utterly awful. Give me a choice between this and Bob Dylan, it'll be this literally every single time.

Het gitaargeweld kan ik nog wel waarderen, maar die stem is niet om aan te horen en de teksten zijn verschrikkelijk.

Wel lekker, maar ik trek die arrogante stem van Durst echt heel slecht.

Die teksten!

Stopppp

Sure, it's mediocre, but at least it is unbearably long!

Ugh. Why are there two versions of Rolling? Why is this album 75 minutes long? There were a couple recognizable songs but not really good songs. I really did not care for it. It is better than a one but not really a two. I will round up.

Meh it's alright. I want to rate it higher because I love Numetal but I also want to rate it lower because it's Limp Bizkit.

Pretty forgettable for me. I don't know Limp Bizkit really, I think of them as Green Day-ish, or Linkin Park-ish, but at least this album feels pretty vapid. Like it has the sound but not the emotion. Maybe it's just Durst's voice that lends a different feel. But anyway, for me this is a nothingburger.

Even as a teenager who loved Limp Bizkit knowing it wasn’t great stuff lyrically, the music was good behind it. Today, it’s hard to listen to and not laugh at how silly it is today. Definitely hasn’t aged well and wasn’t great to begin with.

It's hard to put this into words. This doesn't belong on the list, unless the goal of the list is to give a spectrum of significant albums regardless of quality. Even if the idea was to represent rap rock, or 2000s post grunge alternative, this isn't the album to do it. Taproot, Deftones, something. Not this. This is objectively awful. It's a whiner whining for 75 minutes, yipping like a puppy with empty and stupid insults. With that said, it sure is nostalgic.

I was about three years too old when Limp Bizkit hit the scene. It was the first music scene I didn’t enjoy. When this came up I thought hey it’s been 20 odd years let’s give it a go. I think the back half was better than the first. However that opening group of songs sounded juvenile. Third album rage I just wasn’t buying. They probably all rolled up to the recording studio in fancy cars and said ok guys time for us to complain about the world.

Yeah, this obviously isn't here for the musical quality, or lyrical dexterity, but it does have something about it. It's mostly either incoherent, unpleasant or both, but I guess you could say that about a lot of punk? Appealed to me to an extent when it came out (I was at an age when I didn't appreciate nuance quite as much as I do now), My Way / Rollin / Take A Look Around still great songs, but they are surrounded by total dross. 2/5.

Rather bracing

Couple of tracks that take me back to my youth, but the album hasn’t aged well and the schtick wears thin pretty quickly.

angry

Wouldn't say I hated it, and it did have potential, but overall just sounds like Fred Durst had some unresolved mommy issues and was angry at the world, with a bit too much time on his hands. 2/5

Honestly? Not that bad. The core band can come up with some killer grooves. No comment on Fred Durst’s vocal performance.

Is nu metal the worst genre ever? Maybe. Is this the worst nu-metal album ever? No. Rollin is an absolutely large tune SoT: Hot Dog Full Nelson Rollin’ (air raid vehicle) Getcha groove on intro 2/5

Didnt age well. Even with the nostagia I cant stand it

Fred, saying fuck doesn't make you cool. I believe this genre is typically called Nu-metal? And I think it's a valid genre, even if I'm not mad about it. The problem with this isn't the grungy guitars, or the heaviness, or even the vocal style that he seems to be going for. It's the writing and the execution - his voice is terrible, the lyrics are so much worse still, and the production is mostly god awful. If I'm being generous, I think there are some cool electronic and guitar noises at points, and maybe with a bit of work, a completely new vocalist, and a rewriting of all of the lyrics, it might be okay. The second half of "The One" is one of the worst things I've ever heard. I'll give it a 2 for some of the musicianship, which is actually good at points. But the production and vocal performance is so good damned disgraceful that it nearly overrides all of that. The outro made me angry for wasting my time

It never dawned on me how bad his voice or raps were. However, it still has some good stuff on there, in amongst the cringe.

Yes, OK we get it, everything's fucked up. Can't you just choose another subject? You know, variation? This is for sad 13 year old boys only.

It's utterly overproduced (with the exception of that bizarre second half). The lyrics are vacuous when inspected. But if I'm honest those are hardly unique complaints, and I found myself shocked by how not-bad Chocolate Starfish started. As a corny white fellow myself, Durst's voice doesn't bother me so much, though the ad-libs are universally terrible. At speed at intensity, the album's not too bad. But then it extends and slows down and the long tail is appropriately underwhelming.

T3B 1. My Way 2. Take A Look Around 3. Livin’ It Up As cringy as it sounds I found myself bobbin my head while listening to this. It didn’t age well but it does have its place. 2

was expecting more

A couple of the songs sounded vaguely like music. Ones that sounded like they had a tube were ‘Ny Way’ ‘Rolling’ and ‘Hold On’. They did a really lovely cover once of ’Behind Blue Eyes’. I wanted them to go back to that style. This was just fucked up. I guess at least they’re not beige!

Not actually as bad as I expected, but not really something I see revisiting ever. It comes across as extremely juvenile, like something my 8 year old Smashing Pumpkins and The Offspring loving self would have enjoyed if I'd been allowed to listen to it. But honestly not bad musicianship. And a fuck-everything attitude that I can appreciate. But if I was in the mood for this I'd play Rage Against the Machine or something instead. 🤷

Album starts out rough, Hot Dog = hot mess, mostly the vocal style in the chorus rubs me the wrong way. Things don't really improve until My Way which actually has a nice melody. Things improve from there...Livin' It Up isn't too objectionable, The One is a good song. So bottom hit an miss sounds like 2.5 stars

The album is a mix of nu-metal, rap-rock, and funk-metal styles. Its overall quality is somewhat questionable. The lyrics are often immature and some of the songs feel repetitive and formulaic. "Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water" is definitely not a masterpiece of music. This album is supposed to be fun and energetic but I just wasn't able to feel this vibe all the way through the album, I think due to its repetitiveness. Still, it can be enjoyable for some people for its catchy riffs and heavy beats, which were the best part of the songs for me.

sound like a poor mans Beastie boys

Like a crappier Linkin Park

Rapcore has its place on this list, but this is not the banner carrier that I would have picked. The Judgement Night soundtrack was the groundbreaker for me. Otherwise, you could point to some Run DMC, Beastie Boys, or Linkin Park. Even Limp Bizkit's prior album ('Significant Other') would've been more logical in my opinion. Now, with that out of my system... This is a better album that I had always assumed it was. I was completely exhausted by the celebrity drama surrounding Fred Durst at the time this album came out. Once I heard the infantile album title, I wrote the whole shebang off. The band is true to what brought them into success. Fluid energy that ebbs from chill to explosive and swaggered lyrical delivery. The tracks that show this off well (with minimal lime-light grabbing tough guy posturing from Fred) are 'The One', 'Take A Look Around', and 'Boiler'. The absolute highlights of the album 'Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)' and 'Outro' are buried way at the end. Granted the first sounds more like a DMX track than a Limp track, and the latter is made by Ben Stiller, so maybe neither should count.

Meh.

I used to like My Way but I have no idea how this got on the list.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - My Generation (3) 2 - Full Nelson (4) 3 - Take A Look Around (10)

2 I didn’t hate it as much as I expected to. But it’s too long to be as repetitive as it is and the nine minutes of laughing for an outro isn’t the best thing in the world

Oh come on, really? Durst and his limp bandmates? Pass the Kid Rock please. I mean I guess these guys were big in the nu metal movement and in 20 yr old white boys' yearning for something hip-hop(ish) that was still white (again, Kid Rock) - I know because I saw how crazy all the other white guys went at the clubs every time the rock set came on (often with a Limp Bizkit tune in there). I always felt embarrassed and usually left the floor. Just because you say f$ck 100 times a song does not make for a good album. The band is actually pretty solid. And admittedly Rollin' is a good pump up song; really, if you're looking to amp up the anger or aggression, this album is pretty good. So despite his vocals and style being annoying as hell, there's something redeeming about Durst's lyrics and energy. And there are times when I might be in the mood for this album. Still, if you're looking for nu metal, Linkin Park was far better.

A few years ago, I listened to ALL the top rock, pop, and alternative song playlists on Apple Music for every year from 1955 to 2018. It was interesting to listen to the ebb and flow of styles and genres at the top of the charts. I recall thinking that the early 2000s were a wasteland of angry frat boy rock at the top of the rock charts. This is a perfect example. It's an aural assault with coarse lyrics. I like a good heavy groove, but I just find the constant cursing and coarse lyrics tiring. I like some of the music, but the lyrics clearly bring it down to a 2. Thankfully this isn't in the 1001 albums anymore. Oh, and the outro made me regret my commitment to listen to every album on the 1001 albums entirely twice - stfu with your stupid looped laugh.

The hits are still hits. The filler is still filler.

Some interesting moments. But overall couldn't get into it.

If you knocked 35 minutes off the catchy singles would make it not seem so heinous.

Vile bile from a man-child gone wild.

What. The. Actual. Fuck. Faen ass! Dette 1001 album-prosjektet er ikke noe gøy lenger. Møkkaplate! Kom ett minutt utti Hot Dog før jeg bestemte meg for at dette orker jeg ikke å utsette meg for. Jævla drittband! Fred Durst har den verste stemmen i verden! Kan ikke ha sånn sytete “det er synd på meg for jeg har au-au på tåa mi”-stemme og samtidig late som om du er beintøff. Det kunne vært kjempemorsomt om det ikke var så jævlig dårlig! Dette er musikk som gjør verden til et verre sted! Man blir et dårlig menneske av denne musikken. Limp Bizkit har ikke gode låter, er et helt ok band om man trekker fra Durst, og topper det med en vokal som er så dårlig at Eilert Pilarm kunne gjort en bedre jobb på denne plata. Da hadde det i det minste blitt frivillig morsomt.

Dei spelar jo greit, og det er eit og anna riff her som har noko for seg, men altså…eg har ikkje tenkt å lata som om at Fred Durst er noko anna enn Fred Durst og Fred Durst er no eingong noko av det jævligaste som finst. Han kliner driten sin utover kvar einaste musikalske idé her. Stakkars band. Eg trur ikkje på eit kvekk av det han lirer av seg, ikkje når han vil vera sår (The One) og ikkje når han tøffar seg (alle dei andre). Det går kanskje an, om ein legg godvilja til, å ha litt omsut for ein så tossen og ubrukeleg vaksen mann som likevel bruker ein time og eit kvarter på å gni inn med utestemme kor forbanna rå han er. Men han er no eingong like tossen og ubrukeleg for det.

En musikalsk utskraping, ikke er fosteret noe å gråte over heller.

Ikkje all musikk som trenger å bli gitt ut.

Å høre gjennom en hel Limp Bizkit-plate var ikke noe jeg hadde på radaren min, men ja, her er vi. "Mission accomplished" som det heter i den avsluttende outroen. Selvsagt helt meningsløs bruk av tid. Usikker på om det er egen motstand som brytes ned eller om låtkvaliteten øker utover plata, men noterer meg at det gjorde mest vondt aller først. Tror vel helst at det er noen mer anonyme spor mot slutten, ting som ligger et stykke unna kjernen i det Durst og banden driver med. Måtte det bli lenge til vi møtes igjen.

Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And the Hot Dog Flavored Water Overraskande at denne dukka opp, men kanskje vel så interessant som å høyre “Abbey Road” nko ein gong? Limp Bizkit er som kjent ei musikkgruppe som lagar musikk midt mellom Crazy Town og Korn. Det er jammen ikkje berre kjekt å høyre den skingrande stemma til Fred Durst i over ein time. Det heile startar med Nine Inch Nails-parodien(?) “Hot Dog” som har den mest ynkelege sjå-kor-tøff-eg-er-teksten verda nokon gong har høyrt. Vidare må me gjennom velkjent eder (“My Generation”) og galle (“Rollin”) før me endeleg, når me er over på tosifra låtnummer, får Mission Impossible-songen “Take A Look Around” som er einaste her det kan være verdt å la spele ferdig. Sidan denne plata fekk plass i boka så antar eg forgjengaren, som jo er mykje betre, dukkar opp og? Berre å glede seg. Fucked up AIDS from fucked up sex Fake-ass titties on a fucked up chest Fred Durst får Bloodhound Gang til å likne på Bob Dylan. 2/10

Not without its virtues, but no thanks.

WTF? This doesn’t belong on this list. Someone lost a bet or is trolling everybody.

Not a fan of this band

You're kidding, right? I was 14 when this came out and even then it is what prompted me to move on from Limp. They were my first concert at 13. Loved the prior albums. It is trash. Nu metal and rap rock mostly does not hold up. The music was never good (not even those early albums), you were just 14.

Esta vaina es inescuchable

How are you going to throw out multiple references to incredible songs by incredible bands across the album, only to learn absolutely NOTHING from those examples and go on to make an absolutely awful album? I understand that a good listener needs to be well-rounded but removing this from the 1001 albums book is 1001% justified because it’s a bit insulting to make the average person listen to this.

How in the world is this album on this list? I read some of the lyrics to some of the songs on this album and most of these songs have disgusting, self bragging and completely original songwriting. Could this list's curators really have not added any better artists like Florence and the Machine, Toto, Mazzy Star, Explosions in the Sky, Interpol or countless others instead of stooping to endorsing appropriately widely panned trash that only stands out for breakout shock value?

At least the record is not as bad as the cover...

Awful, truly awful.

Christ on a cracker --- this is some awful shit.

Fuck these guys

What is it with numetal bands and making albums over an hour long

Metal/Rap crossover from the biccies

What are we doing here? I would like to meet the person who thinks this is essential listening. I need to know how they live, who they are. There were a couple, I guess you could call them, classics, but so much is forgettable. The outdoor pissed me off more than anything.

It was gonna be two stars until the outdoor, then it got stupid

Shiiiite

The intros and outros are useless, the album is bloated enough without them at 74 minutes. If this stopped at like track 6 or even 11 then this would've been 3 stars because the guitarist goes hard and this is fucking dumb, funny headbang music. This is probably most entertaining bad record. Instrumentation is good. Big problem on it is Fred Durst. Lyrics and his attitude is most times shit, beside classics "Rollin'" and "Take a Look Around" . His rapping is corny and his singing is so bad. Really makes you feel like you're in the hot dog flavored water ooo Fred Durst real great immersion you got there. Literally insufferable.

I hate the vocals on this so much, the instrumentals are fine but not interesting enough to balance it out into anything good.

a lot of the same yelling and music to go along with it. Not enjoyable at all. Giving this a 1

I don't need this near my ear holes again. The looped laughter in the outro has taken years off my life. Standout Track: The chorus of Rollin'. That's all. Rating: 1

Did not enjoy this

Dans les abattoirs, à la fin d'une journée, y'a plein de marde dégueulasse par terre. C'est de ça que limp bizkit est composé.

Really not my bag

You know how the movie 'Armageddon' is in the Criterion Collection? Yeah, kinda like that.

I'll be brief. I have fonder memories of Significant Other, this album has some interesting moments but it's a mess and I feel it's aged terribly. It's an ugly album, very gringo coded. If kids are listening to this nowadays, we have serious problems as a society.

Wiki: "Readers of Kerrang! voted it as the worst album of 2000, with the band and Fred Durst also being voted the worst band of 2000 and "Arse of the Year", respectively. Even so, 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." 'bout says it all.

I went into this expecting the worst having grown up through this era and hearing all the hits on the radio. After listening all the way through it was much much worse than I expected. This is music for angry 13 year old boys who are angry and don't know why. I have never heard someone as whiny in recorded history than what I'm hearing from Fred Durst on this album.

I listened but I didn't like it

This sucked 25 years ago and somehow plays even worse today. Musically it’s not terrible but Fred Durst completely ruins any of it. 1/5

My Way is a pretty good song, but this album is mostly reprehensible trash that doesn’t belong in the material world.

I cannot describe how much I hate this album and this band. You can draw a line from late 90s rap rock to incel culture. If I could give this album less than a star I would

I guess some people like it, I am not in that group. It seems to be one of those genre mashup attempts where they took the worst aspects of each genre and combined them.

I don’t understand how this made it on the list. Their first record was at least somewhat innovative, but this is completely insipid, boneheaded, self-congratulatory bs from the first song which is apparently some sort of diss track against Trent Reznor. The best that can be said about this is that it produced at least two memorable pro-wrestling themes and that it has Method Man, Redman, and DMX on one track. The saddest part is that without Fred Durst, the music really wouldn’t be that bad. There are moments where I couldn’t help headbanging a bit, but they’re quickly ruined by his obnoxiousness. The 9 minute outro of that idiot laughing was no more endearing.

I don’t know what I just listened to. I just know… it wasn’t my cup of tea.

Nah

I dont mind a lit of the crunching guitars, but Durst is not w vocalist and the lyrics ate just purile. It all feels manufactured to appeal to immature boys. ‘Take a Look Around’ and ‘Rollin’ are at least reasonably enjoyable, but that isn't enough to lift this from the garbage heap of history. I think Fred sums my feelings up perfectly on ‘Boiler’. “Wwwwwhhhhhhyyyyyyyy?”

Frankly, this lost me at “kiss my chocolate starfish.” Which was 3mins in. The outro nearly put me in a coma. Why this was deemed worthy of inclusion on this generator is absolutely beyond me.

Why the fuck is it so long?! As I have very little to say about this disaster, I'm going to recommend the Todd In The Shadows Trainwreckords video about "Results May Vary", Limp Bizkit's next album. It's a genuinely enjoyable look at a band in it's death throws (at least in terms of commercial success). Todd's genuine appreciation of Wes Borland's guitar playing combined with his enjoyment at exactly how much Wes Borland hated his own band, makes it a good watch. Well that, and all the footage of a 2 hour MTV documentary on the making of the album where none of them look like they want to be there and Fred Durst is trying to learn how to play guitar. Excellent stuff. Back to the album, the lyrics are dreadful and Fred Durst can't sing. And it's far far far too long. 1/5

GTFOH

It really is a testament to what the music landscape was like in 2000 that THIS album debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200. I'll admit, a small handful of Limp Bizkit's discography exists as guilty pleasures for me, but unironically listening to Limp Bizkit or most other nu metal acts is admittedly a trying endeavor. The guitar riffs hit, sure, but Fred Durst is just an unserious lyricist and a handful of these tracks are just crass for the sole purpose of being crass. It's all just unnecessarily bloated too, 75 min of this is a tough ask for anyone. You can pretty much stop listening here after "Rollin'".

The only plausible explanation for Limp Bizkit is that someone went back in time to take out Trent Reznor and this album is what happens when the timeline tries to correct itself. Each timeline gets worse and worse as they try to remedy it until we end up in an AI nightmare future with a cartoon villain as a president and people stop believing in science. Too dumb to be a psy-op.

My understanding of the book upon which this interactive website is based is that Robert Dimery is editor and that the individual entries were written up by various music critics. However this one came about, the person nominating it deserves to have his/her credentials revoked and be forced to find a new line of work. The red flags start with the band's name: What exactly is a limp bizkit? They continue with the album cover art, which takes a literal interpretation of the ridiculous album title and presages AI slop. Anyway, I've already spilled way more words than this release deserves. Unlike other duds like Linkin Park and even Kid Rock, I'm not even going to try and actually listen to this motherfucker.

I listened to this album all the way through, ngl, it's not my jam and it was pretty annoying but still, I saw little creativity or sonic variance in the album.

Album #173 Limp Bizkit: Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavoured Water I mean, I guess it was popular so I’ll give it a pass for being here, but my god I never anticipated myself listening to this thing in its entirety. I really don’t feel like writing a lot about Limp Bizkit, because truthfully they are specifically designed to be a band that nobody puts any real thought into. Maybe I just don’t get their gimmick; I’m going to have to assume they are being tongue-in-cheek because no serious person would ever buy that the Mickey Mouse-sounding dude singing about chocolate starfishes and hot dogs was an actual badass that kicked ass and fucked bitches as he claims. The funniest line that Durst said to prove his bravado was that he watched “The Fight Club” 28 times, which might be the most 2000 thing ever said. Honestly, there are moments on this album where I think I get it, and I’m like this ain’t so bad, but then again, that is like 5 minutes out of an hour plus. The issue is a lack of identity really; ok, make goofy rap-metal, but don’t intersplice it with mind-numbingly boring ballads. It’s either we’re here to listen to some trash while we sniff glue, or we are actually taking you seriously as a band; you can’t have it both ways, Fred. Best Songs: Rollin’, My Way, Take A Look Around Worst Song: Outro (Normally outros aren’t 10 minutes of some dumbass babbling unfunny lines)

Terrible.

Awful in just about every way

God this was terrible. Not just because I don’t like this sort of thing generally, but because it doesn’t have the humour of Blink 182 or the intensity of Slayer. The lyrics are whining, desperately self-conscious & totally unthreatening.

Nope. Not going to do it to myself.

The only good parts of this album are when Fred Durst is not on the mic. The bonus track of Rollin' with DMX, Redman, and Method Man Would be so good if there was also no Fred Durst. I also think they had an internal contests to see how many times you can say fuck on one album. It's horrendous.

Nu Metal was our warning that the 21st century was going to be awful. I can’t decide if I hate this more than Lincoln Park, but I definitely like it more than Korn.

What a disgusting food combination!

Saturday, 23 May, 2026 I’m actually offended by the inclusion of this album. It makes me question this entire project. This album is absolutely not one any human should ever listen to. If I could give it. What I’ve stars, I would.

You know that feeling you get when you look back at pictures of yourself during that awkward development phase of middle school and think, "wow, look at that awkward nerd, how embarrassing..." That's this album. Nu Metal from this time can be good, but this is not, it's forever stuck in that awkward development stage, and anyone who likes this beyond any nostalgic recollection of those times should be embarrassed.

This was not enjoyable. I have a history of not liking Limp Bizkit, going back to their debut album and their cover of George Michael's "Faith" My friends loved it (and the rise of Nu-Metal) whereas I thought it was a terrible joke. The same friends subjected me to a long road trip with their second album on repeat. Chocolate Starfish is worse somehow then those experiences. Durst whines like a tweener who just discovered swear words. His raps and rhymes are outshined by the guests including Xzibit, Redman, Method Man and DMX. Their inclusion and the decent Hard Rock chops of the rest of the band almost give some reason to experience this album, but then Durst drops in with his sniveling wailing and whinging, and the moments are ruined. I never want to listen to this or Limp Bizkit ever again.

Not a single redeeming quality - 0 stars

0 stars

This album has all the class, grace, and nuance as the cover art... and the title for that matter. (1.8) ½★

Absolute garbage. 0.5 stars

It wasn't as bad as I assumed, which is the highest compliment I can give this. 1.5 stars.

#943. I had a good run, there. There was a solid couple of weeks where this playlist was serving me good shit (kinda like what I expected this whole list to be like). But now I've been given Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, and now Limp Bizkit, so I can see the party's over. Oh well. 1/5: trash

no. hard pass. slipknot is far more interesting.

2000er edgelord Musik- weiß ich jetzt nicht so

Fred's working through some big feelings. I'll say this: some of the songs aren't as bad as some of the other ones.

75 minutes is just cruel

I spent most of the album just waiting for it to end....foul language, repetitive music, rap, just really not my scene. I did like the start of "My Way" and then it descended into the group's usual madness. Too bad. The next song which caught my attention was "The One" as it was a little different than the group's usual style. Another song that was a little different was, "Hold On". Again, another group that just has to keep their songs way too long.....my ears get tired of all the noise. Make it stop.....what is going on with the "Outro"? Who wants to listen to members of the group talking about nothing....well....I found something worse....just an endless round of honestly it sounded like fake laughing....then a phone call with a beat behind it. Please make it stop....almost 10 minutes I'll never get back, what a waste of time....at least it is done.

I'm not a judge person when it comes to art, people like what they like. But give this anything more than a 2 and know that someone somewhere is judging you. Abysmal by every metric. I don't believe anything in this "album". Fake tough guys.

keep rolling on outta here

I had such low expectations yet still it fell short.

Good god, nice try Fred Durst.

super annoying "music" from super annoying people. I have to break the rule by giving this crap 1 star. Tough to listen to the complete album. I gave up at the 20 min. mark when I noticed that this album is over 1 hour and 15 minutes long. What really puts this down in the rating are the singer and lyrics. so dumb and annoying.... did i mention that i find this annoying? ;)

Last night, my basement flooded during a storm. Today, I’m listening to Limp Bizkit. Both experiences are equally enjoyable.

There are 2 things that stopped me falling asleep during this horrific bloated abortion of an album. 1. The regular use in faux-angry voice of "chocolate starfish", what bizkit mean by this and what I understand by it surely very different, hysterically funny. 2. I got it in my head that the 6 year old having a tantrum sound of it (unreserved apologies to 6 year olds everywhere) sounds like the internal sweaty spoilt ramblings of Trump. But less intelligent.

Nope. Can’t do it. Heard it enough the first time around.

This just annoyed me. Even the great Scott Weiland couldn't lift this above 1 star.

A master piece of shit

Hard to believe people bought this

When listening, digesting, and rating these albums, assholeness should not be a factor. Musically 3 stars, Fred's lyrics and vocals drop it to two. Adding this album to the list and denying all of Tool's catalog drops it another star. And honestly, how fucked up is Ben Stiller? Just because there is space left on the CD doesn't mean every minute needs to filled.

maybe the beginning of maga?

I think people tend to look up to or idolize songwriters because they are able to articulate things that we struggle to find words for. No need to worry about that here. Not a single redeeming thing about this album and the only musical part worth a damn is just the mission impossible theme.

That was fucked up!

Did not enjoy this at all. Angry boy music is not my thing. I forced myself through 5 songs.

Fuck Limp Bizkit

That was absolutely awful.

I’m sorry, why in the hell is this on here? This is a joke, right? Who in their right minds would think you needed to listen to Limp Bizkit before you died?

Nah thanks.

This album influenced nothing positive in music. Never liked anything they did and never respected their music

Wanted to be contrary and like this but it's really really bad

'Ain't it a shame that you can't say "fuck" (fuck) / Fuck's just a word & it's all fucked up.' Compare that to Eminem's crusade against censorship, & you'll see who has the cultural & cerebral edge: 'Will Smith don't gotta cus in his raps to sell records / Well I do, so fuck him, & fuck you too.' I don't give a fuck if you don't give a fuck, unless you don't give a fuck freshly & revolutionarily. 'Burn this motherfucker down.' Nothing 'bout Durst & co. is impressively countercultural or subversive. The problem is they also sound bad, i.e., their songs aren't helpful or creative examples of pop metal, rap-metal, or rage styles. I love the word 'fuck' - I think it's English's best & by far most versatile word - but after this record, even I need a break. F this!

I will never forgive Fred Durst for killing fun 90’s alternative rock.

3/24 Shit

lol. No. -1

Whoever kidnapped DJ Premier and made him produce a track for Limp Bizkit, please release him.

1/10 die

The fact that I got this the day after “Court and Spark” is hilarious and one of the reasons I am loving this experiment. That being said, how the fuck is this album in this list. As a junior high student I was obsessed with Limp Bizkit, I even had the red NY fitted cap. That being said, even 14 year old me knew this album blew when it came out. Ass all around and waaaaayyyyy too long. 0/10

Gay

This was a terrible album when released and the years have not been kind to it.

Not so much for me

Worst representative of the nu metal thing. Childish butt rock. Some bands from the time were pretty good, but somehow theses guys sold more records? Insane. He can't sing, writes immature basic rhymes, and curses every other word, That's not for emphasis or because you're being aggressive/cool. You just don't know enough words to put there, so "fuck". There are some decent chunky guitars and that's cool. But there aren't any changes in tempo, tone or anything. So, every song sounds pretty much the same. The only 2 things that had any worth here are: 1. "The One" sounds like a different band and it's not terrible. 2. "Getcha Groove On" has Xhibit who brings something interesting to the game. Are either of those fantastic? Nah. But at least they're a bit different and not as cringe-worthy as all of the est! This album is a 1 and does not belong on this list or in anyone's collection.

What complete and utter trash. Mindless hate and ignorance expressed with profanity and repetitive noise.

In every generation a genre emerges with the primary intent of annoying the old people. Sometimes this creates new and interesting music. Sometimes, as with most nu-metal, not so much.Then again, I'm the old fucker they were trying to offend, so mission accomplished? Nu-metal, especially as exhibited here, strips the best part of metal and tries to replace them with hip-hop void of it soul. The result is a vacuum of anything musically interesting. I can appreciate the fact that the intent is to just be fun and annoying. Many punk bands did this too, but they were not doing it while also being overtly commercial. That difference makes this music seem more like a commercial scam than genuine revolt. The personalities reinforce that impression. I've got pretty diverse musical interests, but there was no joy in this music. Maybe if I saw them live I'd feel differently, but I'm not sure I'm willing to take the risk. How in the fuck did they sell so many records?

Ew. Might have made 2 stars but the album art was gross too.

And I was really enjoying the nu metal up until the Xzibit feature too.

No

Really don't see the appeal in this one. Monotonous sound, and noticeably poor lyrics - I usually don't even listen to the lyrics but this was terrible.

If I could give it zero stars I would

Nope

sisi ahi escucho nu metal

I didn’t even listen it, the name is nasty I’m just a girl

this is horrific but at least it was entertaining ...until it went on too long and became insufferable listening to this made me turn off recently played artists being visible on my spotify profile

What!? Why???

This is dreadful. Why is it on this list?

A generationally embarrassing album. Bummed it was on this list, even more bummed this is 75 MINUTES LONG. Still, it did tickle some nostalgic areas of my brain as a member of the generation that should be embarrassed by this album.

I’m not sure what this album is doing on this list. It had a brief moment in the 90’s. It’s not good.

This was a bit of torture for me. In searching for the reason why some of these albums are on the must listen list, I find the purpose may be for me to identify or validate musical genres that I absolutely dislike; this album certainly falls into that category.

Just as stinky as its title implies. Nu metal in general usually combines lots of elements into a whole that I don't care for - a muddy, congealed, solo-less mush of guitar, annoyingly bouncy and often slapped bass riffs, and usually nasally and reedy rapped vocals. Combine that with the infantile lyrical talent of Fred Durst, and you have something that is just utterly anathema to me. Fred Durst writes lyrics like a 13-year-old who just learned the word "fuck", and has no greater insight into the world than "fuck the haterz!!!1!1!1!!" Particularly egregious, and easily the feature that cemented my 1-star rating, is a song in which Fred and a guest rapper boast about beating up gay people, using an anti-gay slur common of the time period, and then on the very next song, Fred tries to complain about all the hate in the world (and, pertinently, the hate directed at him). You couldn't write a stereotype of an early 2000s edgelord that's that on the nose. Then the nearly 10-minute "Outro" ends off this hour and a quarter of sewer ooze, with a spoken word diatribe about how great Limp Bizkit is followed by three minutes of an incredibly annoying laugh on loop. Fuck you. The only song that had both musically interesting elements and non-god-awful lyrics was Hold On, but this was far too deep into the album to change my opinion, and if anything pissed me off even more, because they could've just been writing songs like that across the entire rest of the album. That song is the only thing saving this from a 1/10, and it's still a fairly low 2/10. Fuck this album and fuck Fred Durst.

I was genuinely embarrassed listening to this.

Pack it up guys, I found the cause of the "male loneliness crisis". In all reality, this album has some really good bones it and it makes me mad that Fred Durst is on it at all. The drumming is generally great, the bass is interesting. There were even two or three songs on here I might listen to again. BUT I can't stand how much of nu metal is self pitying trash about how no one understands me, mom. They could've gone reflective and after pairing a bunch of songs about fuck the world and wrecking shit with songs asking why am I so alone, tried to bring those two ideas together and you know, say something. People make fun of Linkin Park but I believed that Chester was suffering. I think Fred Durst is the type to kick himself in the ass and cry that his foot hurts.

I had successfully avoided this album for 26 years. This stupid ap ruined that streak.

Look I tried to approach this one with an open mind. And some of the instrumentation isn't bad. But man, Fred Durst's voice and rapping just is grating and relentless. And the lyrics are insane - Rollin' is basically a nu-metal version of hokey pokey and that's one of the better tracks. Limp Bizkit has mellowed since their heyday and Durst seems like an alright dude now, but unfortunately this album is still too excessive and over-the-top for me.

You can’t be serious with this one.

Det er længe siden Kid Rock men tror måske det her er den værste plade på listen indtil videre! Teksterne er måske endnu mindre cool, vokalerne er utvivlsomt værre

Nah, fuck this.

Absolutely the worst genre.

Fortunately I'm anonymous here so I can say a slur. Fred Durst/Limp Bizkit in this era is the ultimate wigger. A combination of backwards sideways fitted caps, baggy pants, skate shoes, graffiti and skate culture infused with a nu metal sound. Fortunately he's mellowed in recent years and he's just kind of a shrewd business man cashing in on some nostalgia concert runs. But we're here to discuss Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored water. Its udder shite dude. Spats on the face of nu metal, the art form and hip hop the art form. But it sure does excite the whites. I refuse to accept that this is a credible album to consider before you die. The Wes Borlan riffs are okay but the end product stinks. The only true saving grace is the Songs "The One" and "Hold On" both sound much like Alice in Chains songs. If they stuck to this sound and let it develop it might have been a superb album.

Music for kids that think Mountain Dew is hydration. At least “My Way” and “Rollin’” remind me of mid-to-late WWF Attitude Era with the Undertaker and Stone Cold vs The Rock

you have to listen to this album before you die so that you understand how truly abhorrent the human mind can be

I know I've listened to this before and didn't hate it so much, but this go-round I'm just finding the lyrics annoying, to the point that its distracting.

Not a fan of this style.

What a gross album The cover manages to catch the albums spirit very well. Disgusting and unnessecary. The frontman’s voice is extremely bad and the beats never dissapoint, if you’re looking for something even a baby could cook up. It might just be me not liking the fusion of Metal and Hiphop, but I don’t understand a single aspect of this. How many times does the vocalist mention something about how cool Limp Bizkit is during this? It wasn’t cool at any time, but it only gets worse when he chooses to do it like 30 times. I don’t recommend this to anybody. Maybe if you’re absolutely nuts, but if else please stay miles away at all times. This is also literally the worst album name and cover I have EVER seen before. I mean it. Why the actual Fuck would anyone name their album after hotdog flavoured water? This is also probably the worst outro EVER. Shut Up!!!!!! So anoying. Of course credit shall be given where credit is due, so I have to say that I did think that “Getcha Groove On” actually was fine.

Aggressive, overstuffed grooves built from chugging nu-metal riffs, rubbery bass slaps, hyperactive drum loops, DJ scratches, and relentlessly shouted vocals move this nu-metal album like being trapped at a bad frat party that won’t end—loud, juvenile, and exhausting, mistaking constant noise and swagger for actual substance.

Music Flavored Truck Nutz "Hey I'm throwing a party and thinking of inviting Jimmy Shits." "Why is he called Jimmy Shits?" "He shows up and shits his pants." "That sounds awful." "It is. He absolutely reeks, of course. And don't let him sit on ANYTHING." "Explain to me why he is invited?" "Enough people think it's hilarious. They'll pay to see him! He's such a good businessman. Also, even if you don't like the shitting thing, Jimmy's a really good guy." Following the audience violence that ensued from their Woodstock 2001 performance, the defensible excuse from the Durst was "all we did is what we do. I would turn the finger and point it back to the people that hired us." That is absolutely true, but it doesn't excuse the band for an entire career built on milking money from puerile antics. Certainly, Woodstock 2001's booking made an indefensible move in booking an indefensible band, but the band remains the source of the trouble. The nice things I have to say about this album are that Wes Borland crafts guitar textures that are catchy, inventive, and inviting. The drums have heft and groove, even when locked in middling tempo (for the whole album). The band plays in tight sync with a dynamic range of cool lows that pounce to unleash crashing, scorching catharsis. The lead "Intro" snippet, without significant vocals from Fred Durst, even at around one minute long, promises so much more from pulsing plucky arpeggiation than will never actually be deliverable in this album beyond a tool to force feed you Fred Durst's frat boy act. Emotionally stunted lyrics orbit around a cycle of defensiveness, bragging, self-pity, and violent retribution. "Hot Dog's" dogging on NIN is well into the territory of insecure preoccupation. "Livin' it Up" teaches us that Fred Durst proudly drives a truck and has spray paint in his backpack for doing graffiti. "My Way" shows us that no one understands him and it's tough to be so disliked. (There clearly is no reason why people would dislike you, Fred?), and in "Full Nelson," Fred tells us about the violence he's gonna do to you if you hold him accountable for something he's done. I also have to point out that it's a weird flex dissing on Nine Inch Nails via such heavy recycling of their own musical ideas. Especially in the lead off song of the album, and especially when the reference tends to go on and on. Just when you think eight bars of the joke is enough ("Haha he's doing 'Closer' but making it fukkin' LiMP!"). Durst doubles down on another insecure eight, just to make sure you got the joke. Clocking the amount of time Durst repetitively spends on the Nine Inch Nails inspired material in the choruses to 'Hot Dog' could certainly reveal a shameful and disturbing percentage, but that would involve listening to the 'Hot Dog' again. --- - Do/Did I own this prior? No, not even in my younger years of more questionable musical tastes did I care for this. - If so, how has this day in the project changed my view of the album? - Otherwise, do I look forward to listening to this again? I wither to think I would have to listen to this album ever again. - Is this album's inclusion on the list justified? GTFO. Honestly, "1001 Albums..." compiler Robert Dimery, who I am otherwise grateful to for giving me this project to work on, can fuck right the fuck off for validating any single moment of Limp Bizkit's venal bad-joke-turned-business-venture career.

It is awful, but there is a certain baggy, cargo-shorted charm about Fred and the gang not seen in their sterner contemporaries (looking at you Messrs Manson and Davis). So, one star, but without prejudice or hate.

So bad it made me rethink my other 1 star ratings to ensure I wasnt being too harsh on them.

I knew I couldn't fairly assess this album because I despise the genre, the juvenility and Fred Durst himself, so I casually put on the album with my unwitting son in the car. His immediate review was "Eugh, what IS this?" So, one star.

awful

I was dragged to a free outdoor limp bizkit concert 20 years ago. It was still not worth it.

That was horrible.

Dogshit.

Nope.

I could write at length about what a broken human Fred Durst is. But no, I am here to tell you what I think of this album. Puerile name. Shallow content. The first half is ragey with cliche lyrics. The second half is less ragey. The target demographic for this work appears to be 12-year-old boys. I am not that, so I was unimpressed. I'm not sure why a 30-year-old adult would feel the need to make such content, but hey, I am not here to tell you what a broken human Fred Durst is.

Nope

Trying so hard but ultimately boring. Unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful

If I could give this negative stars I would

There is a genius to this album: stupid band name, disgusting album title, hideous artwork, all working together to create incredibly low expectations. And for a moment, it almost worked on me. That is, I went in thinking this would be an easy and obvious 1 star. But then there were some interesting bass lines, decent guitar riffs, and a few memorable hooks. I was almost lulled into giving this an undeserving 2 stars before I remembered that it’s an irritating, grating, and offensively long album, and that I’ve given the other albums 1 star for less. So fuck this shit, it gets 1 star.

How dare this be included

Yuck

Hard pass

Yea no

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