Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Some albums I just don't understand, but see why folks might like it.....some I get mad at after the final track finishes. This is the latter - and yes, I listened to the ENTIRE thing. I called the self-titled Slipknot album as the peak of nu-metal...this has to be the nadir. From Wikipedia: "The band initially hired Rick Rubin to produce the record, though creative differences culminated in him abandoning the project after less than a week,..." Jeez, I wonder why. 🙄 Two versions of "Rollin'"....a 10 minute outro....a Mission Impossible theme interpolation (I think?)....a Life in the Fast Lane drop....47 f-bombs in that fucked up song - I really hope Trent Reznor got royalties for this garbage selling millions and millions of albums. The only saving grace is the features by the rappers, especially DMX. If this piece of shit is on this list, but Significant Other isn't....I'm just gonna lose it.

Too many parts. Some of the parts are ok, specifically the metal choruses. Top marks for derivativeness. Cut every song's time in half. Pretty tired of poor widdle soooo angry boys.

Absolutely horrible. Not only bad, but really bad enough to sink the entirety of the Nu Metal scene on its own, which is a shame in a way.

This album is awful. I’m not a heavy metal fan so I wasn’t going into it expecting to love it, but I also wasn’t expecting to hate it this much. The lyrics…are awful. There’s very little content in the lyrics, just repetitive swearing and simple rhyming schemes someone in elementary school can come up with. I mainly listen to hip-hop but even most hip-hop artists don’t just swear in their lyrics to “sound cool”, they use them for other purposes like to add emotion. I think I lost brain cells listening to Limp Bizkit. The only decent parts of the album was the first half of “the one” and DMX’s verse. Now I have to listen to some Lupe Fiasco to regain those lost brain cells.

Fred Durst has negative charisma Not interesting enough to justify all of Fred Durst’s “get a load of me” posturing

I get why this resonated with pre-teens

Now I know why I want to hate them.

Album completes the holy trilogy of truly shit name, truly shit album cover and truly shit music. Possibly the worst album I have heard so far on this list. Only positive are the opening bars of Take a Look Around prior to Fred opening his mouth and ruining it. Utter dogshit.

You swore! Cool! Durst's absolutely terrible lyrics barrage you at every turn. How 'Hot Dog' is not a Lonely Island parody is one of the wonders of the modern world. He sounds like a whining toddler with an ADHD energy, who's confused his meds with a can of Monster - delighting in saying the word 'fuck' like it's the most counter-cultural and rebellious thing that you could ever do. The one small positive holding all this together is Wes Borland who is a cut above any other 'nu metal' guitarist. The poor lad has fallen in with the wrong group of friends, and I can only lament what would have been had he associated with a more talented rock crowd. Ultimately, it's music for Americans who think wrestling is real.

Celebrating its 25th Anniversary release this year - somewhere. A first listen for me, although aware of some of the songs at the time. Downhill from the Intro, which was actually quite good but was probably a piss take of LFOs 1991 album opener of the same name, or something of that genre. My first 1-star rating, and that for an album no longer in the 1001 list, so presumably some agreement there.

Ah, rock bottom. 0 stars. Negative stars. I was in middle school when Limp Bizkit were at their peak. Every boy in my school thought Fred Durst was the coolest guy on the planet. I can totally understand why angry suburban white teen boys worshipped this shit! Durst’s impotent, misdirected rage sounds just as stupid now as is it did in 2000. I don’t even care if there’s something musically redeemable on this dumb-ass album (there’s little here that’s worthwhile). Limp Bizkit is thong straps peeking out of low-rise jeans, it’s trucker caps, it’s velour tracksuits. Trash then, trash now. They don’t deserve a nostalgia-tinged re-evaluation, a “time heals all wounds” reconsideration. They don’t deserve my time.

God help me. Just when I thought it couldn't get any more awful, I got to the Outro.

Limp Bizkit ducking sucks!

Before even listening, this might have the ugliest cover art and least professional lettering of any album so far. The album title (and artist name) are both also disgusting, but if this has a sense of fun and not taking itself seriously I might forgive it. Having listened, no it doesn't. Mostly this comes across as whiny and complaining, trying to ape Rage Against The Machine and not really understanding it. Intro sounds frankly unfinished, like every part of it is a placeholder. Hot Dog, the chorus is kind of fun, but then the Nine Inch Nails references are just bizarre? The rest of this just kind of washed over me, but I couldn't find anything of merit in it. I hope Method Man is embarrassed by his involvement. I still think this deserves its place on the list to provide context and background for other albums, although it is almost worthless as art in itself. Looking at this on Wikipedia, The Daily Telegraph gave this five stars. What!?

Fred Durst yells like a teenager who just found his mom’s energy drinks, the riffs sound like they were copy-pasted from a 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟣 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 CD, and 𝘏𝘰𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘨 drops “f**k” so often it feels like an edgy thesaurus had a breakdown. At over an hour long, it’s the aural equivalent of being locked in a locker by a dude in a backwards cap who thinks he invented anger.

"Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" is the third studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. Nu metal and rap metal are the Wiki-listed genres. Unfortunately, yes. The production and release of the album was expedited to take advantage of the success of their previous album "Significant Other." Well, it worked commercially becoming the fastest-selling rock album at the time and reaching #1 in both the UK and US and 12 other countries. I don't think any more time on this album would have helped. There is a meaning to the album's title and it involves an anus and a gas station...enough said. The album was produced by Terry Date and the bandmembers included Fred Durst (vocals), Wes Borland (guitars, vocals), DJ Lethal (turntables, samples), John Otto (drums, vocals) and Sam Rivers (bass). The album received mixed reviews. An evil electronic voice and a creeping synth open "Intro." "Who's in the house?" I really wish I wasn't. Durst introduces the album title in "Hot Dog." The song bounces between a weird guitar and the heavy metal guitar riff and pounding drums. Durst rattles off lyrics from Nine Inch Nails' "Closer," "The Perfect Drug," and "Burn." How original. Fuck is said 46 times in this song. Guitarist Wes Borland gave me hope at the start of "My Generation" with a wah-wah guitar. That shortly dissipated as he goes right back to the heavy metal riffs with the pounding drums. This time Durst references "My Generation" and "Welcome to the Jungle.' He doesn't give a fuck about what you think about his generation. "My Way" starts out slower with an echoing guitar riff. They do the soft-loud-soft dynamic. It's Durst's way or the highway. DJ Lethal makes an appearance in "Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle)" with his scratching. Annoying lyrics as Durst is going to keep on rolling. Borland loosely mimics the "Mission Impossible" theme in the first single "Take a Look Around." Echoing guitars and snapping drums. The song builds and gets loud. "Hate is all the world sees." I'm seeing hate right now. I had low expectations going into this album, hoping for fun bad. Unfortunately, it did not live up to those expectations and was just plain annoying. The music was formulaic and got old with soft starts and then straight into a heavy metal guitar riff and pounding drums. Wes Borland can play guitar and gave me glimpses of hope at times but nothing materialized to any extent. And then we have Durst's lyrics and themes: "He doesn't give a shit about your opinion on his generation," "he'll kick your ass," "His way or the highway," "He's going to keep on rollin'," " he'll knock the fuck out of you," and "he lives his life in the fast lane." The attempts at R&B and hip-hop were lame and adding insult to injury, this album is bloated at 73 minutes long. Do yourself a favor and never even think of listening to this album. I have no problem saying that the world would be a better place if this album never existed.

this sounded like how hot dog water tastes....

genuinely horrible

:(

Kom op nou. Gelukkig ooit eens gehoord, dus hoeft niet nog eens.

I just can't deal with Fred....

The fact that people actually like this band is absurd. Its like you gave the mic to an edgy 13 year old and told him to say whats on his mind while everyone else in the band wonders what they did wrong to end up in Limp Bizkit. Why this is on the 1001 albums to listen to before you die list is absolutely beyond me. I definetly couldve died happy having never listened to this pile of garbage. 2/10 Favourite: None Least Favourite: Hot Dog

Nu metal is division of rock that I like to a point. I was more interested in the bands which nu metal spawned from - I.e. Faith No More - vs the bands that are really in the genre at its height in the late 90s / early 2000s. Sure, bands like Linkin Park, Deftones, and Evanescence are excellent, very talented artists with really interesting mixes. Staind has some cool music and even Korn was a decent band for me in pockets, I just never listened to any of them on repeat back in the day. And on the less talented, less listened to side comes Limp Bizkit. Where to start? Maybe here: I’m still scratching my head about how Hot Dog ended up with an explicit rating. Were there any bad words in it? There were some ok songs - My Way is well constructed even if it is somewhat basic in the lyrics. But more often than not, they steal from better bands. Beyond this, when you are limited in the musicality, you really need something important to say or sing about, and LB fails massively on this front. In listening to this, three words come to mind: derivative, unoriginal, and uncool. Swearing has never bothered me in songs, I listened to plenty of metal, hard rock, and rap back in the day. But I much prefer when it is used limitedly and, more importantly, for a purpose. These guys just throw it around aimlessly and because they think it makes them seem hard. Instead, it just makes them hard to listen to.

Are you fucking kidding me? This is bullshit then now and forever. Hard pass. I might be out on this whole thing. You got some ICP up next? Maybe GG Allin ? Fuck off. I would like an apology.

What a terrible day to have ears.

I really liked the silent bits between the songs.

Why is it so long? Just straight up rubbish.

Alright if the third Limp Bizkit album is on this list what other nonsense is lurking in here. This isn't even their best album, and I've only listened to their first three. I looked this is the only Limp Bizkit album on the list. I now question the author of the books mental state. I think he's trolling us with this one. Turns out this was removed in later editions. Yeah that tracks. I could see their second album Significant Other being on the list, every young white guy had a copy of it. Yes Limp had cultural relevance in the time they played in, but there are better Nu-Metal bands, My Generation is the stand out on this album. Rollin makes me want to mosh my head into a wall and My Way makes him sound like a spoiled entitled child.

Monotonous and self-absorbed. You do not need to listen to this before you die.

Is this a joke? I thought this list would have good music on it. This is objectify bad, even within in it's genre. Why would they put it on the list ?

2/10 Really bad. The guitar riffs almost boosted it to 2 stars, but lyrically it is just awful. And then the Outro track had to be skipped, which is an automatic point deduction.

It still sucks

No, nu-metal is not for me

Overall, without a doubt, this album is a huge waste of time. When this came out, I was in the eighth grade, and everyone was listening to nu metal and hip hop, spiking their hair with like a tube of gel a day. But, there were the kids who knew Limp Bizkit were stupid, and there were the kids who thought Limp Bizkit were the coolest shits in the world. I belonged to the group who thought they were stupid, and some of my best friends praised them. This division literally tore my eighth grade friend group apart. For a while, I was adrift, without friends, because I couldn’t limp with the Bizkit. All of those in the LB fan group however had a lot of trouble ‘launching’ after high school, so… funny how that worked out. I can admit that this album is pretty hilarious sometimes, and there are head-bangable moments. Just like, that’s maybe two minutes out of the hour or so run time. Stay in school kids, and don’t listen to the limpy biscuits.

Woof. Another album I thought nostalgia would buoy up at least a little bit, but no...this was awful.

I do not like this

Sensational

I can’t get that hour back. This album is horrible, unlistenable, ridiculous. Wish I could give it no stars

Nope, awful

Hey. Hey list. Uh, yeah, hey list. There’s no way in hell I needed to hear this before I died. I mean, maybe as the last thing I hear, so at least as I’m dying I can be thankful I’ll never hear it again.

Now That's What I Call Crap!

I don’t even have words. This guy out here sounded like a whiny Shaggy, complaining about how nobody likes him and trying to seem edgy by seeing how many times he can say “fuck” and “chocolate starfish”. Grow up.

One of the worst hours of my life. However, I understand why it is on the list. To fully appreciate the beauty of life, you must glimpse the deepest depths of despair.

Look, it's a 1 from me. But a 5 from angsty teen me, who had this cranked up to 11 for a year straight

Having this album right after BB Kings is like a cruel prank. Why is it a 75 minute album??! And you finally are basically at the end and they punish you one more time with a TEN MINUTE OUTRO. Jfc.

Not a fan

Yeah…Limp Bizkit sucks.

Wow. Nu metal rap. It was pretty bad. There were instances where it threatened to actually be dumb fun to listen to but then the lyrics and the vocals just killed it. This feels like an album I would’ve made in middle school when it was cool to say fuck. The best song was the one where they brought in actual rappers.

This was so terrible it brings the whole list into dispute. Just because a bunch of angry dudes bought the album doesn't make it great. There isn't a single great thing about this

These guys were 20 years ahead of their time. Unfortunately for them, that means 'their time' would be smack-dab in the middle of T***p's twisted idiocracy. This is the sound of wilfully ignorant douchebags living high on the hog. Not a single thought in their heads that isn't some variant of whiny, victim-mentality, navel-gazing, peurile, hubristic, bullshit. Thanks for making me listen to it: Mr Durst, now indeed I know precisely why I wanna hate thee. Wack sauce rock/rap crossover attempt. Shit by any measure.

Not great. Annoying and mediocre. Highlights: Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle), Track 12 (Hidden Track) Interlude Will not return.

It’s hard not to feel like I’m being punished with this today.

The One wasn't that bad, but overall I could not stand this album.

The only thing interesting about this album is the guitar playing. Outside of that, it's a steaming pile of the stuff that comes out of the titular "chocolate starfish." 1 star.

For all the previous albums I always tried to revisit so I can enjoy them from a different perspective. Not this one though

Garbage

Limp Bizkit = poop

Perfect for white suburban 13 year olds who want to rebel against their parents.

This album contains some of the worst, most putrid, and vile music ever created. I can't be too surprised it got so popular, as appeals to the lowest common demoninator, lizard-brain, teen boy sensibilities. Still, everything about it awful. The music is awful, the lyrics are awful, the rapping is awful, the album title and artwork are awful, even the songs the I (ahem) like are not very good either. And the album is so long too. I can't, for the life of me, figure out why the authors of the book felt this was essential over Deftones. Key tracks: My Generation Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)

I really did not want to listen to this album but I made a commitment, so here I go. How anyone can listen to Hot Dog and keep listening stuns me. But I did. Limpy sings, “Fucked up Aids from fucked up sex” and follows up with “kiss my starfish”, an apparent contradiction. I don’t mind questionable lyrics, I listen to gangster rap, but this has no charm, cleverness or a friggin melody. No musicality. Check out Ten Inch Nails, they show how it’s done.

When I started this journey, I wanted to make it a point to listen to the whole album. Unfortunately, every now and then, I get an album that I just can’t do that with. This was one of them. I never cared for Limp Bizkit and having now listened to the first three songs on this album, I realised I fucking hate them.

Yeah, this is awful. Fuck Fred Durst. Why is this on this list ??? I thought we all agreed as a society that Limp Bizkit sucks.

Just stupid lyrics so far. Making fun on Nine Inch Nails's Closer... hmm, Life in the Fast Lane, My Generation, and shitty clichés. They needed to change their lyricist - oh, they don't have one. That's the problem.

One Limp Bizkit song is all you need. Not an album. Apparently this album was removed in later versions of the 1001 list. Can we have one of those versions, please? As much as this deserves 1 star, I don't want to see this album cover on my summary page. I can rationalize that there are some decent riffs, Take a Look Around is catchy, and it's exceptionally ridiculous in it's juvenile rage. But no, that would be a disservice to much better albums. One star

Does this sooound the SAme? Is this the same fuuuCKIng SOng? Do you wann-a KNO-ow? Can you fucking TEE-eell? I WROTE THEM ALL THE SAME! SO FUCK YOU IF YOU CARE! I DONT GIVE A SHIT 'CAUSE I'M NOT FUCKING SCARED of you so screw you too Does this sooound the SAme? Is this the same fuuuCKIng SOng? Do you wann-a KNO-ow? Can you fucking TEE-eell? [repeat above] I just wrote another song you f'ing pussies. I know Nookie was great, so these should be great, too. . -F. Durst

was really feeling that 9 minute outro

Really really bad

Listen, there are so many ways to go with this album, Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst and all that jazz. This is a picture of a moment in time where they were kings and people appreciated that. I don't but that's ok.

People should give me five stars for listening to this.

Whew boy! I dub thee dirtbag rock. The early 2000s were tough. I was there and I didn’t remember it being this bad. Limp Bizkit were all over MTV. It’s astonishing how popular they were. But, Fred Durst is the worst. He doesn’t give a shit, but he’ll fuck you up because…?…he cares so little. Yeah OK, Fred, keep rollin’.

I had low expectations for this album but HOLY SHIT did it surpass every expectation for just how terrible it would be. This is music made for simpletons by simpletons. This is music made for people who think Kid Rock is a real musician. This is music for Florida Man. How did America elect Donald Trump twice? Because millions and millions of them are so stupid they think this is good music. I feel dumber for having listened to this album. I feel outraged that this even exists.

Nope. I disliked this in the same way I disliked the Korn album, and this was worse and longer with obnoxious vocals. There’s a time and a place for this kind of music - outside of the soundtrack of some 2000s shovelware BMX game, I don’t wanna hear it.

oh dear god make this music stop forever

So damn long

This is like heavy metal with all the bits I like removed and replaced by all the bits of hip hop I don’t like.

Ich wusste gar nicht, das LB mal so schlecht war.

Dead Entweder cringe, Langweilig oder schlecht Ganz selten nickt man bisschen mit aber Overall zieht es sich einfach nur

Absolute crap start to finish

When American boys reach 13 and decide this is peak maturity… yawn.

Album art: 1

I'll say one good thing. Wes Borland is a fine guitarist. OK enough with the compliments. This was fucking awful. How this tripe made this list while a phenomenal band like Tool was completely ignores is an absolute travesty. Fuck Fred Durst with a rusty rake.

From the linked Wiki page… “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.” From the tired “look how many times we swear” fake edginess to the “borrowing” of other popular songs lyrics this album is better left in the past. Forget it.

I usually reserve 1 star ratings for the truly unlistenable. While this record does have a melodic and lyrical base that seems like music, it is the lowest representation of songwriting we have at our disposal. Also the art and concept

Wikipedia says (and it is never wrong, is it?) "'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." I can see why. The bigger mystery is why it was included in any editions. Utter tosh. 1/5 (only because I can't give it zero).

It’s stuff like this that makes me doubt this entire project

Never really listened to this album before, but knew the hits. This album feels like it's made for people that want other people to think that they listen to hardcore music without actually listening to hardcore music. Not a fan of the music or these type of people.

This is it — the butthole of popular music over the last 70 years. What a perfect title. All of these songs belong in the crapper.

Well, as this is not listed in the current issue of the book, I'll ignore it as it clearly has no place here. So, it's crap, besides Rollin'.

Yikes.

Crunchy guitars and loud swearing.

In 2000, I was 12. This was so fucking cool to listen to and to have someone really speak to all that 12 year old suburban rage. But now I’m 36, and by god are the lyrics childish and terrible, the music boring, and everything about it a joke. Fred Durst is and has always been a malignant twat and this is such a boring way to be “edgy.”

Wigger

Why? WHY? So you can hear what crap sounds like? With this album/band this whole project lost the tiniest thread of credibility that it was holding on to for dear life. I'm going to go as a far as to say Robert Dimery is a hack. That's what backing Limp Bizkit does. It ruins you.

I don‘t know. Does not hurt as much as these teenage rampagers were intending and is in this time not historically relevant. I am not a hater - just bored and not touched at all.

This was an inauspicious start to this project. There were maybe 2 listenable songs, and that's mostly 90's nostalgia talking. The dumb robot voice at the beginning got my hopes up that this wouldn't take itself too seriously, but no such luck.

No.

Verschrikkelijk wat een domme muziek. Rollin' is wel soort van classic maar verder echt gewoon geen kwaliteit. 3/10 Highlights Rollin'

In a nutshell: fuck this band. This album is a mashup of rap cliches, abhorrent record scratching and 'fuck you, fuck the world' lyrics. For better or worse, Limp Bizkit is part of the zeitgeist. Nu metal assisted millennial teens in finding their rage/self-loathing when Rage Against The Machine, Placebo and Korn didn't click with them. It was unpleasant listening for me then, and it remains unpleasant to hear today. Overall: 1/10

I am embarrassed to have ever owned this

No.

Absolutely not. Was every singer in this genre so whiny?

This is just bad. The lyrics are terrible (honestly how many times can one man say 'fuck' on a record? This gem did make me laugh, though: "If I say "fuck" two more times / That's forty-six "fuck"s in this fucked up rhyme"). The music is also very bad. I hope this record is on here just to let other people know what they should not sound like.

could only handle it til durst started puffing about writing checks yer ass cant cash…

This album is awful, but should be in this list because I don't think you can explain music at the turn of the millennium without this horrible piece of art.

Definitely 1 star for me. The only songs that are decent to me are the song where only Scott Weiland sings (I'd probably listen to that again) and the song with Method Man and Redman, though that isn't enough for me to actively go back to the song. Otherwise, this is too juvenile and cringe for me.

Crap then, crap now. If it's on CD at least you can use it as a coaster.

Well... At least now I can say my Limp Bizkit hatred is justified and that I've given them a fair shot, not just because most people hate them. Sorry, but this was unlistenable at times. 1/10

Fred Durst is, was and will always be hilariously lame.

worst exeprience ever

Fav: The One Least Fav: Hot Dog I hate everything about this, and it’s confirmed that nu-metal was a mistake

I got half way through this before giving up; I can't face an hour and a quarter of it. This is pretty awful to listen to, and the album cover is one of the worst I've seen.

I really wonder how this crap made it to the list. This is self- indulgent miss of any talent.

I in fact do not be lovin this shit right here

No

Bad luck for the band that their stars got hitched to Durst. The music would consistently engage me, until Durst started singing. The band was good, the Durst was suck.

You slog through one of the worst albums ever made only to be rewarded with a final, 10-minute track of farts. Epic.

🤮

Dit is mijn grootste nachtmerrie, fucking Limp Bizkit... Ik mag Fucking zeggen, want 3kwart van hun teksten bestaan uit dit woord. Een deel van hun hele appeal is "KIJK ONS FUCK ZEGGEN WE ZIJN ZO EDGY YEAH FUCK FUCK" Eerlijk, Intro begint best wel vet, beetje acid achtige muziek, trippy begin enzo. Ik ging er echt voor zitten, want als dit de muziek is, misschien valt het dan wel mee? Nope. Wat een kutmuziek. Zonde dat dit op de lijst staat, neemt de plek in van daadwerkelijk getalenteerde muzikanten. En het feit dat dit er wel op staat boven vele sterke elektronische albums(Freek Funk - Luke Slater??? Children - Robert Miles????) Laat maar weer eens zien dat als je iets van Rock of metal maakt je eigenlijk automatisch op deze lijst komt. Dit is troep, voor edgy verwende witte tieners die om 10 uur s avonds thuis moeten zijn maar dat niet willen en dan besluiten dit heel hard op te zetten want kijk dan hoe depressief ze zijn en fuck de wereld niemand begrijpt meeeee!!!!1!!! Hoe je bek Boudewijn, je bent niet zo zielig.

not listening to this because i’ve been grossed out by the fucking stupid title since it came out

Nö!

Aggressive

Didn’t realize almost every chorus was a ripoff of a prior hit. Do I give them credit for that? No. No I don’t

What a blunder this was. Screaming, slapping instruments, needlessly cursing and crudeness. This is why 9/11 happened.

Terrible

Why anyone would listen to this in a world where we have Rage Against the Machine boggles my mind. If you like LB and you aren't an angry teenager I'm sorry.

Utter irritating tripe with possibly the worst album cover I've ever seen. Limp Bizkit's vocals have always been an annoying shrill noise, with the unimaginiative lyrics to match. The only good thing was the brief bit he stole from Nine Inch Nails' Closer.

I wish I could give this negative stars. What a steaming pile of shit!

I've been dreading this one since I started this challenge. The brief period of Nu Metal produced some truly cringeworthy artists, but none were obnoxious than Fred Durst. Like an entitled frat boy, he just always seemed like such a toxic human being. To my surprise, I didn't hate quite as much as I'd thought. 'The One' was actually a decent track reminded me a little of New Order. But that's about where my positive comments end. It's an embarrassingly juvenile effort where Durst likes to show off how many times he can say 'fuck' in one song, while also dissing Trent Reznor. The album seems to get worse as it goes on, culminating in the unlistenable 'Outro', which features someone laughing at his own joke for a full few minutes with no music. Why on earth anyone would want to listen to this, I don't know. The album was extremely successful on its release. Though it obviously aged extremely poorly, it's interesting to try to imagine who this massive audience was. It's definitely not me.

On the "outro" Ben Stiller laughs for about 3 minutes solid, it felt like he was laughing at me for listening to this rubbish.

I like that the linked Wikipedia review acknowledges that later versions of 1001 Albums removed this album. Hilarious that it was included at all. Fred Durst can choke on a hot dog. On a more serious note…Kid Rock, Linkin Park, and now this. I’m sure more than one person contributes the albums to this book. But good lord - talk about questionable decisions. 0 stars.

I tried, I heard, I left to wash my ears out.

This should not be on this list. I did not enjoy being cussed at for an hour plus. Who has a ten minute “song” of someone talking about nothing and laughing.

Should not be on the list and Limp Bizkit needs to reevaluate their style of music

Wow, my jaw dropped when this album came up for me today. I was in college when this came out. There was a big push at that time from MTV to anoint these guys as the leaders of some kind of nu-metal revolution that would take over from grunge as the 'cool' music. Epic fail. This album was bad then, and it hasn't aged well. The only thing it did was inspire a whole bunch of guys at my college to wear white t-shirts, backwards baseball hats, puka shells and bleach their hair. And that album cover - yikes. You can just imagine Fred D crying while laughing while saying 'do you get it?? chocolate starfish??" Ridiculous.

BOOORING

Fred Durst was 30 years old when this album was released. Let that sink in for a bit. I managed to avoid listening to this album for my whole life up to this point, despite being 10 when it came out and surrounded with Limp Bizkit superfans in my school, just at the cusp of the target demographic. There's a few almost passable songs on here (My Way, The One, Hold On), but even those are tainted (pun intended) in some way; terrible singing, too long, derivative, or a mixture of all 3. To the 5-star reviewers: it's not that we "don't get it", it's just fucking terrible.

One, maybe 2 songs worth my time here. Had to skip through a bunch. Outro said it best ... fu*k Limp Bizkit, man ...

Really really hate these guys

+-: Intro, My generation, Full Nelson, My Way, Livin' It Up, The One, Take a Look Around, It'll Be OK, Boiler, Hold On -: Hot Dog, Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), Getcha Groove On --: Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle), Outro 2,5/10

Words cannot describe just how bad this is, so I am not going to try…

wtf

This is a joke, right?

This album would have been the worst on this list if it were not for the one redeeming song near the end, "Boiler." This song stands out with its catchy hook, proper bassline, and riff. It raises the question: why is the rest of the album of such garbage quality, with its lyrical dribble?

My head really can't comprehend such garbage. IT IS HORRIBLE. It's bad in every aspect. Horrible vocals, simplistic production, terribly bad lyrics (There are 46 fucks in 'Hot Dog') and on top of that, BADLY USED deluxe collaborations. He criticizes every single thing you can't understand. He takes the luxury of criticizing Nine Inch Nails when they are not even a toe nail of theirs. He has a horrifying cover. There is no good thing I can find on this. Awful.

Scratching my head on this one. It really doesn't hold up well and to be honest even when it was released it was the same formula of the previous albums. At least pick Three Dollar Bill when it had a semi novel sound.

... So much worse then i was expecting. The best track is Method Man and Redman. Just listen to one of their songs and save yourself from the misery.

If you've ever wondered just why Nu Metal is practically dead, just listen to this. 1/5

This is bad.

Hey, did you guys know that I don’t give a fuck? I do not give a fuck! I really don’t, I promise!!1!1!1!

This'll be my 925th review, and only the second to get 1 star. Absolute dogshit, and the dog was unwell and is being force fed gross stuff. Not only does it have basically no redeeming features, but it goes out of its way to point out how shitty it is. The first track after the intro lifts a bunch of stuff from NIN and FUCK ME you did not want to invite that comparison, you red hat wearing fucking chump! Every time they lift a lyric from another song it rubs it in your face how utterly shite it is. Fave track..... kinda boxed myself into picking at least one per album, so let's say "Intro" as it's mercifully short and doesn't have Durst singing on it. 😒 These guys and Kid Rock deserve each other in my 1 star containment facility - may their lives be beset by tragedy and poor health.

Hated this quite a substantial amount. Annoying and lame music. Immature lyrics

Absolutely terrible. I remember having this album, or rather my brother probably had it. Absolute dross really. When people talk about pop artists being fake and produced etc blah blah, this is exactly what I think Limp Bizkit were, they were just Britney Spears but for heavy metal yoots.

ew

Welp. You know what time it is. Let's get this over with. As far as I'm concerned, there are two big "whammies" on this 1001 Albums list. Just, two albums that are "1/5" awful without a doubt, and are the only two where I legit wonder why they're here. First, there's Kid Rock's DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE. A solid hour of shitty rap rock from a complete poser wannabe-cowboy-pimp-gangsta. Completely irredeemable even if Kid Rock wasn't a MAGA shithbag. And second, there's... Well... To me, Limp Bizkit isn't a band. Literally, yes, of course, they are. But in perception, they're a joke. A meme. Completey incapable of being taken seriously. Which isn't the fault of the instrumentalists or the DJ, let's be clear. They're all great players. The instrumentals on this thing are actually kind of kick ass. Especially "Take A Look Around"—the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE theme as a metal riff? Hell yes! No, the problem is, of course, Fred Durst. I didn't wanna lay the blame entirely at his feet, but that's just the truth. He gets his Durstiness all over everything and drags whole thing. He can't rap—when he doesn't sound smarmy, he's whiny, or he's putting on that "tough guy" voice. He can't sing—he's nearly completely flat and soujds like he doesn't care. And his lyrics? Goodness, they're petulant and stupid. I'm actually kind of offended he claims OTHER PEOPLE need to "get some better rhymes." And when you put him next to actual MCs like Xzibit, Method Man and DMX, Durst's shortcomings as a rapper only become that much more evident. Believe me, I wanted to be kind to this album and give it a 2, if only for the musicianship. None of them deserve to be stuck here backing up an idiot like Fred Durst. But Durst's the face of the band. He's the only member, besidee maybe DJ Lethal, most people know by name. He's the draw. And on that basis—yeah, no, this sucks major shit. This fully deserves the 1 I was always going to give it. I'm not as mad at this album as I was at DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE, but it's a chocolate hot dog nonetheless, and neither of them should be here. Fuckin'. (Man, can you believe my group got this album back-to-back with TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY of all things? Crazy.)

If I see another bullshit selection on this list I am quitting.

Listened to the whole thing straight through. 75 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Sure, some of the tracks are less terrible than others, but I completely fail to understand what it's doing on this list.

No

Why is this even on the list?

So I got two albums back to back that both had obnoxiously long and irritating outros but the difference is that this album sucks ass. I’m a sucker for nu metal every once in a while and rollin is a guilty pleasure classic but that song is probably the only bright spot. Everything else is just so whiny and shallow to the point of parody like how does Fred durst feel this persecuted by Christina Aguilera or whatever. At least break stuff is catchy and angry, every song on this is just pure 90s white male rage and insecurity.

Didn't like it when it came out, years haven't changed that opinion How did this one make it on this list?

I really wanted to give this a 2 or 3 because I do think Rollin’ is quite fun, the Mission Impossible song is alright (despite the transition from the 5/8 section back into 4/4 sounding incredibly clunky), and My Way gave us the best wrestling promo package of all time. Unfortunately the rest of the album was so fucking bad it has to be a 1 This is the very worst of nu-metal, with lazy and juvenile lyrics and often terrible production (the irony of Durst saying ‘you better get some better beats and get some better rhymes was not missed), and it goes on for 75 minutes that I will never get back. Oh, and one of the only decent songs on the album (Rollin’) is pretty much ruined by having a significantly worse version of it at the end - not even as a bonus track, just another 6 minute song before the nearly 10 minute outro - that somehow manages to make a Swizz Beats produced track with DMX and Redman features sound bad. And the worst part is the album’s not even a fun bad listen like Angelic 2 the Core, it’s just vapid soul-sucking garbage

I've wondered whether or not a few of these albums have been worthy of the list, but this one makes me question the validity of the list itself. Why is this anywhere near the list of albums you should have to hear before you die. Granted - I might have turned up the volume on Rollin for a little bit, but that was mostly nostalgia. This album is 75 minutes of cliches and stolen lyrics on top of garbage. I understand they were popular for 10 minutes, but there is nothing unique or interesting or worthy of attention on this one.

The instrumentals aren't bad. It's the vocals and the lyrics that kill this album. The lyrics are made for angry 14 year olds, and Fred Durst sounds like an angry cartoon character most of the time. A couple songs are fine, but as a whole I can't endorse that you NEED to listen to this before you die. Why is the last track 9 minutes of rambling about how awful the band is? Who does that?

Truly awful and even worse, boring. 75 minutes of a talentless, loudmouthed crybaby whining about how misunderstood he is, backed up by the same guitar riffs over and over again. I will say that with America’s political landscape in 2024, this album is prescient. This is music for aggrieved, infantilized, white men. It’s trash music with no redeeming value.

This is my first experience with Limp Bizkit. And, wow. I didn't know what I was supposed to expect, but Hot Dog is... just... a fascinating way to start an album. It honestly does a good job of encapsulating teenagers from the turn of the millennium, in that it is as awful and unpleasant as many of them were. My Generation gave me a glimpse of hope, in that it's not complete ass and uses the anger and hard dweeb energy in a way that has a semblance of a point, but it squanders it. And then the album keeps going. Full Nelson is mean and cliched, Rollin is a failed attempt at a hype rap, Boiler is at least disjointed enough to break the monotony, and then it ends in retreads of crap we have already slogged through. Livin It Up might be the most enjoyable song, just because it's a hilariously bad attempt at going hard. Getcha Groove On might be the *best* song here, merely because Xzibit doesn't suck. He's got a couple great lines, but then the song undercuts itself by introducing him after he already had two verses. This album punches itself in the face about as often as a younger brother in the year it was released. The album in general is just full of "suburban middle class white boys who think they're gangster" energy. As a cultural relic, it's an important album. It is a record for angsty teens who who want to like rap for aesthetics, in the cultural island that is the decade between the collapse of the USSR and 9/11. As music, god I hate this.

Imagine some decent local musicians put an ad in the classifieds: “Hardcore/Metal band in need of vocalist/lyricist. Influences include Ministry, Anthrax, NIN, Alice In Chains. Open tryouts Saturday on the back deck of Jim’s Bar.” After a number of promising candidates, the band inexplicably hires the local angry 14 year old who’s vocals were a poor imitation of Zack de la Rocha and his best lyrics were about how hard life is since his stepdad won’t let him smoke weed in the house.

I tried. I really tried, but this was even worse than Radiohead.

Really hope someone at Ample Music or Last FM don't think that I meant to listen to this on purpose. Typical 90's pretend-punk garbage. Edit: Worked out how to delete their listened history in Last FM. Perks of being Pro - worth it.

No, I hate this metal nonsense. No No no

I shouldn't even dignify this with a review, and I'm sure as hell not going to listen to it. Dumbest band name ever. Dumbest album title ever. It should be on a list of albums to avoid at all costs. Fuck Limp Bizkit. 1. Obviously.

No thank you

No

Bad screamo rock. Oof it's bad.

Really? This made the list? Well here it goes... I'm not sure if he's trying to diss Nine Inch Nails or if he's a fan of them based on Hot Dog. And then he copies Roger Daltrey's purposeful stuttering on The Who's My Generation? I completely forgot how Take a Look Around was used in Mission Impossible 2 and then I heard the opening riff. Pretty fitting that I think that movie is the worst one in the franchise. I did have a good laugh hearing DMX barking in Rollin (Urban Assault Vehicle). Including him and RedMan and Method Man makes the track less bad. I will admit when this album came out I listened to it a few times after being introduced to it by a friend, but I feel like this album is meant to only appeal to a teenager. I can't see how a grown adult would actually enjoy this.

Sometimes in life you ask yourself, "How much worse could it get?", and then you listen to Limp Bizkit's third studio album and every day seems brighter after that.

Fred Durst has to be the biggest bonehead in the entire history of music. And that's saying something since Anthony Kiedis also exists.

Did I plug my headphones into a trash can without realizing it?

Not really my thing

Very much not for me :(

First off the album cover is so scary and messed up. Second I’m not sure why this album is on this list. I can’t stand FD’s annoying whinny voice, let alone for the whole. Will admit Rollin is nostalgic but I don’t actually like it, and good for him for making up a new genre. But really the language is too nasty and the songs are not good.

OOOOH OGGI SIAMO I SOMMELIER DELLA MERDA rym 2.44 e secondo me è pure troppo gentile e dura pure un'ora e un quarto cristo dio chiudo qui perchè so benissimo che questa è merda fred durst succhiami il cazzo 1/5

Terrible.

Why?

Don’t need to hear this sort of stuff in my own home thank you.

Oh, this was just terrible. Horrible. Awful. Sickening. Juvenile. Loathsome. Childish. It's like the worst bits of hip hop mixed in a blender with shitty prog metal, a serving of dog poo and some too long in the back of the fridge yoghurt.

some of the songs, and only some, sounded cool but lyrically i cannot get behind it. for the time, it wss probably normal for these kind of lyrics for nu metal, but i cant help but cringe at them. some songs also drag a whole lot which did not make my listening experience much easier. the vocals didnt make it any better either. unfortunately, i couldnt find any enjoyment from listening to this. 1 personal favs:

Even before listening to the album I wanted to hate it, I don't genuinely dislike many people, but I can't stand Fred Durst! I didn't want to unfairly have any preconceived opinions, so I grudgingly listening and it justified everything I hate about Durst, Limp Bizkit and more! This is utter bullshit, the biggest piece of streaming crap I've heard (so far!) on this, "must hear before you die" list. How the f*ck is this listed and why isn't "0" rating an option? Rightfully, this album was removed in revised editions of the book, sadly, it's still included in the edition I own...ugh!

★½

The best part of the album is when the music stops. The songs are even cornier than the band name! What a poser band.

The worst of both rap and metal

i don't feel like listening to this one

Terrible, terrible music.

Anyone older than 15 who didn't give this a single star needs to have a serious think about themselves.

This album is a love letter to toxic masculinity. Seriously….why? If you want early 2000s nu-metal, wouldn’t The Deftones, or Linkin Park, or Tool be a better option? Not the 3rd best album by these hacks.

Bloody awful.

Damn you - no Zero Star option This is everything that's been wrong with American music for the past 25 years - meatheads making music for other meatheads. Good luck to them and keep them and their fans as far away as possible from my children

So, opening my dishwasher and finding it full of ants was NOT the worst thing to happen to me today. Limp bizkit had I think two decent songs which were fun in the late 90s. Neither are here (Faith - Break Stuff). Now they're just irrelevant, thankfully. There was a bit of decent Nu Metal about (Deftones) but this wasn't it. Obviously having Undertaker's entrance music does tickle a few nostalgia hairs but it was also very annoying even at the time in literally any other context. In complete fairness, The One was the closest to an actual song, and wasn't horrible. And yeah alright, I still kind of like the mission impossible one. But for 75 minutes of this shit you are getting the one starfish. Made me yearn for Travis.

Not even going to listen to this shit, but I will still give it the lowest rating possible.

I have no idea how this band was as successful as it was.

bad but not even in a fun way. deserves the rating for the title alone.

It's normal for adolescents and people from Florida to be angry and confrontational and stupid but this is like if you turned doing whip-its into an album.

Holy fuck that was awful. I could feel myself losing I.Q. points the longer I listened. I am now convinced that not everyone who drinks Monster soda listens to Limp Bizkit but everyone who listens to Limp Bizkit drinks Monster.

fuck off.

I listened to most of it. Still dont like it. Wes can play guitar though.

Ugh. Why is this bullshit on this list? It's way too long, incredibly derivative, uninteresting, childish, simplistic. 1/5

Nothing redeeming.

no

Crap when it was new. It has aged like milk.

This album would be okay if all lyrics were taken out. What a dogshit name and album cover. Have never liked how the vocalist sings. This whole album was unpleasant to listen to and needlessly crass and angry. I will admit that there are glimpses of things I like about it, namely some of the instrumentals, but there is not much I did like. There are no standouts.

It's not unlistenable and I might have awarded two stars if the album had been restricted to 40 minutes and the horrible outro had been skipped.

Loud screaming and banging… equals loss of vocal cords eventually and nails in the chalk board, no thanks…

Fred Durst wants you to know he’s angry, misunderstood, horny, and kinda famous now, bro. And if you’re a 14-year-old boy with a locker full of Mountain Dew, Monster logos, and vague resentment toward gym class, maybe that’s enough. But for the rest of us, enduring his off-key crooning, sub-par rhymes, and endless stream of adolescent vulgarity feels more like detention than catharsis. Wes Borland, the band’s masked MVP, occasionally colors outside the nu-metal lines with eerie guitar textures and oddball tunings, and the rhythm section’s not asleep either. But Durst’s juvenile worldview and cringe-worthy lyrics reduce even the better tracks to guilty pleasures—"My Way" has some interesting sonic moves, and "Hold On" gestures at emotional growth but gets lost in the fog of the album’s own overblown bravado. Could this be satire? Brilliant performance art? That’d be giving it way too much credit.

God saw that I was thankful that I had gotten listening to The Doors albums out of the way and said “hold my beer.”

Wow, is this the best we had back then? No wonder I was so fucking miserable!

NO!

I like bizkit, their early work is so good, but this is not a good album

This album mostly sucks other than the Rollin’ songs - which it’s hilarious to have 2 different versions of the same song on one album. Those songs kind of suck too, but can be partially enjoyed. It’s overly long for how similar the songs are - maybe this would be tolerable at half the length. I don’t vibe with Durst’s tough guy schtick, and his melodic range is severely limited…but not like his rhythm or lyrics are more impressive. He’s the worst aspect of this band, as some of the music is decent and Wes Borland’s guitar parts are occasionally interesting. There’s much better nu-metal out there.

No

No

fuck this band

ok this is it, this is the album that officially ends any pretense that this list contains albums you "must" listen to. it's so, so bad and not in any sort of entertaining way.

God, this was a rough listen. The spewings of an angry edgelord who thinks being shitty is cool. But what they produced is juvenile, annoying, talentless, inane drivel. "My Way" is borderline catchy at times, which had me almost considering a second star, but no. As the album continued, my dislike for Durst only grew. Some of the riffs here are ok, but the lyrics completely destroy any goodwill they'd generated. And how is this 75 minutes long?! The outro was the best part, because it clowned on the band (and clowns they are) and the idea that anyone could genuinely enjoy this music. I don't get it either.

Todo el disco, desde el título, la portada y la temática del álbum parte de algo así como un chiste de "culo y polla". Unido a su sonido, se podría afirmar que se trata de un disco de rabia juvenil generacional. La música suena monónotona, casi rutinaria, así como el permanente recurso a la palabrota (En "Hot Dog" se oye más de 50 veces "f*cking up"). Eso sí, para mojigatos se publicó una versión sin blasfemias y palabras malsonantes, pero eso ya es otro disco.

is it possible for a band to actually parody the genre that they're in simply by making an album full of horribly written songs and repetitive music? The answer is yes. This was horrible. Cannot emphasize how horrible the songwriting is. feels like this whole album was a double dare by someone to Fred durst as in. "I bet you can't put the word f*** in a song so many times it becomes ridiculous." or " I bet you can't write songs that are quite literally about nothing." Apparently Fred Durst said "Challenge accepted!"

Koprolalie zu Lärm

Boring and childish, just like some teems have learnt how to swear.

Never again...

TERRIBLE

Yeah, this is really bad. Why did I have to listen to this anyway? Why is it on this list? To show how bad some content (not music, but wastrel angst and bravado misplaced) 1 star is a bit too good for this garbage.

To borrow from another review on here: “Crap, juvenile lyrics, crap vocals, crap guitar, crap album title and art.” The fact that the home page for this album starts out by stating this album was taken off of subsequent printings of the “1001 Abums…” book speaks volumes. I listen to some pretty questionable punk/post-punk/goth stuff, but this album is just bad. There’s nothing about it I can even begin to like. 0 stars.

This was shitty when it came out, and it's still shitty now. Why do you have to put the shame of my generation on display like this?

It makes me so angry that countless fantastic albums aren't on this list but a truly awful, horrible album like this is on it. So shameful. It is musically worthless, and just bad, and what makes it even worse is the constant swearing which makes this album insufferable (perhaps Hold On is the only song that stands out in that regard). And on top of that it is 75 minutes long, aaaand it also has one of the worst album covers on this list so far. It deserves nothing but a 1.

I started off by giving this the benefit of the doubt, but the sheer awfulness of this just overwhelmed me. What were they thinking ?

I remember back in 2000, Limp Bizkit was only enjoyed by morons. I see some things never change. Absolute trash.

This was just trash, this needs to keep rolling rolling rolling out to the curb. 0/5

This was rough at times. I remember liking some of these songs when I was kid, but this has not aged well. Was really surprised that this was even on this list. 1.5/5

Disgust trigger 2 Trying to be 7 inch nails But is actual shit 1

This album was about as bad as I remember it being. I remember liking Three Dollar Bill when it came out, but everything after that has done nothing to keep my attention.

Why? F

I don't know why this is on the list. Like a kid who discovered his first swear word. I recognized Rollin' from radio play at the time, it's just as terrible now as it was then. My generation, what a terrible ripoff of the Who. The whole thing was bad

When describing the emotion for the devotion it took to get through the album, I searched “screaming frustration” gif

Why? Just why?

Definitely not my thing.

I rated this 1, spelled o-n-e,but pronounced zero.....a total waste of vinyl

Um, no thanks.

This is horrendous. The intro has to be one of the worst things ever laid to tape. The isolated Fred Durst vocal at the start of the second track is equally awful. My Generation is at least just a boring song. This is by far the stupidest music I’ve ever heard. Its seriously so dumb. The lyrics are appalling. The singles (My Way, Rollin) are the highlights so far, if you can call them that. The Mission Impossible song is the only actually listenable song actually. 0.4/5

In the bib. 0 stars.

This album was so bad, I made sure to listen to it through New Pipe on my phone so not to get it into my Youtube algorithm.

I mean Rollin was a cool theme for the undertaker

The Horror! The Horror!

Pay me and I’ll listen. Otherwise, fuck off.

I listened to this a couple months ago because my partner got it on the generator, and I did not like it. It's not the absolute worst thing I've listened to, but it got on my nerves and the length made it even worse. That last song with the three minutes of laughing was annoying. And did it really need two versions of Rollin'? My favourite song was maybe Hot Dog or My Generation? I didn't relisten to it, so I can't remember.

Unlistenably bad. Couldn't bear to hear more than a small portion of each song

Not putting myself through that. I refuse.

noooooo

I'm having trouble processing my first impressions. This is so awful and weirdly so. Hot Dog is squarely a dis track against NIN which is charming in concept despite the actual music and lyrics being completely stupid. There is very little here that appeals to me. Limp Bizkit exist as the exception to the rule I often cite for myself: "If it's fast, loud and heavy then chances are good I'm going to like it." pee-YOO...Don't go near the Chocolate Starfish...This record is a stinker.

I'm not sure I've ever hated something so much in my life. How did anyone think this had any business being an hour and a quarter long? War crime.

The instrumentation brings this up from a 0, but I do think these are the worst songs I've ever heard. 3rd grader lyrics 1.5 star

Didn't like limp bizkit back then still don't like them now. Obviously were socially important part of youth culture for Americans but wouldn't say they aged very well

A fucking monstrosity of zero musicality and 100% gimmick. Couldn't make it past a few corny intros.

These guys are hilarious. People used to think like this.

1.5 Fred Durst’s lyrics are the very definition of fragile masculinity. This band is the most juvenile band I’ve ever come across. They’re a joke. It’s a shame too because musically they aren’t horrible. But once you add the “you were mean to me so I’m going to get violent” lyrics it just turns to dog shit. I give this 1,5 instead of 1 because my wife will put on a few tracks while we work out. The rage which I feel towards this band makes me work out more intensely. That’s its only redeeming value.

Can we have 3 five-stars in a row? (Checks to see Limp Bizkit is next) fuck I’m serious, if this is on the list because it’s important to early 2000s rock and sold a bajillion copies, then Nickelback’s Silver Side Up has the same right to be here Not totally unredeemable, but the best tracks were the ones that made me forget I was listening to a Limp Bizkit record HL: “My Way”, “Hold On”, “Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle)” December 5, 2023

This album is an insult to nu-metal and I don’t like nu-metal in the slightest. Fred Durst might be the most insufferable frontman in recent memory and his lyrics are so awful that I would think the whole thing is a joke if not for the earnestness with which Durst delivers. The posturing, the comically flippant use of the word fuck, and just the overall douchey vibe make this a truly punishing experience. This world is a worse place for having Limp Bizkit in it.

Awful band. Stupid name. Awful music. Childish album title. Immature lyrics. A fanbase of 14 year-old boys who inexplicably continue to like this puerile, juvenile dross. Is there anything about this whining, faux-outrageous dross that is, er, worth a biscuit? I hate everything about nu-metal and Durst is one of the worst exponents. Ooh, Fred, you're so ironically threatening. Twat.

Awful

So bad, just so so bad.

Spending 75 minutes in an MRI machine would be better than giving one more minute to this molten dumpster fire of an album. No redeeming musical value AT ALL.

2/10. Maybe if I had lived through the nineties I would need to listen to angry music too. But I still think I could find something better than this dog shit. Rollin' was actually pretty good though, and it was thoughtful of them to put it on the album twice.

Just horrible all around. Album cover, title, lyrics, music, really the full package. If you enjoyed this album or had a hand in its making, I don't ever want to meet you. Glad this came pretty much full circle with Korn - it put some awful nu-metal bookends on this entire project for me. 1/10

I always avoided listening to Limp Bizkit, because Fred Durst was an annoying fuck, so now, after actually listening to this album, I feel justified in my previous choice. So self pitying it’s a shame really, because some of the hooks are not bad, but ultimately it was an exhausting album to listen to.

The world's oldest teenager sings sweary songs for drunken frat boys in cargo pants. A fucking abysmal album.

Bailed less than a minute in. Appalling.

Just can’t listen to this ear torture.

I did have this album when I was 15. I did go back in time listening to this album 23 years later and I remember which songs I liked the best: My Way, The One, Take A Look Around. This album satisfied the angst when I was a teenager and now it does nothing for me now.

I do like the cover though

It's really annoying that this was the popular mainstream music of my later teenage years. I really feel like I was robbed of being able to be enjoy a musical movement with my peers. For that reason I hated this then and I despise it now. Regardless of that personal context this is an objectively awful album. The band name, album title and artwork about sum up the unfunny, thick, juvenile nature of the music. Add Fred Durst's weird squeaky vocals and you quite possibly have the worst all-round album package released in my lifetime. Rating: 1/5 Playlist track: My Way Date listened: 30/10/23

I hate this album

Just gross. Granted, I don't care much for this style of music, but even still, there is nothing remotely good or interesting about this album. This does not belong on this list

I'm sorry, I couldn't finish this one

Man, why is this here? Like, I get this is an important part of nu-metal or whatever, but isn't that why Kid Rock is here? Or Korn? Like, I see no reason this is here if not for the author trolling everyone. The instruments suck, the lyrics are AWFUL, and the same song is on here twice, just to really say "fuck you" to your audience. Is that the point? Why would you want to listen to this if the artist hates you as the listener actively on the album? Jesus, just terrible.

Can honestly say not a fan. Best track was intro, thought "Ooh, perhaps they are not what I expected " Yes they were. Not for me.

lol wtf even is this. what an actual drag of an album. i never even understood why rolling was so popular. the album would have gotten a 2 if it was just rolling alone tbh

Floored by the blatantly immature and ridiculous album title and cover artwork. Seriously, this is such a pathetically bad attempt at some kind of innuendo. I can’t believe actual music business professionals shipped this. And honestly, you’re gunna tell me the Limp Bizkit album that doesn’t have Nookie or Break Stuff on it is the one worth a damn? Fuck off.

Atrocious album.

This album sucks lol

Uhhh yea? Limp Bizkit is on this list but it's not even "Significant Other"? Not the album with "Nookie" or "Break Stuff"? I guess that means we're going to get 2 albums by them on this list which leaves me perplexed. I can appreciate what they did for metal, as the rap metal / nu metal contrast to TRL's omnipresent pop showings in the late 90s/early 2000s was a cool and fun battle for music fans of wildly different genres. It was enjoyable to see if a metal band would be the number 1 on TRL and have this feeling of winning something... until the next time TRL was on. It was fun to see them and Korn doing their thing and getting a fair amount of play on the radio to the pop music of the time but man... they just kind of suck. Fred Durst has one of the most annoying "singing" voices of all time. It's like a mix of the quintessential bully voice, a whiney kid, and a comedian trying to make music by masking his voice and having it be passable to some extent. It's just weird. At the same time I don't really appreciate what they did for metal too much. Korn was the band next to them doing it and Korn was a really good band. They had good musicianship, good songwriting, lyrics, themes, and in general a lot that LB didn't have. Now that I think of it, it feels stupid that LB is even on this list if it's not for the album with "nookie" and "break stuff" on it. For my personal starting point on this list, to have Korn not come up already feels dumb and it feels dumb that LB's second-best album from this era is on this list before any Korn record. I know that you can start this project at any point and it will revolve day after day so this might not be everyone's experience, but this is mine (ours) and that's just bleh. It's a 1/5. I don't like the music. It doesn't need to be heard before you die.

C'est très laid

I really hope this doesn't appear on my Spotify wrapped for 2023. 'The most embarrassing album you listened to was...' the best bits of this are all samples, and the whole thing is so utterly cringeworthy: from the band name, to the album name to the artwork to the utterly unimaginative swearing.

And I thought it couldn't get any worse than Kid Rock. Turns out I was deeply mistaken. I can now barely hold down my job as I have become significantly dumber after listening to this. Limp Bizkit. Not even once.

Fuck off with this title omg. It could be a 2 because it’s competent at what it is trying to do… but I certainly don’t wanna hear it. Apparently this album was removed from later 1001 albums as well. I wouldn't have missed it.

Horrible

This was the worst album I have ever heard. Sounded like a whiny 13 year old wrote the lyrics and a screechy 45 year old sang them. The music is generic and the only good parts were from the guest musicians. Totally sucks!

M.A Nummisen Tallinnan ja Tukholman laulu kertoo kaiken meitä ympäröivistä naapurivaltioista, jota on olennaista tietää. Parasta tässä albumissa on se, että nämä henkilöt ovat hyvin suosittuja ja sinun pitäisi tietää heidät. He ovat Ruotsin ja Viron tavoin olennaissia entiteettejä tässä maailmassa. Outro

I didn't make it all of the way through the album because it's noted that this album was removed from the project at a later release. This should've stayed and Fetch the Bolt Cutters should never have made it. This isn't good, but its' cultural relevance may make this album worthy of a listen. I could totally mosh if drunk enough. This created a whole subsection of people who wore Neon too big gym shorts with TAPOUT Shirts. Ahhhh youth. I see what they were going for with the Rap/Rock and how hype they were on themselves given the time, but I can't stand it.

I tried. I listened to a few songs, but it’s so bad I can’t stand it.

Excuse me, I seem to have ended up on the list of "Albums that no one should have to hear before they die" somehow. This is shit. Its just bad. Lyrics, music, themes, its all shit. 1/5

This album is awful, even for me, enjoying a significant part of the nu-metal movement and its bands. It's entirely inutile for 2023.

Got maybe 3 songs in. Couldn’t get into it

This made me re-evaluate other albums I thought were 1 star.