Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Sick album, Wes Borland is just amazingly good.

Fred Durst knows the f word.

One of the most disturbing titles and pieces of album artwork. I was expecting to hate this, but it was a modicum more interesting than I expected. Extremely juvenile with little to say, but the nu metal riffs were heavy. Like a trailer park rage against the machine. 1.5/5 -> 2/5

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.

Love this band. Their vibe and sound are so singular- sure it’s not anything high-brow, but it just makes you wanna crank the volume. Songs like “Rollin’,” “Take a Look Around,” and “My Way” are in total bangers of meathead attitude and 2000s nu metal nonsense. The problem here is its length. There’s a solid stretch of weaker tracks in the middle and the DMX and Xzibit remixes were very unnecessary. Despite the amazing work by the musicians and my overall loving the project, it gets a 3

Better than Coldplay

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.

Hard pass

In what world is this an album that everyone needs to hear? This is like a nine year old boy who just found out about porn and also realized that he can curse without repercussions. This is quite possibly the worst album I've ever heard. To think that this album took up space on the list that could have been taken by so many others who are vastly more deserving. It’s not right. It's just disappointing. 1/5 and dear god please take this one out.

Great reminder that this list is NOT called "The 1001 best albums of all time".

If nothing else I hope that people will appreciate the work of Wes Borland.

Huh. I didn't mind this and liked a fair bit too.

A very solid album, but the tone drags it down completely. I don't care about some random person mocking the band that they put in their own album.

I usually don't care about lyrics because music should be about the music, but the lyrics on this album really drag it down in Kid Rock-esque fashion. The music is actually pretty innovative. There's a lot of really cool things going on with the guitars, but those cringey, cringey, lyrics (and the half-baked vocal delivery) crush any chance this had of being good. Also, the album is about twice as long as it should be.

2.0/5.0: Disappointing

man fred really doesnt know when to quit does he? this couldve been a decent album; not a good album but a listenable one at least. the musics ok but the lyrics and vocal delivery bring the quality down significantly. then there is the issue of the length. that couldve been partially fixed by removing the last two tracks, the first of which was just a remix of another song from the same album and second of which was mostly just ben stiller laughing for nine minutes.

At first it wasn’t anything that special, kind of annoying vocals, but it got significantly better as it went on. I’d actually listen to some of these songs out of my own volition. Ok fine, this grew on me a bit too much, not a solid 4, but 3 feels a bit too low. There's some great stuff on here man.

Also, what’s going on with the cover? I hate it, yet I love it. It unsettles me, yet it intrigues me. It disgusts me, yet I can’t take my eyes off it. I don’t want it on my wall, I need it.

At the time this was a change of pace for Limp Bizkit with a more laid back approach and lengthier workouts. I thought of this as their Nine Inch Nails phase. There are some catchy tunes, but in fairness, this has not aged that well. Most of the songs are too long and could have used some editing. Also, the album title is still stupid.

Hey ma! I can swear!

75 minutes of fred durst that i cant get back

What a shit band

there will always be some nu-metal nostalgia festering inside of me, and while that does extend to Limp Bizkit to a certain extent, that advantage can only go so far. Fred Durst has one of the worst voices of all time, this is unbearably long, and at the end of the day, it's just not that interesting. the kind of hybridization that nu-metal and rap-rock is built on and was much maligned for will always be interesting to me, but Limp Bizkit feels like much less than the sum of its parts. practically anybody could rattle off a neverending list of better rappers, better metal bands, better hard rock, better etc etc. I can't really imagine any reason to reach for them besides nostalgia. the main appeal at the time was the kind of vaguely apolitical, directionless rage and anti-establishment sentiment, the provocativeness of it all, but in retrospect it's easy to see how other bands of every era much more genuinely, meaningfully, powerfully and most importantly entertainingly communicate anti-establishment and anti-authority ideas. Fred Durst just comes off as a whiny, effete poser when compared to the likes of Rage or Public Enemy or NWA

to also briefly engage with the most common arguments in the favorable reviews here, despite my personal dislike, i do agree this deserves its spot on the list just for the cultural relevancy, how well it captured the contemporary zeitgeist. but the other thing that seems to come up is the classic bristly "you're a pussy if you don't like this" bullshit, and to ignore the obvious misogynist and nonsensical aspects, is just stupid on the face of it. this is radio friendly, super accessible rock with metal and hip hop elements where he says "fuck" a few more times than we were used to in 2000, if you think this is "abrasive" or "tough" or "confrontational" or whatever, you seriously need to broaden your horizons and listen to some Blood Incantation or Backxwash or something

Should be in a special section of this list for teenagers. No one over the age of 17 needs to hear this. Thanks Freddy.