Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
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Free Music Review: Da Bizkit, yo.
Hit: 3 Stars
Wow. 1,410 reviews. Say what you will about Limp Bizkit, but one thing appears certain - for those who were around at the time, everyone had an opinion about this band.
The early nineties' mainstream rock scene was all about semi-depressing angsty hard rock (grunge). The late nineties was all about angsty hard rock, but with a little less emphasis on introspection. Hey, at least Korn tried sometimes.
My initial rating for this album was two stars, but I decided to give it a 2.5, which rounds it up to three. Why? I never thought Limp Bizkit were all THAT bad. Cast aside Fred Durst for a minute and you've got yourself a tight band who know how to play a catchy instrumental hook. In the maligned world of nu-metal, Limp Bizkit were certainly the poppiest, which certainly didn't help their credibility at the time. For the true mainstream alt. rocker (oxymoron?), they were a joke. Little Timmy's "first metal band." Limp Bizkit was to metal as Blink-182 was to punk rock. Plus, LB incorporated elements of hip hop, which is the kiss of death for any veteran metalhead.
And then there's Fred Durst, probably the most hated frontman in the history of rock and roll. An annoying, gigantic egomaniac without the chops to back it up; think Axl Rose, only without the talent. An MTV whore. A guy who paid radio stations to play his songs. A poser. A child trapped in a man's body. A big, fat, stinking idiot who couldn't write a decent lyric if his career depended on it (obvious at this point).
Those are the cons. The pros? He knew how to construct a decent vocal melody. Limp Bizkit were all about hooks and Fred Durst delivered in this respect. Too bad the lyrics are so stupid.
1999 served as a pretty divisive year for pop culture. The Matrix came out and unfortunately influenced countless crappy action movies, the boy band/teen pop thing was in full swing and, you know, nu-metal was radio's primo pick as far as loud guitar music went. Some better albums than Significant Other from 1999:
Fantomas - Fantomas
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
There Is Nothing Left To Lose - Foo Fighters
The Battle Of Los Angeles - Rage Against The Machine
California - Mr. Bungle
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
Euphoria Morning - Chris Cornell
The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
Make Yourself - Incubus
No. 4 - Stone Temple Pilots
When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple
Issues - Korn
Not a great year. Limp Bizkit didn't exactly make it any better, but, hey, catchy is catchy. Average teenage party angst album with some sweet hooks. Not highly recommended or anything, but it's better than Hinder.
Free Music Review: great
Hit: 5 Stars
this was great alot better than their corney first album. This album was great from start to finish better lyrics no corney garbage ones i have all their albums and this and their third and fourth were great but this was great a great CD from LB.Free Music Review: What's with the hate?
Hit: 5 Stars
I've never understood why people get off on hating Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit so much. Sure he's kind of arrogant, but that kind of comes with the title of being a "rock star." The music should speak for itself...and in that case, LB is a great combo of pop/rap-metal. Almost all the tracks on this album are catchy, well done tunes. And i know all the Slipknot fans hate LB just because Fred disrespected their entire fan base by calling them "Ugly, Fat kids." But who cares? I'm a big Slipknot fan and i still love this album. So if you can manage to get past Fred's sh**ty public image, you'll probably get something out of this.Free Music Review: Best LB album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the best Limp Bizkit album ever. I suggest you buy this 100%. I received it about an houre ago in great condition and only one day after the estimated shipping date, and have been skimming through it to find that it is great. I'm listening to it as I type, and I've got to say: "Just Like This", "Nookie", and the reason I bought the disc, "Break Stuff", "I'm Broke", "No one like you", and "Trust" are excellent songs, although every song on here is truly a masterpiece and are all reasons to buy the album in themselves. I reccommend Significant Other over any other Limp Bizkit album (there's too many to name).
Now I'd like to talk about the liner notes and the album cover. The album cover is a graffitti-looking picture of a Rapper (or a gangster?) I believe to be drawn by Wes as he does mostly all of the band's artwork. The liner NOTES get a 2/5. The lyrics are very hard to read as they are over a big picture of either the whole band or an individual band member, and the acknowledgements (While interesting to read) are in various prints ranging from standard/default typing font to "cursive-like" that will actually make you strain your eyes if you try to read.
Parents: The language used on this album is quite strong, especially on "Break Stuff", "Truth", and "9 Teen 90 nine", so consider before you go buy this for your 14-year old.
Aknowledgements go to: MTmannix who delivered it in great condition and a week before the estimated arrival date.
I also recommend:
3 Dollar Bill, Y'all
Greatest Hitz
&
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog Flavored Water (which I have mixed opinions about)
BUY THIS ALBUM!!!
Free Music Review: Not worth much.
Hit: 1 Stars
The debate over the genre of this album is unnecessary. The truth is that this band, and album, were a fad. They were worshiped when the deplorable era of rap/rock was constantly violating your ears. I honestly had no idea that people still took this band seriously. I don't even think they take themselves seriously anymore. I don't say this to flaunt any type of disdain for Fred Durst, who is considered to be your typical shoddy sell-out front man who just everyone loves to hate. I say it because the music is just downright unpleasant. To start, it's loud...in the obnoxious sense. It's incredibly juvenile, as anyone could deduce from reading the deep lyrics...And Fred Durst's singing/rapping (whatever you want to label it, if you can find a title for it.) just throws off my equilibrium. I dont understand how anyone could tolerate his squeaky, high pitched "rapping", always followed by a low-pitched grumble that is most comparable to the Cookie Monster.
There really isn't anything redeemable from this band or this album. Wes Borland's alleged talent is just a myth...I want to know how these Wes Boreland fans came to the conclusion that he was talented, because this talent is certainly not displayed on any Limp Biscuit albums.
All in all, this album really isn't worth your money.