Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
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| Studio album by Limp Bizkit | |||||||||||
| Released | October 17, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Recorded | March – June 2000 at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Genre | Nu metal, rapcore | ||||||||||
| Length | 75:08 | ||||||||||
| Label | Interscope | ||||||||||
| Producer | DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, Josh Abraham, Scott Weiland, Swizz Beatz, Terry Date | ||||||||||
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Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third album by Limp Bizkit, released on October 17, 2000 through Interscope Records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over a million copies in its first week.[1]
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Stylistically, the album is one of the most diverse the band has ever produced, and one of the most melodic. While there is still a more developed version of the rap metal the band had previously explored ("Hot Dog", "Rollin', "Full Nelson"), the band started to delve into more melodic territory. Songs such as "My Way" and "Boiler" feature Borland playing very large chords that involve all strings (as opposed to prior techniques of single notes and power chords) and could have been easily translated onto acoustic guitar, while The One is a very upbeat, relaxing song that has a very metallic ending, with Borland once again making use of his unusual four string guitar that featured a bass string as the lowest string. Drum performances from John Otto were also very varied and interesting, making use of a larger drumset than he had previously had. Bassist Sam Rivers also played very bass guitar parts that were just as integral to songs such as "Boiler" and "Hold On" as Borland's guitar playing. DJ Lethal had a more restrained role in the songs, scratching loops and samples in songs like "My Way" and "Livin' It Up", as well as participating in the full on rap songs the album had. Fred Durst's vocals and lyrics were varied, using both full on rap and full on singing, and tempering the heavy songs out with some screaming. Some of his vocals on the album, particularly on "Rollin'", were subject to criticism from the mainstream media.
The first part of the title is a scatological reference to the appearance of the human anus (Chocolate Starfish). However, Hot Dog Flavored Water is an inside joke started by Wes Borland at a truckstop while the band was on tour, where Wes noticed a jar of pickled eggs, and made a joke about doing the same thing with hot dogs (he took it further when he suggested they should bottle the water and sell it, hence 'Hot dog flavored water'). The name of the new covers album by Black Light Burns (Borland's new project), Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey, echoes the title of this album.
Durst himself refers to the album name in both "Livin' It Up", where he declares that "The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst," (Wes Borland has stated in an interview when questioned on naming of the album that Chocolate Starfish is a "weird nickname Fred has for himself") and "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish, punk."
The album features several high-profile guests, including rapper Xzibit on "Getcha Groove On", Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland on "Hold On", and rappers Redman, DMX and Method Man, including production by Swizz Beats on "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)", which is a remix of "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)". Actor Ben Stiller appears in the hidden track of "Outro" as well.
"My Generation"'s video clip featured a raucous attitude that is displayed at concerts. Limp Bizkit were surrounded in a steel fence/cage in which audience members climbed up and jumped off.
The song "Hot Dog" is notorious for featuring the word "fuck" 48 times. Durst makes a reference to the amount of "fuck's" in the song: If I say "fuck" two more times, that's 46 "fucks" in this fucked up rhyme." The chorus, "You wanna fuck me like an animal/You'd like to burn me on the inside", is a reference to the Nine Inch Nails' famous hit "Closer" (the lyric is altered in the Bizkit version). Although during this period, a feud existed between Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor and Fred Durst, Durst still cleared
"Livin' It Up" samples "Life in the Fast Lane" by the American rock band Eagles.
The video for "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" was directed by Fred Durst at the World Trade Center in late 2000. The video won the award for best rock video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.
[edit] Reception
On Metacritic, the album received "mixed or average reviews" from critics based on an aggregate score of 49/100 from twelve reviews.[2] It is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, yet also appears in Q magazine's "50 Worst Albums of All Time".
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro" – 1:18
- "Hot Dog" – 3:50
- "My Generation" – 3:41
- "Full Nelson" – 4:07
- "My Way" – 4:32
- "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" – 3:33
- "Livin' It Up" – 4:24
- "The One" – 5:43
- Contains the hidden track "I Want You to Stay" – (1:59)
- "Getcha Groove On" (featuring Xzibit) – 4:29
- "Take a Look Around" – 5:22
- "It'll Be OK" – 5:06
- "Boiler" – 7:00
- Contains an interlude – (1:13)
- "Hold On" (featuring Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots) – 5:47
- "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (featuring Method Man, Redman, DMX, and Swizz Beats)– 6:22
- "Outro" – 9:49
[edit] Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.[3]
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| Charts (2000)[4] | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 |
| U.S. Top Internet Albums | 1 |
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| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "My Generation" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 33 |
| 2000 | "My Generation" | Modern Rock Tracks | 18 |
| 2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Modern Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Rhythmic Top 40 | 38 |
| 2000 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 65 |
| 2000 | "Take a Look Around" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| 2000 | "Take a Look Around" | Modern Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 2001 | "Boiler" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 30 |
| 2001 | "My Way" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 2001 | "My Way" | Modern Rock Tracks | 3 |
| 2001 | "My Way" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 75 |
| 2001 | "My Way" | Top 40 Mainstream | 40 |
[edit] References
- ^ Seymour, Craig (October 26, 2000). High 'Rollin. Entertainment Weekly. Accessed May 21, 2008.
- ^ Limp Bizkit: Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000): Reviews. Metacritic. Accessed May 20, 2008.
- ^ allmusic ((( Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water > Credits ))). Allmusic. Accessed May 21, 2008.
- ^ allmusic ((( Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed May 21, 2008.
| Preceded by Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule |
Billboard 200 number one album November 4 – November 17, 2000 |
Succeeded by The Dynasty: Roc La Familia by Jay-Z |
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