Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water - Interscope Records

Vocals - Fred Durst

Guitars - Wes Borland, Sam Rivers

Drummer - John Otto

Other - DJ Lethal

Unlike their previous release ’Significant Other’, Limp Bizkit surrounded this album with a fair amount of hype. Not being the most well known band in the world, a lot of critics felt they would need all of the help they could get.

How wrong they were, the group fronted by Fred Durst had scored themselves a worldwide hit. One of the problems I found though was that it was a bit too wild. `Significant Other’ was itself loud and heavy but also had plenty of mellow, quiet parts too. Around 90% of `Starfish’ is very heavy and I’m worried that could put a few people off.

Don’t get me wrong, I do like and enjoy the album. I like the variety between rap and rock although I am not a big lover of Fred Durst’s rapping style. Remember Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, I thought they were bad rappers too but Fred makes them look very good.

On the track ’Getcha Groove On’ Fred gets help from ’Xzibit’. This makes the track a lot better than I think it would have been with just Fred rapping. I think that now, with their worldwide fame, any future albums would feature a variety of guest artiste.

Although I like this album, I think there are better, similar albums on the market. One of these is `Hybrid Theory’ by Linkin Park. It is similar in a lot of ways but is nowhere near as heavy. Maybe in parts but not as constant. Their mellow side shows lot more too. Don’t take this as a message not to buy this album, far from it, its definetely worth listening to. Even more so if you can get a copy with the bonus cd. It is a joy to hear the band’s cover of `Faith’ an old George Michael hit. It may seem like i’m contradicting myself here but although it is the heaviest song they have made, it is very eye opening.

Overall I recommend this album, you could buy a lot worse.

Track Listing With Rating Out Of 5:-

1. Intro

   
   




2. Hot Dog

   
   




3. My Generation

   
   




4. Full Nelson

   
   




5. My Way

   
   




6. Rollin (Air Raid Vehicle)

   
   




7. Livin’ It Up

   
   




8. The One

   
   




9. Getcha Groove On

   
   




10. Take A Look Around

    
    




11. It’ll Be Ok

    
    




12. Hold On

    
    




13. Boiler

    
    




14. Rollin (Urban Assault Vehicle)

    
    




15. Outro

    
    

If you like this album you will like:-

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

Korn - Follow The Leader

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory