Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
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| 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/Alternative Metal | |
| Length | 1:14:51 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Producer(s) | Josh Abraham, Swizz Beatz, Terry Date, Fred Durst, DJ Lethal, Scott Weiland |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Limp Bizkit chronology | ||
| Significant Other (1999) |
Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water (2000) |
New Old Songs (2001) |
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third album by Limp Bizkit, first released on October 17, 2000. It debuted a # 1 on the Bilboard Charts and sold over a millons copies in it's first week breaking the record for a rock ablum.
It's their most commercially successful record, with 12 million copies sold worldwide to date. The record recieved very mixed reviews, for example; it features in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" but also Q magazine's "50 worst albums of all time".
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[edit] About the album
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 cover art, which features an actual chocolate starfish amidst a field of hot dogs, is perhaps an allusion to anal sex.
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." Both lyrics make the metaphor in question quite clear.
The album features several high-profile guests, incuding 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.
"My Way" was the official theme song of WWF WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001. The WWF (now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE) used Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" tune to signal the arrival of one of the company's greatest and legendary Wrestlers, The Undertaker. He used the song in the PlayStation 2 game WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It and the Xbox game WWF RAW, both of which featured Fred Durst as a "hidden" playable character.
The song "Hot Dog" is notorious for featuring the word "fuck" 48 times. The chorus,"You wanna fuck me like an animal/You'd like to burn from the inside", is taken directly from the Nine Inch Nails' infamous hit Closer. Although during this period, a feud existed between Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor and Fred Durst, Durst still cleared the sample for this song. The usage of it is seen as a tribute to Reznor, not as an insult, although this is often misinterpreted.
"Cum On My Shoes", "Nuthugger", "Karma", "Naive", and "Asleeping" were some of the original titles for songs on the album. None of them made the cut. They also were supposed to feature Kid Rock and the nu metal band KoRn.
The album was voted up to number 11 at Q magazine's 50 worst albums of all time
[edit] Miscellanea
- "Chocolate Starfish" happens to be also the name of an Australian rock group.
- "Take a Look Around" was the theme song for the movie Mission: Impossible 2.
- 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 Awards.
[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" at the end.
- "Getcha Groove On" (feat. Xzibit) – 4:29
- "Take a Look Around" – 5:21
- "It'll Be OK" – 5:06
- "Boiler" – 7:00
- Contains an interlude at the end.
- "Hold On" – 5:47
- "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (feat. Method Man, Redman & DMX) – 6:22
- "Outro" – 9:49
[edit] Personnel
- Redman - Vocals
- Joe Barresi - Engineer
- DJ Lethal - Producer, DJ
- DJ Premier - Editing
- DMX - Vocals
- Terry Date - Producer, Engineer
- Rich Keller - Guitar (Bass), Mixing
- Carl Nappa - Editing, Assistant Engineer
- Brendan O'Brien - Mixing
- Scott Olson - Engineer
- Michael Patterson - Mixing
- Rakim - Engineer
- Steve Sisco - Mixing
- Andy Wallace - Mixing
- Scott Weiland - Vocals, Producer
- Eric B. - Engineer
- Mark Wahlberg - Vocals
- Xzibit - Vocals
- Fran Flannery - Assistant Engineer
- Doug Trantow - Assistant Engineer
- Stephan Jenkins - Vocals
- Femio Hernández - Assistant Engineer
- David Dominguez - Assistant Engineer
- Fred Durst - Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Art Direction, Photography
- Vlado Mellior - Mastering
- Ryan Williams - Mixing
- Ben Stiller - Vocals
- Josh Abraham - Producer
- Peter Katsis - Assistant Executive Producer
- Ted Reiger - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Swizz Beatz - Producer
- Eve Butler - Executive Producer
- Sam Rivers - Bass
- Jesse Gorman - Engineer
- Karl Egsieker - Mixing
- Erin Haley - Production Coordination
- Rob Dyrdek - Vocals
- Dylan Vaughan - Engineer
- Wes Borland - Guitar, Cover Art
- Pete Novak - Assistant Engineer
- Kevin Guarnieri - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Scott Borland - Keyboards
- Domenic Barbers - Editing
- Barney Chase - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Steve Conover - Assistant Engineer
- Jaime Duncan - Assistant Engineer
- Matt Kingdom - Assistant Engineer
- Cailan Mccarthy - Editing Assistant
- Darren Venbitti - Engineer
- Liam Wars - Art Coordinator
- Josh Wilbur - Mixing
- John Otto - Drums
- Trent Reznor - Co-writing credit for "Hot Dog"
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| 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 |
| Limp Bizkit |
| Fred Durst - Sam Rivers - John Otto - DJ Lethal |
| Former Members: Wes Borland - Mike Smith - Rob Waters - Scott Borland - Terry Balsamo |
| Discography |
| Albums and demos: Mental Aquaducts - Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ - Significant Other - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water - New Old Songs - Results May Vary - The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) - Greatest Hitz - The Unquestionable Truth (Part 2) |
| Singles: Counterfeit - Faith - Nookie - Re-Arranged - N 2 Gether Now - Break Stuff - My Generation - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) - Take a Look Around - Boiler - My Way - Eat You Alive - Behind Blue Eyes - Home Sweet Home-Bittersweet Symphony |
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| Preceded by Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule |
Billboard 200 Number-one Album November 4, 2000 - November 17, 2000 |
Succeeded by The Dynasty: Roc La Familia by Jay-Z |
