Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary (2003)

It took a long, long time for Limp Bizkit to get their follow-up to "Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water" into the stores. First, guitarist Wes Borland, generally regarded as the band's musical force, up and left the band, and it took a long, long time to find a replacement guitarist. After a national talent search performed at Guitar Center stores, where candidates had to sign contracts that gave up their rights to anything original they played at their audition, Limp Bizkit settled on former Snot guitarist Mike Smith and recorded an album. Then scrapped it. Then they recorded another album. Then scrapped it. They were going through album titles, too -- it was called Bipolar and then, charmingly, Panty Sniffer. Finally, all the sessions and the turmoil were whittled down into one very long album called "Results May Vary". Without Borland on the album, Limp Bizkit turns to frontman Fred Durst, who already dominated the band's personality and now must provide direction in addition to bravado. Durst doesn't come up with any new musical ideas, apart from slight hints of Staind and emo on the ballads, and he generally runs amuck, spewing bile at targets including Britney Spears, ranting about how she broke his heart. He complains about being picked on in high school and about radio and MTV playing the same old bands, and invokes icons like Kurt Cobain. Results May Vary would have been improved if the music had a fraction of Durst's anger (no matter how misguided it is) or had energy to match the clown jumping up and down and screaming in front.

Track List:

01. "Re-Entry" (Durst, Otto, Rivers) - 2:37
02. "Eat You Alive" (Fred Durst) - 4:12
03. "Gimme the Mic" (Fred Durst) - 3:05
04. "Underneath the Gun" (Fred Durst) - 5:42
05. "Down Another Day" (Durst, Otto, Rivers) - 4:06
06. "Almost Over" (Fred Durst) - 4:38
07. "Build a Bridge" (Durst, Otto, Rivers) - 3:57
08. "Red Light-Green Light" (Snoop Dogg, Durst DJ Lethal) - 5:36
09. "The Only One" (Fred Durst) - 4:08
10. "Let Me Down" (Durst, Otto, Rivers) - 4:16
11. "Lonely World" (Fred Durst) - 4:34
12. "Phenomenon" (Durst, DJ Lethal, Otto, Rivers) - 3:59
13. "Creamer (Radio Is Dead)" (Durst, Otto, Rivers) - 4:30
14. "Head for the Barricade" (Fred Durst) - 3:34
15. "Behind Blue Eyes (The Who cover)" (Pete Townshend) - 6:05
16. "Drown" (Durst, Rivers) - 3:51

Released: September 23, 2003
Recorded: August 2002 - January 2003; May - June 2003 in Los Angeles, California
Genre: Alternative Rock, Rap Metal
Length: 68:35
Label: Flip, Interscope
Producers: Terry Date, Fred Durst, Rick Rubin
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
Mixing: Michael Patterson, Brendan O'Brien

Personnel:
DJ Lethal - turntables, keyboards, samples, programming, sound development
Fred Durst - vocals, guitar
John Otto - drums, percussion
Sam Rivers - bass, guitar
Brian Welch - guitar
Mike Smith - guitar