Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water.jpg
Studio album by Limp Bizkit
Released October 17, 2000
Recorded 2000[1] at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles
Genre
Length 75:08
Label Interscope, Flip
Producer DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, Josh Abraham, Scott Weiland, Swizz Beatz, Terry Date
Limp Bizkit chronology
Significant Other
(1999)Significant Other1999		 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
(2000)		 New Old Songs
(2001)New Old Songs2001
Singles from Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
  1. "Take a Look Around"
    Released: July 18, 2000
  2. "My Generation"
    Released: October 31, 2000
  3. "Rollin'"
    Released: October 31, 2000
  4. "My Way"
    Released: May 2001
  5. "Boiler"
    Released: November 20, 2001

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by Limp Bizkit, released on October 15, 2000 through Interscope Records and Flip Records. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1.05 million copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling rock album, breaking the record held for 7 years, since Pearl Jam's album Vs. (1993).[2] The album became the eighteenth best-selling album of the 2000s in the United States.[3]

In 2010, according to the RIAA website, the album has sold over 8 million copies in the United States alone as of 2010 and has sold 20 million worldwide. Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water was supported by five singles in total; "My Generation", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", "Take a Look Around", "My Way" and "Boiler". The album was listed in the book for 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Music and lyrics

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 truck stop while the band was on tour, where Borland saw bottles of Crystal Geyser flavored water, and made a joke about having meat or hot dog flavors.[4]

Durst himself refers to the album name in three songs. First, "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 the naming of the album that "Fred calls himself Chocolate Starfish, because people call him an asshole all the time"[4]), "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish," and "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" where he mentions "Chocolate Starfish" in the introduction.

The song "Hot Dog" is notorious for featuring the word "fuck" 46 times. The chorus parodies the Nine Inch Nails songs "Closer", "The Perfect Drug" and "Burn". Durst said he was a big fan of Nine Inch Nails, who inspired his music, although Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor had made negative remarks about Durst during that period.[5] Reviewers have often interpreted Durst's lyrics in "Hot Dog" as an insult to Reznor.[6][7][8] "Livin' It Up" samples "Life in the Fast Lane" by the American rock band The Eagles. The lyrics of My Generation reference "My Generation" by The Who and "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2/5 stars[9]
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention)[10]
Entertainment Weekly C[11]
The Essential Rock Discography 7/10[12]
Melody Maker 4.5/5 stars[13]
NME 6/10[14]
Q 3/5 stars[15]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[16]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars[17]
Spin 7/10[18]

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water received mixed to positive reviews from critics, as Metacritic gave it a 49 out of 100.[19] Allmusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Durst's self-pitying and the monotonous music give away that the band bashed Chocolate Starfish out very quickly – it's the sound of a band determined to deliver a sequel in a finite amount of time."[9] The Rolling Stone Album Guide awarded the album three out of five stars,[17] whereas the magazine itself gave the album a 3.5 out of 5.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Fred Durst, except where noted, all music composed by Wes Borland, John Otto, and Sam Rivers, except where noted.

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Intro"       1:18
2. "Hot Dog"       3:50
3. "My Generation"       3:41
4. "Full Nelson"       4:07
5. "My Way"       4:32
6. "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"       3:33
7. "Livin' It Up"       4:24
8. "The One"       5:43
9. "Getcha Groove On" (featuring Xzibit) Durst, Xzibit DJ Lethal 4:29
10. "Take a Look Around"     Lalo Schifrin 5:21
11. "It'll Be OK"       5:06
12. "Boiler"       7:00
13. "Hold On" (featuring Scott Weiland) Durst, Scott Weiland   5:48
14. "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (featuring DMX and Method Man & Redman) DMX, Durst, Method Man, Redman Swizz Beatz 6:22
15. "Outro"       9:49
Total length:
 1:15:08

Personnel

Charts

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