Results May Vary
is the fourth album by Limp Bizkit, released on September 23, 2003 through Interscope Records. The album was certified Platinum on June 3, 2008. [1]
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Album information
It went through many name changes, originally going by the name
Lessismore
, and later
Bipolar
. Other names the album went through include
Panty Sniffer
,
The Search for Teddy Swoes
, and
Fetus More
. At one point Fred Durst even said
"Whatever I'm feeling it is on the day the artwork is due, then that will be the final title"
.
For the first recording sessions, the band recorded without a permanent guitarist in the band (since
Wes Borland left in 2001). Vocalist
Fred Durst and bassist
Sam Rivers played guitar on some songs, and engineer Elvis Baskette was hired to play guitar on some others. This is the only Limp Bizkit album featuring former
Snot guitarist
Mike Smith. Fifteen songs were written and recorded for the album. Then Mike Smith was recruited, and four more were written as well.
After a discussion with
Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of
Interscope Records, the band decided the vibe they had with Smith was good enough that they should go back into the studio and write a whole new album's worth of material. In the end, ten more songs were written and recorded. The best songs were chosen from among these, and they made it onto the album. The others, including songs like "Masturbation", "Cowgirls from Hell", and "Relentless" are collectively known by Fred as the 'Off the Record' tracks. Fred occasionally plays them on the band's
MySpace.
The song "Behind Blue Eyes" is a cover of
The Who's original version and was used as the theme of the movie
Gothika
, with the music video featuring
Halle Berry, who is also in the movie.
The song "Just Drop Dead" one of the songs discarded from the album, was purposely leaked by Fred Durst, supposedly as a diss to
Britney Spears, after the Fred Durst and Britney Spears romance controversy. It was later released on the
Eat You Alive single.
Tim Burton collaborated with the band for the cover art while it was still going under the 'The Search for Teddy Swoes' name.
The song "Gimme the Mic" features lyrics from the
Eric B. and Rakim song "Microphone Fiend"
The song "Build A Bridge" was the theme song of
WWE Survivor Series 2003
. The song "
Crack Addict", which also didn't make it onto the album, was used as the theme song for WWE's
WrestleMania XIX
.
The
bridge in the song "Head for the Barricade" also features the only thrash-styled
uptempo beat ever heard through all of the bands discography.
On the inside cover the artwork shows a bottle of pills with the prescription from "Dr. Tyler Durden", a reference to
Fight Club
, of which Fred Durst is a fan. The song "Head for the Barricade" was also in the
Fight Club
game, in which he is a hidden character.
In the credits of the album,
Pete Townshend's name was misspelled.
Reception
Initial critical response to
Results May Vary
was generally negative. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an
average score of 33, based on 11 reviews, making it the 3rd worst ranked album in Metacritic's history.
[2]
Track listing
#"Re-Entry" – 2:37
#"
Eat You Alive" – 3:57
#"Gimme the Mic" – 3:05
#"Underneath the Gun" – 5:42
#"Down Another Day" – 4:06
#"
Almost Over" – 4:38
#"
Build a Bridge" (featuring
Brian "Head" Welch of
Korn) – 3:56
#"Red Light – Green Light" (featuring
Snoop Dogg) – 5:36 (3:55)
#* Contains the
hidden track "Take It Home"
#"The Only One" – 4:08
#"Let Me Down" – 4:16
#"Lonely World" – 4:33
#"Phenomenon" – 3:59
#"Creamer (Radio is Dead)" – 4:30
#"Head for the Barricade" – 3:34
#"
Behind Blue Eyes" (
Pete Townshend) – 6:05 (4:28)
#* Contains the
hidden track "All That Easy"
#"Drown" – 3:51
Bonus Tracks
#
"Let It Go" [UK] – 5:10
#"Armpit" [Japan] – 3:55
#*(remaking of a track of the same title from 1995 Mental Aquaducts
)
"Off The Record" Tracks
#"Chains"
#* appeared on MTV Album Launch on a tracklist
#"Cowgirls From Hell"
#*posted on LB MySpace
#"Fools Game"
#"Lean On Me"
#*released on Greatest Hitz
#"Masturbation"
#*posted on LB MySpace as 'Masterbation'
#"Need"
#*appeared on MTV Album Launch on a tracklist
#"Poison Ivy"
#"Pollution Recall (aka Press Your Luck Instrumental)"
#*Released on The Search for Teddy Swoes Sampler
#"Relentless"
#*posted on LB MySpace
#"Until The End"
#*posted on LB MySpace
#"When It Rains"
#"Why"
#*released on Greatest Hitz
#"Relax"
#*Alternate version of "Creamer (Radio is Dead)", rumored to be last track made with Wes Borland.
#"Crack Addict"
#*posted on LB MySpace & Played live once with Brian "Head" Welch and Mike Smith at Wrestlemania XIX
#"Shot"
#*released on the Eat You Alive Single
#"Just Drop Dead" (Written with Wes Borland)
#*released on the Eat You Alive Single
#"Press Your Luck"
#*posted on LB MySpace
#"How Do We Get Through This"
#*Demo Version of Masturbation
Personnel
- Limp Bizkit
- *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
- Terry Date - Producer
- Elvis Baskette - Engineering, Guitar
- David Holdridge - Additional Engineering, Digital Editing
- Ulrich Wild - Additional Engineering
- Andrew Scheps - Additional Engineering
- Brendan O'Brien - Mixing
- Billy Bowers - Additional Engineering
- Mark Valentine - Mixing Assistance
- Michael Patterson - Mixing
- Aaron Lepley - Mixing Assistance
- Jason Spears - Mixing Assistance
- JD Andrew - Recording Assistance
- Jun Ishickeki - Recording Assistance
- Jason Carson - Recording Assistance
- Jason Dale - Recording
- Brian Humphrey - Recording Assistance
- Zack Odom - Recording Assistance
- Steve Robillard - Recording Assistance
- John Morical - Recording Assistance
- Neal Ferrazzani - Recording Assistance
- Sergio Chavez - Recording Assistance
- Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
- Stewart Whitmore - Digital Editing
- Jordan Schur - Executive Producer
- Scott Thomas (Ringside)
Charts
Album
- Billboard (North America)
| Year
| Chart
| Position
|
| 2003
| Top Canadian Albums
| 3
|
| 2003
| Top Internet Albums
| 3
|
| 2004
| The Billboard 200
| 3
|
Singles
- Billboard (North America)
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
|
| 2003
| "Eat You Alive"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 16
|
| 2003
| "Eat You Alive"
| Modern Rock Tracks
| 20
|
| 2004
| "Almost Over"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 33
|
| 2004
| "Behind Blue Eyes"
| Mainstream Rock Tracks
| 11
|
| 2004
| "Behind Blue Eyes"
| Modern Rock Tracks
| 18
|
| 2004
| "Behind Blue Eyes"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 71
|
| 2004
| "Behind Blue Eyes"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 25
|
References
- http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=10&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist
- Music High and Low Scores