Results May Vary

Results May Vary
Studio album by Limp Bizkit
Released	September 23, 2003
Recorded	August 2002–January 2003; May–June 2003 in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Nu metal, alternative metal, alternative rock
Length	68:35
Label	Flip, Interscope
Producer	Terry Date, Fred Durst, Rick Rubin
Limp Bizkit chronology
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) Results May Vary (2003) The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005)
Singles from Limp Bizkit
"Eat You Alive" Released: 2003 "Behind Blue Eyes" Released: 2003

Results May Vary is the fourth studio album by Limp Bizkit, released on September 23, 2003 through Interscope Records. The album debuted at #3 in the US with over 320,000 copies sold on the first week, breaking the group's #1 spree on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified Platinum on June 3, 2008 in the US,^[1] and Gold in the UK in October 2003.^[2] The album's first single, "Eat You Alive", gained significant airplay on modern and mainstream rock radio stations.

The second and last single, "Behind Blue Eyes", was also a moderate hit cracking the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at number 71) and its subsequent music video receiving heavy rotation on MTV. Promotional singles were issued for "Red Light-Green Light", "Build a Bridge", and "Almost Over".

Production

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 Durst as the "Off the Record" tracks.

Tim Burton collaborated with the band for the cover art while it was still going under the 'The Search for Teddy Swoes' name.

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.

Music and lyrics

The song "Just Drop Dead", one of the songs discarded from the album, was purposely leaked by Fred Durst, supposedly as an insult to Britney Spears, after the Fred Durst and Britney Spears romance controversy. It was later released on the "Eat You Alive" single.^{[citation needed]}

The song "Gimme the Mic" features lyrics from the Eric B. and Rakim song "Microphone Fiend".^{[citation needed]}

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	33 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Q	[3]
The Guardian	[5]
Laut.de	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

The album has been panned by music critics. 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, tying with Viva Brother's Famous First Words as the fourth worst ranked album of Metacritic's history.^[8]

The album has a lone supporter in Q Magazine, which called it "A far more rounded proposition than 2000's water-treading Chocolate Starfish."^[9] Rolling Stone's review was also somewhat less unfavorable than others, "songs such as "Creamer (Radio Is Dead)" and "Lonely World" get by on Linkin Park-style electronic textures, stutter-step rhythms and catchy, cathartic choruses."^[10]

Legacy

It has been rumored that Wes Borland, who had departed from the band two years before, listened to the album and stated it was "more of a Fred Durst solo record, and not a Limp Bizkit effort at all."

The song "Build A Bridge" was the theme song of WWE Survivor Series 2003. The B-side "Crack Addict" was used as the theme song for WWE's WrestleMania XIX. It was also released as a downloadable song for the Rock Band platform in December 2009.

The song "Red Light - Green Light" was used in a commercial for Snickers candy bars.^[11]

Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" was used as the theme of the film Gothika; the music video featured the film's star, Halle Berry.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Re-Entry"		Durst, Otto, Rivers	2:37
2.	"Eat You Alive"			3:57
3.	"Gimme The Mic"			3:05
4.	"Underneath The Gun"			5:42
5.	"Down Another Day"		Durst, Otto, Rivers	4:06
6.	"Almost Over"			4:38
7.	"Build A Bridge"		Durst, Otto, Rivers	3:57
8.	"Red Light-Green Light" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Snoop Dogg, Durst	DJ Lethal	5:36
9.	"The Only One"			4:08
10.	"Let Me Down"		Durst, Otto, Rivers	4:16
11.	"Lonely World"			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"			3:34
15.	"Behind Blue Eyes" (The Who cover)	Pete Townshend	Townshend	6:05
16.	"Drown"		Durst, Rivers	3:51

• Robert Allen, Arthur Baker, Roger Ball, Eric Barrier, George Clinton Jr., Malcolm Duncan, Stephen Ferrone, Melvin Glover, Allen Gorrie, Wiliiam Griffin, Owen McIntyre, John Miller, Mark Morales, John Robie, Carlton Ridenhour, Darren Robinson, Sylvia Robinson, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee, James Stewart, Ellis Williams, and Damon Yul Wimbley receive music credits on tracks 3, 12, and 14 for samples only.
• Brian "Head" Welch plays guitar on "Build a Bridge", but receives no writing credits.

Bonus tracks

17. "Let It Go" [UK & Japan] – 5:10
18. "Armpit" [Japan] – 3:52
    • (remaking of a track of the same title from 1995 Mental Aquaducts)

"Off The Record" Tracks

1. "Cowgirls From Hell" - 3:56
   • posted on LB MySpace
2. "Crack Addict" - 4:40
   • posted on LB MySpace & Played live once with Brian "Head" Welch and Mike Smith at Wrestlemania XIX
3. "Fools Game" - 4: 21
   • Demo of "Underneath The Gun"
   • posted on LB MySpace
4. "Lean On Me" - 4:27
   • released on Greatest Hitz
5. "Masturbation" - 5:00
   • posted on LB MySpace as 'Masterbation'
6. "Poison Ivy" - 4:10
   • posted on LB MySpace
7. "Press Your luck (Pollution Recall)" - 4:08
   • Released on The Search for Teddy Swoes Sampler
   • Demo of "Re-Entry"
8. "Relentless" - 3:17
   • posted on LB MySpace
9. "Until The End" - 4:53
   • posted on LB MySpace
10. "When It Rains" - 4:20
    • posted on LB MySpace
11. "Why" - 4:05
    • released on Greatest Hitz
12. "Relax"
    • Verse lyrics reused for "Creamer (Radio is Dead)"
13. "Shot" - 3:47
    • released on the Eat You Alive Single
14. "Just Drop Dead" - 4:05
    • released on the Behind Blue Eyes Single
15. "How Do We Get Through This" - 4:26
    • 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
	Top Internet Albums
	US Billboard 200

Singles - Billboard (America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Eat You Alive"	US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	16
		US Modern Rock Tracks	20
2004	"Build A Bridge"	US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	33
	"Behind Blue Eyes"		11
		US Modern Rock Tracks	18
		US Hot 100	71
		US Mainstream Top 40	25

References

1. ^ "RIAA". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=11&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=on&before=on&startMonth=1&endMonth=8&startYear=2008&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
2. ^ "Album artist 239 - Limp Bizkit". Tsort.info. 2007-10-08. http://tsort.info/music/8fb98h.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Results May Vary at Metacritic Retrieved 2011-10-07.
4. ^ Allmusic Review
5. ^ Caroline Sullivan. "The Guardian Review". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/sep/26/popandrock.shopping. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
6. ^ "Review". Laut.de. http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/l/limp_bizkit/results_may_vary/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
7. ^ Rolling Stone Review^{[dead link]}
8. ^ "Music High and Low Scores". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
9. ^ Q Magazine. Dec 2003, p. 132
10. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
11. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Red vs Green". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPvlbxyorDc. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 

External links

• Results May Vary at Metacritic