Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Studio album by Limp Bizkit
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	2000[1] at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles
Genre	Nu metal, rap metal
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) Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) Results May Vary (2003)
Singles from Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
"My Generation" Released: October 10, 2000 "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" Released: October 10, 2000 "Take a Look Around" Released: July 18, 2000 "My Way" Released: May 2001 "Boiler" Released: November 20, 2001

Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by Limp Bizkit, released on October 17, 2000 through Interscope and Flip records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1.05 million copies in its first week,^[2] and was the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the US.^[3]

According to the RIAA website, the album has sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone as of 2008 and an overall 12 million worldwide.^[4] It features the singles "My Generation", "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)", "Take A Look Around", "Boiler", and "My Way".

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.^[5]

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 the naming of the album that "Fred calls himself Chocolate Starfish, because people call him an asshole all the time")^[5] and "Hot Dog", where he tells his detractors to "Kiss my starfish, my chocolate starfish."

The song "Hot Dog" is notorious for featuring the word "fuck" 48 times. Durst makes a reference to the number of "fucks" in the song: "If I say 'fuck' two more times, that's 46 'fucks' in this fucked up rhyme." 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.^[6] Reviewers have often interpreted Durst's lyrics in "Hot Dog" as an insult to Reznor.^[7][8][9]

"Livin' It Up" samples "Life in the Fast Lane" by the American rock band The Eagles.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	(C)[11]
Laut.de	[12]
Melody Maker	[13]
Robert Christgau	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Spin	(7/10)[16]
Ultimate Guitar	(8.1/10)[17]
The Village Voice	(unfavorable)[18]
Q Magazine	[19]
Amazon.com	[20]
CD Universe	[21]
Amazon.co.uk	[22]
hmv.com	[23]
Play.com	[24]

On Metacritic, the album received "mixed or average reviews" from critics based on an aggregate score of 49/100 from twelve reviews.^[25] It is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, yet also appears as No. 11 in Q magazine's "50 Worst Albums of All Time". Cracked.com lists it as the worst album title of all time.^[26] Entertainment Weekly .^[27]

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 arr. Limp Bizkit	5:21
11.	"It'll Be OK"			5:06
12.	"Boiler"			7:00
13.	"Hold On"	Durst, Scott Weiland		5:48
14.	"Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)" (featuring DMX, Method Man & Redman)	DMX, Durst, Method Man, Redman	Swizz Beatz	6:22
15.	"Outro"			9:49
Total length:				75:08

Initial Release Bonus Disc
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Snake in your face"	4:08
17.	"Back o'da bus"	1:18

US Limited Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's Like That Y'All" (featuring Run-DMC)	4:31

Japanese Limited Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Crushed"	3:24
2.	"Faith"	2:26
3.	"Counterfeit"	5:06

• Trent Reznor receives music credits for "Hot Dog" for samples only.
• Eric Barrier and William Griffin receive music credits for "My Way" for samples only.
• Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Joe Walsh receive music credits for "Livin' It Up" for samples only.
• Track 15 features voice overs by Ben Stiller, Mark Wahlberg, Rob Dyrdek and Stephan Jenkins.

Personnel

Limp Bizkit Sam Rivers – bass guitar Fred Durst – vocals DJ Lethal – turntables, samples, keyboards, programming, sound development John Otto – drums Wes Borland – guitars Additional musicians Scott Borland – keyboards Guest Vocals – DMX, Rob Dyrdek, Stephan Jenkins, Ben Stiller, Mark Wahlberg, Scott Weiland, Xzibit, Method Man, Redman

Production Executive producer – Eve Butler Assistant executive producer – Peter Katsis Production coordination – Erin Haley Producers – Josh Abraham, Terry Date, DJ Lethal, Fred Durst, Scott Weiland, Swizz Beatz Editing: Domenic Barbers, DJ Premier, Carl Nappa Editing assistant – Cailan Mccarthy Engineers – Eric B., Joe Barresi, Barney Chase, Terry Date, Jesse Gorman, Kevin Guarnieri, Scott Olson, Ted Reiger, Dylan Vaughan, Darren Venbitti, Rakim Assistant engineers – Barney Chase, Steve Conover, David Dominguez, Jaime Duncan, Fran Flannery, Kevin Guarnieri, Femio Hernández, Matt Kingdom, Carl Nappa, Pete Novak, Ted Reiger, Doug Trantow, Alex Morfas Mastering – Vlado Mellior Mixing – Karl Egsieker, Rich Keller, Brendan O'Brien, Michael Patterson, Steve Sisco, Andy Wallace, Josh Wilbur, Ryan Williams Art coordinator – Liam Wars Art direction – Fred Durst Cover art – Wes Borland Liner notes – Fred Durst Photography – Fred Durst

Charts

Album Charts (2000)[28] Peak position Canadian Albums Chart 1 U.S. Billboard 200 1 U.S. Top Internet Albums 1 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1 UK Albums Chart 1 German Albums Chart 1 Finnish Albums Chart 2 Polish Albums Chart[29] 2 Singles Year Single Chart Position 2000 My Generation Mainstream Rock Tracks 33 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 18 Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) Mainstream Rock Tracks 10 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 4 Rhythmic Top 40 38 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 65 Take a Look Around Mainstream Rock Tracks 15 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 8 2001 My Way Mainstream Rock Tracks 4 Modern Rock Tracks 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 75 Top 40 Mainstream 40 Boiler Mainstream Rock Tracks 30 Certifications Country Certification Sales Argentina Gold 20,000+ Australia 4x Platinum 280,000+ Austria Platinum 20,000+ Brazil Gold 40,000+ Canada 6x Platinum 600,000+ Finland Platinum 20,000+ Germany Gold 100,000+ Netherlands Platinum 50,000+ United Kingdom 2x Platinum 600,000+ United States 6x Platinum 6,000,000+ References ^ Hochman, Steve (March 19, 2000). 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Accessed May 21, 2008. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2000-10-30. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=3&lang=pl. Retrieved September 19, 2011.  Preceded by Rule 3:36 by Ja Rule Billboard 200 number one album November 4–17, 2000 Succeeded by The Dynasty: Roc La Familia by Jay-Z Preceded by The Greatest Hits by Texas UK number one album February 3, 2001 – February 9, 2001 Succeeded by No Angel by Dido Preceded by Light Years by Kylie Minogue Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album October 23–29, 2000 Succeeded by All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2