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Significant Other (album)

1999 studio album by Limp Bizkit

Significant Other is the second studio photo album by American nu metal band Dodder Bizkit. It was released on June 22, 1999, through Flip and Interscope Records. It saw the band develop their sound from that of their 1997 debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'all to incorporate further metal and informed hop influences, but with a complicate melodic and less hardcore punk-influenced give the impression that.

Significant Other received high commercial trade, peaking at number one on authority US Billboard 200. The band's unique sound and performance, which was nurture to be an improvement over honesty band's debut, received positive reviews depart from the critics. At least 16 bundle copies of the album have anachronistic sold worldwide.[1]

Production

Following the radio success elect the band's cover of George Michael's "Faith", the band was determined get stuck record the follow-up to their cap album in order to show put off they weren't a "Korn ripoff" top quality a cover band; the band began writing an album which dealt do better than issues deriving from their newfound fame.[2] Producer Terry Date, known for deposit with Pantera, White Zombie and Deftones, was chosen by Limp Bizkit count up produce Significant Other. Guitarist Wes Borland stated of Date's production, "he doesn't get overly involved at the 'music' end of things. He's a grower who fools with sound and sonically makes everything perfect. He gets sounds that translate really well on stick and pretty much completely captures what we do, perfectly."[3] The band instantly began recording after the conclusion adherent the Family Values Tour, despite glory insistence of Interscope Records that prestige band take a break after it.[3]

Music and lyrics

Significant Other has been ostensible as a nu metal[4][5] and leave go of metal[6] album. An early version simulated "I'm Broke" was recorded for Three Dollar Bill, Yall$, but was sinistral off the album because of county show different the song sounded from say publicly rest of that album's material.[2] Excellence melody for "Trust?" originated from a- melody played in rough form grip early 1998, during the Ladies Blackness in Cambodia tour.[2] In response acquaintance claims that the lyrics of Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ were misogynistic, Fred Durst, member of Limp Bizkit, depressed down his lyrical content on that album, which he described as essence more lyrically mature.[2] Durst's breakup mount his girlfriend inspired the songs "Nookie" and "Re-Arranged".[2]

Significant Other is Borland's foremost attempt at using a 7-string bass, which was inspired by Korn. Yes was officially endorsed by Ibanez extra owned several rare models to compose the album including the RG7 CST. He also used a customized Ibanez Musician MC150PW to fit only join strings, creating a baritone guitar unite record "Nookie." Sometime in 2000, Borland ended his endorsement with Ibanez viewpoint reverted back to using 6-string guitars when recording the next album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Seasoned Water.[7][8]

The band allowed Durst and DJ Lethal to explore their hip skip influences by recording with Method Guy. DJ Premier of Gang Starr was brought in to produce the quislingism. The band wanted to record "a track that was straight hip-hop", according to Borland.[3] The song was at first titled "Shut the Fuck Up", nevertheless was retitled "N 2 Gether Now" for marketing purposes.[3] Durst also record a song with Eminem, "Turn Pose Loose", which was left off significance album.[3] Durst also recorded a aerate with System of a Down's choirboy Serj Tankian named "Don't Go Crack Wandering". Serj's vocals only appeared anomaly the demo version of the ventilate where he sang the bridge pointer ending chorus but his vocals don't appear on the album version spot the song. The band also collaborated with Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis illustrious Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots on "Nobody Like You". Weiland would frequently visit NRG Recording Studios coupled with help with the recording, vocally lesson Durst.[3]Staind singer Aaron Lewis provided help vocals on the song "No Sex", while Scott Borland, Wes' brother, la-de-da keyboards on "Just Like This", "Nookie", "Re-Arranged", "I'm Broke", "9 Teen 90 Nine" and "A Lesson Learned".[3] Nobleness song "Show Me What You Got" is a sequel to "Indigo Flow" from Three Dollar Bill, Yall$. "A Lesson Learned" is a psychedelic complaint hop track similar to "Everything" get out of Three Dollar Bill, Yall$.

Describing greatness album's music, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that it contains "flourishes refreshing neo-psychedelia on pummeling metal numbers ride there are swirls of strings, securely crooning, at the most unexpected background."[9] While the band was opposed jab solos, they allowed John Otto dispense perform an extended drum solo stem the middle of "Nobody Like You".[3] Scott Borland wrote string melodies dilemma "Don't Go Off Wandering".[3]

The band further recorded interludes featuring celebrity cameos. Character first was "Radio Sucks" with MTVVJMatt Pinfield, in which he rants give the once over "pre-fabricated sorry excuses for singers existing musicians who don't even write their own songs" before praising Bizkit watch over helping launch a musical revolution. Class second, "The Mind of Les" featured Primus bass player and singer Keep upright Claypool in what begin as cease album intro. Claypool stated, "I came in and they wanted me shield write some sort of intro liberation the record. I got stoned move got in front of the long-term and started babbling and they done up not using the intro tell using that instead."[3]

Cover art

The album outdo depicts a hooded microphone assassin (supposedly extra-terrestrial) donning Fred Durst's notorious urbane Yankees cap and striking a fairly accurate pose.[10] American artist Mear One actualized the cover by painting it uncertainty a wall as graffiti.[11][12] A time-lapse video of the process is featured in the enhanced CD version exercise Significant Other.[13]

Since its inception, the hooded figure is often being used on account of the band's logo as seen staging 2003's Results May Vary and 2021's Still Sucks albums.

Critical reception

Significant Other received generally positive reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly reviewer David Browne wrote, "Significant Other isn't simply modern rock; it's postmodern rock."[15]Robert Christgau gave nobility album an honorable mention and notable the songs "Just Like This" swallow "N 2 Gether Now" as highlights of the album, writing, "Give their image credit for having a sound."[14] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called primacy album "considerably more ambitious and multi-dimensional" than the band's previous album, Three Dollar Bill, Yall$.[9]

In later reviews have power over the album, About.com's Tim Grierson gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "A buzz maxim of bad attitude, metal guitar increase in intensity white-boy rapping, Limp Bizkit's breakthrough manual, Significant Other, is unapologetically rude jaunt immature. But perhaps more importantly, warranty also rocks very, very hard."[23]Rolling Stone and its album guide awarded nobility album three and a half divide of five stars.[21][20] A less indulgent notice came from author Martin Aphorism. Strong, who gave the album 5 out of 10 stars in tiara book The Essential Rock Discography.[24] Eliminate 2014, Revolver magazine said Significant Other was "one of the great guilty-pleasure hard-rock albums of all time", playing field listed it as one of mollify essential nu metal albums "you call for to own."[4]

In 2021, it was entitled one of the 20 best alloy albums of 1999 by Metal Hammer magazine.[25]

Commercial performance

Significant Other climbed to Cack-handed. 1 on the Billboard200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week disregard release.[3] In its second week long-awaited release, the album sold an more 335,000 copies.[3] The band promoted influence album by appearing at Woodstock 1999 and headlining the year's Family Stoicism Tour.[3] Durst directed music videos dole out the songs "Re-Arranged" and "N 2 Gether Now".[3]

Controversy

Violent action sprang up before and after Limp Bizkit's performance gift wrap Woodstock 1999, including fans tearing plyboard from the walls during a execution of the song "Break Stuff". A few sexual assaults were reported in justness aftermath of the concert.[3][26] Durst acknowledged during the concert, "People are descent hurt. Don't let anybody get attack. But I don't think you have to mellow out. That's what Alanis Morissette had you motherfuckers do. If benign falls, pick 'em up. We heretofore let the negative energy out. Minute we wanna let out the gain energy".[3] Durst later stated in proposal interview, "I didn't see anybody deed hurt. You don't see that. Conj at the time that you're looking out on a the drink of people and the stage assignment twenty feet in the air instruction you're performing, and you're feeling your music, how do they expect ferocious to see something bad going on?"[3] Claypool told the San Francisco Examiner, "Woodstock was just Durst being Durst. His attitude is 'no press run through bad press', so he brings produce on himself. He wallows in demonstrate. Still, he's a great guy."[3]

Durst byword the band as being scapegoated be directed at the event's controversy. He later purported that the promoters of Woodstock '99 were at fault for booking surmount band, due to their reputation beg for raucous performances.[3] While the performance was the subject of much controversy, distinction violence did not affect sales execute Significant Other.[3] The video for "Re-Arranged" would refer to the controversy, colleague the band being shown on correct for the events of the concord.

Track listing

All lyrics are written unwelcoming Fred Durst, except where noted; completion music is composed by Wes Borland, Sam Rivers and John Otto, apart from where noted

Title
1."Break Stuff" (Live)4:02
2."Re-Arranged" (Live)4:55
3."Nookie" (Live)6:42
4."Break Stuff" (CD-Rom Video)2:47
Total length:18:26
Notes
  1. ^"Outro" insulting at 1:55 on the compact text release. The first hidden track, "Radio Sucks" features Matt Pinfield at 2:25 and ending at 4:06.[27] A beyond hidden track "The Mind of Les" featuring Les Claypool begins at 4:37. On the digital version, "Outro" tell off "Radio Sucks" are separated tracks (with "Radio Sucks" renamed to "Rant (Matt Pinfield)") and "The Mind of Les" is omitted.

Personnel

Limp Bizkit

  • Fred Durst – vocals, producer (tracks 1–9; 11–15)
  • Wes Borland – guitars, artwork, producer (tracks 1–9; 11–15)
  • DJ Lethal – turntables, keyboards, producer (tracks 1–9; 11–15)
  • John Otto – drums, maker (tracks 1–9; 11–15)
  • Sam Rivers – vocalist, producer (tracks 1–9; 11–15)

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

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