Results May Vary
by Limp Bizkit
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  1. DarkHoodedOne
    Oct 3, 2003
    9
    This CD is better than people think. Why, metacritic, did you take the crappier websites instead of the real websites. Then you'll get some real reviews. This CD is waay better than their previous efforts. No, im not a Limp Bizkit fanboy, and far from it, but this CD is far less annoying than they say. This could be one of those best rock albums of the year. The only song which This CD is better than people think. Why, metacritic, did you take the crappier websites instead of the real websites. Then you'll get some real reviews. This CD is waay better than their previous efforts. No, im not a Limp Bizkit fanboy, and far from it, but this CD is far less annoying than they say. This could be one of those best rock albums of the year. The only song which annoys me in "red light green light." Cmon, Fred, why do you have to act like a pimp, you're not black!… Expand
  2. MArkw
    Jun 3, 2007
    9
    This album isnt bad, The alternative rock influence makes listening to it very enjoyable.
  3. D.R.Burleson
    Dec 1, 2003
    10
    WTF? Why are so many people saying this cd sucks? This cd was great - look, music is meant to be different, thats what makes it so great, so why don't you stop complaining about it an listen to it for what it is. Most of these f-t up reviews are biased and just don't like fred durst. Had they written these songs themselves they would be bragging to all their friends and trying WTF? Why are so many people saying this cd sucks? This cd was great - look, music is meant to be different, thats what makes it so great, so why don't you stop complaining about it an listen to it for what it is. Most of these f-t up reviews are biased and just don't like fred durst. Had they written these songs themselves they would be bragging to all their friends and trying to get a record deal. So what if it doesn't fit your own taste, if it DOESN'T then it wasn't meant for you. There are plenty of us out here who love this cd - SO TO THOSE WHO DON'T....go jump in a lake and stop complaining - I'm glad that this cd was made and it is a good addition to music as a whole. … Expand
  4. Nanogon
    Nov 18, 2016
    10
    I think this album is hated mostly because of Wes Borland being departed in 2001. No, Mike Smith is not a bad guitarist at all - his technique and tone are really yummy, especially live onstage compared to Borland's tone onstage too. IMHO this album is savagely underrated as it has a plenty of good songs (leave alone Behind Blue Eyes - who still cares about this cover in 2016?) - they justI think this album is hated mostly because of Wes Borland being departed in 2001. No, Mike Smith is not a bad guitarist at all - his technique and tone are really yummy, especially live onstage compared to Borland's tone onstage too. IMHO this album is savagely underrated as it has a plenty of good songs (leave alone Behind Blue Eyes - who still cares about this cover in 2016?) - they just took a slightly different direction.… Expand
  5. rmccoy2007
    Feb 28, 2017
    10
    When the album came out fans didn't like that it didn't sound like "Nookie," just like they didn't like that every other single released from Significant Other and from Chocolate Starfish didn't sound like Nookie. Going back and listening to this album in its entirety in 2017 I actually quite like it. It's good that it doesn't sound like Nookie. It shows a more mature band with moreWhen the album came out fans didn't like that it didn't sound like "Nookie," just like they didn't like that every other single released from Significant Other and from Chocolate Starfish didn't sound like Nookie. Going back and listening to this album in its entirety in 2017 I actually quite like it. It's good that it doesn't sound like Nookie. It shows a more mature band with more melodies, softer vocals instead of the harsh angry party screaming, and the songs altogether are easier to listen to; they aren't an assault to the ears. It's Limp Bizkit heading off in a new direction and experimenting as artists instead of staying stagnant. I'd be willing to bet that Aaron Lewis may have had an influence on this album's production.… Expand
  6. C.Marsalis
    Mar 24, 2008
    10
    We came across this album by accident over the last few months. Contrary to all the bad publicity about this album, it is without doubt one of the most important albums since 1993. The production and ideas within this album are quite unique.The last albums to contain such artistry was Songs of Distant Earth by Mike Oldfield and Talk by Yes. Its quite disgraceful on some of the voting, We came across this album by accident over the last few months. Contrary to all the bad publicity about this album, it is without doubt one of the most important albums since 1993. The production and ideas within this album are quite unique.The last albums to contain such artistry was Songs of Distant Earth by Mike Oldfield and Talk by Yes. Its quite disgraceful on some of the voting, obviously from people who have no clue about music production. We have analysed some reviews by these individuals on other albums and its quite sad and obvious that these critics are like everything within the industry- to be aiding and abetting the demise of talent within the music industry. We suggest that those critics should become independent from the Record Companies. Its ok monopolizing CD Sales etc but to monopolise what talent is, is detrimental to the industry.… Expand
  7. DME
    Jun 12, 2012
    4
    Some good tracks: Build A Bridge, Behind Blue Eyes, Creamer (Radio Is Dead), and Head For The Barricade. The rest of the album is either yawn-worthy or just a mess.
  8. Tuco_the_Ugly
    Feb 17, 2014
    4
    Often renowned as Limp Bizkit's worst piece of work (keeping in mind that a lot of critics denounce every piece of work done by Limp Bizkit in what is one of the worst cases of a band being subject to unfair bias due to factors that have nothing to do with the actual music at all), Results May Vary has often been seen as the album that completely derailed Limp Bizkit's position as aOften renowned as Limp Bizkit's worst piece of work (keeping in mind that a lot of critics denounce every piece of work done by Limp Bizkit in what is one of the worst cases of a band being subject to unfair bias due to factors that have nothing to do with the actual music at all), Results May Vary has often been seen as the album that completely derailed Limp Bizkit's position as a mainstream Nu-Metal band. Much of this infamy and drop in musical quality can be attributed to the temporary departure of Wes Borland for this record, whom had left the band for a short period due to personal conflict with other members of the group , and as a result saw Bizkit going out on a limb with the absence of one of its main writers and its most talented musician.

    When listening to Results May Vary it becomes obvious that Bizkit's sound has been effected greatly by this change and saw a great variety of sounds being implemented with little consistency or sense of direction; following up a very familiar and Limp-style opening on Re-Entry with screeching guitars and searing vocals on what has to be Bizkit's heaviest track of all time: Eat You Alive, though this turn doesn't hold throughout the rest of the rest of the record and the only other song on the record to even come close to matching its aggression being: Head for the Barricade, which is catchy but nowhere near as memorable. Most of the other songs on the record see Bizkit take more of an alternative approach to the metal sound with songs such as Build a Bridge and Underneath the Gun packing little punch and coming across as incredibly formulaic. The album's worst is a pointless and forgettable cover of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes, one of Bizkit's worst pieces to date.

    Despite this negativity however there are elements of Bizkity goodness spread throughout the record, with several enjoyable intervals such as Take it Home providing small periods of laid-back enjoyment whilst the track: Red-Light Green-Light sees a catchy and fun collaboration between Bizkit and Snoop Dogg in an amusing lyrical trade-off.

    Overall the criticism levied at this album in particular can indeed be justified: it's inconsistent and fails to pack a punch in multiple aspects, thanks mainly to the lack of Bizkit's greatest feature: Wes Borland and his experimental style. Despite the fact that it indeed lives up to the title of being Bizkit's worst record there are several moments of enjoyment to be had and it deserves at least a listen or two if only to be appreciated as a reminder of the downfall of mainstream Nu-Metal.    … Expand
  9. nathanbo
    May 24, 2015
    0
    For a title "Results May Vary" it is surprising how one sided the reviews have been. Limp Bizkit has always carried great energy in their music and were even one of the most respected metal bands of the 90's; however, to many they lost what made what made them so unique in the early naughties. This is clearly evident in this "album." I quoted album because I'm not quite sure it's theFor a title "Results May Vary" it is surprising how one sided the reviews have been. Limp Bizkit has always carried great energy in their music and were even one of the most respected metal bands of the 90's; however, to many they lost what made what made them so unique in the early naughties. This is clearly evident in this "album." I quoted album because I'm not quite sure it's the right word to describe this collection of noise. Toxic sounds or mathematically formulated wavelengths designed kill brain cells are better ways of describing this cornucopia of audio pain. Hardcore Limp Bizkit fans may enjoy this, but even they will probably find most of the tacks generic and boring. Limp Bizkit's unique blend of metal, rap, funk and alt metal is not present in this "album." Instead we are treated with nu metal that comes across as blander than a week old bowl of oatmeal. While listening to this I felt like I was being eaten alive by an all encompassing creature designed by the most cookie cutter music producers of L.A. I think Limp Bizkit needs some sort of re-entry in sound because whatever they have been doing the past decade has not been working. The whole time I was listening to this I was wishing it was almost over. If I hear any of these "tracks" in my car it is proof that radio is dead. I rather drown in white noise that is most of Nickelback's hits than listen to this.… Expand
  10. Jay_Pickens
    Oct 25, 2018
    5
    Not as bad as people make it out to be. Way better than the atrocity, that Korn released in 2005. Some songs on Results May Vary are total garbage, while others like: Eat You Alive, Drown, Gimme The Mic, Head For The Barricade, Down Another Day and Phenomenon are great tracks. This record would be much better if they'd include more songs that they've recorded with Mike Smith on guitar...Not as bad as people make it out to be. Way better than the atrocity, that Korn released in 2005. Some songs on Results May Vary are total garbage, while others like: Eat You Alive, Drown, Gimme The Mic, Head For The Barricade, Down Another Day and Phenomenon are great tracks. This record would be much better if they'd include more songs that they've recorded with Mike Smith on guitar... the unreleased tracks are better than the actual album and they make you wonder, what would happen if they'd release them instead of the tracks that ended up on the record. This is a 5/10 record for me. Better listen to 3DB or TUT which are the best Limp Bizkit records. Pickens approves?… Expand
  11. FrankB
    Jul 10, 2005
    5
    This is Limp Bizkit's further decline into mediocrity. Now, it's not lord mercilessly awful like the critics and the "hatas" would have you beleive. Let's start with the bad: The insipid autobiographical "Almost Over" has such hilarious contradictions as "took alot of crap as a little boy, learned how to rap as a little boy" and "I'm singing in the rain as an older This is Limp Bizkit's further decline into mediocrity. Now, it's not lord mercilessly awful like the critics and the "hatas" would have you beleive. Let's start with the bad: The insipid autobiographical "Almost Over" has such hilarious contradictions as "took alot of crap as a little boy, learned how to rap as a little boy" and "I'm singing in the rain as an older man" coming from an MC who just cleverly rhymed "rap" with "crap" and a bold optimistic lyricist who spent his past three albums complaining about his girlfriend. "Gimme the Mic" and "Phenomenon" are so outlandishly overblown that they make the late 80's Beastie Boys claims of lyrical dopeness seem like accurate representations of hardened gangsta veterans, and that was shtick! Fred expects us to take boasts like "baggie jeans and a bottle of crack hits" seriously! The ballads (which take up a large chunk of the album)are for the most part woefully trite, with the exception of the genuinely pretty "Down Another Day", and when they're not generic, they're self-indulgent and bitter. If that doesn't make you tap the skip button fast enough, the Snoop Dog collaboration, "Red Light Green Light" is vapid, bland, and just plain lame-o. (wipes sweat off forehead) Okay, but amidst all these debacles, there is a fair amount of Bizkity goodness to partly compensate. "Eat you Alive" and "Re-Entry" have ham-fisted, thunderously catchy riffs balanced with pretty melodic bits. It's a reminder that under all the teen-angst and occasionally awful writing, the Bizkit really do know what they're doing, and there's some genius behind the jock. "Creamer" and "Lonely World" have desolate, Linkin Park style electronic gawthic pop beats, that you can dance to and sulk to at the same time. Plus, the rapping is a few notches above Mike Shinoda. "Head for the Barricade" has a tribal war-chant drum beat that works wonderfully, and the songs nu-metal ingenius climax would inspire riotous moshing, as would the clever riff trickery of "The Only One" And that's pretty much the whole sha-bang. About 5 or 6 really good songs on a 16 track album with the rest ranging from mostly mediocre to laughable. Still, Limp Bizkit isn't the worst of Nu Metal's evils, they're just the most renown. If Fred didn't stir up so much annoying controversy here and there, and the Bizkit weren't once the biggest, most arrogant band in the world, the critics would probably grant this comfortably mediocre album in the 50-60 range along with Linkin Park. This Bizkit may be a bit soggy, but focus your hatred on nu metal bands like Crossfade, Seether, Evenescance, and P.O.D, as they're what you should be worrying about.… Expand
  12. BernieG
    Feb 15, 2009
    8
    It's not their best work. The only issues I have with it are Wes Borland not present and the fact that it was mostly ballad-heavy. Otherwise, it's really not a bad CD. I think the reason people shit all over it is because they hate Fred Durst. I like their first 2 CD's better. And I did like "Chocolate Starfish". But this CD does get better with each listen. To those who It's not their best work. The only issues I have with it are Wes Borland not present and the fact that it was mostly ballad-heavy. Otherwise, it's really not a bad CD. I think the reason people shit all over it is because they hate Fred Durst. I like their first 2 CD's better. And I did like "Chocolate Starfish". But this CD does get better with each listen. To those who still have it, Check it out again. It's really a decent CD.… Expand
  13. MetalMovieNerd
    Nov 6, 2012
    2
    I could just say what I did about their last album, but I'm not going to. Wes Borland isn't even remotely present on this album and the musicianship is dreadfully dull. The lyrics are surprisingly worse than they were before due to Fred Durst and his "zanny" acts and stupidity and it doesn't help that the lyrics are irrelevant. I'll give the first two albums some kind of credit (not muchI could just say what I did about their last album, but I'm not going to. Wes Borland isn't even remotely present on this album and the musicianship is dreadfully dull. The lyrics are surprisingly worse than they were before due to Fred Durst and his "zanny" acts and stupidity and it doesn't help that the lyrics are irrelevant. I'll give the first two albums some kind of credit (not much but some), but here its just shocking. Truly a testament to how bad nu metal is and its demise.… Expand
  14. AaronTheCritic
    Apr 17, 2019
    10
    Yes, this album is nothing compared to its predecessors, and no Wes Borland; still, it shows Limp expanding into new genres and trying something outside their rap metal sound. Worth a listen. 100%
    and yes, results vary.
  15. zouz
    Aug 26, 2017
    8
    Shockingly underrated, with gems such as Eat You Alive, Behind Blue Eyes, Creamer, Let Me Down, Build The Bridge, GImmie the Mic, Drown... not nearly as bad as this lame critics might told you
  16. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    5
    Not as bad as people make it out to be. Way better than the atrocity, that Korn released in 2005. Some songs on Results May Vary are total garbage, while others like: Eat You Alive, Drown, Gimme The Mic, Head For The Barricade, Down Another Day and Phenomenon are great tracks. This record would be much better if they'd include more songs that they've recorded with Mike Smith on guitar...Not as bad as people make it out to be. Way better than the atrocity, that Korn released in 2005. Some songs on Results May Vary are total garbage, while others like: Eat You Alive, Drown, Gimme The Mic, Head For The Barricade, Down Another Day and Phenomenon are great tracks. This record would be much better if they'd include more songs that they've recorded with Mike Smith on guitar... the unreleased tracks are better than the actual album and they make you wonder, what would happen if they'd release them instead of the tracks that ended up on the record. This is a 5/10 record for me. Better listen to 3DB or TUT which are the best Limp Bizkit records. Pickens approves?… Expand
  17. ST33L3RZ
    Feb 2, 2021
    5
    "Eat You Alive", "Build a Bridge", "Red Light, Green Light", "Lonely World", "Head for the Barricade", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Let Me Down" are good songs. Every other song isn't very good. Overall, I think this album is not as bad as people make it out to be.
  18. KrisL.
    Mar 25, 2004
    3
    Limp Bizkit is now like a dog who was just neutered and had its teeth kicked in . The edge and energy they had in their first 2 albums are but a thing of the past. The whiny nu-metal kids raised on Staind, Linkin Park, and most of the crappy bands today like that will probably like it (and are rabidly apparent in their reviews), but old school fans and just about everyone else need not apply.
  19. sanddude
    Jan 5, 2011
    0
    Limp Bizkit always sucked, but this is just--- to bad to simply put in words. The vocals are even more terrible than on Siginificant Other or Chocolate Starfish, the lyrics are a violent, misogynystic mess, and many more reasons are available why this album sucks.
  20. DAX616
    Jan 17, 2013
    3
    I can honestly say this album sucks. It's got a couple good songs, but overall it seems they didn't know what to do with their new guitar player. Durst never understood that nobody cared about how troubled his childhood/teen years were, I personally don't care as long as his lyrics give me something to think about, and lame rhymes with loads of complaints is not a good combination. TheI can honestly say this album sucks. It's got a couple good songs, but overall it seems they didn't know what to do with their new guitar player. Durst never understood that nobody cared about how troubled his childhood/teen years were, I personally don't care as long as his lyrics give me something to think about, and lame rhymes with loads of complaints is not a good combination. The music overall is not so good, they wrote a couple good riffs for this album, but the rest is just forgettable. The song they made with Snoop Dogg, instead of giving the album a stand-out track for Dogg or LB fans, it was mostly ignored by all people, because nobody likes annoying and repetitive rap-like electronic music.
    So I should give this album a 3, maybe, and my problem with this album is that I like it a lot even though I realize only idiots like me could like it, knowing it's a piece of **** But oh, well....    … Expand
  21. Lukic
    Oct 6, 2004
    4
    this cd sucks badly
  22. nicolec
    Oct 30, 2003
    10
    holy crap! this cd is sooo hot! i have a list of songs on this cd that i want to screwdriver to, and anyone who doesnt have the same shouldnt be worth talking to!!
  23. SimonA
    May 1, 2004
    0
    incredible bad they turning The Who's masterpiece Behind Blue Eyes to a joke.Every song is about how sorry he feels for him self because Britny left him.
  24. EdC
    Aug 5, 2005
    0
    Notice how all of the Limp Biscuit supporters are just too dumb to make a good arguement for the album, so they just tell everyone else who is not tone deaf like they are to shut up. Limp Bistcuit, Linking Park, MudVain, Pudders of Mud, just suck! Really! But in the case of the Biscuit, the garbage they claim to be music is uninspired, uncreative, idiotic, stupid, and total crap. But Notice how all of the Limp Biscuit supporters are just too dumb to make a good arguement for the album, so they just tell everyone else who is not tone deaf like they are to shut up. Limp Bistcuit, Linking Park, MudVain, Pudders of Mud, just suck! Really! But in the case of the Biscuit, the garbage they claim to be music is uninspired, uncreative, idiotic, stupid, and total crap. But wait, we havent heard anything yet. Wait till Limp Biscuit, Linking Park, N*Sink, and $0.50 get together to go on tour. Wow, what crap that would be.… Expand
  25. AaronB.
    Jun 20, 2008
    10
    This album is very good. It contains two of their greatest songs, Behind Blue Eyes and Eat You Alive. The rest of the songs are good too. I'd recommend purchasing this album to any die-hard Limp Bizkit fan.
  26. ChadC.
    Jul 15, 2008
    0
    This is the most horrendous piece of shit ever. Well, okay, I'll admit: it is better than K-Fed's album. But that's it.
  27. MarvelousMark
    Aug 6, 2008
    10
    This is Limp Bizkit's best album to date. Some say it's not, due to the lack of Wes Borland. If no one ever knew his name, no one would ever even mention it. You people can't tell whether or not Wes Borland is playing guitar. Someone said "Wes Borland isn't on this album, so it will suck!" The guitar on this album is great, no matter who played it. I admit it's This is Limp Bizkit's best album to date. Some say it's not, due to the lack of Wes Borland. If no one ever knew his name, no one would ever even mention it. You people can't tell whether or not Wes Borland is playing guitar. Someone said "Wes Borland isn't on this album, so it will suck!" The guitar on this album is great, no matter who played it. I admit it's different from previous LB albums, and that's okay. Different doesn't mean bad. This is the best LB album, and that's the bottom line cause Marvelous Mark said so.… Expand
  28. JamieL
    Oct 3, 2003
    0
    This cd is absolutely terrble
  29. SophieM
    Oct 18, 2007
    0
    I heard the terrible reviews for this one and I realised that a friend had bought it - I lent it to play through and it was absolutely awful. Seriously, diabolical. It wasn't even so bad you could make fun of it, it went beyond that.
  30. TheQuietGamer
    Apr 28, 2014
    4
    I'm a fan of Bizkit's previous album, but I have to agree that this is bad. The problem here is that this isn't really a Limp Bizkit album. The majority of it sounds like the work of a sub-par and overly emotional alternative rock band. When I listen to Limp Bizkit I am doing it in order to just rock out, not listen to Fred Durst slow things down in order to sing about his feelings.

    The    I'm a fan of Bizkit's previous album, but I have to agree that this is bad. The problem here is that this isn't really a Limp Bizkit album. The majority of it sounds like the work of a sub-par and overly emotional alternative rock band. When I listen to Limp Bizkit I am doing it in order to just rock out, not listen to Fred Durst slow things down in order to sing about his feelings.

    The first three tracks, along with "Head for the Barricade,"carry the same loud and heavy style that I want to hear from this band, and that makes me wonder what happened with the rest of the album. It is honestly like another band did the rest of the songs, and did a crappy job at that. I'm sure there are some Limp Bizkit fans who will appreciate hearing the band display a softer side of sorts, and this different style might even attract new fans or make the haters think twice, but I know all it did was alienate me.

    This is just a bad album, Limp Bizkit or otherwise. Truly I feel it deserves all of the negative attention and reviews it has got. It just isn't Limp Bizkit. Because of that I didn't enjoy the vast majority of it at all. I give it a 4.5/10-Bad.    … Expand
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33

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
  1. Playlouder
    0
    This is so so crap.
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  2. Q Magazine
    80
    A far more rounded proposition than 2000's water-treading Chocolate Starfish. [Dec 2003, p.132]
  3. Dot Music
    10
    Eventually, 'Results May Vary' could become a fascinating document - a frightening insight into the vacuous state of 21st century culture.
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