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Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)

Where the lyrics of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water take you, and where it was really made.

The album title started as a joke: 'chocolate starfish' is slang for the human anus, and the 'hot dog flavored water' line began as an in-joke on a tour truck stop.

Key places

Recording at NRG Studios, Hollywood (2000)

Recording site NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood) — The album's recording locations list includes this Hollywood studio, named as NRG Studios in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Westlake Audio, Hollywood (2000)

Recording site Westlake Recording Studios — The album's recording locations list includes this Hollywood studio, named as Westlake Audio in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Larrabee, Hollywood (2000)

Recording site Larrabee Sound Studios — The album's recording locations list includes this Hollywood studio, named as Larrabee in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Studio Litho, Seattle (2000)

Recording site London Bridge Studio — The album's recording locations list includes Studio Litho in Seattle. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Long View Farm Studios (2000)

Recording site Long View Farm Studios — The album's recording locations list includes Long View Farm Studios in Brookfield, Massachusetts. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Olympic Studios, London (2000)

Recording site Olympic Studios — The album's recording locations list includes Olympic Studios in London, one of the few non-US sessions listed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at South Beach Studios, Miami (2000)

Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — The album's recording locations list includes South Beach Studios in Miami. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Third studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit
• Released October 17, 2000 through Flip and Interscope Records
• Followed the success of Significant Other (1999) and rode the band's newfound mainstream attention
• Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the United States
• Last release featuring guitarist Wes Borland until the 2005 EP The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
• Last album with the band's classic lineup until Gold Cobra (2011)

Background

• Band returned to the studio in January 2000 to build on mainstream success
• Rick Rubin was hired first to produce but left the project after less than a week
• Terry Date returned to produce the record
• Band regularly tried newer material while touring as headliners on Napster's Back-To-Basics tour
• Longtime working title Limpdependence Day was dropped after missing the July 4 release target
• Most new songs were written by August 2000

Recording

• Sessions ran longer than expected because of constant experiments with new songs
• Several studios were used, including locations in Hollywood, Seattle, Massachusetts, London and Miami
• Track 'Livin' It Up' debuted at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in a duet with Christina Aguilera

Cover

• Cover art was designed by Wes Borland
• The cover has appeared on several lists of the worst album covers of all time

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Limp Bizkit is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida.
• Formed in 1994 by Fred Durst and Sam Rivers; John Otto joined soon after and Wes Borland later.
• The band developed a cult following in Jacksonville's underground scene, notably at the Milk Bar.
• Korn added the band to tours, exposing it to a wider audience; DJ Lethal joined as turntablist.

Members

• Current lineup: lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, and turntablist DJ Lethal.
• Founding bassist Sam Rivers died on October 18, 2025.

Career

• Debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997) was released on Flip Records with Interscope distribution.
• Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) brought mainstream success; the latter set a first-week sales record for a rock album.
• The band was marred by controversy at Woodstock '99 and the 2001 Big Day Out festival.
• Borland left in 2001 and rejoined in 2004; Gold Cobra (2011) followed the 2009 reunion.
• Still Sucks (2021) was released on October 31, 2021.
• The band has nominated for three Grammy Awards and sold 40 million records worldwide.

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: 'mixed or average reviews', weighted average 49 out of 100 from 12 critic scores
• AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Durst's self-pitying lyrics and monotonous music show the album was made very quickly
• Rolling Stone Album Guide: three out of five stars
• Rolling Stone magazine itself: 3.5 out of 5
• Kerrang! readers voted it the worst album of 2000
• Kerrang! readers voted the band the worst band of 2000 and Fred Durst 'Arse of the Year'

Reappraisal

• Metal Hammer named it one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 in 2020
• Listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, then removed in recent editions

Records

• Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 1,054,511 copies in its first week, a record for the fastest-selling rock album in the country
• About 400,000 copies sold on the first day of release
• Second week sales: 392,000 copies, still No. 1 on the Billboard 200
• No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with 98,707 copies sold in the first week
• RIAA 4x platinum two months after release
• RIAA 5x platinum almost seven months after release
• RIAA 6x platinum in April 2002
• Music Canada 6x platinum in October 2001
• Over 6.7 million copies sold in the US alone, platinum certifications in 13 countries, and about 10 million more worldwide

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'Hot dog flavored water' came from a joke Wes Borland made at a truck stop in summer 2000, after seeing flavored water bottles and joking about meat or hot dog flavors.
• Critics and fans speculated the album name parodied the Smashing Pumpkins' 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
• Fred Durst uses the album name in three songs, including the line 'The chocolate starfish is my man Fred Durst' in 'Livin' It Up'.
• The Firm threw a large party at the Playboy Mansion in Southern California on the album's release night.
• MTV aired a full hour-long special for the band, with Chino Moreno, David Silveria, Mark McGrath, Brandon Boyd, and Xzibit appearing.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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