Results may vary from listening to Limp Bizkit’s fourth album, indeed. Most likely, those results will not be joy or elation, though. Rap/metal has not aged well, which frontman Fred Durst seems to acknowledge by singing more on the album. But singing instead of rapping exposes such Partridge Family-hued lyrics as “Heartbreak is a headache/Like a toothache or an earthquake” (from “Let Me Down”). There is even a song dissing “Hollywood rock stars” that Durst possibly dashed off while on his way to the Playboy Mansion. While former Snot guitarist Mike Smith brings a more straightforward sound to the five-piece, the minimalist style of departed guitarist Wes Borland is missed. The end result? Mostly uninspiring, midtempo songs, with the highlight being a surprisingly sober take on the Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes.”—BT
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