Significant Other

Significant Other
Significant Other
Studio album by Limp Bizkit
Released June 22, 1999
Recorded November 1998–February 1999 at NRG Recording Services in North Hollywood, California
Genre Nu metal, rap metal
Length 62:35
Label Interscope, MCA Records
INTDE-90335
Producer Limp Bizkit, Scott Weiland, Terry Date, DJ Premier
Limp Bizkit chronology
Three Dollar Bill, Yall$
(1997)
Significant Other
(1999)
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
(2000)
Singles from Significant Other
  1. "Nookie"
    Released: June 15, 1999
  2. "Re-Arranged"
    Released: October 12, 1999
  3. "N 2 Gether Now"
    Released: November 9, 1999
  4. "Break Stuff"
    Released: April 18, 2000

Significant Other is the second album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, released on June 22, 1999. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 834,000 copies in its first week and received a Grammy Award nomination later in the year of its release.[1] The RIAA certified it 7x platinum in September 2001 in the US alone,[2] with total worldwide sales exceeding 14 million. The album was met with general acclaim from music critics.

Contents

Production

"N 2 Gether Now" features rapper Method Man, "Nobody Like You" contains guest vocals by Korn's Jonathan Davis and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, the demo for "Don't Go Off Wandering" contained guest vocals by System of a Down's Serj Tankian. It was later removed in the final album version after Fred Durst had a fallout with band Taproot, who shared the same management team (Velvet Hammer) as System of a Down (this controversy also led this band to be dropped off the Family Values Tour in 1999). However, this version of the song exists on the bootlegged version of Limp Bizkit's demo CD for this album, Significant Demos in Hell, and can be found on the Internet. "No Sex" features guest chorus vocals by Staind frontman Aaron Lewis.

The majority of its songs are dedicated to the failure of the relationship between Fred Durst and his long-time girlfriend.

The song "9 Teen 90 Nine" was originally supposed to be a cover of the Prince song "1999". The song was recorded and played at many of Limp Bizkit's shows preceding the album's release. Prince refused to allow the band to put the song on the new album, causing Fred Durst to disparage Prince before playing the cover. A completely different song was created by the band with the same title, but has no similarities to the original source material.

The song "Show Me What You Got" was partially played on The Simpsons episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge".

The song "Nookie" was nominated in the Best Hard Rock Performance Category at the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony, but lost to Metallica's "Whiskey In The Jar". The album was nominated in the category of "Best Rock Album" but lost to Santana's "Supernatural".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [3]
About.com 4/5 stars [4]
ARTISTdirect 4/5 stars [5]
CMJ (favorable) [6]
Robert Christgau (1 star Honorable Mention [7]
Entertainment Weekly (B) [8]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [9]
Amazon.com 4/5 stars [10]
Amazon.co.uk 4.5/5 stars [11]
CD Universe 4.5/5 stars [12]
Play.com 5/5 stars [13]
hmv.com 5/5 stars [14]
Ultimate Guitar 7/10 stars [15]
  • Allmusic called the album "considerably more ambitious and multi-dimensional" than the band's previous album, Three Dollar Bill, Yall$. "There are flourishes of neo-psychedelia on pummeling metal numbers and there are swirls of strings, even crooning, at the most unexpected background."[16]
  • Rolling Stone (7/8-22, pp. 143–144) - 312 Stars (out of 5) - "At this point, hating them seems a little disingenuous. They're actually (gulp) good."
  • Entertainment Weekly (6/18/99, pp. 74–75) - "...It takes it cues from hardcore hip-hop...grunge...the post-'80s metal of Metallica, and, to a lesser degree, electronica....But overall, Significant Other isn't simply modern rock; it's postmodern rock." - Rating: B
  • CMJ (6/28/99, p. 5) - "...[Significant Other ] has an intensity that never lets up, surpassing the musical scope of its predecessor with rap-core gems such as "Nookie" and the blunted hip-hop of..."N 2 Gether Now"....The unholy matrimony of metal and rap celebrates another victory...superb."

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"       0:37
2. "Just Like This"       3:35
3. "Nookie"       4:49
4. "Break Stuff"       2:47
5. "Re-Arranged"       5:54
6. "I'm Broke"       3:59
7. "Nobody Like You" (featuring Jonathan Davis and Scott Weiland) Jonathan Davis, Durst, Scott Weiland   4:20
8. "Don't Go Off Wandering"       4:00
9. "9 Teen 90 Nine"       4:36
10. "N 2 Gether Now" (featuring Method Man) Durst, Clifford Smith Chris Martin 4:49
11. "Trust?"       4:59
12. "No Sex"     Borland, Brendan O'Brien, Otto, Rivers 3:54
13. "Show Me What You Got"       4:27
14. "A Lesson Learned"       2:40
15. "Outro"       7:17
  • Track 16 is four seconds of silence.
  • Eric Barrier, Charles Bobbit, John Brown, Bobby Byrd, and William Griffin receive music credits for "Re-Arranged" for samples only.
  • Scott Weiland's sample "hey" is featured in the pre-chorus for "Nookie".
  • Hidden track (9) "My Billygoat" features vocals by Durst's mother, Anita.
  • "No Sex" features backing vocals by Aaron Lewis.
  • Alternate editions of the album feature one of two hidden tracks, "The Mind of Les", featuring Les Claypool, "Rant", featuring Matt Pinfield, or both.

Special Edition Bonus Disc

No. Title Length
1. "Break Stuff" (Live) 04:03
2. "Re-Arranged" (Live) 04:56
3. "Nookie" (Live) 06:49
4. "Break Stuff" (Video)  

Unreleased tracks

  1. "Hell of A Band" (feat. Les Claypool) - 2:08
    • Track available on the Bootleg "Significant Demos in Hell".
  2. "Don't Go Off Wandering (feat. Serj Tankian)" - 4:10
    • Track available on the Bootleg "Significant Demos in Hell".
  3. "Instrumental" - 3:59
    • Track available on the Bootleg "Significant Demos in Hell".
  4. "Turn Me Loose (feat. Eminem)" - 5:03
    • Opening lyrics used on Eminem's "Who Knew"
  5. "Prop the DJ" - 0:42
    • Track available on the Promo CD "Rough".
  6. "No Control" - 5:46
    • Track available on the Bootleg "Significant Demos in Hell".

Personnel

Limp Bizkit
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard 200 1
1999 Top Canadian Albums 1
1999 Top Internet Albums 1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1999 "N 2 Gether Now" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 53
1999 "N 2 Gether Now" Rhythmic Top 40 7
1999 "N 2 Gether Now" Rhythmic Top 40 7
1999 "N 2 Gether Now" The Billboard Hot 100 70
1999 "Nookie" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1999 "Nookie" Modern Rock Tracks 3
1999 "Nookie" The Billboard Hot 100 80
1999 "Re-Arranged" Mainstream Rock Tracks 8
1999 "Re-Arranged" Modern Rock Tracks 1
1999 "Re-Arranged" Modern Rock Tracks 2
1999 "Re-Arranged" The Billboard Hot 100 75
2000 "Break Stuff" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
2000 "Break Stuff" Modern Rock Tracks 14
2000 "N 2 Gether Now" Hot Rap Singles 17

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[17] 83
Preceded by
Millennium by Backstreet Boys
Billboard 200 number-one album
July 10–30, 1999
August 14–20, 1999
Succeeded by
Millennium by Backstreet Boys

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