lmimp bizkit - significant other

[aramism]

absolutely can't stand fred durst and can never make it through a full song but goddamn this album has slammin production. -> brenan o'brien


the music is bearable but once FD vox come in its like ooof i wish there was an instrumental of the whole cd except for a few select parts.

thoughts on the production elements? try to be unbiased to the corny nature of some of the songs and vocals. just the effects and little things here and there when listening on headphones alone is worth talking about.

 

[Ermz]

I think Limp Bizkit, along with KoRn sit firmly in the 'if you could mute the vocal track, this would be some sick music' category. I don't know what it was about the late 90s and horrible rap meta/whine vocals, but I guess if you look to the present, you find things haven't improved much with their successor genres.

Haven't heard this CD since I threw it away at high school when I was 14, but I'm sure the production is slamming. I'm still partial to some of those uber downtuned groove riffs. Or at least I was until djent came along and homogenized the whole concept into something cliche, redundant, and nowhere near as powerful as it was when used sparingly.

 

[aramism]

i dunno some of the music is pretty cool. albeit not too sophisticated, for sheer like "background music" it keeps you in a groove for a little while but you can't really focus on it too much as it gets redundant and has weak replay value but its not that bad. the amount of money and time is spent on it with the type of engineers and producers that worked on this stuff it sounds amazing though and when it rocks... it rocks!!! like when the chorus for "nookie" comes in, it really beats the shit out of you. its pretty heavy dude, as are a ton of other songs on the cd. just the drums alone are awesome on that cd. listen to "just like this" goddamn

 

[Ermz]

Yeah I'm with you on that, as said, I generally like the music. If we could get sans-vox versions, it would be spot on. I love the 'Nookie' chorus, it's like being massaged with low-end and sludge.

 

[Machinated]

love this album. dont really mind dursts vocals - certainly less cringy than a lot of metal stuff.

all about nobody like you, awesome groove and scott weilland is the man

 

[t-rave]

good party rock. It's a snapshot of what party rock sounded like around that time.. and the production was as good as it gets.

 

[drew_drummer]

I've learnt to cope with FD's vocals - because Limp Bizkit as a band are fucking awesome. Have a few beers... and I scream the word chainsaw over and over along to the records - it's fun!

 

[superfreak]

thoughts on the production elements?

I think the production of those late 90s/early 2000 nu-metal bands was very simple or minimal. Listen to early Limp Bizkit, Korn, Mudvayne, SlipKnot, Disturbed etc. it's all so raw sounding, far from the over-produced, mechanical, lifeless production trends of today.

The drums all sound natural and dynamic, not over compressed or sample blended/replaced. The guitar/bass tones are raw. Vocal production, again, very raw and in your face... not drenched in fx.

That's what I think.

 

[amarshism]

Is it wrong that this album made me want to play guitar?

 

[drew_drummer]

I'm a big fan of the production styles on 90's nu-metal. Significant Other and Break The Cycle by Staind are actually my reference mixes for my own stuff.

Someone mentioned that my mix sounded 'raw' the other day, and I'm not quite sure what they meant. But if Sig.Other is classed as raw, then raw it is!!

 

[Ermz]

Not sure I'd call it 'raw'. It's well-produced and well-mixed stuff. You could throw the term 'natural' in there, but it's somewhat of a hybrid between radio rock mixing and garage. They're keeping the drums fairly natural, but at the same time clear and punchy. Guitars are dirty and compressed/distorted. Vocal takes precedence, as always.

 

[Scottxx]

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other has an awsome sound. The musicians are great as well. Maybe the style, the lyrics or vocals are not so great for somebody, but I think it is a great album. The drums are awsome for example, and John Otto is a great drummer and respected in the drum world. Wes brings great magic too. I really like it, and they came with something fresh and new when this album was released. I think they deserve respect. In a few weeks they are coming to Argentina. I'm thinking to see them live. I think they will sound great don't you?

 

[ahjteam]

I think the production of those late 90s/early 2000 nu-metal bands was very simple or minimal. Listen to early Limp Bizkit, Korn, Mudvayne, SlipKnot, Disturbed etc. it's all so raw sounding, far from the over-produced, mechanical, lifeless production trends of today.

The drums all sound natural and dynamic, not over compressed or sample blended/replaced. The guitar/bass tones are raw. Vocal production, again, very raw and in your face... not drenched in fx.

That's what I think.

I disagree.

 

[aramism]

yeah i disagree with superfreak too...

it's not really minimalist, there are tons of effects and a lot of "mixing"

maybe things are more natural but that doesn't mean it's not overproduced which it is, but not in a bad way. i think its produced and mixed so well it gives something very professional a very natural sound. that is true success IMO.

when i think of "raw and natural" i think of like the first system of a down cd or soulfly or something.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Is it wrong that this album made me want to play guitar?

haha, when I was a kid and listened to it, I picked up my mom's acoustic guitar and tried to play "break stuff" and it took me 2 days to realize that the reason I was failing was because it was in drop d ... but yeah, they led me to pick up the guitar and 6 months later the bass

 

[arv_foh]

I think the production of those late 90s/early 2000 nu-metal bands was very simple or minimal. Listen to early Limp Bizkit, Korn, Mudvayne, SlipKnot, Disturbed etc. it's all so raw sounding, far from the over-produced, mechanical, lifeless production trends of today.

The drums all sound natural and dynamic, not over compressed or sample blended/replaced. The guitar/bass tones are raw. Vocal production, again, very raw and in your face... not drenched in fx.

That's what I think.

I think I agree to a point if you use Limp Bizkit's 3 Dollar Bill Y'all and Korn's self titled as an example... otherwise, no.

 

[ahjteam]

it took me 10 years to realize that the reason I was failing was because it was in drop c# and that Wes Borland plays in oddball Db Gb B E Ab Db Db 7-string tuning

fixed

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

fixed

oh noes

 

[thefyn]

I think I miss that old trend of vibey but big production style. I think for me it ended around the System of a Down Toxicity era.

IMO that was the last metal album that sounded top notch under Rubin.

 

[aramism]

all elements on this cd are SUPERRBBBBBBBB but i love how the guitars "rip" like there is this uber compression on the midrange of the guitars it almost sounds like glass tearing apart and screaming, that's the best i can desribe. gotta love those rectifiers and i'm willing to bet tape plays a huge role in that.