Nobody Loves Me (Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit)

Member Name: rleigh

Product:	Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit
Date:	07/02/08 (63 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: An extremely raw and heavy album.

Disadvantages: Not for those that hate the vocal tone of Fred Durst.

'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' is the first studio album ever released by Nu-Metal titans Limp Bizkit. Although it is the first album the band ever released, I have to admit that it was not the first I ever heard of them as the first material I ever heard of Limp Bizkit was from their 'Significant Other' release which came some two years later. There are thirteen tracks present on this album and each and every one of them impress to varying degrees. Perhaps best remembered by most for its inclusion of a cover of George Michael's 'Faith', this is a fantastic début album from Limp Bizkit and is one which I do from time to time listen back to with a large degree of interest and intrigue. Few Nu-Metal bands still circulate in my CD player, but Limp Bizkit are definitely a band that do and probably will continue to for some time to come.

I think the most surprising highlight from this album has to be the aforementioned cover of George Michael's 'Faith'. It truly is one of the greatest cover tracks I have ever heard, it has to be heard to be believed but it does in fact work and comes across exceptionally well. You don't really expect bands like Limp Bizkit to cover people like George Michael, but I am thoroughly glad that the band chose to as their 'Faith' cover is one that I have listened to many times over the years. The vocals of Fred Durst really impress me in this one, and all elements of the music combine fantastically well in order to provide the album with its finest moment as far as I'm concerned. I never tire of listening to this track, and their angst injected version of 'Faith' is without doubt one that I would recommend to all.

Limp Bizkit's début album may be over ten years old now, but it does not sound at all dated and in fact still sounds as fresh now as it did back when I heard it for the very first time. Containing top tracks such as the ultra heavy 'Pollution', the raw and raucous 'Nobody Loves Me', and the fantastic rap of 'Indigo Flow', 'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' is an album vastly different to anything the band have ever recorded since. Limp Bizkit in their early days were an extremely raw and often heavy band, but as the band became more commercially successful their sound became much lighter and far more radio friendly. This album definitely shows the band at their most raw, and although I prefer their second album 'Significant Other' it is definitely still well worth listening to. There are many positives to be drawn from this album, and these three tunes along with the George Michael cover are just a few of the great tracks that can be found on Limp Bizkit's début.

The album actually ends quite bizarrely with an epic 17 minute track in which the band jam away quite happily and melodically. It is purely one giant jam session from the band and is one that I feel works extremely well at the end of this release as the band are exceptionally heavy throughout this album and final track 'Everything' therefore winds things down nicely and brings things to a close with a fantastically melodic and soothing send off. When listening to this album you hardly expect it to end like this, however it works well and I feel that the band were wise to have finished their album with this calming closer.

'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' was not initially much of a commercial success, however as the band continued to play more shows and further gained in popularity; the album eventually went on to become double platinum, a fantastic achievement for the band and for an album of this sort. It is over a decade old now, yet is still an album that I have a lot of respect for. It was the first album that Limp Bizkit ever recorded, and to hear the rawness that the band once possessed is something truly fantastic to listen to given the clean sounding nature of the band today. It is not the best album I have ever heard, but a good one nonetheless and one that I would advise all listen to who have not done so already. You might not like Limp Bizkit, or may not think you do on the basis of music that they have put out there in recent years, however give the 'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' album a listen and you may well be pleasantly surprised with what you hear.

Summary: Limp Bizkit's début album is one that is definitely worth checking out.