Description
European 2005 digipak edition
First things first: of course it’s better than Results May Vary. How could it not be? The Unquestionable Truth, Pt. 1 — whose title threatens a sequel and suggests a concept album — is certainly a comeback of sorts for Limp Bizkit. Surely, the return of prodigal guitarist Wes Borland to the fold has something to do with it, since this isn’t just harder and heavier than Results May Vary, it has actual riffs, which were in short supply on that 2003 debacle. But this isn’t quite the party-hearty violence of Significant Other, either: this is a deadly somber, bitter, angry record, one that intentionally shuns fun. Not that Limp Bizkit have ever been all that fun to listen to in the first place; there’s something about their plodding, jerky rhythms, hook-deficient riffs, and Fred Durst’s rage-addled, chipmunk squeak that seems contemptuous of the very notion of a good time, even if Significant Other provided the soundtrack to many frat keggers at the turn of the century. That was a long time ago, though, and those 20-year-old kids are in their mid-twenties, not quite ready to revisit the adolescent angst that fuelled the first two Bizkit albums. Never to fear — Durst has grown up, too. He’s now 34 and a new father and he’s finally discovered the outside world, keeping the “you did this to me” rants and “what a bitch fame is” laments to a minimum. Instead, he’s writing about corruption in the church (nice timing, considering this was released just a couple weeks after the election of Pope Benedict XVI), the quest for truth, and the evils of mass media, particularly E! True Hollywood Story. Some might say that there are bigger problems in 2005 than the tyranny of E!, but it’s a start. Similarly, the music is a step in the right direction — it’s more ambitious, dramatic, and aggressive, built on pummelling verses and stop-start choruses. It’s kind of like a stab at neo-prog alt-metal, only not nearly as bizarre and interesting as that would suggest.
Track list:
1. The Propaganda
2. The Truth
3. The Priest
4. The Key
5. The Channel
6. The Story
7. The Surrender
8. The Making Of-video