''Collected'' is the second compilation album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit. Released in 2008, it a retrospective compilation album from the band's albums '' Three Dollar Bill, Yall$'', ''

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Results May Vary ''Results May Vary'' is the fourth studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on September 23, 2003, through Flip and Interscope Records. It is the band's only release under the sole-leadership of vocalist Fred Durst after ...

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The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) ''The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)'' is an EP by the American band Limp Bizkit, and their fifth major release overall. Released in 2005, it is the first release by the band to feature guitarist Wes Borland since he rejoined the group. He had le ...

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Content

''Collected'' contains material from the band's albums '' Three Dollar Bill, Yall$'', ''

'', ''

'' and ''

''. The compilation was released in Europe by Spectrum Music, a subsidiary of

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Music and lyrics

The music of ''Collected'' has predominantly been described as nu metal and is noted for "kinetic, frenzied energy". On this compilation,

DJ Lethal Leor Dimant ( lv, Leors Dimants, russian: Леор Григорьевич Димант, ; born December 18, 1972), better known as DJ Lethal, is a Latvian-American turntablist and producer and is best known as a member of the groups House of Pai ...

functions as a

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for the band, shaping their sound. According to Lethal, "I try and bring new sounds, not just the regular chirping scratching sounds. ..It's all different stuff that you haven't heard before. I'm trying to be like another guitar player." Though the band is generally opposed to the use of solos, they allowed drummer John Otto to perform an extended solo in the middle of the song "Nobody Like You".

Wes Borland Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975) is an American rock musician. He is best known as the current guitarist and backing vocalist of the rap metal band Limp Bizkit, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative and industrial rock ...

's guitar playing on this compilation is experimental and nontraditional, and is noted for creative use of six and

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s. The songs from ''Three Dollar Bill, Yall$'' feature him playing without a guitar pick, performing with two hands, one playing melodic notes, and the other playing chord progressions. His guitar playing on this album also makes use of octave shapes, and choppy, eighth-note rhythms, sometimes accompanied by muting his strings with his left hand, creating a percussive sound. Borland's guitar playing also has unevenly accented syncopated sixteenth notes to create a disorienting effect, and hypnotic, droning licks. The song "Stuck" uses a sustain pedal in the first bar, and muted riffs in the second bar. Durst's lyrics are often profane, scatological or angry. Much of Durst's lyrical inspiration came from growing up and his personal life. His breakup with her inspired the ''Significant Other'' songs "

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Re-Arranged "Re-Arranged" is a song by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit from their second studio album, ''Significant Other''. It was released as the band's second single from the album and was the band's only number one single on the ''Billboard'' Modern R ...

Critical reception

''Collected'' did not chart.

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's James Christopher Monger gave the album 2.5 out of 5, writing "Fans of the raucous

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/nu/

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outfit would be better off with 2005's '' Greatest Hitz'' compilation".

Track listing

Personnel

Fred Durst William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and director. He is the frontman and lyricist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released seven studio albums. He ap ...

- vocals *

- guitars * Mike Smith - guitar on track 3 * Randy Pereira - guitar on track 8 * Sam Rivers - bass * John Otto - drums, percussion *

- turntables, samples, keyboards, programming, sound development

References

{{Limp Bizkit 2008 greatest hits albums Limp Bizkit compilation albums Albums produced by Rick Rubin