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‘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 oneof 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 debut album from Limp Bizkit and is one which I do from time to time listen back to with aBigdegree 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 do not 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 wouldadvocateto all.

Limp Bizkit’s debut 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, andeven though 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,