Release and Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (33/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
| The Guardian | |
| Q Magazine | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Martin Charles Strong | |
In promotion of the album, Durst filmed music videos for the songs "Eat You Alive", and "Behind Blue Eyes", featuring known actors Thora Birch and Halle Berry. Results May Vary debuted at number 3 in the United States with over 320,000 copies sold on the first week, breaking the group's number 1 spree on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified Platinum on June 3, 2008 in the US, and Gold in the UK in October 2003.
Critical reviews were generally unfavorable. Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "the music has no melody, hooks, or energy, all attention is focused on the clown jumping up and down and screaming in front, and long before the record is over, you're left wondering, how the hell did he ever get to put this mess out?" In a later review of the band's Greatest Hitz compilation, Erlewine called "Behind Blue Eyes" the worst in "their never-ending series of embarrassing covers".
The Guardian reviewer Caroline Sullivan wrote, "At least Limp Bizkit can't be accused of festering in the rap-rock ghetto But Durst's problems are ever-present - and does anybody still care?" In his book The Essential Rock Discography, Martin Charles Strong gave the album four out of ten stars. The Rolling Stone Album Guide awarded the album three out of five stars.
As of 2012, Results May Vary is the fourth worst-rated album of all time on the review aggregator site Metacritic, with an average score of 33 out of 100.
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