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  • Artist: Nickelback
  • Rating: StarHalf Star
  • Release Date: October 04, 2005
  • Total Time: 41:33
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

With their fourth album, All the Right Reasons, Nickelback ditches any pretense of being a grunge band and finally acknowledges they're a straight-up heavy rock band. Not that they've left the angst of grunge behind: they're a modern rock band living in a post-grunge world, so there's lots of tortured emotions threaded throughout the 11 songs here. But where their previous albums roiled with anger -- their breakthrough "How You Remind Me" was not affectionate, it was snide and cynical -- there's a surprisingly large sentimental streak running throughout All the Right Reasons, and it's not just limited to heart-on-sleeve power ballads like "Far Away" and "Savin' Me," the latter being the latest entry in their soundalike sweepstakes. No, lead singer/songwriter Chad Kroeger is in a particularly pensive mood here, looking back fondly at his crazy times in high school on "Photograph" ("Look at this photograph/Every time I do it makes me laugh/How did our eyes get so red?/And what the hell is on Joey's head?"), lamenting the murder of Dimebag Darrell on "Side of a Bullet" (where a Dimebag solo is overdubbed), and, most touching of all, imagining "the day when nobody died" on "If Everyone Cared" (which would be brought about "If everyone cared and nobody cried/If everyone loved and nobody lied"). Appropriately enough for an album that finds Kroeger's emotional palette opening up, Nickelback tries a few new things here, adding more pianos, keyboards, and acoustic guitars to not just ballads, but a few of their big, anthemic rockers; they even sound a little bit light and limber on "Someone That You're With," the fastest tune here and a bit of relief after all the heavy guitars. All this makes for a more varied Nickelback album, but it doesn't really change their essence. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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All the Right Reasons
Studio album by Nickelback
Released October 4, 2005
July 10, 2007 (special edition)
Recorded January–May 2005 at Mountainview Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, pop rock[1]
Length 41:33
Label Roadrunner, EMI Canada
Producer Nickelback, Joey Moi
Nickelback chronology
The Long Road
(2003)		 All the Right Reasons
(2005)		 Dark Horse
(2008)
Singles from All the Right Reasons
  1. "Photograph"
    Released: September 20, 2005
  2. "Animals"
    Released: November 8, 2005
  3. "Savin' Me"
    Released: April 25, 2006
  4. "Far Away"
    Released: February 13, 2006
  5. "Rockstar"
    Released: August 22, 2006
  6. "If Everyone Cared"
    Released: November 28, 2006
  7. "Side of a Bullet"
    Released: March 15, 2007

All the Right Reasons is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in January 2005. The album topped the Canadian Albums Chart and the American Billboard 200 albums chart and has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide as of late 2008, being the best selling Nickelback album to date according to certifications from the CRIA, the RIAA and the BPI. Seven singles were released from the album. The album re-entered the Finland Albums Chart 5 years after its release, setting also a new peak position, at #21.

All the Right Reasons was certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA on October 7, 2009, making it one of the top 200 best-selling albums of all time in the US. In the US, All the Right Reasons had sold 7,582,000 copies as of March, 2012.[2] In Canada All the Right Reasons was certified 7x Platinum by the CRIA in March 2010.

Contents

Commercial performance

The album was the third straight No. 1 album for the band in their native Canada selling more than 60,000 copies in its first week topping their previous #1 albums Silver Side Up and The Long Road (selling 43,000 and 45,000 copies). The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 323,350 copies in its first week in the United States.[3] In the United States the album to date has sold over 7 million copies and was found again inside the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in its 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd weeks on the chart. The album had never been below #30 on the Billboard 200 in 110 weeks,[4] making Nickelback the first act to have an album in the top thirty of the Billboard 200 for its first 100 weeks since Shania Twain's album, "Come on Over" stayed in the top thirty for 123 consecutive weeks following its release.

In addition the album has spawned five top twenty Hot 100 singles in the U.S., ("Photograph", "Savin' Me", "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared", and "Rockstar"), making it one of only a handful of rock albums to ever produce five or more top twenty U.S. hits. "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar" were all top ten singles on the Hot 100, making Nickelback the first rock band of 2000s (decade) to have three top ten hits from the same album.[5]

In the UK, the album opened its chart run at #13 before quickly leaving the top 75 with no top 20 singles, with "Savin' Me" being their first to miss the top 75 altogether. While being their smallest-selling UK album since "Curb", it experienced, in early 2008, a resurrection due to the single "Rockstar" becoming Nickelback's highest charting single ever in the UK. The album has now outpeaked its previous peak of #13, reaching #2 and has since been certified Platinum.[6]

It was ranked #13 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[8]
Mojo 2/5 stars[9]
The New York Times 1/10 stars[10]
Q 2/5 stars[9]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[11]

In contrast to its high sales, All the Right Reasons received a "mixed to negative score" of 41 based on 9 critics and a 4.2 out of 10 from users on Metacritic, making it the 21st lowest rated album since records on the site began.[12] Despite the mostly negative reviews, Entertainment Weekly explained the album's success this way: "What if Nickelback's decision to let the music speak for itself is, ironically, their biggest selling point of all?"[13]

Track listing

Standard Edition

All lyrics written by Chad Kroeger, all music composed by Nickelback.

No. Title Length
1. "Follow You Home"   4:20
2. "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons"   3:43
3. "Photograph"   4:19
4. "Animals"   3:06
5. "Savin' Me"   3:39
6. "Far Away"   3:58
7. "Next Contestant"   3:35
8. "Side of a Bullet"   3:00
9. "If Everyone Cared"   3:38
10. "Someone That You're With"   4:01
11. "Rockstar"   4:14
Total length:
 41:33
Australian Edition
  1. "Someday" – 3:25 (live acoustic version)
Japanese Edition
  1. "We Will Rock You" – 2:00 (Queen cover)
  2. Follow You Home (live) 4:39

Special Edition

The Special Edition of this album was released on July 10, 2007. It features in 2-Disc set: Exclusive live bonus track of "Photograph", Nickelback wallpaper, plus three previously unreleased live tracks, and one remix version of "Photograph". Bonus DVD includes four videos, behind-the-scenes tour diary, and interviews.

Special Edition
  1. "Photograph" (live)
  2. "Animals" (live)
  3. "Follow You Home" (live)
Wal-Mart Exclusive Special Edition
  1. "Never Again" (live)
Special Edition DVD
  1. "Photograph" (music video)
  2. "Put Your Boner In Me" (music video)
  3. "Far Away" (music video)
  4. "I Came In My Father" (music video)
  5. Behind-the-scenes tour diary
  6. Interviews

Charts

Chart (2005/2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
New Zealand Albums Chart 1
Canada Albums Chart 1
UK Rock Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums 1
Australian Albums Chart 2
UK Album Chart 2
Germany Albums Chart 4
Switzerland Albums Chart 4
Irish Albums Chart 4
Austria Albums Chart 7
European Top 100 Albums 7
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 9
Top Internet Albums 12
Top Digital Albums 15
Netherlands Albums Chart 20
Finland Albums Chart 21
Sweden Albums Chart 22
Italian Albums Chart 31
Denmark Albums Chart 32
Belgium Albums Chart 35
France Albums Chart 67
  • "Next Contestant" had been performed live several years before the release of this album.
  • "Follow You Home" and "Rockstar" feature vocals and guitar from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
  • "Side of a Bullet" contains lyrics dedicated to Dimebag Darrell and a guitar solo from the Far Beyond Driven era of Dimebag's band, Pantera.
  • "We Will Rock You" is a Queen cover and is available exclusively from Wal-Mart (a download voucher was inserted in the packaging for instore sales or the song could be downloaded with complete album download purchase from the Website).
  • Wal-Mart also bundled an exclusive DVD, "Nickelback - Photo Album", with the album when it was released.
  • The car driving down the highway on the cover is a black 1960 Ford Thunderbird.
  • "Savin' Me" is used on The Condemned movie soundtrack.

Personnel

Nickelback
Session musicians
  • Billy Gibbons – guitar and backing vocals on "Follow You Home" and "Rockstar"
  • Timmy Dawson – piano on "Savin' Me" and "If Everyone Cared"
  • Brian Larson – strings on "Far Away"
  • Dimebag Darrell – guitar solo (sample) on "Side of a Bullet"
  • Chris Gestrin – organ on "Rockstar"
Additional personnel

Worldwide certifications

  • USA: 8 × Platinum [14]
  • Canada: 7 × Platinum [15]
  • Australia: 4 × Platinum [16]
  • New Zealand: 4 × Platinum [17]
  • Switzerland: 3 × Platinum [18]
  • UK: 2 × Platinum [19]
  • Germany: 3 × Gold [20]
  • Austria: Gold [21]
  • Worldwide sales: 11,000,000+ copies

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Nickelback: All the Right Reasons > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ Grein, Paul (2012-03-16). "Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums Of Last 10 Years". Yahoo! Music. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-top-albums-last-10-years-181452729.html. Retrieved 2014-03-21. 
  3. ^ "Chart Date: 10/10/2005". Previous Album Sales Chart. hitsdailydouble.com. http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht965. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Nickelback - All The Right Reasons". Music Charts. acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/14120. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  5. ^ Breaking Music News - Music Business Information - Music Industry Sales[dead link]
  6. ^ "Congratulations Nickelback". roadrunnerrecords.co.uk. 22 February 2008. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?&news_page=&news_id=51817. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  7. ^ "Best of the 2000s: Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard.com. Showing 1-20. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums?year=2009&begin=1&order=position. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  8. ^ Pastorek, Whitney (2005-10-24). "All the Right Reasons Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1120795,00.html. Retrieved 2012-03-25. 
  9. ^ a b http://www.metacritic.com/music/all-the-right-reasons/critic-reviews
  10. ^ "6 Years On, Wryly Dissecting Heartaches (Page 2)". The New York Times. 2005-10-03. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/03/arts/music/03choi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=nickelback%20all%20the%20right%20reasons&st=cse&scp=10. Retrieved 2012-03-25. 
  11. ^ "All The Right Reasons". Rolling Stone. 2005-10-20. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/all-the-right-reasons-20051020. Retrieved 2012-03-25. 
  12. ^ "All The Right Reasons - Nickelback". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/all-the-right-reasons. Retrieved 2011-09-22. 
  13. ^ Pastorek, Whitney (Oct 01, 2007). "Hard Rock Cachet". Entertainment Weekly (#956). ISSN 1049-0434. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20057926,00.html. Retrieved 2011-09-22. 
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Nickelback – All the Right Reasons". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22All+the+Right+Reasons%22. Retrieved 22 September 2011.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  15. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - March 2010". CRIA. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0310_g.php. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2006 Albums". Aria.com.au. http://aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Albums.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  17. ^ "RIANZ". RIANZ. http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  18. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Nickelback; 'All the Right Reasons')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Nickelback+All+the+Right+Reasons. 
  19. ^ "British album certifications – Nickelback – All the Right Reasons". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 22 September 2011.  Enter All the Right Reasons in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  20. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Nickelback; 'All the Right Reasons')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=All+the+Right+Reasons&strInterpret=Nickelback&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  21. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Nickelback – All the Right Reasons" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Nickelback in the field Interpret. Enter All the Right Reasons in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen

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Preceded by
All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson		 Billboard 200 number-one album
October 22, 2005		 Succeeded by
Unplugged by Alicia Keys
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  • Ryan Vikedal
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