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List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016861830021
Label: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: 2005-10-05
Studio: Roadrunner Records
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Throughout their nine-year career, Nickelback have stayed true to their roots, releasing five CDs of straight-up, unapologetic rock & roll. So how have things changed for the Canadian boys since the massive success of Silver Side Up and The Long Road? Well, brothers Chad and Mike Kroeger still live in the Great White North, and they still write hook-laden rock songs. The only difference now is that they have the satisfaction, 10 million CDs later, of smugly knowing that even some of their biggest naysayers will guiltily admit to singing along with Nickelback's catchy hits. On All the Right Reasons, one track definitely ranks high up in hum-ability: the first single, "Photograph," reminisces about the bittersweetness of high school in a small town--once again reconfirming frontman Chad Kroeger's ability to write memorable hooks. Regarding the rest of the disc: standard rock topics like love, lust, jealousy, and breakups abound, with riff-y delivery that longtime fans will love. The guilty pleasure bunch will also find what they need within the grooves, on the ballad "If Everyone Cared," the riff-heavy "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons," and the Metallica-inspired "Savin' Me." The disc's most impressive and simultaneously surreal moment, however, exists on "Side of a Bullet," a passionate revenge tale written about the killer of Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which features one of the late Abbott's guitar solos as donated by Pantera bandmate and brother, drummer Vinnie Paul. --Denise Sheppard
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Summary: Never Again!!!!
Comment: The CD is great, but I will never shop at Amazon again. It took over 3 weeks to get 3 cds from California, I live in Reno, NV. Not acceptable!!!
They had them in stock.....
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Summary: (1.5 stars) It's REALLY this easy to be a famous musician these days?
Comment: Nickelback's latest smash is a horrifying testimony to what happens when a really bad band gets really popular. Kicking off with a thudding, awkward rocker that rides its arena-rock cliches - wah-wah, screamed vocals, loud guitar riffs, Zeppelin-ish rhythms- into the ground, it's painfully stale, wearing its grunge-era borrowings like a badge of honor. Okay, so I'm not gonna pretend that Pearl Jam or Nirvana were original bands, either. But Pearl Jam had Eddie Veder and actually did things to distinguish their songs from another. Unlike these guys, who don't even try to make "Follow You Home," "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons," and "Animals" different from one another. And Nirvana? Well, they're Nirvana. Chad Kroeger may think he's Kurt Cobain for the twenty-first century, and he's got all the mannerisms down - hoarse vocals, unintelligible screaming, angst-ridden lyrics - but what he's missing is Cobain's raw sincerity and self-mocking wit. He can't write a song, either. There's more to it than repeating three or four chords, screaming, and throwing in a few generic verse/chorus dynamic shifts, you know. Unfortunately, the rockers and ballads meld together in a similar slop. Just as "Follow You Home," "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons," and "Animals" are the same things, power ballads like "Savin' Me" (yet another take on "How You Remind Me," but with strings this time) and "If Everyone Cared" are no different from one another. The sad thing is that, no matter how lame the ballads are, at least they're listenable. This group is wretched at rocking out. I have to admit I actually kind of like "Photograph" and "Far Away." "Far Away" has a pretty if generic acoustic guitar part and a uplifting melodic twist. It's the only song here I can classify as "good." "Photograph" isn't really a good song, but it has a decent melody, even though Kroeger ruins it by oversinging. You don't bellow your way through something that's supposed to be tender and sensitive. Which is why I prefer the version of it my friends sang at an end-of-school party we had recently. They understood how to sing something tender and sensitive. Chad Kroeger hasn't a clue how to do that. It's a lot better than the "experimental metal" of "Next Contestant" or the utterly crappy "Side of a Bullet," which I think is supposed to shred. I'll give you a hint: it doesn't. At all. I mean, I'm not in love with the aforementioned "If Everyone Cared," but at least my ears don't reject it the way they reject "Next Contestant" or "Rock Star." Now, let me talk about "Rock Star." If it's supposed to be anti-fame, anti-materialistic, anti-corporate, and everything else, then why is it so commercial? Why does it sound like any other modern rock hit? Some of the lyrics are funny, but ultimately, it's just another song. A bad song, too. It's just a disposable modern-rock smash. Which, now that I think about it, would be a good one-sentence review of this album. If it were up to me, I'd point you to some of the '90s rock classics that inspired this album.
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Summary: Nickelback Is amazing! every track is a simply rock divine
Comment: I am a but slow on my musical tastes lately. Well make that really late! i realized this when all the bands i know form the 15 years past have become somewhat classic. As life progresses the musical taste of one avid music love (previously a drummer) becomes narrower and narrower.
Enough with the reminiscing, i came across this album by accident. My brother had told me about them 2 years ago. Plus i had heard the lead singer in a Spiderman movie sound track. He has this Kurt Cobain whisperer style of singing which "i dig" Now the good stuff:
being an amateur x-drummer, my ear typically goes straight to the drum style; i do appreciate of course the rest of the ensemble but drumming has always been my ear catcher. These guys really are amazing! i cant say enough except that sadly i never really followed their discography. The songs, the lyrics the intensity was all top notch.
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Summary: Nickelback all the right reasons
Comment: This is the best CD I have ever bought. I am literally wearing it out. I love every song.
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Summary: All the Right Reasons
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All the Right Reasons to order more products from this vendor!...excellent service-no problems! Rec'd in a timely manner and CD in great condition. Thank you!
Cynthia
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