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* ''[[The Toronto Star]]'' {{rating|2|4}} [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/538569 link]
* ''[[The Toronto Star]]'' {{rating|2|4}} [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/538569 link]
* ''[[NOW_(magazine)|NOW Magazine]]'' {{rating|1|5}} [http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=166093 link]
* ''[[NOW_(magazine)|NOW Magazine]]'' {{rating|1|5}} [http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=166093 link]
* ReviewBusters {{Rating|8.25|10}} [http://www.reviewbusters.net/music/review.aspx?id=1686 link]
* Hard Rock Hideout {{Rating|8.5|10}} [http://hardrockhideout.com/2008/11/19/nickelback-dark-horse-release-year-2008 link]
* ''[[Billboard_(magazine)|Billboard]]'' (positive) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-album/dark-horse-1003895507.story link]
* [[The_Boston_Globe|Boston Globe]] (positive) [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/11/24/nickelback_dark_horse/ link]
| Last album = ''[[All the Right Reasons]]''<br />(2005)
| Last album = ''[[All the Right Reasons]]''<br />(2005)
| This album = '''''Dark Horse'''''<br />(2008)
| This album = '''''Dark Horse'''''<br />(2008)
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Negative reviews came from [[Allmusic]] ("Nickelback are a gnarled, vulgar band reveling in their ignorance of the very notion of taste, lacking either the smarts or savvy to wallow in bad taste so they just get ugly, knocking out knuckle-dragging riffs that seem rarefied in comparison to their thick, boneheaded words"), ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ("It's hard not to be put off by the execrable lyrics of album opener "Something in Your Mouth" (the song is basically kryptonite for feminists)"), [[IGN|MusicIGN]] ("...music and melodies here sound distinctly recycled, even for a band that has set the bar for originality so low."<ref>http://music.ign.com/articles/941/941199p1.html</ref>), ''[[The Village Voice]]'' ("Their latest is ridiculously brazen, comically outsized, and defiantly Bruckheimer-esque."<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-11-19/music/nickelback-s-shitfaced-nights-and-blowjob-queens/</ref>), [[PopMatters]] ("Dark Horse finds the group at a creative low point. Each song sounds like an older, better Nickelback hit, and Kroeger only once displays his prior songwriting strength with the sad-bastard portrait."<ref>http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/66323-nickelback-dark-horse/</ref>), ''[[The Guardian]]'' ("Nickelback's music reaffirms every sex-and-stupidity cliche hard rock can offer."<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/14/nickelback-dark-horse-review</ref>), and ''[[NOW Magazine]]'' ("Kroeger’s voice sounds more like a wounded goat than ever before, and their blatantly recycled songs touch on familiar themes like strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, sex, drinking and sex."<ref>http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=166093</ref>)
Negative reviews came from [[Allmusic]] ("Nickelback are a gnarled, vulgar band reveling in their ignorance of the very notion of taste, lacking either the smarts or savvy to wallow in bad taste so they just get ugly, knocking out knuckle-dragging riffs that seem rarefied in comparison to their thick, boneheaded words"), ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ("It's hard not to be put off by the execrable lyrics of album opener "Something in Your Mouth" (the song is basically kryptonite for feminists)"), [[IGN|MusicIGN]] ("...music and melodies here sound distinctly recycled, even for a band that has set the bar for originality so low."<ref>http://music.ign.com/articles/941/941199p1.html</ref>), ''[[The Village Voice]]'' ("Their latest is ridiculously brazen, comically outsized, and defiantly Bruckheimer-esque."<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-11-19/music/nickelback-s-shitfaced-nights-and-blowjob-queens/</ref>), [[PopMatters]] ("Dark Horse finds the group at a creative low point. Each song sounds like an older, better Nickelback hit, and Kroeger only once displays his prior songwriting strength with the sad-bastard portrait."<ref>http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/66323-nickelback-dark-horse/</ref>), ''[[The Guardian]]'' ("Nickelback's music reaffirms every sex-and-stupidity cliche hard rock can offer."<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/14/nickelback-dark-horse-review</ref>), and ''[[NOW Magazine]]'' ("Kroeger’s voice sounds more like a wounded goat than ever before, and their blatantly recycled songs touch on familiar themes like strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, sex, drinking and sex."<ref>http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=166093</ref>)


Positive reviews came from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (" On Dark Horse, "Mutt" Lange lightens Nickelback's dreary post-grunge plod, applying guitar shimmer to prom ballads and detonating big beats under frat-party shouts and raplike vocal parts.") and [[ChartAttack]] ("On any other album, I'd be inclined to give Nickelback the benefit of the doubt and take this power ballad at face value. The lyrics aren't overtly suggestive; most of them are standard notes about being in love and needing love, and never once mention sex. But the rest of the album into account, I completely crack up every time Kroeger emotes, 'Yes I'd come for you/But only if you told me to.' (...) Chad Kroeger is a genius because he knows exactly what people want and precisely how far he can go.")
Positive reviews came from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (" On Dark Horse, "Mutt" Lange lightens Nickelback's dreary post-grunge plod, applying guitar shimmer to prom ballads and detonating big beats under frat-party shouts and raplike vocal parts.") and [[ChartAttack]] ("On any other album, I'd be inclined to give Nickelback the benefit of the doubt and take this power ballad at face value. The lyrics aren't overtly suggestive; most of them are standard notes about being in love and needing love, and never once mention sex. But the rest of the album into account, I completely crack up every time Kroeger emotes, 'Yes I'd come for you/But only if you told me to.' (...) Chad Kroeger is a genius because he knows exactly what people want and precisely how far he can go.") 'Hard Rock Hideout' - "("Dark Horse has at least 6 or 7 songs that have single potential. This is an album could easily carry Nickelback well into 2010 with its monster radio potential.") 'ReviewBusters.net' - ("Most critics hate the album so much they are calling it the worst record of the year. I find this statement a little harsh, Dark Horse is one of the most diverse albums Nickelback has ever release.") ''[[Billboard_(magazine)|Billboard]]'' ("The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times.")


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 08:25, 6 April 2009

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Dark Horse is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 18, 2008[2] (a day earlier in Europe). The follow-up to their multi-platinum selling All the Right Reasons released in 2005, the album was co-produced by the band and Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange, famous for working with such acts as Foreigner, AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard and Shania Twain, and the album itself was produced entirely on Pro Tools and FL Studio.[3] [4]

The first single from the album was "Gotta Be Somebody", which was released online for free download on September 29, 2008 for a strict 24-hour period.[2] "If Today Was Your Last Day" was the originally planned lead single but was scrapped at the last minute. The track "Something in Your Mouth" became available for download from the U.S. iTunes store on October 28, and was released to U.S. rock radio as the second single from the album on December 15. It was announced in January 2009, that the album's second mainstream single (third overall) would be "I'd Come for You", with Nigel Dick having helmed the music video, which was shot in the same month.[5] Sirius Satellite Radio channel Octane has also played "Burn It To The Ground", although this has not yet been released as a single.

The exclusive Wal-Mart edition of Dark Horse comes with a link to download an MP3 from their performance of "This Afternoon" on Walmart Soundcheck.[6]

Many of the album's songs have hit the Canadian Hot 100, such as "Shakin Hands", "If Today Was Your Last Day" "I'd Come for You", "Never Gonna Be Alone" along with the 2 singles "Gotta Be Somebody" & "Something in Your Mouth".

Dark Horse was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 9th, 2008, only 3 weeks after its North American release. The album, has also stayed in the top ten on the Billboard 200 since its release. [7][8]

Nickelback are currently on their Dark Horse tour. In England, they will be supported by Black Stone Cherry

Reception

The album has received negative to mixed/average reviews from professional critics, [9] however it has also garnered some positive reviews and won the JUNO Award for "Album of the Year".

Negative reviews came from Allmusic ("Nickelback are a gnarled, vulgar band reveling in their ignorance of the very notion of taste, lacking either the smarts or savvy to wallow in bad taste so they just get ugly, knocking out knuckle-dragging riffs that seem rarefied in comparison to their thick, boneheaded words"), Entertainment Weekly ("It's hard not to be put off by the execrable lyrics of album opener "Something in Your Mouth" (the song is basically kryptonite for feminists)"), MusicIGN ("...music and melodies here sound distinctly recycled, even for a band that has set the bar for originality so low."[10]), The Village Voice ("Their latest is ridiculously brazen, comically outsized, and defiantly Bruckheimer-esque."[11]), PopMatters ("Dark Horse finds the group at a creative low point. Each song sounds like an older, better Nickelback hit, and Kroeger only once displays his prior songwriting strength with the sad-bastard portrait."[12]), The Guardian ("Nickelback's music reaffirms every sex-and-stupidity cliche hard rock can offer."[13]), and NOW Magazine ("Kroeger’s voice sounds more like a wounded goat than ever before, and their blatantly recycled songs touch on familiar themes like strippers, sex, prostitutes, drugs, sex, drinking and sex."[14])

Positive reviews came from Rolling Stone (" On Dark Horse, "Mutt" Lange lightens Nickelback's dreary post-grunge plod, applying guitar shimmer to prom ballads and detonating big beats under frat-party shouts and raplike vocal parts.") and ChartAttack ("On any other album, I'd be inclined to give Nickelback the benefit of the doubt and take this power ballad at face value. The lyrics aren't overtly suggestive; most of them are standard notes about being in love and needing love, and never once mention sex. But the rest of the album into account, I completely crack up every time Kroeger emotes, 'Yes I'd come for you/But only if you told me to.' (...) Chad Kroeger is a genius because he knows exactly what people want and precisely how far he can go.") 'Hard Rock Hideout' - "("Dark Horse has at least 6 or 7 songs that have single potential. This is an album could easily carry Nickelback well into 2010 with its monster radio potential.") 'ReviewBusters.net' - ("Most critics hate the album so much they are calling it the worst record of the year. I find this statement a little harsh, Dark Horse is one of the most diverse albums Nickelback has ever release.") Billboard ("The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times.")

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chad Kroeger

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Something in Your Mouth"Nickelback, R. J. Lange3:38
2."Burn It to the Ground"Nickelback3:30
3."Gotta Be Somebody"Nickelback4:13
4."I'd Come for You"Nickelback, Lange4:22
5."Next Go Round"Nickelback3:45
6."Just to Get High"Nickelback4:02
7."Never Gonna Be Alone"Nickelback, Lange3:47
8."Shakin' Hands"Nickelback, Lange3:39
9."S.E.X."Nickelback3:55
10."If Today Was Your Last Day"Nickelback4:08
11."This Afternoon"Nickelback, Lange4:34

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 2 (2)
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums 1 (8)
U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums 1 (13)
U.S. Billboard Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums 1 (9)
Canadian Albums Chart 1 (6)
Australian Albums Chart 3
New Zealand Albums Chart 3
UK Albums Chart 4
German Albums Chart 4
Austrian Albums Chart 5
Swiss Albums Chart 5
Russian Albums Chart 11
Irish Albums Chart 19
Dutch Albums Chart 25
Italian Albums Chart 26
Belgium Albums Chart 35

Worldwide certifications and sales

  • USA: 1,677,288 copies (Platinum) [1]
  • Canada: 320,000 copies (4x Platinum) [2]
  • Australia: 140,000 copies (2x Platinum)
  • New Zealand: 7,500 (Gold)
  • Sweden: 20 000 (Gold) http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/

Personnel

Release History

Region Date Label Catalogue
Australia 15 November 2008 Roadrunner CD RR 8028-2
Europe 17 November 2008
North America November 18, 2008

References

  1. ^ "Active and Mainstream Rock". FMQB. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  2. ^ a b "Major Nickelback Announcement". Roadrunner Records. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  3. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Robert John "Mutt" Lange > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Robert John "Mutt" Lange > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/01/shot-nickelback-nigel-dick-director.html
  6. ^ "Nickelback - CD: Dark Horse (with Exclusive MP3 Download". Wal-Mart.
  7. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/index.jsp Latest Platinum Album Certifications]. billboard.com. Accessed on December 15th, 2008.
  8. ^ "Gold and Platinum Database Search". Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  9. ^ "Nickelback: Dark Horse (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  10. ^ http://music.ign.com/articles/941/941199p1.html
  11. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-11-19/music/nickelback-s-shitfaced-nights-and-blowjob-queens/
  12. ^ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/66323-nickelback-dark-horse/
  13. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/14/nickelback-dark-horse-review
  14. ^ http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=166093
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