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Silver Side Up is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 11, 2001. It was the band's breakthrough album and, according to Allmusic, continued Nickelback's tradition of "dark high-octane rock" from the band's first two albums.[2] It reached #1 in Canada,[6] Austria,[7] Ireland,[8] New Zealand[9] and the United Kingdom.[10] The album was certified 8× Platinum in Canada,[11] 6× Platinum in the US[12] and 3× Platinum in the UK.[13]

Singles

The singles released from Silver Side Up were "How You Remind Me", "Too Bad" and "Never Again" – the most successful being "How You Remind Me", which reached #1 in the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts.[14] Nickelback was named #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats. Despite never being released as a single, "Woke Up This Morning" was played frequently during the All the Right Reasons Tour and on the radio.

Reception

Silver Side Up has sold 5,666,000 copies in the U.S. up to December 22, 2010.[15] According to IFPI, over 2,000,000 copies of the album were sold in Europe. Silver Side Up sold 5 million copies in 2001 making the best selling rock album that was realesed in 2001. Silver Side Up sold 10 milllion copies worldwide.

It was ranked #47 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.[16]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chad Kroeger; all music is composed by Nickelback

No.TitleLength
1."Never Again"4:20
2."How You Remind Me"3:43
3."Woke Up This Morning"3:50
4."Too Bad"3:52
5."Just For"4:03
6."Hollywood"3:04
7."Money Bought"3:24
8."Where Do I Hide"3:38
9."Hangnail"3:54
10."Good Times Gone"5:20
Total length:39:08

Personnel

Nickelback

Additional personnel

Charts and certifications

Worldwide certifications

  • Canada: 8x Platinum
  • USA: 6x Platinum
  • New Zealand: 3x Platinum
  • UK: 3x Platinum
  • Europe: 2x Platinum
  • Australia: 2x Platinum
  • Germany: Platinum
  • Holland: Platinum
  • Ireland: Platinum
  • South Africa: Platinum
  • Switzerland: Platinum
  • Austria: Platinum
  • Belgium: Gold
  • Denmark: Gold
  • France: Gold
  • Italy: Gold
  • Portugal: Gold
  • Sweden: Gold
  • Worldwide sales: 10,000,000+ copies

Tour

SilverSide Up Tour

References

  1. ^ Jonas, Liana (2001-09-11). "( Silver Side Up > Overview )". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  2. ^ a b Jonas, Liana (2001-09-11). "( Silver Side Up > Review )". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r804704
  4. ^ "Allmusic review".
  5. ^ "Rolling Stone review".
  6. ^ a b c "Nickelback > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Discographie Nickelback" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Discography Nickelback". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  9. ^ a b Template:Cite web Silver Side Up sold 5 million copies at the end in 2001 making the best selling rock album that year. The album sold 10 million copies worldwide.
  10. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Nickelback". Chart Stats. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum - April 2004". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  13. ^ a b "Platinum Awards Content". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  14. ^ "Nickelback > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  15. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/71727/week-ending-dec-19-2010-michael-wouldnt-have-liked-this/;_ylt=Ao_5D5Bh3vZSb0zY0UgSYsoPwiUv?page=2#comments
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums?year=2009&begin=41&order=position
  17. ^ "Discography Nickelback". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  18. ^ "Discography Nickelback". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  19. ^ "Discografie Nickelback" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  20. ^ "Discography Nickelback". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  21. ^ "Discographie Nickelback" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  22. ^ "Discography Nickelback". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  23. ^ "Discography Nickelback". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  24. ^ "Discography Nickelback". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  25. ^ "Discography Nickelback". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  26. ^ "Accreditations - 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  27. ^ "Gold & Platin" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 23 November 2008. Note: User must manually define 'Interpret' search parameter as "Nickelback".
  28. ^ "Goud/Platina Muziek" (in Dutch). NVPI. Retrieved 23 November 2008. Note: User must manually define 'Status' search parameter as 'Platina' and 'Artiest' search parameter as "Nickelback".
Preceded by UK number one album
23 March 2002–5 April 2002
Succeeded by