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This article is about the Nickelback album. For other uses, see Long Road (disambiguation).
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(62/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The Long Road is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 23, 2003. The album was recorded at famed Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.[5] It is the band's last album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer.

The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in March 2005 and it had sold 3,591,000 copies as of April 2011.[6] It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and in the year 2003, was only the album to have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.[7] It debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 and was ranked #157 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.[8]

Country music singer Travis Tritt released a cover version of the track "Should've Listened" on his August 2007 album, The Storm.

The songs "Flat on the Floor" and "Believe It or Not" are featured in the video game FlatOut 2.

Track listing

Standard Edition

All lyrics are written by Chad Kroeger except "Someday" by Ryan Peake, Chad Kroeger & Mike Kroeger and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Bernie Taupin; all music is composed by Nickelback except "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John

No.TitleLength
1."Flat on the Floor"2:02
2."Do This Anymore"4:03
3."Someday"3:27
4."Believe It or Not"4:07
5."Feelin' Way Too Damn Good"4:16
6."Because of You"3:30
7."Figured You Out"3:48
8."Should've Listened"3:42
9."Throw Yourself Away"3:55
10."Another Hole in the Head"3:35
11."See You at the Show"4:04
Total length:40:27
Special Edition
No.TitleLength
12."Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"3:44
13."Yanking Out My Heart"2:57
14."Learn The Hard Way"2:57
Total length:50:05

Singles

Single information
"Someday"
"Figured You Out"
  • Released: January, 2004 (US, Australia)
  • Chart position:
    • 1 (U.S. Main Rock)
    • 4 (U.S. Modern Rock)
    • 10 (Australia)
    • 65 (U.S.)
"Feelin' Way Too Damn Good"
  • Released:March, 2004
  • Chart position:
    • 3 (U.S Main Rock)
    • 23 (U.S. Modern Rock)
    • 39 (UK)
    • 40 (Australia)
    • 48 (US)
"Because of You"
  • Released: 2004 (US, Canada)
  • Chart position:
    • 6 (U.S. Main Rock)
"See You at the Show"
  • Released: June 14, 2004 (US, Canada)
  • Chart position:
    • -

Personnel

  • Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Ryan Peake – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Mike Kroeger – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ryan Vikedal – drums

Charts and certifications

Tour

References

  1. ^ a b "The Long Road Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Long Road - Nickelback > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. ^ Sinclair, Tom (September 26, 2003). "The Long Road review". Entertainment Weekly (730). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Long Road". Rolling Stone. November 13, 2003. Retrieved March 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Reesman, Bryan (November 1, 2013). "In The Studio With Nickelback". Mix.
  6. ^ Grein, Paul (13 April 2011). "Week Ending April 10, 2011. Albums: Adele Is Everywhere". Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Billboard 200: Week of October 11, 2003". Billboard. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  8. ^ "Best of the 2000s: Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard.com. Showing 141-160. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  9. ^ a b c "Nickleback > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Nickleback - The Long Road". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  12. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Nickelback – The Long Road" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  13. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Nickelback – The Long Road". Music Canada.
  14. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Nickelback; 'The Long Road')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  15. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Nickelback – The Long Road". Recorded Music NZ.[dead link‍]
  16. ^ "British album certifications – Nickelback – The Long Road". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type The Long Road in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  17. ^ "American album certifications – Nickelback – The Long Road". Recording Industry Association of America.
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