All The Right Reasons
by Nickelback

From soundguardian 02/21/2013 20:36 | #65766 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's loud and relatively mindless. The lyricism is nearly non-existent, defaulting to relationship issues and devious sexual topics, and the music composition is reflective of catering to a broad general audience. Worse still is Chad Kroeger's consistently constipated vocals and lazy enunciation.

The closest things to unique lyrics on this album include the nostalgia seeping through "Photograph", the (not so subtle) satire "Rockstar", and the grotesque (and not in a good way) comedy-story "Animals". None of these can be salvaged, though. The imagery used in "Photograph" is juvenile, the gravelly, grating way Kroeger sings "Rockstar" makes me gag, and "Animals" is deplorable.

"Side of a Bullet" and "Someone That You're With" are pointless filler, and most of the rest of the album is underwhelming.

Slightly better executed are "If Everyone Cared", "Saving Me" and "Far Away", which, admittedly, are personal guilty 'pleasures'. Typical idealistic why's-the-world-so-mean-why-can't-we-all-get-along outcry, hopeful I-can-change-my-ways tale of redemption, and mushy we're-parted-but-I-still-love-you-and-want-you-back romance ballad, respectively.

I still can't get over how bad the vocals are and how predictable the instrumentation is... a band can afford terrible lyrics if they can compensate somehow. Nickelback fails to do this.

Highlights: nothing really, but if I had to choose
"If Everyone Cared" - 70/100 [for Kroeger's attempt at lyricism]
"Savin' Me" - 70/100 [for the lyricism and execution]
"Far Away" - 65/100 [for the melody]
"Rockstar" - 60/100 [for its social commentary] (Edited)

From sheep21 02/15/2013 08:03 | #65119 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album is so bad I do not have the courage to rate it. (Edited)

Nickelback get a lot of flak. They get scapegoated as the face of radio single soul-less rock which isn't fair. They aren't awful and whatever mish-mash this band puts together is popular for a reason, so they get some points just for that.

Kroeger has a unique vocal delivery and sex witty-ness with the balls to say stuff that men do think and won't admit.

Photograph is one of the best Nickelback songs. Title track has a decent riff during the bridge. Ballads Far Away and Savin Me are stand balladry fare but done well.

I think Animals verses are pretty clever even if they are trashy. It's fun and has more sexual banter than most lyrics that are offered by modern hit makers. The chorus is a bit bland.

Rockstar is pretty stupid and I can't believe it was a popular single.

Next Contestant and Side of a Bullet sounds like by the numbers Nickelback.

The highlights here are good and that makes this Nicelback's best. But it still has 4 or crap songs like any other Nickelback album.

And most people thing their schtick is crap anyway so my ranking is higher than the average I'm sure

From Eastwood 01/29/2015 20:40 | #133027 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Great post-grunge/hard rock/alternative rock/alternative metal/heavy metal album. Best 10 songs average is 93,2/100 and the album can get great 95/100. Hit on hit. Best songs are "Photograph", "Far away", "If everyone cared" and "Rockstar" all great 95/100. All other songs very good 90/100, except "Follow you home" and "Fight for..." good 85/100. Clear favourite! And 15 Mio. buyers can't be that wrong...

From mayonaise93 05/07/2010 19:47 | #11544 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I swear this site's full of cynics. LMFAO. (Edited)