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I Don't Know Why
This Band Gets
So Much Flack
I Like This Album...
Silver Side Up
is the third
studio album
by Canadian
rock band
released on
September 11, 2001.
According to AllMusic,
Silver Side Up
continued
Nickelback's tradition of
"dark high-octane rock"
from the band's
first two albums.
It reached number one
in Canada,
Austria,
Ireland,
New Zealand,
and the
United Kingdom.
The album was
certified 8× Platinum
in Canada,
6× Platinum
in the US,
and 3× Platinum
in the UK.
Nickelback
toured the world
in support of the album,
which included their
first UK arena tour.
After returning from
the tour,
the band
began work on
The Long Road.
Background
By 2000,
Nickelback had begun
to receive commercial success
through performing their
1998 album
The State
and its lead single
"Leader of Men".
In early 2001,
The State
was certified Gold
in Canada
and had almost reached
the same certification
in America.
At this time,
Nickelback was planning
to enter the studio
to begin recording
their third studio album.
In March 2001,
the band won their
first Juno Award
for Best
New Group of the Year.
In April 2001,
they returned to
the studio where
The State was made,
to begin recording
Silver Side Up.
Many of the songs from
Silver Side Up
were written before
The State
was released;
some of them,
including
"Hangnail"
and
"Hollywood,"
had been played live
and many fans
already knew them
before
Silver Side Up
was released.
"Just For"
was originally released
on Curb
as
"Just Four"
in 1996.
According to
Chad Kroeger
during a Vegas concert
in 2018,
"Where Do I Hide?"
is about a friend
of his who would
bust out of prison
all the time
and go back to
Nickelback's hometown
of Hanna, Alberta.
Nickelback
took their time recording
Silver Side Up,
and eventually hired
Rick Parashar
to help them produce
the album.
By June 2001, t
he band had completed
the record;
they announced
the lead single
would be
"How You Remind Me".
Mike Kroeger,
the bass player,
wanted to release
"Never Again",
but the record label
and bandmates decided
"How You Remind Me"
would be
more appropriate.
In July 2001,
Nickelback sent
"How You Remind Me"
to rock radio stations.
In August that year,
Nickelback played
their first German tour.
In early September,
the band set out to tour
with their friends
3 Doors Down.
While on tour,
"How You Remind Me"
reached number one
on both the
Billboard Mainstream
Rock Tracks chart
and the
Modern Rock Tracks chart
before
Silver Side Up
was officially released.
The success of the album's
lead single
catapulted their
previous album
The State
back onto
the Billboard charts.
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