All the Right Reasons

Nickelback

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000ASATO4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (387 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #373 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Throughout their nine-year career, Nickelback have stayed true to their roots, releasing five CDs of straight-up, unapologetic rock & roll. So how have things changed for the Canadian boys since the massive success of Silver Side Up and The Long Road? Well, brothers Chad and Mike Kroeger still live in the Great White North, and they still write hook-laden rock songs. The only difference now is that they have the satisfaction, 10 million CDs later, of smugly knowing that even some of their biggest naysayers will guiltily admit to singing along with Nickelback's catchy hits. On All the Right Reasons, one track definitely ranks high up in hum-ability: the first single, "Photograph," reminisces about the bittersweetness of high school in a small town--once again reconfirming frontman Chad Kroeger's ability to write memorable hooks. Regarding the rest of the disc: standard rock topics like love, lust, jealousy, and breakups abound, with riff-y delivery that longtime fans will love. The guilty pleasure bunch will also find what they need within the grooves, on the ballad "If Everyone Cared," the riff-heavy "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons," and the Metallica-inspired "Savin' Me." The disc's most impressive and simultaneously surreal moment, however, exists on "Side of a Bullet," a passionate revenge tale written about the killer of Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which features one of the late Abbott's guitar solos as donated by Pantera bandmate and brother, drummer Vinnie Paul. --Denise Sheppard

Product Description

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Includes two bonus tracks. Road Runner. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

136 of 143 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective CD?, September 17, 2009

By	I hate society. - See all my reviews

Nickelback was a band I had heard of, but I'm not very into the modern music scene. My friend suggested this CD to me.

I ordered this CD with high hopes. When I got it and put it into my laptop, everything seemed normal. There was every song, different names, different lengths.

I listened to the first song, and all was well. I then moved on to the second song.

It was the exact same song? I knew I couldn't be mistaken. Surely every song would have its own unique attributes to differentiate from the others. I went on to the next song, and then the next...but every single one was the exact same.

I called my friend who had suggested the CD, but she said her CD was fine and that maybe something was wrong with mine. We got to talking about music videos and she told me her two favorites, I went and looked them up online.

IT WAS THE SAME SONG FOR BOTH VIDEOS.

I'm completely confused. Why are all the songs exactly the same?

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull radio rock: uninspired and formulaic, April 13, 2006

A Kid's Review

This board is crawling with zealous Nickelback fanatics all singing the praises of their favourite band, and lauding this album with glowing five star reviews, so I doubt I'll get any "Helpful" votes for my review. But you know what? The truth hurts! Face it: this album su.cks. Anybody who thinks this album is worth four or five stars must have too much wax in their ears!

If I could describe Nickelback's music with only one word, it would be "dull". That's right Nickelback fans, DULL! Nickelback's music is written for one reason and one reason only: to get on the radio! And it just so happens that Top 40 radio is home to some of the blandest music in the world! So when you are tailoring your songs to be a perfect fit for radio, you end up with music that is so generic that you'd think it rolled off the assembly line in a factory! I guess I can't blame Nickelback for wanting to have a hit and make a lot of money, but that's not the point this review. The point of this review is to review the MUSIC, not the band's motives. There is nothing WRONG with trying to acheive commercial success; but when an band trades in artistic integrity for commercial success, they usually end up with music that is pretty flat and uninspired. That's exactly what has happened to Nickelback. Sure, they've got a multi platinum album, but the music on that is just a bunch of made for radio filler; these songs don't speak to me at all!

Monotony reigns supreme throughout this album. The songs don't sound the least bit exiting or creative; they just drone along in that mindless, uninspired, radio friendly way. Sure, this stuff is great by the standards of radio rock, but I HATE radio rock! Radio rock is the most boring music there is. It has nothing original or creative about it; it is just a steady droning sound. RRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!! I hate radio rock! It all sounds the same! The lyrics are in ther same monotone voice throughout the entire CD. They use the same distortion on every song! Its very boring to hear. Its radio rock!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Generic as it gets!, November 9, 2008

By	Alex Goldberg (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is as generic and bland as rock music can get. This CD is immensely boring. This album basically embodies all the stereotypical radio rock elements you can image.

If you want the monotonous truck-commercial sounding riffs and awful wannabe-Pearl Jam sounding vocals, you have it all in this album.

There's honestly A LOT a band can do with 2 guitars, bass and drums. What drives a band to produce a CD of music which seriously sounds like it was made specifically for the radio? Probably money. Don't buy this album if you're a music fan. Leave this one for the casual radio listeners.