 | The Long Road [Digipak - Bonus Track] - Nickelback
Publisher: Roadrunner
Released on 22 September 2003
List Price: £11.99
It's never easy following up a multi-platinum success, yet with The Long Road, Canada's Nickelback seem sure to match the sales of the many-million-selling Silver Side Up. The formula remains pretty much the same. Nothing fancy, just radio-friendly grunge-rock lending an appropriately dramatic backing to the powerful and increasingly confident voice of Chad Kroeger, the undoubted star of this show. Aside from the fast and punchy opener "Flat on the Floor", the tough, staccato "Because of You" and the Oasis-recalling "Figured You Out", the band deal exclusively in soft-rock anthems (soft, that is, by 2003's pulverising standards), the strong vocal melodies encouraging stadium sing-alongs. Indeed, the closing "See You at the Show" seems deliberately designed for crowd interaction. The only real change is in Kroeger's lyrical concerns. Where 2000's The State saw him suffering the frustrations and claustrophobic complexities of small town life, now he's tortured... Read More
| Tracks |
| Flat on the Floor | Do This Anymore | Someday | Believe It Or Not |
| Feelin' Way Too Damn Good | Because of You | Figured You Out | Should've Listened |
| Throw Yourself Away | Another Hole In The Head | See You At The Show | Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Bonus Track) |
| Yanking Out My... (Bonus Track) | Learn The Hard Way (Bonus Track) |
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