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Nickelback - All the Right ReasonsNickleback haven't made it this far by throwing their audience difficult curveballs, and All The Right Reasons--the Canadian quartet's fourth full-length--continues their run of uncomplicated, testosterone-soaked hard-rock albums without a wobble. Frontman Chad Kroeger still approaches the act of songcraft like he's chopping wood, grunting and sweating under the weight of gritted-teeth rock-outs like "Fight For All The Wrong Reasons" and "Someone That You're With". Critics have it in for Nickleback for many of the same reasons they have it in for Stereophonics--these songs promise emotional weight and hard-won truths, but have a tendency to mistake joylessness for passion. However, you can spot the hits a mile off. "Side Of A Bullet" is dedicated to deceased ex-Pantera man Dimebag Darrell, and even features an overdubbed axe solo from said guitarist, while "Photograph" sees Kroeger getting misty-eyed--almost whimsical--over an old school photo. Ultimately, though, it's more of the same. Which should suit the Nickleback faithful just fine. --Louis Pattison... Read More »
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Average User Rating: 80% (66 Reviews) | |
| 5 / 5 | Believe the majority and buy it!
KM (England) - 22 January 2008 After the strangely delayed release of the incredible single "Rockstar" in the UK, I've been listening to this album a lot again recently and it is still as brilliant and fresh and it was when I first bought it well over two years ago. As well as "Rock Star" there is the classic track "Photograph" that is All the Right Reasons' equivelent to Silver Side Up's "How You Remind Me" and in a lot of ways is much better, in my opinion. Another great track from the album is the very memorable "Far Away". Chad Krouger is definately one of the best rock singers from the last few years and this track is one that really proves why. All The Right Reasons is also the first album without the original drummer Ryan Vikedal and the first to feature his replacement, Daniel Adair. Overall, if you enjoyed any of Nickelback's previous four albums, I'd highly recommend this as it is easily the best of them all. Some very memorable tunes here that you'll find yourself singing along to after just a couple of listens. ... Read Full Review » |
| 1 / 5 | Woefully bland and uninspired.
Mail-order Christ "A Prince Among Maggots" (Brighton, England.) - 25 February 2006 Matt Kik, you have no idea what you're talking about. Small fanbase for Nickelback? They had a top ten single, How You Remind Me, from their #1 album Silver Side Up. Or did that escape your attention? Admittedly, that particular song is worth one listen. If Nickelback's following HAS declined, it's because Nickelback have limited talent as musicians, and (literally) every single sounds (literally) identical to the last, only more pathetic and blasé. I'm actually just shocked that ANYBODY supports Nickelback any more, because they clearly have no respect for their fans, or indeed for the music industry, if they are continually churning out the same riff - complete with dun...dun...dun...dun...duhduhduhduh, silence for one second, meaningless chorus with maximum of four notes (or five if we're lucky) and we're not just talking about the bass, we're talking the entire tune - and selling it off to gullible, talent-blind, tone-deaf imbeciles whose lives are as unsubstantial as their opinions. To put it another way, this album is woefully bland and uninspired. Normal Nickelback fare, in other words. All the idiots who have been dubbing this a masterpiece need to get their heads out of their tear-stained pillows and listen to Test Icicles or Maximo Park - even if you end up despising both of them, your lives will be enriched by finally hearing some true (read: any) effort to be original, risque, and non-conformist. Or, you could just waste the rest of your hopefully short existences listening to rubbish like this. And Fall Out Boy, obviously.... Read Full Review » |
| 5 / 5 | yet another amazing album
M. Cripps "crippo85" (essex, UK) - 19 July 2006 Like most people in the UK i started listening to nickelback when they released the overplayed "how you remind me", but have since bought all of their albums and this is the best of the lot. Their first couple of albums "curb" and "the state" mostly contain the type of stadium anthems that nickelback do best, with their second two albums "silver side up" and "the long road" being a bit more comercial. iv thoroughly enjoyed all of them, but "all the right reasons" is a must buy for all fans of nickelback and all others that like the sound of the few singles they've actually released over here. all the songs are so good, but "animals" and "next contestant" are the best of the true nickelback rock songs whilst "photograph" and if "everyone cared" are amazing softer rock songs. if nickelback were better publisised they would be as huge here as they are in the states. buy it, you wont regret it.... Read Full Review » |
| 5 / 5 | A powerful effort strong enough to quiten critcs
Richard F (Glasgow) - 16 November 2005 It's far too easy for people to criticise Nickelback. After all, their breakthrough single and radio-attached hit 'How You Remind Me' lends more to the 80s power-ballad pomp of REO Speedwagon than it does grunge legends Pearl Jam or Soundgarden - acts the Canadian 4-piece are often accused of trying to copy. Ever since Nickelback rocketed to worldwide success, the 'post-grunge, radio-friendly Dad-rock' tag has stuck to them as often as they've stuck to the charts. 2003's 'The Long Road' did little to silence the critics, taking a more dark, solemn approach - albeit a slightly more aggressive one - but ultimately just sounding like a moodier 'Silver Side Up'. And when 'Photograph', the first single to be taken off of the band's 5th studio album 'All The Right Reasons', was released earlier this year, it seemed that the band had given up completely, and were intent of re-releasing the same formula over and over again. What a surprise listeners will get when they play the full-length album, then. Opener 'Follow You Home' builds up from a thundering drum roll into a slow-burning, heaving rock behemoth. Frontman Chad Kroeger's vocals soar throughout, sounding completely at home amongst the crashing power chords and snaking bass lines. From there on, it's all go as the band unleash possibly the finest material of their career. 'Fight For All The Wrong Reasons' is another big rock track reminiscent of the darker moods featured on 'The Long Road', and 'Animals' is a fast-paced, furious ode to wild living and love. It takes all elements of the band's sound and boosts them to a whole new level, and it's completely satisfying to see the band truly ROCK again. There are moments on 'All The Right Reasons' when Kroeger's songwriting slips into cliche and cheese - 'If Everyone Cared', for example, contains a chorus which reads "If everyone cared and nobody cried/If everyone loved and nobody lied" and 'Far Away' is a total love ballad - the music is still more complex, more uplifting and more beautiful than anything that has come before. Ultimately, the inclusion of slower, romantic ballads alongside huge rock anthems only proves that Nickelback have upped the ante with their sound and have branched out in terms of songwriting dynamic. Personal highlight on the album has to be 'Savin' Me', which builds up from tame guitars and gentle strings, softly complimenting Kroeger's lamenting vocals, into a soaring, gorgeous chorus. Critics can argue Nickelback's irrelevancy for as long as they want. The evidence here is that although the band may not be an essential on the music scene, or a great influence on younger musicians, but they sure as hell know how to write great rock songs and deserve a good deal of respect for their talents. Ever since the band pinaccled with 2000's 'The State', they've been slightly guilty of running out of new ideas. Now, however, they've come up with an album just as good and fresh as that classic record. Great job. |
| 4 / 5 | Moving With the times....
"rhys_davies" - 22 October 2005 After Reading peoples reviews on this album and being an owner of it on the First Release UK date, i can safely say that people expect too much. I bought this after days of owning the Photograph single in full faith of giving me what i wanted, and they did. I bought The Long Road as my first Nickelback encounter, then went back and bought Silver Side up to see what all the fuss was about, and still thought The Long Road far outdone Silver Side up for change of sound through the album. This album is absolutely awesome, a band that can create an album with songs that wont be released that are as good as the ones that will. To the public, the released songs (PhotoGraph, Far Away etc) will be slow ballads but if youre after the 'fast, american rock' nickelback sound, then this album will deliver. Im Glad that Nickelback had the guts to tackle each aspect of song tempo and sound and still pull them off, with Savin' Me and Far Away being quite slow, i still had good reviews from these and would be nice to be used as possible Fresh Modern Funeral Songs, especially Far Away..... Being the 5th Album, praise is given for still being able to write such quality material where most bands fail and start to cover their old sound of songs that have had much public praise before. As said above, people expect too much from nickeback to create Award winning albums as they done from Silver side up, but in my eyes, its already one of them. If youre after that orignal Nickelback sound with some new material, BUY IT! Its Only £15, not £1500. And worth every penny. Even my Brother, a Motorhead fan, said theyve changed for the good. With Heavier Drum usage, this album is very easy to pick up, unlike some out there, and get you smiling from Track Number 1. I just hope the Record Label will give as much Press Release as Silver Side up had, because it seems that this album is lurking in the background at the moment. And thats a shame, because alot more should own this and see how far theyve come since Silver Side up. ENJOY! |
RRP
£16.99
Release Date
3 October 2005
Price Range
£5.99 - £12.43