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Silver Side Up

Silver Side Upis the third studio album by CanadianrockbandNickelback,released on September 11, 2001. According toAllMusic,Silver Side Upcontinued Nickelback's tradition of "dark high-octane rock" from the band's first two albums.[6]It reached number one inCanada,[7]Austria,[8]Ireland,[9]New Zealand,[10]and theUnited Kingdom.[11]The album was certified 8× Platinum in Canada,[12]6× Platinum in the US,[13]and 3× Platinum in the UK.[14]

Silver Side Up
Studio albumby
Nickelback
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001
RecordedApril–June 2001
StudioGreenhouse Studios(Burnaby, Canada)
Genre
Length39:08
Label
Producer
Nickelbackchronology
The State
(1998) 		Silver Side Up
(2001) 		The Long Road
(2003)
SinglesfromSilver Side Up
  1. "How You Remind Me"
    Released: July 17, 2001[3]
  2. "Too Bad"
    Released: November 27, 2001[4]
  3. "Never Again"
    Released: July 8, 2002[5]
"How You Remind Me"
Nickelback's "How You Remind Me"fromSilver Side Up
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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 onThe Long Road.

Background

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By 2000, Nickelback had begun to receive commercial success through performing their 1998 albumThe Stateand its lead single "Leader of Men".In early 2001,The Statewas 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 firstJuno Awardfor Best New Group of the Year. In April 2001, they returned to the studio whereThe Statewas made, to begin recordingSilver Side Up.Many of the songs fromSilver Side Upwere written beforeThe Statewas released; some of them, including "Hangnail" and "Hollywood," had been played live and many fans already knew them beforeSilver Side Upwas released. "Just For" was originally released onCurbas "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 ofHanna, Alberta.

Nickelback took their time recordingSilver Side Up,and eventually hiredRick Parasharto help them produce the album. By June 2001, the 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.[3]In August that year, Nickelback played their first German tour. In early September, the band set out to tour with their friends3 Doors Down.While on tour, "How You Remind Me" reached number one on both the BillboardMainstream Rock Trackschart and theModern Rock Trackschart beforeSilver Side Upwas officially released. The success of the album's lead single catapulted their previous albumThe Stateback onto the Billboard charts.

Release and chart performance

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Silver Side Upwas released on September 11, 2001.[6]It debuted at number 2 on theBillboard200, behindJay-Z'sThe Blueprint,selling 178,000 copies in the first week.[15]The album debuted at number 1 in theCanadian Albums Chart,becoming Nickelback's first record to both enter and top the chart. The band decided to tour withDefaultand others in late 2001.Silver Side Upreceived Platinum status from theRIAAone month after its release, becoming Nickelback's first album to garner that distinction. In Canada, it also reached Platinum status, surpassingThe State,which went Gold in January 2001.[citation needed]

In December 2001, "How You Remind Me" peaked at number one in theBillboardHot 100, where it remained for four weeks. The song stayed in the top ten of theBillboardHot 100 for 20 consecutive weeks. By the end of 2001,Silver Side Uphad been awarded Double Platinum status by theRIAAfor selling two million copies in the United States. Follow-up singles were "Too Bad" and "Never Again", both of which reached number one on the rock charts, but failed to achieve the same success as "How You Remind Me".

In 2002, Nickelback toured worldwide to supportSilver Side Up;they filmed a concert in their home province of Alberta, which the band released on DVD asLive at Home.The band won manyJuno Awardsand severalBillboard Music Awards."How You Remind Me" became the number one song of the Hot 100 of the year for 2002. By early 2003, the band was nominated for theAmerican Music Awards.Nickelback also played at theAmerican Music Awards.Silver Side Upwas certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA and 8x Platinum byMusic Canada.

In the United Kingdom, the album has sold over 1,117,000 copies as of June 2017.[16]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyC[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[19]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[20]

As of December 22, 2010, the album had sold 5,666,000 copies in the U.S.[21]According to IFPI, over 2,000,000 copies were sold in Europe and over 8,000,000 were sold worldwide by 2002. It was ranked 47th onBillboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.[22]

The album received mixed reviews from critics.Rolling Stonecritic Matt Diehl gave the album two out of five stars, stating, "Nearly every song seems trapped in the amber of early-Nineties Seattle aesthetics, the sonic equivalent of too many unfortunate goatees."[18]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written byChad Kroeger;all music is composed byNickelback

No.TitleLength
1."Never Again"4:20
2."How You Remind Me"3:43
3."Woke Up This Morning"3:50
4."Too Bad"3:52
5."Just For[a]"4:03
6."Hollywood"3:04
7."Money Bought"3:24
8."Where Do I Hide"3:38
9."Hangnail"3:54
10."Good Times Gone"5:18
Total length:39:10
aRe-recording of "Just Four" fromCurb(1996)
Japan Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
11."Learn the Hard Way" (appears as international bonus track onThe Long Road)2:58

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[68] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPIAustria)[69] Platinum 40,000*
Belgium (BEA)[70] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[71] 8× Platinum 800,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[72] 2× Platinum 40,000‡
France (SNEP)[73] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[74] Platinum 300,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[75] Platinum 80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[76] Gold 7,500^
Sweden (GLF)[77] Gold 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPISwitzerland)[78] Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[79] 3× Platinum 1,117,454[16]
United States (RIAA)[80] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[81] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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