It must’ve been tough to be in Chad Kroeger’s shoes when he was
\nwriting this release. Not only did he have to follow the success of<\/p>\n
Silver Side Up<\/i>, a radio-hit heavy release that put their
\nname on the radar of rock radio stations, but he also had teamed up
\nwith Saliva to have a huge hit “Hero” for the
\nSpider-Man<\/i> soundtrack. Like any band that attempts to carry
\non the success of a blockbuster release, Nickelback have a lot
\nriding on this release.<\/p>\n
First track “Flat on the Floor” is a 2:02 fast-paced
\nkick-in-the-face track that sets the tone of the release. Driving
\ndrums and Kroeger’s vocals propel this song to make it one of the
\nbest lead-off tracks to come from a successful band, unlike bands
\nthat start out their releases with a slow drippy ballad (I’m
\nthinking of Tesla’s “Caught in a Dream” from their
\nInto the Now<\/i> release). “Flat on the Floor” definitely starts
\nthe release on the right foot.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I don’t understand why the band chose to place
\n“Do this Anymore” as the second track. This track starts out slow
\nbefore transforming into a good rock song. This is followed by the
\nradio single “Someday,” a song that has successfully been
\nrepackaged as a track on one of those Kid Bop releases that get
\nadvertised on cable TV. I think the fourth track “Believe it Or
\nNot” should have been track two so the momentum didn’t slip with
\nthe intro to “Do this Anymore.”<\/p>\n
It’s interesting to take note of how a songwriter writes their
\nmaterial. A typical Nickelback song is a verse, a chorus, repeat
\nthe verse, repeat the chorus. Kroeger follows this pattern on
\n“Someday” and others here. As chief lyricist, Kroeger paints a
\nworld of chaos. The morning after a drunken fight soliloquy “Should
\nhave Listened” causes sympathy for Kroeger as he sings, “There’s
\nthree new holes on the wall \/ Where the hell’s my credit cards?
\nWhy’s my wallet in the yard? . . . I should’ve listened \/ when you
\nsaid you’d had enough \/ a little trick I picked up from my father.”
\nI could relate to the ideas Kroeger is singing about, even though I
\nhaven’t had a night like that since the early 90s.<\/p>\n
“Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good” is another example of the chaotic
\nworld Kroeger inhabits. He invites his woman to join him, but
\nspends the time together worrying about “Something’s gotta go wrong
\n\/ Cause I’m feelin’ way too damn good.” The subject of the sexually
\novertoned “Figured You Out” is another example of the chaotic
\nrelationships in the speaker’s life. “I love your lack of
\nself-respect \/ while you’re passed out on the deck.”<\/p>\n
Another theme is faith in a higher being. In “Throw Yourself
\nAway,” Kroeger addresses God and asks the subject, a mother that
\ngives birth to a baby on a bathroom floor, “You notice how God
\nain’t even helping you.” In “Believe it Or Not,” these lyrics
\naddress a higher being as Kroeger sings, “Could someone deliver us
\n\/ Just send us some kind of sign \/ so close to giving up \/ ‘Cause
\nfaith is so hard to find.”<\/p>\n
In the end, the band sorrowfully closes this chapter in their
\nhistory with a sappy homage-to-the-fans. Kroeger sings, “If you
\ndon’t come, we’ll never know.” He sings about “After hours and
\nalcohol \/ Every club, we’ve seen ’em all \/ We’ll go out on the town
\n\/ and light it up till we burn it down.” I really wish they would
\nhave left this track on the cutting room floor. I understand the
\nband’s “need” to have a lighter raiser at their concerts, but the
\nsong immediately preceeding this one “Another Hole in the Head”
\nwould have been a better end to this chapter.<\/p>\n
In the end, Nickelback have already gotten some singles from
\nthis release. There are probably a couple more that you will hear
\non the radio before the band stops touring and prepares their next
\nrelease. “Should’ve Listened” and “Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good” are
\nmy picks.<\/p>\n
I liked this release. The band sounds good and I listen to this
\nrelease a lot. If you like their songs on the radio, this CD will
\nprobably live in your CD player. It’s not perfect, but it’s
\nreasonably good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6707],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-37903","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-nickelback","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37903"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}