The Long Road | ||||
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Studio album by Nickelback | ||||
Released | September 23, 2003 | |||
Recorded | December 2002-April 2003, Greenhouse Studios and Mountainview Studios, British Columbia, Canada | |||
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Length | 40:27 59:47 (bonus tracks) |
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Label | Roadrunner | |||
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Singles from The Long Road | ||||
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Metacritic | (62/100) |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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The Long Road is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 23, 2003. The album was recorded at famed Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the band's last album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer.
The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in March 2005 and it had sold 3,591,000 copies as of April 2011. It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and in the year 2003, was only the album to have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 and was ranked #157 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.
Country music singer Travis Tritt released a cover version of the track "Should've Listened" on his August 2007 album, The Storm.
The songs "Flat on the Floor" and "Believe It or Not" are featured in the video game FlatOut 2.
All lyrics written by Chad Kroeger except "Someday" by Ryan Peake, Chad Kroeger & Mike Kroeger and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Bernie Taupin; all music composed by Nickelback except "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John.
^shipments figures based on certification alone