Dark Horse (Nickelback album)

Dark Horse
Nickelback studio album
Publication (s)	2008
Label (s)	Roadrunner Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , alternative metal
Title (number)	11
running time	approx. 44 minutes
occupation	Vocals , electric guitar : Chad Kroeger Drums : Daniel Adair Electric guitar : Ryan Peake Electric bass : Mike Kroeger
production	Nickelback , Mutt Lange , Joey Moi
Studio (s)	Mountainview Studios , Abbotsford , British Columbia
chronology All the Right Reasons (2005) Dark Horse Here and Now (2011)

Dark Horse is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Nickelback and was released on November 15, 2008 in Australia and two days later in Europe. The album was produced by Mutt Lange , who is known for albums by Shania Twain , AC / DC , Foreigner , Bryan Adams and Def Leppard , among others . The album was a huge success , especially in the USA, and on May 29, 2010 it had been in the top 200 for 79 weeks. Just three weeks after its release , the album reached platinum status in the USA.

Track list

1. Something in Your Mouth - 3:38
2. Burn It to the Ground - 3:30
3. Gotta Be Somebody - 4:13
4. I'd Come for You - 4:22
5. Next Go Round - 3:45
6. Just to Get High - 4:02
7. Never Gonna Be Alone - 3:47
8. Shakin 'Hands - 3:39
9. SEX - 3:55
10. If Today Was Your Last Day - 4:08 am
11. This Afternoon - 4:34

Singles in Germany

Originally If Today Was Your Last Day provided as the first single, but was at the last moment by Gotta Be Somebody replaced. The next single was I'd Come for You in Germany . After appearing in the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge , Burn It to the Ground entered the German single charts. At the beginning of 2010, If Today Was Your Last Day was also published in Germany. This Afternoon was also played on German radios from the end of May 2010 .

Others

The song Burn It to the Ground has been the official theme song of the WWE wrestling rooster RAW since autumn 2009 . It was also Burn It to the Ground on the soundtrack to Transformers - Revenge and in the trailer of Date Night heard. On February 28, 2010, Nickelback performed at the final concert of the 2010 Winter Olympics in front of 60,000 people, where they also played Burn It to the Ground .

The song is also the official opening song for the Hamburg Freezers' DEL team .

Dark Horse Tour

In early 2009, Nickelback started a world tour in support of their album. This dark horse tour was divided into different parts. So they came to Germany during the European part, where they performed four times. During the world tour they were supported by Seether (North America 1), Daughtry (Europe), Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin , among others . On this tour they played both older songs and newer ones from Dark Horse . Due to the great success, the tour was extended in July 2010 by 25 appearances.

criticism

In contrast to its predecessor All the Right Reasons, Dark Horse's reviews were much better, if only average. According to "The Wendigo" from Whiskey-soda.de , Dark Horse is "finally an album to rock out" . He also describes Burn It to the Ground as the best song in the band's history. At the same time he thinks that you could have "saved yourself the embarrassing Never Gonna Be Alone ". Overall, he sees a mix of hard rock , pop , country and rock 'n' roll in Dark Horse , "which Alice Cooper puts in his pocket and meets stadium rock à la Springsteen or Kid Rock " . CD-starts.de wrote that the album with Never Gonna Be Alone is reminiscent of a modern version of Def Leppard . Dark Horse is " with a few exceptions, like the dispensable SEX , a welcome exception in the mainstream hard rock sector ". Thanks to Mutt Lange, “the gentlemen conjure up one muscle-packed earwig after the other out of their hats” .

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	4th (40 weeks)	40
Canada (MC)	1 (63 weeks)	63
Austria (Ö3)	5 (35 weeks)	35
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 (37 weeks)	37
United States (Billboard)	2 (166 weeks)	166
United Kingdom (OCC)	4th (26 weeks)	26th

Singles

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2008	Gotta be somebody	6th	10	19th	20th	10	4th
	Something in Your Mouth	-	-	-	-	96	48
	If Today Was Your Last Day	31	31	30th	64	19th	7th
2009	I'd come for you	39	37	38	67	44	29
	Burn It to the Ground	65	-	-	-	-	37
	Never gonna be alone	-	-	-	-	58	25th
	Shakin 'hands	-	-	-	-	-	49
2010	This afternoon	39	32	-	-	39	16

Awards

Prices

• 2009: Juno Award : Album of the Year
• 2009: MuchMusic Video Award : Video of the Year , Post Production of the Year and Rock Video of the Year
• 2010: Grammy nomination: Best Hard Rock Performance (Burn It to the Ground)

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Golf Cooperation Council (IFPI)	platinum	6,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	480,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × gold 17 × platinum	4,261,000

Main article: Nickelback / Music Sales Awards

Web links

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Chart sources:
   • Nickelback in the German charts at OfficialCharts.de
   • Nickelback in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • Nickelback in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • Nickelback in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • Nickelback on the US charts at Billboard.com
2. ^ WDR ( Memento from May 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Nickelback at the Olympic graduation ceremony
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Criticism from whiskey-soda.de ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Criticism on cdstarts.de
7. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/charts/canadian-hot-100?begin=11&order=position