Here and Now (Album)

Here and Now
Nickelback studio album
Publication (s)	2011
Label (s)	Roadrunner Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , alternative metal
Title (number)	11
running time	about 40 minutes
occupation	Vocals , electric guitar : Chad Kroeger Drums : Daniel Adair Electric guitar : Ryan Peake Electric bass : Mike Kroeger Workman, Clark
production	Nickelback , Brian Howes , Joey Moi
Studio (s)	Mountainview Studios , Abbotsford , British Columbia
chronology Dark Horse (2008) Here and Now No Fixed Address (2014)

Here and Now is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Nickelback . It was released in German-speaking countries on November 18, 2011. It is the successor to Dark Horse , which was released in 2008 .

Track list

1. This Means War - 3:20
2. Bottoms Up - 3:40
3. When We Stand Together - 3:10
4. Midnight Queen - 3:14
5. Gotta Get Me Some - 3:41
6. Lullaby - 3:48
7. Kiss It Goodbye - 3:35
8. Trying Not to Love You - 4:11
9. Holding On to Heaven - 3:51
10. Everything I Wanna Do - 3:26
11. Don't Ever Let It End - 3:49

useful information

The album was released exclusively in German-speaking countries on November 18, 2011; in the rest of the world it didn't appear until three days later. The lyrics were written by singer Chad Kroeger . As on the previous albums, Here and Now features songs that tend towards pop-rock ( Lullaby ) as well as hard-rock singles ( Bottoms Up ). An extensive world tour began on April 14, 2012. My Darkest Days , Bush and Seether played as support acts in the USA . As on the previous album , the band went on tour in Europe with Daughtry and in Australia with Jackson Firebird .

Singles

At the same time, the singles When We Stand Together and Bottoms Up were released on September 27th . This Means War was released on November 10th exclusively via iTunes . Towards the end of November Trying Not to Love You was also played on the radio.

Reviews

The reviews were similar to the previous albums. Allmusic awarded 3.5 out of 5 possible stars. The criticism from laut.de was positive: "... because you have to admit one thing to the men around singer Chad Kroeger: what they do, they do right." completely different bands "if you compare" Lullaby with This Means War ". However, because of these differences, the side also criticized the fact that "the four Canadians were again desperately looking for their own identity". Metacritic gave 57 out of 100 points based on 8 reviews.

Chart placements

album

country	placement
US Billboard 200	2
Canada	1
United Kingdom	10
Germany	2
Austria	3
Switzerland	2

Singles

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
2011	When We Stand Together	6th	8th	6th	41	44	10
	Bottoms up	-	-	-	-	-	31
	Lullaby	36	27	45	-	89	52
	Trying Not to Love You	-	67	-	93	-	31

Individual evidence

1. ↑ wdr2.de ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2011 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. 
2. ↑ Here and Now at Allmusic (English)
3. ↑ laut.de
4. ↑ metacritic.com
5. ↑ laut.de
6. ↑ elixic.de
7. ↑ Sources: DE ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2012 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. AT CH US / CA