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Release Date
1 January 2001
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Length
10 tracks
Silver Side Up is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 11, 2001. It was the band's breakthrough album and, according to Allmusic, continued Nickelback's tradition of "dark high-octane rock" from the band's first two albums. It reached #1 in Canada, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The album was certified 8× Platinum in Canada, 6× Platinum in the US and 3× Platinum in the UK.
The singles released from Silver Side Up were "How You Remind Me", "Too Bad" and "Never Again" – the most successful being "How You Remind Me", which reached #1 in the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts. Nickelback was named #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats. Despite never being released as a single, "Woke Up This Morning" was played frequently during the All the Right Reasons Tour and on the radio.
Silver Side Up has sold 5,733,140 copies in the US up to June 13, 2009. According to IFPI, over 2,000,000 copies of the album were sold in Europe.
It was ranked #47 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.
The fifth track entitled 'Just For' was originally recorded on Nickelback's debut album Curb under the title "Just Four".
The seventh track entitled 'Money Bought' was originally planned to be the theme song of the new WWE Pay-Per-View "Money In Bank" but eventually it went to "Money" by I Fight Dragons.
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