All the Right Reasons

All the Right Reasons is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on October 4, 2005, on Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with former 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair, who replaced Ryan Vikedal in January 2005. The album topped the Canadian Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 albums chart and has sold 11 million copies worldwide.^[9] It is Nickelback's best-selling album to date, according to certifications from the MC, the RIAA, the BPI, and the ARIA. Seven singles were released from the album. The album re-entered the Finland Albums Chart in 2010, setting a new peak position at number 21.

All the Right Reasons
Studio album by Nickelback
Released	October 4, 2005
Studio	Mountainview (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
Genre	Post-grunge[1] hard rock[2]
Length	41:38
Label	Roadrunner EMI (Canada)
Producer	Nickelback Joey Moi
Nickelback chronology
The Long Road (2003) All the Right Reasons (2005) Dark Horse (2008)
Singles from All the Right Reasons
"Photograph" Released: August 8, 2005[3] "Animals" Released: November 21, 2005[4] "Far Away" Released: January 23, 2006[5] "Savin' Me" Released: February 27, 2006[6] "Rockstar" Released: August 14, 2006[7] "If Everyone Cared" Released: November 13, 2006[8] "Side of a Bullet" Released: March 3, 2007

All the Right Reasons was certified diamond by the RIAA in March 2017 and had sold 7.96 million copies in the US as of December 2015, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time in the US.^[10] In Canada, All the Right Reasons was certified 7× Platinum by the CRIA in March 2010.

In 2020 it was reissued as an expanded edition for it's 15th anniversary featuring the original album being remastered by Ted Jensen and contains extra songs along with a second disc with previously unreleased audio of their 2006 South Dakota concert.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	41/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	[12]
E! Online	C−[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[14]
Entertainment Weekly	B[15]
Jam!	[16]
Mojo	[17]
The New York Times	[18]
Q	[19]
Rolling Stone	[20]

The album received mixed to negative reviews, currently holding a score of 41 based on nine critics on Metacritic.^[21] However, Entertainment Weekly explained the album's success this way: "What if Nickelback's decision to let the music speak for itself is, ironically, their biggest selling point of all?"^[22] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times criticized the lyrical content of the album, referring to it as "another brash but sullen CD with more of the worst rock lyrics ever recorded."^[23]

Commercial performance

The album was the third straight No. 1 album for the band in their native Canada. It sold more than 60,000 copies in its first week, topping their previous number 1 albums Silver Side Up and The Long Road (selling 43,000 and 45,000 copies). The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 323,350 copies in its first week in the United States.^[24] In the United States, the album to date has sold over 8 million copies and was found again inside the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in its 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd weeks on the chart. The album had never been below number 30 on the Billboard 200 in 110 weeks,^[25] making Nickelback the first act to have an album in the top 30 of the Billboard 200 for its first 100 weeks since Shania Twain's 1997 album Come On Over stayed in the top thirty for 123 consecutive weeks following its release.

In addition, the album has spawned five top-20 Hot 100 singles in the U.S.: "Photograph", "Savin' Me", "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared", and "Rockstar", making it one of only a handful of rock albums to ever produce five or more top-twenty U.S. hits. "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar" were all top ten singles on the Hot 100, making Nickelback the first rock band of the 2000s (decade) to have three top-ten hits from the same album.^[26]

In the UK, the album opened its chart run at number 13 before quickly leaving the top 75 with no top 20 singles, with "Savin' Me" being their first to miss the top 75 altogether. While being the band's smallest-selling UK album since Curb, it experienced, in early 2008, a resurrection due to the single "Rockstar" becoming Nickelback's highest-charting single ever in the UK. The album has now outpeaked its previous peak of number 13, reaching number 2 and has since been certified Platinum.^[27]

It was ranked number 13 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.^[28]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Follow You Home"	4:20
2.	"Fight for All the Wrong Reasons"	3:44
3.	"Photograph"	4:18
4.	"Animals"	3:06
5.	"Savin' Me"	3:39
6.	"Far Away"	3:58
7.	"Next Contestant"	3:34
8.	"Side of a Bullet"	3:00
9.	"If Everyone Cared"	3:38
10.	"Someone That You're With"	4:01
11.	"Rockstar"	4:15
Total length:		41:38

All lyrics are written by Chad Kroeger; all music is composed by Nickelback.

Australian edition

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Someday" (live acoustic version)	3:25

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
12.	"We Will Rock You" (Queen cover)	2:00
13.	"Someday" (live – acoustic)	4:39

Special edition

All the Right Reasons: Special edition was released on July 10, 2007. It is a two-disc set and includes a Nickelback wallpaper, as well as three live tracks and a remixed version of "Photograph" as bonus tracks. The bonus DVD includes four videos, a behind-the-scenes tour diary, and interviews.

Special edition

12. "Photograph" (live)
13. "Animals" (live)
14. "Follow You Home" (live)

Wal-Mart exclusive special edition

15. "Never Again" (live)

Special edition DVD

1. "Photograph" (music video)
2. "Savin' Me" (music video)
3. "Far Away" (music video)
4. "If Everyone Cared" (music video)
5. Behind-the-scenes tour diary
6. Interviews

15th Anniversary Edition (2020)

12. "We Will Rock You" (Queen cover - b-side of Photograph)
13. "Photograph" (Acoustic - b-side of Far Away)
14. "Too Bad" (Acoustic - b-side of If Everyone Cared)
15. "Someday" (Live Acoustic - b-side of If Everyone Cared)

Disc 2 (Live at Buffalo Chip, Sturgis, South Dakota, August 8, 2006)

1. "Intro/Animals"
2. "Woke Up This Morning"
3. "Photograph" (later released as a b-side to I'd Come For You in Japan)
4. "Because of You"
5. "Far Away" (later released as a b-side to I'd Come For You in Europe)
6. "Never Again"
7. "Savin' Me"
8. "Someday"
9. "Side of A Bullet"
10. "How You Remind Me"
11. "Too Bad"
12. "Figured You Out"

Personnel

Nickelback Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, lead guitar Ryan Peake – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Mike Kroeger – bass, backing vocals Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals Musicians Timmy Dawson – piano on "Savin' Me" and "If Everyone Cared", acoustic guitar (15th Anniversary Disc 2) on "Savin' Me" and "Someday" Dimebag Darrell – guitar solo (sample) on "Side of a Bullet" Chris Gestrin – organ on "Rockstar" Billy Gibbons – guitar and backing vocals on "Follow You Home", "Fight for All the Wrong Reasons" and "Rockstar" Brian Larson – synthesizer strings on "Far Away"

Technical Ryan Andersen – digital editing Richard Beland – photography Zach Blackstone – mixing assistance Kevin Estrada – photography Ted Jensen – mastering Joey Moi – production, engineering, digital editing Mike Shipley – mixing on "Photograph" and "Far Away" Randy Staub – mixing Brian Wohlgemuth – mixing assistance on "Photograph" and "Far Away"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005–2010) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 35 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[32] 88 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[33] 1 Canadian Hard Rock Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[34] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[35] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[36] 20 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[37] 21 French Albums (SNEP)[38] 67 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[39] 4 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[40] 38 Irish Albums (IRMA)[41] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[42] 26 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[43] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 22 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[45] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[46] 2 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[47] 1 US Billboard 200[48] 1 US Digital Albums (Billboard)[49] 15 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[50] 1 US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[51] 4 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[52] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[53] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[54] 34 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[55] 84 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[56] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[57] 48 US Billboard 200[58] 63 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[59] 24 Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[60] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[61] 81 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[62] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[63] 79 US Billboard 200[64] 3 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[65] 1 Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[66] 86 US Billboard 200[67] 6 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[68] 2 Chart (2008) Position UK Albums (OCC)[69] 11 US Billboard 200[70] 48 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[71] 14 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[72] 47 US Billboard 200 13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[73]	4× Platinum	280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[74]	Gold	15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[75]	7× Platinum	700,000^
Germany (BVMI)[76]	3× Gold	300,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[77]	Gold	40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[78]	4× Platinum	60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[79]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[80]	3× Platinum	900,000‡
United States (RIAA)[81]	Diamond	7,960,000[10]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	11,000,000[9]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.