Silver Side Up (Nickelback)

As an old or new Nickelback fan, you should love this album. This is the album that first put Nickelback on the charts with "How You Remind Me", "Never Again" and "Too Bad". This is one of their better efforts and it is one of the few cd's where I listen to every single song, rather than skipping around to my favorites.There is literally not a bad song on this one. The song and sound quality is very good on this album, and all of the songs are just straight up rock and roll. Excellent listening.

I have liked Nickelback since I first heard "How You Remind Me" which was a great pop rock song, blended together just right. Really also liked the vocals and lyrics. I never got around to getting the record, but heard the song on the radio and purchased the record. This is very good and well rounded, with poppier fare like How You Remind Me and songs that are a bit darker or not quite run of the mill rock. Maybe they do pay homage to older rock acts and perhaps they have been overplayed, but it does not detract that they write well and I enjoy listening to them.

this is the worst kind of rock out there. cookie cutter grunge rock made to sell lots of records. I dont think these guys take themselves as serious as some of the fans who gave this album good reviews. they just trying to cash in.

Most of the time I listen to a singer or group a few times, buy an album, and then can form my opinions right there. Nickelback took me a while. They have a lot of great radio hits, they're as vanilla-mainstream as Microsoft and Blockbuster Video (maybe even more so given how much BV is struggling), and they're both loved and hated to a ridiculous extent. I couldn't see any reason not to get one of their albums, so I got one. (Don't remember why I chose Silver Side Up in particular; all I know was that it sounded more promising than their debut.) It wasn't until listening all the way through (several times, mainly because I kept tuning out...red flag right there) that I realized the problem. You ready? Here it is: They're just not an album band. They have the creativity and talent for big, even huge singles (Someday and If Everyone Cared are fantastic), but that's about it, and as a result each album has a *lot* of filler. There is some merit to the frequent complaint th... Read more

Where to start...ok, these guys are obviously pearl jam wannabes who are bad at what they do. pearl jam isn't even good to begin with so why they copy them i dont know. all these songs sound the exact same! they are also all about pretty much the same thing. why they have fans, i dont know. i actually went out and bought this cd, i brought it home and listened to it, then burnt it. horrible, if i could give it negative stars i would.

This is just trash!

i think this band is great the're lyrics mean something and to those of you who dont think so have no idea of what gd taste in music means. ok so maby the singer does look a lil like jesus but come on his voice makes up for that twice over!!!!!!!!! this band r so cool n e 1 who diasgrees is a loser!

Since when did Jesus front a band?

make me wish i was dead....no wait, makes me wish THEY were dead. thank you america for becoming SO WATERED DOWN, that this crap is top 40 music

At first, you'd think that Nickelback were just another new trendy band on short riffs. However, if you listen to their lastest release 'Silver Side Up;', you'll hear some actual substance matter unlike the many teenie boppers and bubble gum punk of today. Granted, most of the songs lyrically are about broken relationships and some form of child neglect and/or abuse (STAIND!!!). Musically they somewhat make up for the same themed songs. Unlike most of today's chart-topping bands, Nickelback will actually use key changes and not stick to one style, or the SAME RIFF THROUGHOUT THE SONG (LINKIN PARK!!). The best examples of this is in the songs 'Never Again', and 'Woke Up This Morning.'

Not bad. They seemed to be thinking more along the lines of 'music' with this album, as opposed to 'loud' with their previous album. How You Remind Me won't be the only hit off this one.