The_State_(album)
The State (album)
1998 studio album by Nickelback
The State is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback. "Leader of Men" was the lead single from this album, followed by "Old Enough", "Breathe", and "Worthy to Say". The album held a peak position of number 130 on the Billboard 200. The album also held a peak position on Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums charts position number 3 in 2000. The album was the band's first album to be certified Gold in both Canada and in the United States. It later went Platinum in Canada in April 2002 and then went Platinum in 2008 in the United States.
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| Released | September 1, 1998 September 1999 (first re-release) March 7, 2000 (second re-release) | |||
| Recorded | January 1998–February 1998; Burnaby, British Columbia | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge[1] | |||
| Length | 38:51 | |||
| Label | self-released EMI Music Canada (first and second reissues) Roadrunner (third reissue) | |||
| Producer | Dale Penner | |||
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| Alternate cover | ||||
 2000 re-release cover | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
The State was recorded in early 1998, with the band investing $30,000 into the record.[4] On September 1, 1998, The State was released independently with a blue album cover. The original release was limited to 5,000 copies.[5] In September of the next year, it was reissued on EMI Canada, with a re-formatted version of the original cover (the words "Nickelback" and "The State" were originally in yellow, in the same size near the right edge of the cover; on the EMI reissue, the word "Nickelback" was made into a bigger font and "The State" rendered in white at the top of the cover). In 2000, it was reissued again on EMI Canada, this time with different artwork featuring a young boy in a jail cell. This was also the artwork used on the American, European, and Australian releases on Roadrunner Records. In 2000, The State reached the Billboard 200 peaking 130. To support The State, Nickelback toured with Creed, Sevendust, 3 Doors Down, and Stone Temple Pilots.[citation needed] In early 2001, the band played its final dates with Everclear.[citation needed] In March 2001, Nickelback won its first Juno Award for Best New Group.[citation needed]
The album had four singles: "Leader of Men", "Breathe", "Old Enough", and "Worthy to Say".[6] "Leader of Men" and "Breathe" both charted on the top 10 Mainstream Rock Tracks.[7]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Breathe" | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Cowboy Hat" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Leader of Men" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Old Enough" | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Worthy to Say" | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Diggin' This" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Deep" | 2:48 |
| 8. | "One Last Run" | 3:30 |
| 9. | "Not Leavin' Yet" | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Hold Out Your Hand" | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Leader of Men (Acoustic)1" | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 38:51 | |
All lyrics are written by Chad Kroeger; all music is composed by Nickelback
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Little Friend2" | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 42:40 | |
| Single information |
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"Leader of Men"
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"Old Enough"
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"Breathe"
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Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[8]
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Production
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| Release | Date |
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| Original | September 4, 1999 (1999-09-04) |
| Re-release | March 7, 2000 (2000-03-07) |
| Chart (2000–2001) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 57 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 128 |
| US Billboard 200 | 130 |
| US Top Independent Albums | 6 |
| US Top Heatseekers | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[11] | 199 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[12] | 97 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[13] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[14] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Silver | 60,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
- The song "Old Enough" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 in 2000.
- The songs "Diggin' This" and "Hold Out Your Hand" were featured in the film The Forsaken in 2001.
- The song "Leader of Men" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Soul Assassin in 2001.
- The song "Breathe" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Clockstoppers in 2002.
1. Incorrectly titled "Leader of Men (Accoustic)" on the back insert of the original 1998 release.
2. Song from Curb (1996).
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
- The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 584.
- "It's not grunge!". Archived from the original on October 30, 2001.
- "Rock On The Net: Nickelback". www.rockonthenet.com.
- The State (booklet). Roadrunner. 2001.
- "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- "Nickelback | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- "Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- "British album certifications – Nickelback – The State". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type The State in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.