‘All the Right Reasons’

By Anthony Sellers
“Show me what it‘s like to be the last one standing, and I‘ll show you what I can be,” sings Canadian rock band Nickelback, “If it’s worth savin’ me.”

Originating in Hanna, Canada in 1995, the group didn’t come into their own until 1998, when they decided to manage themselves independently. Almost a decade later, the band has seen immense success, producing ten top ten songs from five albums, the latest of which is called All The Right Reasons.

The band always felt that music should be made for all the right reasons – not the obligation for an artist to put an album together by a certain date, but because the artist feels obligated to create innovative music, to discover more about the world they are surrounded by, and to understand that same world. The name is also a play on the words of the second track: “Fight For All the Wrong Reasons.”

While still giving a glimpse of the bands roots, All The Right Reasons is more diverse than any of the other albums, with vibrant guitar solos in the tracks “Savin’ Me,” “Side of a Bullet,” and “Follow You Home.” Also, to complement the laid-back nature of the guitars and drums in the track “If Everyone Cared,” the band decided to use a piano throughout the song, a first for the group in their eleven years together.

The band currently has two singles from the new album: “Photograph” and “Animals.” The first single, “Photograph,” is by far the most personal song on the album, taking a look into the teenage years of lead singer Chad Kroeger’s life. “Animals” is an upbeat song that provides hard drumming and distorted guitar riffs lead by a simple but energetic bass line.

The album was made with “all the right reasons” for every artist in mind.