The State

I got this as a pick of the month from BMG music club. It blew my mind from the first listen. I’ve been a fan ever since. F*** the trendy haters.

Beats their new stuff by a long shot. "Breathe" and "Leader of men" are really amazing singles. For me, those two songs are what really represent Nickelback. Those distorted guitar riffs, unusual lyrics (in a good way), and Chad's voice made it an instant sale for me.

Out of all of their albums, this is the best

Kind of sad, what they've become these days, compared to what they used to be...

leader of men is the best song ever <3

This is so much better than the Nickelback of today. They really had some great songs here. Now they all sound the same. Nickelback doesn't make bad songs now, but they don't make any great ones either. They are all catchy tunes, but not something you want on you iPod forever. I really wish they would come out with something different that has the feeling of 'The State'. A+ on this one though.

leader of men its simply amazing!!!

ok yes we know nickelback is amazing but silver side up did NOT come before The State!

Out of all the albums I own, I really must say that this is probably the most disappointing. I had high expectations because of how popular Nickelback are, but was not happy with this. If you like Nickelback, there isn't anything here that will disappoing you, but if you only like their mainstream singles then I recommend sticking to those. Not a BAD album, and I might listen to it from time to time.., but I have to say.. shame on you Nickelback, I was expecting more. This album is pushin' the lower side of three stars. *Edit* Somehow I missed Leader of Men on the first play through. Good song, makes the album worth it. The one thing Nickelback always has goin' for it is that one (maybe two) good song(s). The album as a whole is better on the second time through. Although I stick by my 3* rating, I'm bumping it up to 4*, both to be nice and because I might recommend it to others. From disappointing to 'Meh, glad I bought it used'.

Breathe is my fav song!

This is absolutly the best album ever

Why did nickelback have to change so much? I don't really like this album but at least his voice doesn't like he had been smoking forever. I wish they would go back to the way they were. Please

Ah, 'The State', the only Nickelback I've yet to review. Well, unfortunately, I don't have too much to say about this album. I've listened, I've listened again, and I've listened some more, but I just can't get into this album, save for one song: 'Leader of Men'. I personally don't like albums that have one decent song and filler for the rest, and I have to say that 'The State' does a fair job of following that formula. Compared to the previous effort 'Curb', this one really falters. The songs are very generically structured; there's not enough variety between them to even justify it's almost half-hour total length. They had a good thing going with 'Curb', and they really hit the nail on the head with 'Silver Side Up', so I would call 'The State' a kind of transition album from the good to the great. As I mentioned before, I absolutely love Leader of Men, but I will occasionally listen to Breathe and Worthy to Say every so often.

The greatest albums i've heard from Nickelback. Breathe-9.6/10: Very great song, awesome guitar riffs, and good lyrics. Cowboy Hat-9.7/10: I'm not a fan of country music, but this song is really good. Leader Of Men-10/10: Wow, one of the greatest song i have EVER heard from Nickelback, beautiful lyrics, awesome riffs, and Chad Kroeger's amazing voice. Old Enough-9.3/10: Pretty good song, awesome guitar solo, and good lyrics. Worthy To Say-9.8/10: An awesome that you can hear lots of times and never get sick of it. Diggin' This-9.7/10: Wow, I thought this song was going to be different then i thought it would be in a good way. Really good Riffs and lyrics. Deep-9.0/10: My least favorite song in the album (excluding Leader Of Men Acoustic) , and yet it's still really good. One Last Run-9.5/10: Amazing song with good lyrics, nice riffs, and a nice heart beating drum beat. This song makes you want to run lol. Not Leavin' Yet-9.9/10: Never expected this song to be very good. Great riffs, good lyrics, and a cool guitar solo. Hold Out Your Hand-9.4/10: Great riffs, but you can't really understand what Chad is singing about. It takes you 7 times to hear the song to understand the song. Leader Of Men Acoustic-8.6/10: Original sounds better. Overall grade-98.67%/100%: A+. I hope this review helps you.

I listened to the samples itunes gave us and this album sounded really good and fast, but when I listened to it, all the songs were ballads, not once ounce or flippin second of hard rock or fast paced music! I give this album a 3 because I like Nickelback, just what were they thinking when they put 11 ballads in a hard rock album, then come out with a no ballad, hard core album Silver Side Up! Especially when Curb was a hardcore album! :^(

To go back and actually remember when nickelback was actually a rockband and not an mtv sellout those were the days dont get me wrong i love nickelback but now days they have gotten way to commerical but anyways this is by far nickelback at there best!!

Soooooooooooo majorly incredibly awesome buy it rate listen love it

This is a VERY good CD. It's a lot better than there "Curb" CD. But either way, Nickelback rocks and there gunna keep on rockin' until Chad Kroeger dies! Well, mayb a little bit before that. Either way, NICKELBACK IS AWESOME!!

Every song on this album is awesome. The best two are Worthy to Stay and Breathe