The Long Road - Nickelback
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62 out of 100

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5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 74 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Canadian grunge act attempts to duplicate the multi-platinum success of 2001's 'Silver Side Up' with this latest release.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    It offers a heaping helping of meat-and-potatoes rawk that never veers far from the sing-along template established by their hit ''How You Remind Me.''
  2. Amazon.com
    70
    For fans of Silver Side Up, Nickelback have delivered the goods once more.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Brazenly consistent, if unimaginative. [13 Nov 2003, p.99]
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  4. Q Magazine
    60
    None of their new album will be remembered in a few years' time. Yet, like most fast food, there's very little wrong with it right now. [Dec 2003, p.130]
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  1. Positive: 26 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 46
  3. Negative: 18 out of 46
  1. bethb
    10
    The Long Road is one of my favorite albums from Nickelback due to being fresh new ideas in the issues discussed, it focuses on teen issues. The album is easy to sing to in the car with catchy riffs. My two favorite songs are, … Expand
  2. Jerk-
    8
    I think Nickelback is the perfect target for whiney "musical experts" who are pissed off because what they think defines rock no one wants to listen to/cares about, so they take out their frustration built from years of musical failure on a band that doesn… Expand
  3. sil3nt_nick
    6
    The band had some catchy tracks like "Someday" and "Figure You Out" enhanced the album's quality, although many of the other tracks were mediocre.
  4. EJArmbruster
    4
    This album has a few decent songs but it has all been done by the band before and their music isn't growing at all.

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