''Feed the Machine'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian
rock
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band
Nickelback
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, and was released on June 16, 2017. It is the band's first release through record label
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Organizations
* Music publishing companies:
** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
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.
''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US
''Billboard'' 200 with 47,000
album-equivalent units.
Background
Following the release of their prior album, ''
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'', in 2014, the band cancelled the majority of their touring due to
Chad Kroeger needing to have surgery to remove a
cyst in his
vocal cord
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.
The band subsequently became bogged down in legal battles related to the cancellation of the tour.
The album was released on June 16, 2017. Shortly after the release of the album, the band began a 44-city tour on June 23, 2017 in North America, co-headlined with
Daughtry,
Shaman's Harvest
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and
Cheap Trick
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as supporting acts.
Promotion and release
The album's first single, "
Feed the Machine
''Feed the Machine'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, and was released on June 16, 2017. It is the band's first release through record label BMG. ''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 2 ...
" was released on February 1, 2017. The second single, "
Song on Fire
"Song on Fire" is a song by Canadian Rock music, rock band Nickelback. It is the second single (music), single from their ninth studio album, ''Feed the Machine''. It was released on April 28, 2017.
Background
The song was first revealed with a ...
", was released on April 28, 2017. On June 1, 2017, Nickelback made the song "Must Be Nice" available on their YouTube channel and gave it away to those who had pre-ordered the album. "Must Be Nice" was released to American rock radio stations on June 6, 2017 as the album's third official single and second rock single.
Commercial performance
''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US
''Billboard'' 200 with 47,000
album-equivalent units, of which 43,000 were pure album sales.
It debuted at number three in the UK, becoming their highest-debuting album of their career in that country. Later, it has been certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
Nickelback
*
Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar
*
Ryan Peake
Ryan Anthony Peake (born March 1, 1973) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter who is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their incepti ...
– guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
*Mike Kroeger – bass guitar
*
Daniel Adair
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– drums, backing vocals
Other musicians
*
Nuno Bettencourt
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–
guitar solo
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on 'For the River'
Production
* Chris Baseford – production, mixing
*
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
*
Randy Staub
Randy Staub is a Canadian recording engineer. He has been nominated for the Juno Awards' " Recording Engineer of the Year" award 12 times. He won in 2002 for the songs "How You Remind Me" and "Too Bad" by Nickelback.Peebles, Frank (April 4, 2008). ...
– mixing
*
Ted Jensen
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Ted ...
– mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Works cited
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2017 albums
Nickelback albums