''The Long Road'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian

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, released on September 23, 2003. Recorded at the famed

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, British Columbia, it is the band's last album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer, and features a notable change in style towards more aggressive riffs and double bass drumming. The album was certified 3× Platinum by the

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in March 2005 and it had sold 3,591,000 copies as of April 2011. It has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and was the only album of 2003 to have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It debuted at #6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was ranked #157 on ''

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released a cover version of the track "Should've Listened" on his 2007 album '' The Storm''.

Track listing

;Standard Edition

Singles

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. Nickelback *

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— lead vocals, lead guitar *Ryan Peake — rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Mike Kroeger — bass, backing vocals *Ryan Vikedal — drums Additional musicians *Brian Larsen, Cameron Wilson, Henry Lee, Zoltan Rozsnyai — strings (track 3) *Corrine Youchezin — vocals (track 5) Production *

Joey Moi Joey Moi is a Canadian record producer, audio engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician. He is known for his work with the rock groups Nickelback and My Darkest Days, and country music acts Chris Lane, Dallas Smith, Florida Georgia Line, Jake Ow ...

— producer, engineer, digital editing *

— producer *Alex "Laquaysh" Aligizakis — assistant engineer *Ryan Andersen — digital editing *

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— mixing *Zach Blackstone — mixing assistant *

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— mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Tour

* The Long Road Tour

Appearances

* The song "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' in 2003. *The song "Learn The Hard Way" was featured on '' Daredevil: The Album'' in 2003. *The song "Slow Motion" was featured on '' The Punisher: The Album'' in 2004. *The song "Flat on the Floor" was featured in the video games ''

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'' in 2004 and ''

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'' in 2006; the song "Believe It or Not" was also featured in the latter. * The song "See You at the Show" was featured on the album ''Harley-Davidson: Ride'' in 2005. * The song "Because of You" was featured in the video games ''

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'' in 2005 and ''

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'' in 2008. *The song "Figured You Out" was featured as downloadable content for the video game ''

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'' in 2010. The song "Someday" was later included in 2011.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Long Road, The 2003 albums Nickelback albums Roadrunner Records albums Albums produced by Joey Moi Albums recorded at Greenhouse Studios