10 Rock Albums You Constantly Have To Defend Loving
1. Nickelback: All The Right Reasons (2005)
Whenever someone sticks on a Nickelback track, it's proceeded with some kind of caveat or disclaimer. Usually it goes something like this: "Yeah, Nickelback suck but this riff is kinda cool" or "I know Nickelback are for douchebags, but it's fun to indulge."
There is just something inexplicably unlikeable about them, so why they hell does this album rock so hard? The riffs are f**king explosive, and the lyrics are insanely corny, but god damn do they feel good to sing; and what's more there isn't a track on the album you'd skip.
No doubt many of you reading this will already be praising these words, thanking the gods that someone has finally given you permission to enjoy this album, without the shame society puts on you. And for the rest of you who are still dubious, go stick this album on as an experiment and see what point you turn it off at. Chances are you won't.
The first two tracks pull you down into the murky world of Nickelback so effectively that by the time the dreaded Photograph comes on, you'll be ready to face it. From then on, it's post-grunge, riff heaven all the way until Rock Star... Okay, that track you can skip.