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Feed the Machine
2017 studio album by Nickelback
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Wall of Sound7/10

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 200 with 47,000 album-equivalent units.

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Background

Following the release of their prior album, No Fixed Address, 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.5 The band subsequently became bogged down in legal battles related to the cancellation of the tour.6

The album was released on June 16, 2017.78 Shortly after its release, the band began a 44-city tour on June 23, 2017, in North America, co-headlined with Daughtry, Shaman's Harvest and Cheap Trick as supporting acts.9

Promotion and release

The album's first single, "Feed the Machine" was released on February 1, 2017. The second single, "Song on Fire", was released on April 28, 2017.10 On June 2, 2017, Nickelback made the song "Must Be Nice" available on their YouTube channel11 and gave it away to those who had pre-ordered the album.12 "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.13

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.1415 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

Feed the Machine track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feed the Machine"5:02
2."Coin for the Ferryman"C. Kroeger4:50
3."Song on Fire"3:50
4."Must Be Nice"C. Kroeger3:42
5."After the Rain"3:34
6."For the River"C. Kroeger3:28
7."Home"C. Kroeger3:52
8."The Betrayal (Act III)"4:20
9."Silent Majority"
  • C. Kroeger
  • Peake
3:52
10."Every Time We're Together"3:52
11."The Betrayal (Act I)" (instrumental)Peake2:42
Total length:43:04

Personnel

Nickelback

Other musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Feed the Machine
Chart (2017)Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)163
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)174
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)1816
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)1943
Canadian Albums (Billboard)202
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)217
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)2221
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)2316
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)2418
French Albums (SNEP)2585
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)266
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)2725
Irish Albums (IRMA)2857
Italian Albums (FIMI)2912
Japanese Albums (Oricon)3014
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)314
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)3210
Polish Albums (ZPAV)3318
Scottish Albums (OCC)343
South African Albums (RSG)3518
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)3632
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)376
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)382
UK Albums (OCC)393
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)402
US Billboard 200415
US Independent Albums (Billboard)422
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)432
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)441
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)452

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Feed the Machine
Chart (2017)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)4657
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)4748
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)4851

Certifications

Certifications for Feed the Machine
RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)49Silver60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Works cited

  • Feed the Machine (booklet). Nickelback. Nickelback II Productions. 2017. 538272242.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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