''The State'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band

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. " Leader of Men" was the lead single from this album followed by "

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", " Breathe", and "Worthy to Say". The album held a peak position of number 130 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album also held a peak position on ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers Albums charts position number 3 in 2000. The album was the band's first album to be certified Gold in both Canada and in the United States. It later went Platinum in Canada in April 2002 and then went Platinum in 2008 in the United States.

Background

''The State'' was recorded in 1998, with the band investing $30,000 into the record. In September 1998, ''The State'' was released independently with a blue album cover. In September of the next year, it was reissued on EMI Canada, with a re-formatted version of the original cover (the words "Nickelback" and "The State" were originally in yellow, in the same size near the right edge of the cover, on the EMI reissue, the word "Nickelback" was made into a bigger font and "The State" rendered in white, at the top of the cover). In 2000, it was reissued again on EMI Canada, this time with different artwork featuring a young boy in a jail cell. This was also the artwork used on the American, European, and Australian releases on Roadrunner Records. In 2000, ''The State'' reached the ''Billboard'' 200 peaking 130. To support ''The State'',

toured with Creed,

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, 3 Doors Down, and

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. In early 2001, the band played its final dates with Everclear. In March 2001,

won its first Juno Award for Best New Group. The album had four singles, " Leader of Men", " Breathe", "

", and "Worthy to Say". "Leader of Men" and "Breathe" charted on the top 10 of the Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. Nickelback *

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– 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, backing vocals *Mike Kroeger – bass *Ryan Vikedal – drums (credited) *Mitch Guindon – drums (not credited, but performed on the album) Production *Dale Penner – producer,

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— producer *Dave Ashton — second engineer * GGGarth Richardson — mixing *Brett Zilahi — mastering *Ken Grant — executive producer

Release history

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Appearances

*The song "Old Enough" was featured on the soundtrack to the film '' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' in 2000. *The song "Breathe" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie '' Clockstoppers'' in 2002.

References

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