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''Feed the Machine'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian
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, 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
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s.


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 Chad Robert Kroeger (, Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is best known for being the lead singer, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and founding member of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nic ...
needing to have surgery to remove a
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in his
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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 its release, the band began a 44-city tour on June 23, 2017, in North America, co-headlined with Daughtry,
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and
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as supporting acts.


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. On June 2, 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
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s, 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 Chad Robert Kroeger (, Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is best known for being the lead singer, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and founding member of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nic ...
– lead vocals, guitar * Ryan Peake – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Mike Kroeger – bass guitar * Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals Other musicians *
Nuno Bettencourt Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. Bettencourt has recorded a solo album and has founded rock bands including ...
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on "For the River" Production * Chris Baseford – production, mixing (2, 3, 6, 9, 11) *
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– mixing (1, 5, 7, 10) *
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 (4, 8) *
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– mastering


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References

Works cited * {{Authority control 2017 albums Nickelback albums BMG Rights Management albums