Feed the Machine

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.[4] Feed the Machine debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 with 47,000 album-equivalent units.[5]

Feed the Machine
Studio album by Nickelback
Released	June 16, 2017
Recorded	June-October 2016
Genre	Hard rock[1] post-grunge[2]
Length	43:04
Label	BMG
Producer	Nickelback Chris Baseford
Nickelback chronology
No Fixed Address (2014) Feed the Machine (2017)
Singles from Feed the Machine
"Feed the Machine" Released: February 1, 2017 "Song on Fire" Released: April 28, 2017

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Wall of Sound	7/10[3]

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.[6] 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.[7][8] Shortly after the release of the album, 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.[6]

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.[9] On June 1, 2017, Nickelback made the song "Must Be Nice" available on their YouTube channel[10] and gave it away to those who had pre-ordered the album.[11] "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.[12]

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.[4][13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feed the Machine"	Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger Daniel Adair	5:02
2.	"Coin for the Ferryman"	C. Kroeger	4:50
3.	"Song on Fire"	C. Kroeger Peake Hayley Warner Steph Jones Ryan Spraker	3:50
4.	"Must Be Nice"	C. Kroeger	3:42
5.	"After the Rain"	C. Kroeger Ali Tamposi	3:34
6.	"For the River"	C. Kroeger	3:28
7.	"Home"	C. Kroeger	3:52
8.	"The Betrayal (Act III)"	C. Kroeger Peake Daniel Adair	4:20
9.	"Silent Majority"	C. Kroeger Peake	3:52
10.	"Every Time We're Together"	C. Kroeger Joe Nichols	3:52
11.	"The Betrayal (Act I)" (instrumental)	Peake	2:42
Total length:			43:04

Personnel

Nickelback

• Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar
• Ryan Peake – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Mike Kroeger – bass guitar
• Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals

Other musicians

• Nuno Bettencourt – guitar solo on 'For the River'

Production

• Chris Baseford – production, mixing (2, 3, 6, 9, 11)
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (1, 5, 7, 10)
• Randy Staub – mixing (4, 8)
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 43 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 2 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[19] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 21 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 16 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 18 French Albums (SNEP)[23] 85 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[25] 25 Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] 57 Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 12 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28] 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 10 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[31] 18 Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 3 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 32 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 6 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[36] 3 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[37] 2 US Billboard 200[38] 5 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[39] 2 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[40] 2 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[42] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[43] 57 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 48 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[45] 51

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	60,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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Works cited

• Feed the Machine (booklet). Nickelback. Nickelback II Productions. 2017. 538272242.CS1 maint: others (link)