Dark Horse (Nickelback album)

Dark Horse
A photo of a horseshoe with a rope in the background
Studio album by
Nickelback
ReleasedNovember 19, 2008 (2008-11-19)
RecordedMarch–July 2008
StudioMountain View Studios, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Genre
Length43:38
Label
Producer
Nickelback chronology
All the Right Reasons
(2005) 		Dark Horse
(2008) 		Here and Now
(2011)
Singles from Dark Horse
  1. "Gotta Be Somebody"
    Released: September 29, 2008
  2. "Something in Your Mouth"
    Released: October 28, 2008
  3. "If Today Was Your Last Day"
    Released: November 11, 2008
  4. "Burn It to the Ground"
    Released: January 29, 2009
  5. "I'd Come for You"
    Released: March 23, 2009
  6. "Never Gonna Be Alone"
    Released: September 29, 2009
  7. "Shakin' Hands"
    Released: November 16, 2009
  8. "This Afternoon"
    Released: March 23, 2010[4]

Dark Horse is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on November 19, 2008. [5] It is the follow-up to their multi-platinum selling All the Right Reasons (2005). It was co-produced by the band and producer and songwriter Robert John "Mutt" Lange, known for working with such acts as Foreigner, AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard and Shania Twain. Dark Horse sold 326,000 in its first week and debuted at number 2 in the US. More than a year after its release, the album did not leave the Top 100 on the Billboard 200. In its 91st week, the album peaked at number 46 for the week of August 28, 2010.[6] The album spent 125 consecutive weeks inside the Billboard 200.[7] On the week of November 29, 2014, Dark Horse re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 195, more than six years after the album's release.

It was ranked at number 191 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade.[8] It is also the band's fourth straight Multi-Platinum selling album in the United States. As of 2010, the album has sold 3 million copies in the United States and 5 million copies worldwide. The album was originally going to be entitled Burn It To The Ground.

  1. ^ Chuck Eddy (November 27, 2008). "Dark Horse | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Caroline Sullivan (November 14, 2008). "CD: Nickelback, Dark Horse | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Nickelback rides- again- with 'Dark Horse'". The Sun Chronicle. December 25, 2008. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "Top 40/Mainstream > Cool New Music". allaccess.com. LINK OUTDATED.
  5. ^ "Major Nickelback Announcement". Roadrunner Records. September 25, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
  6. ^ Dark Horse climbs on the Billboard 200 Albums and crack 80 consecutive weeks 'Billboard' Accessed on May 13, 2010
  7. ^ "Dark Horse - Nickelback > Album Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  8. ^ "Best of the 2000s: Billboard 200 Albums". Billboard.com. Showing 181-200. Retrieved September 22, 2011.