Customer Reviews
Nickelback and The State compared to all other albums. - By: John Doe, 29 May 2007 
First off, The State is the second best album by Nickelback(slightly inferior to Curb). Worthy to say is definitely the best song here, I've tried but find it difficult to find comparisons for this song.
Not Leavin' Yet is great & can be compared to Where do I hide. Cowboy Hat also is a great song musicallly & lyricallly, perhaps the best lyricallly. (no comparisons have been found.) Leader of Men is the biggest hit & reminds me a great deal of Nirvana's Come as you are.
There is no one clear comparison for the state though perhaps the best is The Long Road
enjoy
in my opinion best album they've done - By: C. Oldham, 30 Sep 2005 first off breathe & leader of men are two of nickelbacks greatest ever songs & in my oppinion this is by far the best album that they have come up with, although well just have to wait & see after alll the right reasons come out!
NICKELBACK ROCK
One of the best Rock Album ever.... - By: Martin Watts, 05 May 2004 The State is quite simply one of the best Rock/Nickelback Album I've ever listened to. I had listened to Silver Side Up before The State & then purchased this not very long after & although I was at first not so pleased with The State, my opinion soon changed.
The songs do tend to differ from the latest Nickelback hits & appear much more "rocky" & somewhat lively. Tracks such as Diggin' This & Old Enough are a prime example of this. However, the softer more melodic side to Nickelback is also present, with the hit, Leader of Men which is in my opinion the best song on the Album.
The Songs, Not Leavin' Yet & Hold Out Your Hand aren't Nickelback's greatest hits & I was at first put off by these but after recently listening to them again, I've realised that they're a good album filler & do show that Nickelback are capable of providing some variation in their songs. They're not by any means bad, but they don't come close to other songs on the album such as Breathe, Leader of Men & One Last Run.
In comparison to the latest albums, Silver Side Up & The Long Road, The State is quite different & this may put you off if you're reallly into their latest stuff (which rocks just as much as this does)
If you like Rock music in general, then this is most definately an essential purchase. If your Nickelback fan then I'm left with the question, why don't you already own this album?
THIS ALBUM ROCKS - By: Dan Frith, 08 Apr 2004 I'm sorry but it is true. I don't think that the other 2 albums after are that much better & the first 1 certainly isn't. I can't believe I didn't hear about this album first as it is almost better than the 2 after it.
It has some more popular top quality songs such as "Leader of men" & "Breathe" which are great even after listening to them a thousand times. However I think that the albums not so well songs such as "Cowboy hat" & "Digging this" are just as great to listen to.
The first song Breathe is, in my opinion the 3rd best song on the album & reallly reminded me of Linkin Parks "Crawling" & "Numb" the way it came back to the original tune on top of the current song at the end.
Then the next best song in my opinion is "Leader of men". This probably would have been my favourite if it hadn't reminded me of Busteds "Sleeping with the light on", but its still good with Chad Kroegers trade mark voice going strong alll the way through. This is a great song.
My favourite song in the album has to be "Old enough". It truly is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard & in my opinion even better than "Someday" from the new album. This song rocks especailyy when the guitars get started midway through the first verse.
My only wish is that the guys from Nickelback could make evry album they make as good as this one & so far with Silver side up & the Long road they have succeeded.
None Better - By: , 19 Jun 2003 This is their best album of the three, if you owned silver side up before this one, you will not like this much, but once you get used to it, it is far better, having one song twice is a good thing, espesiallly if the song is Leader of Men, their is a couple of songs that are a bit dodgy, but the rest are so good they make up for it, & don't effect my stars rating. The accoustic version of Leader of Men is a great song for relaxing.
You'll listen to the album so many times you will know the words to alll the songs in a week! I often sing them when i'm at school!
A new album is coming out soon so keep your eyes peeled!
