Nickelback The State

The State is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback. "Leader of Men" was the lead single, followed by "Old Enough", "Breathe", and "Worthy to Say". The album held a peak position of No.130 on the Billboard 200. It also reached a peak position of No.3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums chart in 2000. The State was the band's first album to be certified Gold in both Canada and the United States. It later went Platinum in Canada in April 2002 and in 2008 in the US.
The State was recorded in early 1998, with the band investing $30,000 into the record. On September 1, 1998, The State was released independently with a blue album cover. The original release was limited to 5,000 copies. 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, Nickelback toured with Creed, Sevendust, 3 Doors Down, and Stone Temple Pilots.[citation needed] In early 2001, the band played its final dates with Everclear. In March 2001, Nickelback won its first Juno Award for Best New Group.
The album had four singles: "Leader of Men", "Breathe", "Old Enough", and "Worthy to Say". "Leader of Men" and "Breathe" both charted on the top 10 Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Features:

• Vinyl LP

Selections:

Side A
1. Breathe
2. Cowboy Hat
3. Leader Of Men
4. Old Enough
5. Worthy To Say
6. Diggin' This
Side B
1. Deep
2. One Last Run
3. Not Leavin' Yet
4. Hold Out Your Hand
5. Leader Of Men (Acoustic)