Description
Nickelback – Here and Now – Compact Disc
Nickelback’s Here and Now is the band’s seventh studio album, released on November 21, 2011 through Roadrunner Records. It followed Dark Horse and was positioned as a return to a slightly more band-driven feel after the highly compressed, radio-maximized sound of the late 2000s. The album was produced by Chad Kroeger and Mike Kroeger, marking a shift away from working with outside “name” producers and putting more control in the band’s hands.
The record is built around the two sides Nickelback have always balanced: heavier riff rock and melodic, pop-leaning balladry. It opens aggressively with “This Means War,” then pivots quickly into big-hook singles and mid-tempo rockers designed for mainstream rock radio. The album’s best-known tracks include “When We Stand Together” (a socially themed anthem that became a major crossover hit), “Bottoms Up” (a classic Nickelback party-rock single), and “Lullaby,” which leans into the band’s emotional, radio-ballad lane.
Here and Now performed strongly on release, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and charting high internationally, reinforcing Nickelback’s status as a late-2000s/early-2010s arena-rock mainstay. It was later certified Platinum in multiple markets, reflecting long-tail sales beyond its initial singles cycle.
In Nickelback’s catalog, Here and Now is often seen as the “stabilizer” record: not a reinvention, but a tightened, confident statement of the band’s core formula—big choruses, polished hard rock tones, and songs built to work in both arenas and on rock radio—released at a time when guitar-driven mainstream rock was beginning to cede cultural space to pop and hip-hop, making its success a notable continuation of their commercial peak era.
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Track Listing
This Means War
Bottoms Up
When We Stand Together
Midnight Queen
Gotta Get Me Some
Lullaby
Kiss It Goodbye
Trying Not To Love You
Holding On To Heaven
Everything I Wanna Do
Don’t Ever Let It End
