Nickelback - The Best Of Nickelback, Vol. 1 [2LP]

Love them or loathe them, Nickelback wrote some of the biggest rock songs of the 2000s, and The Best of Nickelback, Vol. 1 gathers them on 140-gram double vinyl.Released in 2013, the collection spans the Canadian band's run from Silver Side Up through Here and Now, the decade when Chad Kroeger's gravelly voice seemed to be on every rock station at once. Built on big, chunky riffs and choruses designed to be sung back by stadiums, these songs sold albums by the millions, and hearing them together makes it easy to see why.How You Remind Me is the one that started it all, a brooding breakup anthem that made them stars. Photograph looks back on small-town youth with genuine warmth, Rockstar pokes fun at celebrity excess with a grin, and Far Away shows the softer, sentimental side that made them wedding-playlist regulars.Across four sides the formula is clear and crowd-pleasing: muscular guitars, sing-along hooks and songs built for arena lighters. Songs from the later Dark Horse and Here and Now albums show the band adding slicker production and extra swagger without losing their knack for a big chorus.For fans who never stopped turning it up, this is the hits in one place, pressed to be played loud.