Parents need to know that this album is more sexually charged than some of Nickelback's previous releases. Also, several of the songs on this album glamorize drinking and smoking marijuana.
Positive messages:"Burn It To The Ground" is about getting drunk and wreaking havoc. Other songs reference prostitution, skirting the law, and having casual sex.
Sex:At least half of the songs on this album explore mature sexual themes. Several songs such as "Something in Your Mouth" profile women who use sex to get money. "Next Go Round" is all about marathon sex, and includes references to using a vibrator, sexual positions, and getting covered in Jell-O. Although every line in the song is sexual, here's one of the more explicit, "we're gonna do it hangin upside down… I want you naked with your favorite heels on, slap John Deere across my a-- and ride me up and down the lawn." Another song about golddiggers/prostitutes is "Shakin' Hands." ("She didn't make it this far by just shaking hands...she says they all taste the same in the back of the Benz.")
Language:Expletives are not excessively used, however a--, s--t and t-ts are included in several lines.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:"Burn It To The Ground" details a drunken party at the bar, while "This Afternoon" celebrates smoking pot and lounging around -- "Lookin' like another Bob Marley day, hittin' from the bong like a diesel train." Conversely, "Just to Get High" examines the downward spiral of using hard drugs and the pain of addiction.
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Oh. My. Sweet. Jesus. Christ. Superstar.
Absolutely, under no circumstances, listen to this album. It's just sex, sex, and more sex. Typical of Nickelback to have an utter lack of creativity and artistic integrity.
This is the second worst heavy metal album ever (second to Results May Vary). It portarys women as worthless crackheads who are for sex, sex, and sex. Oh yeah and sex. There is NO substance in this music. Just don't buy this unless you're Insane In The Mem-Brain.
Personally I LOVE Nickelback, but not for songs like 'Animal', 'Dark Horse', or 'Fight for All the Wrong Reasons'. However, there are great songs like 'Gotta Be Somebody', 'Never Gonna Be Alone', and 'If Today Was Your Last Day' on this album, and 'If Everyone Cared', 'Far Away', 'Photograph', and 'Savin' Me' on their All the Right Reasons album. I also love 'Rock Star' and the way it mocks typical celebrity lives. Songs that are raunchy aren't positive but some of them aren't too bad.
the only nb cd missing from my collection it is on my birthday list i looked at it at sams there is a song called s,e,x the only songs i heard from the cd were gotta be somebody and if today was your last day i love nb they are for any age same on you if you said they are for older ,kids i have been listing sence six
On a personal level I like the album but when allowing my tween to listen i have to skip most of the songs or just turn it off. Definately not good to have your child listening to songs about getting drunk all night and what you have to shake to get money.
This is a very good band, though some of there songs are bad. The music in itself is actually really good and it is one of my favorite bands it's just that they put very explicit lyrics in their songs. I don't think it should be heard by anyone under the age of 13.