Studio Album · No. 2
The State Songwriting Credits by Nickelback
Produced by Dale Penner · Engineered by Dale Penner, Garth Richardson, Brett Zilahi
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether Nickelback carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
The State is fully self-written, credited to the band with Chad Kroeger as the principal writer. It gave Nickelback their first rock-radio traction through "Leader of Men" and "Breathe," both Mainstream Rock hits. The album helped earn the band a major-label deal and their first Juno Award, and it remains entirely the band's own work.
The State was self-released on September 1, 1998 in a run of 5,000 copies, made for about $30,000 with Dale Penner producing in Burnaby, British Columbia. EMI Canada reissued it twice and Roadrunner carried it abroad, and by 2000 it had reached number 130 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on Heatseekers. Four singles came off it, with 'Leader of Men' and 'Breathe' both landing in the Mainstream Rock top ten. It went platinum in Canada in 2002 and in the US in 2008, and the touring behind it brought the band their first Juno, Best New Group, in March 2001.