{{About|the Nickelback album|the title track of this album|Feed the Machine (Nickelback song)|other uses|Feed the Machine (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Feed the Machine | type = studio | artist = Nickelback | cover = FeedtheMachineNickelbackAlbum.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2017|6|16}} | recorded = June–October 2016 | studio = | genre = * Post-grunge<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/nickelback/feed_the_machine/46411/|title = Nickelback: Feed the Machine Review}}</ref> * hard rock<ref name="AllmusicRevProse"/> * alternative metal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Luke |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Best Nickelback Albums: All 10 Studio Releases, Ranked, Reviewed |url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/best-nickelback-albums/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Dig! }}</ref> | length = 43:04 | label = BMG | producer = * Nickelback * Chris Baseford | prev_title = No Fixed Address | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Get Rollin' | next_year = 2022 | misc = {{Singles | name = Feed the Machine | type = studio | single1 = Feed the Machine | single1date = February 1, 2017 | single2 = Song on Fire | single2date = April 28, 2017 | single3 = Must Be Nice | single3date = June 2, 2017 | single4 = After the Rain | single4date = October 22, 2017 }} }}
{{Music ratings <!-- Reviewers --> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllmusicRevProse">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/feed-the-machine-mw0003015911|title=Feed the Machine Review|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 18, 2025}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Wall of Sound'' | rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2017/07/07/nickelback-feed-the-machine-album-review/#prettyPhoto |title=Nickelback - Feed The Machine (Album Review) |last=Parente |first=Michael |website=Wall of Sound |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> }} '''''Feed the Machine''''' is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, and was released on June 16, 2017. It is the band's first release through record label BMG.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/nickelback-feed-the-machine-debuts-no-5-billboard-album-chart/|title=Nickelback Debut at No. 5 on Billboard 200 Album Chart|website=Loudwire|date=June 26, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref> ''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 47,000 album-equivalent units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/nickelback-feed-the-machine-debuts-no-5-billboard-album-chart/|title=Nickelback Debut at No. 5 on Billboard 200 Album Chart|website=Loudwire|date=June 26, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2018-08-18}}</ref>
==Background== Following the release of their prior album, ''No Fixed Address'', in 2014, the band cancelled the majority of their touring due to Chad Kroeger needing to have surgery to remove a cyst in his vocal cord.<ref name="Blab1">{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nickelback-to-release-feed-the-machine-album-in-june-44-city-north-american-tour-announced/|title=NICKELBACK To Release 'Feed The Machine' Album In June; 44-City North American Tour Announced|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> The band subsequently became bogged down in legal battles related to the cancellation of the tour.<ref name="Blab1"/>
The album was released on June 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video Premiere: NICKELBACK's 'Feed The Machine'|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-premiere-nickelback-feed-the-machine/|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=April 20, 2017|date=April 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nickelback Delve Into Dystopian Future With 'Feed the Machine' Video|url=http://loudwire.com/nickelback-feed-the-machine-video/|publisher=Loudwire|access-date=April 20, 2017|date=April 19, 2017}}</ref> Shortly after its release, the band began a 44-city tour on June 23, 2017, in North America, co-headlined with Daughtry, Shaman's Harvest and Cheap Trick as supporting acts.<ref name="Blab1"/>
==Promotion and release== The album's first single, "Feed the Machine" was released on February 1, 2017. The second single, "Song on Fire", was released on April 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/nickelback-new-track-song-on-fire/|title=Nickelback Release Moody New Track 'Song on Fire'|website=Loudwire|date=April 28, 2017 }}</ref> On June 2, 2017, Nickelback made the song "Must Be Nice" available on their YouTube channel<ref>{{Citation|last=Nickelback|title=Nickelback – Must Be Nice [Audio]|date=2017-06-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzLawiyHkP4|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref> and gave it away to those who had pre-ordered the album.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nickelback.com/news/title/new-track---must-be-nice---available-now1/|title=New Track – Must Be Nice – Available Now|work=nickelback.com|access-date=2017-06-03|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627085042/http://www.nickelback.com/news/title/new-track---must-be-nice---available-now1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Must Be Nice" was released to American rock radio stations on June 6, 2017, as the album's third official single and second rock single.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rock Future Releases |url=https://www.allaccess.com/rock/future-releases |publisher=All Access Media Group|access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605000528/https://www.allaccess.com/rock/future-releases|archive-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== ''Feed the Machine'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 47,000 album-equivalent units, of which 43,000 were pure album sales.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="FTM Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lorde-melodrama-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart/|title=Lorde Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Melodrama'|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> It debuted at number three in the UK, becoming their highest-debuting album of their career in that country. Later, it has been certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Feed the Machine'' track listing | title1 = Feed the Machine | writer1 = {{flatlist| *Chad Kroeger *Ryan Peake *Mike Kroeger *Daniel Adair }} | length1 = 5:02
| title2 = Coin for the Ferryman | writer2 = C. Kroeger | length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Song on Fire | writer3 = {{flatlist| *C. Kroeger *Peake *Hayley Warner *Steph Jones *Ryan Spraker }} | length3 = 3:50
| title4 = Must Be Nice | writer4 = C. Kroeger | length4 = 3:42
| title5 = After the Rain | writer5 = {{flatlist| *C. Kroeger *Ali Tamposi }} | length5 = 3:34
| title6 = For the River | writer6 = C. Kroeger | length6 = 3:28
| title7 = Home | writer7 = C. Kroeger | length7 = 3:52
| title8 = The Betrayal (Act III) | writer8 = {{flatlist| *C. Kroeger *Peake *Daniel Adair }} | length8 = 4:20
| title9 = Silent Majority | writer9 = {{flatlist| *C. Kroeger *Peake }} | length9 = 3:52
| title10 = Every Time We're Together | writer10 = {{flatlist| *C. Kroeger *Joe Nichols }} | length10 = 3:52
| title11 = The Betrayal (Act I) | writer11 = Peake | length11 = 2:42 | note11 = instrumental | total_length = 43:04 }}
==Personnel== '''Nickelback''' *Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar *Ryan Peake – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Mike Kroeger – bass guitar *Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals
'''Other musicians''' *Nuno Bettencourt – guitar solo on "For the River"
'''Production''' * Chris Baseford – production, mixing (2, 3, 6, 9, 11) * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (1, 5, 7, 10) * Randy Staub – mixing (4, 8) * Ted Jensen – mastering
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Feed the Machine'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 29, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|16|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|43|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|M|url=http://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/06/25/charts-june-25-2017|title=On The Charts: June 25, 2017|publisher=FYIMusicNews|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Czech|7|year=2017|week=25|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|21|M|url=http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=26&y=2017&list=a40|title=Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 25, 2017|publisher=Hitlisten|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 28, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|16|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Finland|18|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 25, 2017}} |- {{album chart|France|85|M|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2017&we=25|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 25, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Germany|6|id=324648|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Hungary|25|year=2017|week=25|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 29, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Ireland|57|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 23 June 2017|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2017}} |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2496|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 25 (dal 2017-06-16 al 2017-06-22)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/119913/products/1234756/1/|title=フィード・ザ・マシーン|publisher=Oricon ME Inc.|language=ja|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref> | 14 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-06-23|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=June 23, 2017}}</ref> | 4 |- {{album chart|Norway|10|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=July 1, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Poland|18|id=1088|rowheader=true|access-date=June 29, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20170623|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2017}} |- ! scope="row"| South African Albums (RSG)<ref>{{cite web |title=SA Top 20 |date=July 1, 2017 |url=http://rsg.co.za/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703131231/http://www.rsg.co.za/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |publisher=Radio Sonder Grense |access-date=April 7, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | 18 |- ! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3443-%C3%81lbumes-semana-25-2017|title=Top 100 Albumes — Semana 25: del 16.06.2017 al 22.06.2017|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=es|access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=June 23, 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".</ref> | 6 |- {{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Nickelback|album=Feed the Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=June 28, 2017}} |- {{album chart|UK2|3|date=20170623|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2017}} |- {{album chart|UKRock|2|date=20170623|rowheader=true|access-date=June 24, 2017}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|2|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|2|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=Nickelback|rowheader=true|access-date=June 27, 2017}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for ''Feed the Machine'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2017/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums 2017|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> | 57 |- ! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2017|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2017 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> | 48 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> | 51 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Feed the Machine''}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Nickelback|title=Feed the Machine|award=Silver|certyear=2019|relyear=2017|id=15693-288-2|access-date=March 22, 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
'''Works cited''' {{refbegin}} * {{Cite AV media notes|title=Feed the Machine|title-link=Feed the Machine|others=Nickelback|year=2017|type=booklet|publisher=Nickelback II Productions|id=538272242}} {{refend}}
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