{{about|the Three Days Grace album|the sport event in 2022|ONE: X|the mobile phone|HTC One X|the video game console|Xbox One X|other uses|onex (disambiguation)|and|1X (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = One-X | type = studio | artist = Three Days Grace | cover = One X.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2006|06|13}} | recorded = November 2005 – January 2006 | studio = {{flatlist| * Bay 7 Studios (Valley Village, California) * Sparky Dark Studios (Calabasas, California)}} | genre = {{flatlist| *Post-grunge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-x/388130643 |title=One-X by Three Days Grace on iTunes |publisher=iTunes |quote=The second album by Ontario's Three Days Grace balances scalding metallic hard rock like opener "It's All Over" and the rabidly fist-pumping "Riot" with sincere post-grunge power ballads like "Never Too Late," "On My Own," and "Get Out Alive."}}</ref> *alternative metal<ref name="allmusic one-x"/> *alternative rock<ref name=melodic/> }} | length = 43:44 | label = Jive | producer = Howard Benson | prev_title = Three Days Grace | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Life Starts Now | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = One-X | type = studio | single1 = Animal I Have Become | single1date = April 10, 2006 | single2 = Pain | single2date = September 19, 2006 | single3 = Never Too Late | single3date = May 7, 2007 | single4 = Riot | single4date = November 6, 2007 }} }} '''''One-X''''' is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on June 13, 2006 as their sole album under Sony BMG, the successor to Sony Music Entertainment's original roots and Bertelsmann Music Group. The Sony BMG joint venture was dropped in 2008, which led to Bertelsmann's Sony BMG stake going back to Sony. Produced by Howard Benson, it is the band's first album recorded as a quartet,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/three-days-grace-mn0000490860/biography|title=Three Days Grace - Biography|website=AllMusic|author=Michael Sutton|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer Adam Gontier.
''One-X'' was both critically and commercially successful, achieving gold certification in Denmark, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, platinum in Poland, triple-platinum status in Canada and quintuple-platinum status in the United States, making it the band's most successful album internationally in terms of sales.<ref name="MC"/><ref name="RIAA"/><ref name="BPI"/><ref name="RMNZ"/><ref name="DENcert"/><ref name="POLcert"/>
==Pre-release and writing== The group began working on the album in February 2005 and was originally going to be produced by Gavin Brown with a scheduled release in the summer of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://melodic.net/news/three-days-grace-with-album-no2|title=Three Days Grace With Album No:2|author=Kaj Roth|website=Melodic|date=December 14, 2004|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref> However, the album's release date was pushed back to June 13, 2006, and was instead produced by Howard Benson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://melodic.net/news/three-days-grace-one-x-drops-june-13th|title=Three Days Grace One-X Drops June 13th|author=Kaj Roth|website=Melodic|date=May 8, 2006|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref> Working with Benson allowed the band to showcase a different sound, focusing on vocals, harmonies and melodies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/11324.html|title=LiveDaily Interview: Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace|website=LiveDaily|date=January 11, 2007|author=Christina Fuoco|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403235047/http://www.livedaily.com/news/11324.html|archivedate=April 3, 2008|access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref> as well as evolving as songwriters.<ref name="AllAccess"/> The band began recording the album in the winter of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crypticrock.com/three-days-grace-still-bringing-pain-with-one-x-a-decade-later/|title=Three Days Grace - Still Brining Pain With One-X a Decade Later|last=Jones|first=Patricia|date=July 6, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> "Animal I Have Become" was released as a single and received substantial airplay before it was released with ''One-X''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Available for Airplay Archive: 2006 – April |url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771#2003 |website=FMQB |access-date=December 27, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archive-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>
Previews for four of the tracks on ''One-X'' were able to be found on Three Days Grace's Online Trading Cards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://melodic.net/news/new-e-card-added-with-three-days-grace|title=New E-Card Added With Three Days Grace|author=Kaj Roth|website=Melodic|date=May 10, 2006|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref> Tracks that could be previewed were "It's All Over", "Pain", "Never Too Late" and "Over and Over".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/ecardsMain.asp|title=Three Days Grace - Ecards|website=Melodic|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614074018/http://www.melodic.net/ecardsMain.asp|archivedate=June 14, 2006|access-date=July 26, 2025}}</ref> Adam Gontier wrote many of these songs during rehabilitation after developing an addiction to oxycodone.<ref name="Global">{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1303966/rehab-playlist-10-songs-about-addiction-and-recovery/|title=Rehab playlist: 10 songs about addiction and recovery|last=Kennedy|first=John|date=May 1, 2014|website=Global News|access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Revolver Mag">{{cite journal |last=Kelley |first=Trevor |title=Three Days Grace |date=January 2007 |journal=Revolver |issn= 1527-408X |issue=52 |pages=46–48 }}</ref> "Usually we all sit as a group, hanging out, working together, but here I was just alone, writing about how I felt," as Adam Gontier said in his docu-drama about his experience, ''Behind The Pain''.<ref name="sales">{{cite news|author=Bliss, Karen|title=3DG doc aims to help addicts|work=JAM! Music|date=March 30, 2007|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Lowdown/2007/03/30/3871210-ca.html|access-date=March 30, 2009|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20070402050422/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2007/03/30/3871210-ca.html|archive-date=April 2, 2007|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Some of the material written on the album were influenced from his rehab stint, including the songs: "Animal I Have Become",<ref name="Global"/> "Pain" and "Over And Over".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/adam-gontier-doesnt-rule-out-saint-asonia-tour-with-three-days-grace|title=Adam Gontier Doesn't Rule Out Saint Asonia Tour With Three Days Grace|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=July 25, 2022|access-date=February 20, 2024}}</ref> A lot of the lyrics were written in his journal, which Gontier used to document his life on the road and how he was feeling at the time as a way to vent out through music.<ref name="Revolver Mag"/><ref name="AllAccess">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/Three_Days_Grace.php|title=Interview: Three Days Grace|website=Access All Areas|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104015841/http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/Three_Days_Grace.php|archivedate=November 4, 2007|access-date=July 15, 2025}}</ref> Following his rehab stint, he rejoined the group and they settled at drummer Neil Sanderson's lake house and continued writing more songs for the album.<ref name="Commercial Appeal">{{cite web|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/Feb/22/small-town-angst-fuels-three-days-graces-lyrics/|title=Small-town angst fuels Three Days Grace's lyrics|author=Mark Jordan|website=The Commercial Appeal|date=February 22, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228042640/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/Feb/22/small-town-angst-fuels-three-days-graces-lyrics/|archivedate=February 28, 2008|access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> Gontier said that the album was a lot more personal to him than their previous record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/three-days-grace-singer-feels-pain-wbna13106824|title=Three Days Grace singer feels the pain|website=Today|date=June 2, 2006|access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref> He wrote this album after feeling lonely and believed no one around him understood him, as well as how constant touring took a toll on him.<ref name="Ultimate Guitar">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/three_days_grace_singer_new_cd_is_about_somebody_i_dont_want_to_be.html|title=Three Days Grace Singer: New CD 'Is About Somebody I Don't Want To Be'|website=Ultimate Guitar|author=Steve Rosen|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/11/18/2404889.html|title=Three Days Grace relays message of hope|website=Jam! Canoe|author=Kerra McEwen|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20070402031537/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/11/18/2404889.html|archive-date=April 2, 2007|access-date=December 8, 2025}}</ref> While writing the album, Gontier was surprised to discover that the rest of his bandmates had experienced similar feelings of disenchantment and isolation from the road.<ref name="V13">{{cite web|url=https://v13.net/2006/04/three-days-grace-d3/|title=Three Days Grace: 'Back With a Vengeance|website=V13.net|author=Aaron Willschick|date=April 24, 2006|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref> This helped him come to terms with his feelings which ultimately helped the members come together more and complete work on the new record.<ref name="V13"/> Bassist Brad Walst explained how they wanted to take their time with the album and didn't want to have any time constraints that would "screw with our creativity."<ref name="Faze">{{cite magazine|url=https://faze.ca/three-days-grace-keep-on-rockin/|title=Three Days Grace Keep On Rockin'|magazine=Faze|author=Adam Grant|access-date=April 6, 2024}}</ref> Guitarist Barry Stock stated that ''One-X'' is about, "feeling like a target, like you're standing alone in a crowd of people."<ref name="Commercial Appeal"/>
Musically, most of the instrumental parts were written in the band's rehearsal space in Toronto, where each member had different ideas for songs that accumulated over the last few years of touring. Half the record was written in Toronto, while the other half was written in Northern Ontario.<ref name="Ultimate Guitar"/> Gontier would record 10 to 15 takes of each song, and decide which had the best vocal performances out of those takes and decide which ones to use for the final production with Benson.<ref name="Ultimate Guitar"/> On recording his parts, Sanderson said, "Sometimes we build from beginning to end. Some songs sound like one big crescendo. And sometimes I don't come in full force until half the song is over."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2007/02/neil-sanderson/|title=Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace|website=Modern Drummer|date=February 25, 2007|access-date=November 27, 2025}}</ref>
The album cover depicts a string of connected paper dolls with checkmarks on all with the exception of one which is crossed out, thus ''One X''.<ref name="FasterLouder"/> On the inside, the CD tray shows all red fish, except one black fish, which Gontier explained it represents "loneliness and isolation," fitting naturally with the concept of the album.<ref name="AllAccess"/> This same image is also on the "Animal I Have Become" single cover. The lyrics are included in the album booklet. The Japanese and UK edition of ''One-X'' contains the bonus track, "Running Away".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/29960/full/|title=スリー・デイズ・グレイスが新作をリリース!|website=Oricon|date=July 31, 2006|access-date=February 25, 2024|language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Promotion== In support of the album, Three Days Grace joined Staind on their US tour in August and September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/Stainds_tour_plans_spread-10488.html|title=Staind's tour plans spread|website=LiveDaily|author=Jon Zahlaway|date=August 3, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123081805/http://www.livedaily.com/news/Stainds_tour_plans_spread-10488.html|archivedate=November 23, 2008|access-date=August 12, 2025}}</ref> Gontier also launched the Three Days to Change tour doing free concerts at treatment centres, shelters, group homes and detention centres across North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2006/three-days-grace-change-your-life-tour.html|title=Three Days Grace 'Change Your Life' Tour|website=Sony Music Entertainment|date=August 7, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312193226/https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2006/three-days-grace-change-your-life-tour.html|archivedate=March 12, 2023|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref> They supported Nickelback on the All the Right Reasons Tour in February 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nickelback-readies-one-more-reasons-tour-56795/|title=Nickelback Readies One More 'Reasons' Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=October 31, 2006|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> The group embarked on the One-X Tour in the US and Japan, featuring support from Breaking Benjamin and Puddle of Mudd, with dates running from May 11 to July 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/11858.html|title=Three Days Grace rocks the US with Breaking Benjamin, Puddle of Mudd|website=LiveDaily|author=Kym Kilgore|date=April 7, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102102002/http://www.livedaily.com/news/11858.html|archivedate=November 2, 2007|access-date=August 12, 2025}}</ref> They also performed in Australia in mid-2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/three-days-grace-five-songs-into-third-album-1052091/|title=Three Days Grace Five Songs Into Third Album|magazine=Billboard|author=Gary Graff|date=May 16, 2007|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> The group co-headlined a North American fall tour with Breaking Benjamin running through September to November 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/13/breaking-benjamin-fall-tour-schedule|title=Breaking Benjamin Fall Tour Schedule|website=IGN|date=July 13, 2007|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> The band later continued the One-X tour in early 2008, performing in Canada and the US, with supporting acts from Breaking Benjamin and Seether from January to March.<ref name="Chart Attack Dates">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/44833/three-days-grace-announce-canadian-tour-dates|title=Three Days Grace Announce Canadian Tour Dates|website=Chart Attack|date=November 9, 2007|author=Ben Conoley|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903084223/http://www.chartattack.com/news/44833/three-days-grace-announce-canadian-tour-dates|archivedate=September 3, 2009|access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/979/Three-Days-Grace-Plans-2008-Tour|title=Three Days Grace Plans 2008 Tour|website=Alternative Addiction|date=December 7, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206210430/http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/979/Three-Days-Grace-Plans-2008-Tour|archivedate=February 6, 2009|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> The tour concluded in Europe in October and November 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.threedaysgrace.com/ca/events/past/all|title=Past Shows - The Official Three Days Grace|website=Threedaysgrace.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306171436/http://www.threedaysgrace.com/ca/events/past/all|archivedate=March 6, 2012|access-date=July 29, 2025}}</ref> A recording of their tour, entitled ''Live at the Palace 2008'', was released in August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2008/three-days-grace-concert-dvd-three-days-grace-live-at-the-palace-2008-available-only-at-best-buy.html|title=Three Days Grace Concert DVD 'Three Days Grace: Live at The Palace 2008' Available Only At Best Buy|website=Sony|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|date=August 13, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102225847/https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2008/three-days-grace-concert-dvd-three-days-grace-live-at-the-palace-2008-available-only-at-best-buy.html|archivedate=January 2, 2023|access-date=January 2, 2023}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== The album debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart selling just under 19,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=John|title=Three Days Grace Makes Solid Debut|url=http://www.jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/06/21/1645305-ca.html|publisher=CANOE|date=June 21, 2006|access-date=September 4, 2022|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20060623005053/http://www.jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/06/21/1645305-ca.html|archive-date=June 23, 2006}}</ref> The album also entered the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart at No. 5 with first week sales of more than 78,000 copies.<ref name="US Sales">{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2006/three-days-grace-enter-billboards-top-10-with-new-release-onex-with-sales-of-more-than-78000.html|title=Three Days Grace Enter Billboard's Top 10 With New Release One-X With Sales of More Than 78,000|website=Sony|date=June 21, 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714234358/https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2006/three-days-grace-enter-billboards-top-10-with-new-release-onex-with-sales-of-more-than-78000.html|archivedate=July 14, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> The album has sold over 1.2 million copies in the US and 158,000 units in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2010/04/three_days_grace_to_rock_massm.html|title=Three Days Grace to rock MassMutual Center in Springfield on Friday night|website=The Republican|date=April 14, 2010|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="sales"/>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings <!-- Please consider an alphabetical order for these ratings --> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic one-x"/> | rev2 = Jam! | rev2Score ={{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref name="Jam Review">{{cite web|last=Sterdan|first=Darryl|title=Album Review: Three Days Grace - One-X|website=Jam! Canoe|access-date=December 8, 2025|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20080410062230/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/AlbumReviews/2006/06/15/1634714-sun.html|archive-date=April 10, 2008|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/AlbumReviews/2006/06/15/1634714-sun.html}}</ref> | rev3 = Melodic | rev3Score ={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=melodic>{{cite web|last=Roth|first=Kaj|title=Three Days Grace - One-X|work=Melodic (magazine)|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313212340/http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=4638|archive-date=March 13, 2014|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=4638}}</ref> }}
''One-X'' was met with mixed to positive reviews. The ''Toronto Star'' complimented the album with a review title of "One CD worth buying..." and focused on its lyrics, stating, "The lyrics really speak out to you, especially if you're going through a tough time in your life."<ref name="toronto star">{{cite news |last=Lin |first=Adena |title=One CD worth buying... |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1279871351.html?dids=1279871351:1279871351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+31%2C+2007&author=Adena+Lin&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=One+CD+worth+buying+.+.+.&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901090430/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1279871351.html?dids=1279871351:1279871351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+31%2C+2007&author=Adena+Lin&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=One+CD+worth+buying+.+.+.&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2009 |work=Toronto Star |date=May 31, 2007 |access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> AllMusic reviewer Corey Apar praised the music, saying it "remains catchy despite its lyrical darkness." However, he criticized the lack of distinctive qualities that could have separated them from their alt-metal peers but stated, "''One-X'' certainly plays as a proficient step in the right direction."<ref name="allmusic one-x">{{cite web |last=Apar |first=Corey |title=One-X > Three Days Grace |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r837081|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=August 13, 2009 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> Kaj Roth at Melodic criticized the predictability of the album, stating "Three Days Grace has lost their soul, their debut was a lot better!" Roth, however, praised the songs "Animal I Have Become" and "Pain".<ref name=melodic/> Andrew Blackie of FasterLouder gave a negative review for the album stating, "they just cram as many hooks as they can into twelve songs about anything and everything, and find themselves lost in the sickening over production."<ref name="FasterLouder">{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Blackie |title=One-X — Three Days Grace |website=FasterLouder |url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/one-x-three-days-grace/778732 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828233811/https://fasterlouder.junkee.com/one-x-three-days-grace/778732 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |date=August 14, 2006}}</ref> Another negative review written by Darryl Sterdan of Jam! Canoe, he stated, "those who would rather hear painfully unoriginal post-grunge than nothing at all are free to buy the dreary ''One-X'', the dozen-track sophomore CD from these dark-hearted chest-beaters who make Nickelback seem sublime."<ref name="Jam Review"/>
===Accolades=== In 2007, ''One-X'' earned the band an award for Rock Artist of the Year by ''Billboard'' magazine.<ref name="website">{{Cite web|url=http://threedaysgrace.com/about|title=About - Three Days Grace|website=Three Days Grace|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712005244/https://threedaysgrace.com/about/|archivedate=July 12, 2022|access-date=June 4, 2017}}</ref> The album also earned a 2007 Juno Award nomination for Album of the Year.<ref name="Juno Time">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/juno_2007_awards.html|title=Juno what time it is?|last=Mayer|first=Andre|date=March 29, 2007|website=CBC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401144226/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/juno_2007_awards.html|archivedate=April 1, 2007|access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref> They won a Mediabase award for most played rock song on radio in Canada for their single "Animal I Have Become".<ref name="toronto star"/> ''One-X'' has been certified triple platinum in Canada and 5× platinum in the US, respectively.<ref name="MC"/><ref name="RIAA"/> All four of the album's singles as of November 2025 have gone multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In addition, "Time of Dying", "Get Out Alive" and "Gone Forever" were certified platinum, while "It's All Over", "Let it Die" and "Over and Over" received gold status in the same month.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|artist=Three Days Grace|accessdate=November 18, 2025}} In December 2024, "Gone Forever" was certified gold in Canada.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada|artist=Three Days Grace|accessdate=July 15, 2025}}
{|class="wikitable" border="1" |+ Accolades for ''One-X'' |- ! Publication ! Country ! Accolade ! Year ! Rank ! Ref. |- | ''Alternative Addiction'' | United States | "Alternative Album of the Year" | 2006 | {{center|10}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/bestof/bestof2006/results/top_20_albums.asp|title=The Best of Alternative Addiction 2006 - Top 20 Album|publisher=Alternative Addiction|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117064548/http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/bestof/bestof2006/results/top_20_albums.asp|archivedate=January 17, 2007|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Awards and nominations for ''One-X'' |- align=center ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Organization ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col"| Ref(s) |- | 2007 | Juno Awards | Album of the Year | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Juno Time"/> |}
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = Three Days Grace (Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson, Brad Walst, Barry Stock), with additional writers where noted | headline = Standard edition | title1 = It's All Over | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Pain | writer2 = Gavin Brown | length2 = 3:23 | title3 = Animal I Have Become | writer3 = Brown | length3 = 3:51 | title4 = Never Too Late | writer4 = Brown | length4 = 3:29 | title5 = On My Own | writer5 = Brown | length5 = 3:06 | title6 = Riot | length6 = 3:28 | title7 = Get Out Alive | length7 = 4:22 | title8 = Let It Die | writer8 = Brown | length8 = 3:09 | title9 = Over and Over | writer9 = Brown | length9 = 3:12 | title10 = Time of Dying | length10 = 3:08 | title11 = Gone Forever | writer11 = Brown | length11 = 3:41 | title12 = One-X | length12 = 4:46 | total_length = 43:44 }} {{track listing | headline = Japanese and UK bonus track<ref name="Bonus Track">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324997/products/671938/1/|title=One-X - Three Days Grace|website=Oricon|access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> | title13 = Running Away | length13 = 4:01 | total_length = 47:45 }} {{track listing |headline = Special edition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/One-X-Special-Three-Days-Grace/dp/B000RE6198|title=Three Days Grace - One-X (Special Edition)|website=Amazon|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref> |title13 = Running Away |length13 = 4:01 |title14 = Animal I Have Become (stripped acoustic version) |length14 = 3:44 |title15 = I Hate Everything About You (acoustic version) |length15 = 3:53 |title16 = Three Days Grace – Behind the Band |length16 = 9:54 |title17 = Animal I Have Become |note17 = music video |length17 = 3:50 |title18 = Pain |note18 = music video |length18 = 3:37 |title19 = Never Too Late |note19 = music video |length19 = 3:30 |total_length = 76:13 }} {{track listing |headline = iTunes deluxe edition<ref name="Deluxe">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-x-deluxe-edition/266221870|title=One-X (Deluxe Edition) - Album by Three Days Grace|website=Apple Music|access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref> |title13 = Wicked Game |note13 = Chris Isaak cover |length13 = 4:06 |title14 = Animal I Have Become |note14 = music video |length14 = 3:50 |title15 = Pain |note15 = music video |length15 = 3:37 |title16 = Never Too Late |note16 = music video |length16 = 3:30 |total_length = 62:34 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= One-X |year= 2006 |type= booklet |publisher= Jive}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Three Days Grace''' * Adam Gontier – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Neil Sanderson – drums, backing vocals * Brad Walst – bass guitar * Barry Stock – lead guitar
'''Additional musicians''' * Ned Brower – background vocals on "Animal I Have Become" and "One-X" * Taylor Locke – background vocals on "One-X" * Deborah Lurie – string arrangements on "Over and Over" (recorded at Fire House Studios, Brooklyn, New York, New York) * Casey Stone – string engineering
{{col-2}} '''Production''' * Howard Benson – producer, keyboards and programming * Mike Plotnikoff – recording * Hatsukazu Inagaki – assistant engineer * Paul DeCarli – Pro Tools editing, additional programming, programming on "Time of Dying" * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Resonate Music, Burbank, CA * Gersh (Drum Fetish) – drum technician * Marc VanGool – guitar tech * Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
'''Artwork''' * Brian Kushner – editor for the enhanced portion * Purple Can Post – facility * Three Days Grace – art direction and design * Warless Rabit – art direction and design * Jackie Murphy – art direction and design * Jeff Gilligan – art direction and design * Dean Karr – photography {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''One-X'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2006–08) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/ALTERNATIVE.html|title=Canadian Alternative Albums – Top 50|publisher=Jam! Canoe|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20060703210338/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALTERNATIVE.html|archive-date=July 3, 2006|access-date=December 8, 2025|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Charts/METAL.html|title=Canadian Metal Albums – Top 50|publisher=Jam! Canoe|archive-url=https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20060703210111/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/METAL.html|archive-date=July 3, 2006|access-date=December 8, 2025|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | 1 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|15|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|5|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|13|artist=Three Days Grace|access-date=March 6, 2018|rowheader=true}} |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2025 weekly chart performance for ''One-X'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/naujienos/s48-4/|title=2025 48-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|lang=lt|date=November 28, 2025|access-date=November 28, 2025}}</ref> | 90 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for ''One-X'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2006) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6369&Itemid=49|title=Billboard's Canadian Album Chart of 2006|website=Hitsofalldecades.com|author=Barry Kowal|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=April 14, 2025}}</ref> | 25 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> | 172 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> | 83 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 7, 2022}}</ref> | 106 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 14 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 35 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 30 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 29 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref> | 21 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref> | 29 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2024/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2024}}</ref> | 22 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2025/hard-rock-albums/|title=Top Hard Rock Albums of 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 9, 2025}}</ref> | 17 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2025/top-rock-alternative-albums/|title=Top Rock & Alternative Albums of 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 9, 2025}}</ref> | 68 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''One-X''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One X|relyear=2006|certyear=2018|access-date=May 17, 2018|refname="MC"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One X|relyear=2006|certyear=2025|access-date=July 27, 2025|id=15412|refname="DENcert"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One X|relyear=2006|certyear=2026|access-date=May 24, 2026|refname="GERcert"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One-X|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=December 23, 2024|refname="RMNZ"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One X|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|access-date=June 13, 2025|refname="POLcert"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One-X|relyear=2006|certyear=2026|id=18561-5350-2|access-date=February 13, 2026|refname="BPI"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=5|type=album|artist=Three Days Grace|title=One-X|relyear=2006|certyear=2025|access-date=November 18, 2025|refname="RIAA"}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release history and formats for ''One-X'' |- !scope="col"| Region !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Edition !scope="col"| Format !scope="col"| Label !scope="col"| Ref. |- ! scope="row"| Various | June 13, 2006 | {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}} | {{hlist|CD|digital download}} | Jive | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/one-x-mr0001280335|title=One-X - Three Days Grace (CD - Jive #504)|website=AllMusic|access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Deluxe"/> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Japan | September 20, 2006 | Bonus track | rowspan="2"| CD | rowspan="2"| BMG Japan | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Bonus Track"/> |- | July 25, 2007 | Special edition | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/324997/products/718332/1/|title=One-X (Special Edition) - Three Days Grace|website=Oricon|access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Various | September 23, 2016 | Standard | LP | Sony Legacy | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/one-x-mr0004593710|title=One-X - Three Days Grace (LP - Sony Legacy #5063081)|website=AllMusic|access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|161221|One-X}}
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Category:2006 albums Category:Albums produced by Howard Benson Category:Jive Records albums Category:Three Days Grace albums