Chuck (album)
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Chuck is the third studio album
from Canadian rock
band Sum 41
. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh
. He left the band on May 11, 2006 to pursue his own career with his new band Brown Brigade
.
The album is named after a UN peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
, where the band was filming a documentary for War Child Canada
. Fighting broke out during the filming and Chuck helped the band evacuate from their hotel during the fighting (Chuck was staying in the same hotel during that time). The album received positive reviews from critics, and it won a Juno Award in 2005
for Best Rock Album of the Year. The album was certified gold
in Japan, platinum
in Canada and gold in the United States.
In an online poll, "No Reason" was voted the favorite song, with "We're All to Blame" coming in second.
Artwork
Production
Singles
released by Sum 41
in 2005 in Japan only. It was released after the release of the album Chuck with the Japanese tour edition of the album.
The EP features only 5 acoustic songs, all are all-new acoustic versions to previously released songs.
"Pieces", "Some Say
" and "There's No Solution" are featured on the album Chuck while, "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
" and "No Brains" are from the previous album Does This Look Infected?
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
from Canadian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Sum 41
Sum 41
Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...
. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh
Dave Baksh
David Nizam "Brownsound" Baksh is a Canadian guitarist, singer and producer of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known as the ex-lead guitarist of punk band Sum 41, but has since became a singer/guitarist in his own heavy metal/reggae project Brown Brigade...
. He left the band on May 11, 2006 to pursue his own career with his new band Brown Brigade
Brown Brigade
Brown Brigade is a reggae-influenced heavy metal band created by former Sum 41 guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, after leaving Sum 41 in May 2006...
.
The album is named after a UN peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
, where the band was filming a documentary for War Child Canada
War Child (charity)
War Child is a non-governmental organisation founded in the UK 1993, which focuses on providing assistance to children in areas of conflict and post-conflict. They use their film and entertainment background to raise money for aid agencies operating in former Yugoslavia...
. Fighting broke out during the filming and Chuck helped the band evacuate from their hotel during the fighting (Chuck was staying in the same hotel during that time). The album received positive reviews from critics, and it won a Juno Award in 2005
Juno Awards of 2005
The Juno Awards of 2005 were held April 3 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and were hosted by comedian Brent Butt. Avril Lavigne and k-os won three awards each, while Billy Talent and Feist won 2 apiece.Nominations were announced 7 February 2005....
for Best Rock Album of the Year. The album was certified gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in Japan, platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in Canada and gold in the United States.
In an online poll, "No Reason" was voted the favorite song, with "We're All to Blame" coming in second.
Track listing
Original CDPersonnel
Sum 41- Deryck WhibleyDeryck WhibleyDeryck Jason Whibley is a Canadian musician and producer, best known for his work as the guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer of the Juno Award-winning rock band Sum 41. Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together, and they have...
- Lead vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, mellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music... - Dave BakshDave BakshDavid Nizam "Brownsound" Baksh is a Canadian guitarist, singer and producer of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known as the ex-lead guitarist of punk band Sum 41, but has since became a singer/guitarist in his own heavy metal/reggae project Brown Brigade...
- Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Cone McCaslin - Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Steve JoczSteve JoczStephen Martin "Steve" Jocz was born on July 23, 1981, and is best known as the drummer for Canadian punk band Sum 41.-Early life:...
- DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion
Artwork
- Louis Marino - Album design
Production
- Greig NoriGreig NoriGreig Andrew Nori is a producer and musician from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and is well known as the former frontman, lead vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Treble Charger...
- ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, management - Matt HydeMatt HydeMatt Hyde is an American producer, engineer, mixer and musician.From 1982-1985 he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. While still at Berklee he started to get experience in Pyramid recording studio in Boston...
- Engineer - Ed Krautner - Engineer, digital editing
- Cameron Webb - Engineer, digital editing
- Miles Wilson - Assistant
- Jason Cupp, Matthew Davies, Femio Hernández, Pete Martinez, Robert Poteraj, Steve Sisco, & Chris Stringer - Assistant engineers
- John O'Mahoney - Digital Editing
- Andrew Huggins - Recording Director, administration
- Dan Druff - Guitar technician
- Joe Nicholson - Drum technician
- Eric Wong (Marketing)
- Jorge Vivo (Editing)
Charts
Album| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
10 |
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
13 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 14 |
| French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
9 |
| UK Album Charts | 59 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "We're All to Blame We're All to Blame "We're All to Blame" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian group Sum 41. It was released in August 2004 as first single from Chuck.-Content:... " |
Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
8 |
| U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 10 | ||
| U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 36 | ||
| "Pieces" | Canadian Hot 100 | 2 | |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
84 | ||
| U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks | 14 | ||
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
107 | ||
| 2005 | Some Say Some Say "Some Say" is the third single from Sum 41's 2004 album, Chuck. It was released in Canada and Japan only and had an accompanying music video... |
Canadian Hot 100 | 10 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Recording Industry Association | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2x Platinum | CRIA Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... |
200,000 Units+ |
| Japan | Gold | RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... |
100,000 Units+ |
| United States | Gold | RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
500,000 Units+ |
Chuck Acoustic EP (Tour Edition Promo)
Chuck Acoustic EP (Tour Edition Promo) is an acoustic EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by Sum 41
Sum 41
Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...
in 2005 in Japan only. It was released after the release of the album Chuck with the Japanese tour edition of the album.
The EP features only 5 acoustic songs, all are all-new acoustic versions to previously released songs.
"Pieces", "Some Say
Some Say
"Some Say" is the third single from Sum 41's 2004 album, Chuck. It was released in Canada and Japan only and had an accompanying music video...
" and "There's No Solution" are featured on the album Chuck while, "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
"Over My Head " is the title of a song recorded by Canadian punk rock group Sum 41. It was released in June 2003 as the third and final single from their second album Does This Look Infected?...
" and "No Brains" are from the previous album Does This Look Infected?
Does This Look Infected?
- Personnel :Sum 41* Deryck Whibley - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, drums on "Reign In Pain" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2"* Dave Baksh - Lead guitar, backing vocals* Cone McCaslin - Bass guitar, backing vocals...
.
Track listing
- "Pieces" (Acoustic) – 3:16
- "No Brains" (Acoustic) – 3:03
- "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"Over My Head " is the title of a song recorded by Canadian punk rock group Sum 41. It was released in June 2003 as the third and final single from their second album Does This Look Infected?...
" (Acoustic) – 2:56 - "Some SaySome Say"Some Say" is the third single from Sum 41's 2004 album, Chuck. It was released in Canada and Japan only and had an accompanying music video...
" (Acoustic) – 3:42 - "There's No Solution" (Acoustic) – 3:26
Trivia
- The song "The Bitter End" has the same, but faster, beat as "Battery" by MetallicaMetallicaMetallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
from the album Master of PuppetsMaster of Puppets-Personnel:Metallica* James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on track 1, first solo on tracks 2 and 7* Cliff Burton – bass, backing vocals* Lars Ulrich – drums* Kirk Hammett – lead guitarProduction... - On the music humor website amiright.com, a parody of the cover has been made with a picture of Chuck NorrisChuck NorrisCarlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
.