Nickels for Your Nightmares

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Nickels for Your Nightmares
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 04, 2000
Recorded1999
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock
Length50:32
Label MCA
Producer Paul Northfield
Headstones chronology
Smile and Wave
(1997)
Nickels for Your Nightmares
(2000)
The Oracle of Hi-Fi
(2002)

Nickels for Your Nightmares is the fourth album by the Canadian rock band Headstones. The album featured the hit singles "Settle" and "Blonde & Blue", which reached #4 and #8 on Canada's Rock chart, respectively. [1] [2] By June 2000, the album had sold 30,000 copies. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Downtown"3:17
2."Pinned You Down"1:55
3."Settle"4:04
4."Exhausted"4:06
5."Blonde & Blue"3:47
6."Pathetic Pair"2:07
7."Firing Pin"2:53
8."Mystery to Me"3:07
9."Above Ground Swimming Pools"4:17
10."Fuck You"2:40
11."My Perspective Fades"3:08
12."Ultra-Honesty"3:43
13."Little Lies"4:16
14."Nickels For Your Nightmares"7:12
Total length:50:32

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 34

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