Rock 'n' Roll (Buckcherry album)

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Rock 'n' Roll
Buckcherry Rock 'n' Roll.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2015
Recorded2014–2015
StudioThe Bastard Ranch
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Hard rock
Length36:07
Label
Producer Keith Nelson
Buckcherry chronology
Fuck
(2014)
Rock 'n' Roll
(2015)
Warpaint
(2019)

Rock 'n' Roll is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Buckcherry, released on August 21, 2015 by F-Bomb Records and Century Media Records. [1] [2] It is the band's first album with bassist Kelly LeMieux and their last album with guitarist Keith Nelson and drummer Xavier Muriel before they both left Buckcherry in 2017, due to disagreements with vocalist Josh Todd over the band's direction.

Contents

Clocking in at 36 minutes, Rock 'n' Roll is Buckcherry’s shortest album.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bring It On Back" Josh Todd, Keith Nelson3:30
2."Tight Pants"Todd, Nelson, Stevie Dacanay3:18
3."Wish to Carry On"Todd, Nelson3:23
4."The Feeling Never Dies"Todd, Nelson3:57
5."Cradle"Todd, Nelson3:44
6."The Madness"Todd, Nelson4:06
7."Wood"Todd, Nelson3:09
8."Rain's Falling"Todd, Nelson4:42
9."Sex Appeal"Todd, Nelson3:24
10."Get with It"Todd, Nelson, Dacanay2:53
Total length:36:07
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I've Done Everything for You" (Sammy Hagar cover)Sammy Hagar3:18
12."Mama Kin" (Aerosmith cover) Steven Tyler 4:30
Total length:43:58
Best Buy edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Cannonball" 3:14
12."I've Done Everything for You" (Sammy Hagar cover)Sammy Hagar3:17
Total length:42:38
Deluxe edition [3]
No.TitleLength
11."The Feeling Never Dies" (featuring Gretchen Wilson)3:53
12."Gettin' Started" (new song)4:23
13."Cannonball" (B-side)3:13
Total length:47:34

Personnel

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Classic Rock Magazine 7/10 [6]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [7]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Buckcherry

Additional musicians

Recording personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 93
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 6
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [10] 9
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [12] 17

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