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2000 studio album by 3 Doors Down
The Better Life
Studio album by
3 Doors Down
Released
February 8, 2000
Recorded
1999
Studio
Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre
Post-grunge[1]
alternative metal[2]
Length
40:55
Label
Republic
Universal
Producer
Paul Ebersold
3 Doors Down chronology
The Better Life (2000)
Away from the Sun (2002)
Singles from The Better Life
"Kryptonite" Released: January 18, 2000[3]
"Loser" Released: June 26, 2000[4]
"Duck and Run" Released: January 9, 2001[5]
"Be Like That" Released: May 29, 2001[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[7]
Entertainment Weekly
B−[8]
Metal Hammer
8/10[9]
The Phantom Tollbooth
[10]
PopMatters
3.4/10[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[12]
Spin
4/10[13]
The Village Voice
C+[14]
The Better Life is the debut studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, released on February 8, 2000. It has become 7× Platinum since release. This is the only album on which lead singer Brad Arnold played drums. "Kryptonite", "Loser", and "Be Like That" all reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3, No. 55, and No. 24, respectively. The Better Life sold over six million copies worldwide.[15]
It is the band's best-selling album to date, with sales of over 5,653,000 copies in the United States, as of July 2014.[16]
^"The Better Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^"The Better Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
^"Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1333. January 14, 2000. pp. 101, 105, 115.
^"Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1356. June 23, 2000. pp. 100, 104.
^"Active Rock: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1382. December 22, 2000. p. 86.
^"Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1403. May 25, 2001. pp. 87, 114, 125, 129, 140, 146.
^Allmusic review
^Entertainment Weekly review
^Ewing, Jerry (November 2000). "Under The Hammer". Metal Hammer. No. 80. Future plc. p. 75.
^Argyrakis, Andy (2001). "3 Doors Down- a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
^Lichtenstein, Steve. "Three Doors Down: The Better Life". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2001-01-09. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^Sinagra, Laura (2004). "3 Doors Down". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 813. ISBN 9780743201698.
^LePage, Mark (August 2000). "Reviews". Spin. Vol. 16, no. 8. SPIN Media, LLC. pp. 149–150.
^Christgau, Robert (November 28, 2000). "Consumer Guide Turkey Shoot: Where the Action Isn't". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2023-11-28 – via robertchristgau.com.
^[1] Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^Grein, Paul (June 24, 2014). "USA: Top 20 New Acts Since 2000". Yahoo! Music.
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