Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on February 8, 2005, five years after the release of their debut album, The Better Life. It is the band's first album to debut atop the Billboard 200, and received both gold and platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 14, 2005.[9] Its lead single, "Let Me Go", became the album's only song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 14. The album features a duet with Bob Seger on the single "Landing in London", and is the only 3 Doors Down studio album with Daniel Adair on drums, who left the group to join the Canadian rock band Nickelback in 2005.

Seventeen Days
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2005
Recorded2004
StudioOcean Way (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge
Length44:11
LabelUniversal
ProducerJohnny K
3 Doors Down chronology
Another 700 Miles
(2003)
Seventeen Days
(2005)
Acoustic EP
(2005)
Singles from Seventeen Days
  1. "Let Me Go"
    Released: November 22, 2004[1]
  2. "Behind Those Eyes"
    Released: April 4, 2005[2]
  3. "Landing in London"
    Released: June 8, 2005[3]
  4. "Here by Me"
    Released: July 25, 2005[4]
  5. "Live for Today"
    Released: August 1, 2005[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Recording

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The album's name comes from the band only having seventeen days off in between finishing up their Away from the Sun tour and returning to the studio to record the album.[10]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Todd Harrell, and Chris Henderson

No.TitleLength
1."Right Where I Belong"2:32
2."It's Not Me[a]"3:14
3."Let Me Go[b][c][d]"3:52
4."Be Somebody[b]"3:15
5."Landing in London[b]" (feat. Bob Seger)4:31
6."The Real Life[e]"3:52
7."Behind Those Eyes"4:19
8."Never Will I Break"3:50
9."Father's Son"4:12
10."Live for Today"3:47
11."My World[b][e]"3:00
12."Here by Me"3:47
Total length:44:11
a live recording appears on Another 700 Miles EP (2003)
b acoustic recording appears on Acoustic EP (2005)
c appears on A Six Pack of Hits compilation (2008)
d remixed remaster appears on The Greatest Hits compilation (2012)
e acoustic recording appears on Back Porch Jam (2019)
US DualDisc edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Let Me Go" (acoustic)3:49
14."Be Somebody" (acoustic)3:11
15."Landing in London" (acoustic)4:47
16."My World" (acoustic)2:59
US iTunes Store edition bonus track[11]
No.TitleLength
13."Be Somebody" (acoustic)3:11
International digital edition bonus tracks[12]
No.TitleLength
13."Here Without You" (acoustic)3:51
14."Away from the Sun" (acoustic)3:44
UK digital edition bonus track[13]
No.TitleLength
15."Let Me Go" (acoustic)3:49

Personnel

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3 Doors Down

  • Brad Arnold – lead vocals
  • Matt Roberts – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Henderson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Todd Harrell – bass guitar
  • Daniel Adair – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Bob Seger – vocals on "Landing in London"
  • Bekka Bramlett, Crystal Taliefero, Janet Kenyon, Amy Owsley and Kelley Norris – background vocals on "Father's Son"
  • Nick Hoffman – banjo and violin on "Father's Son"
  • Kristin Wilkinson, Anthony La Marchina, Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, David B. Angell (The Love Sponge String Quartet) – strings on "Here by Me" and "Landing in London"
  • Kirk Kelsey and Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements on "Here by Me" and "Landing in London"

Production

  • Johnny K – producer, engineering
  • Kirk Kelsey and Tadpole – additional engineering, digital editing
  • Leslie Richter and Todd Schall – assistant engineering
  • Andy Wallace – mixing at Emerald Studios, Nashville, TN
  • John O'Mahony – Pro-Tools (assisted by Allen Ditto)
  • Howie Weinbergmastering at MasterDisk Studios, New York, NY
  • Sandy Brummels – art direction
  • Dean Karr – photography
  • Karen Walker – design

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[29] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[30] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[31] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1582. November 19, 2004. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1600. April 1, 2005. p. 19.
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  5. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1617. July 29, 2005. p. 21.
  6. ^ Allmusic review
  7. ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  8. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved 2016-10-09.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  10. ^ [1] 3 doors down bio
  11. ^ "Seventeen Days (Bonus Track Version) by 3 Doors Down on Apple Music". iTunes.
  12. ^ https://music.amazon.de/albums/B001SPNQNO [bare URL]
  13. ^ https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B001KE96R8 [bare URL]
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 279.
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  28. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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  30. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (3 Doors Down; 'Seventeen Days')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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