Chuck

Sum 41

2004

2.75

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Genres: Rock, Punk Styles: Pop Punk, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal

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Chuck is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It was the last album to feature guitarist Dave Baksh before his departure from Sum 41 on May 11, 2006. Baksh later rejoined the band in 2015. Chuck peaked at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart and No. 10 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band's highest-charting album until it would be surpassed by Underclass Hero in 2007. The album's title is named after a volunteer UN peacekeeper named Chuck Pelletier who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Sum 41 was filming a documentary for War Child Canada. Fighting broke out during production, and Pelletier helped the band evacuate their hotel during the fighting, as he was staying at the same hotel. The album's lyrical content has been described as darker and more mature than the band's previous work. It also had a different sound, mixing punk rock and melodic hardcore with heavy metal. The album proved to be a success, receiving acclaim from both critics and fans, as well as selling over five million copies. Singles such as "We're All to Blame" and "Pieces" gained success on the Canadian and American charts, and the album won a Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" in 2005.

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Mar 09 2026 Author

I was fully prepared to write this off as another lightly-fried numetal turd... ...but actually, it isn't. There's some decent variety in there, some thrashy, some speed, some classic 80s-ish power metal and overall it's varied enough to make me think it's actually worth a listen. Once. The weaker tracks are the more "uplifting" melodic ones - thrashy works so much better for them.

Mar 09 2026 Author

4, I really like this Ugly ass album cover though

Mar 09 2026 Author

4.5

Mar 09 2026 Author

More interesting than your typical pop-punk LP, but not wholly memorable either – just kinda blends into a midrange wall of noise after a while, without much memorable melodicism or personality to make a mark. Falls right at a 2.5 for me, going with a 3 as a heavier guitar-based album is always appreciated.

Mar 09 2026 Author

Pop-punk con alguna canción más intensa. Parece más orientado al público más juvenil. Algún riff de guitarra más elaborado. Intenso, pero sin ser puro punk. Si fuese más crudo y con más melodía, mejor nota hubiese sacado.

Mar 09 2026 Author

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