Seventeen Days Explained

Seventeen Days
Type:	studio
Artist:	3 Doors Down
Cover:	Seventeen Days 3DD.jpg
Released:	February 8, 2005
Recorded:	2004
Studio:	Ocean Way (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length:	44:11
Label:	Universal
Producer:	Johnny K
Prev Title:	Another 700 Miles
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Acoustic EP
Next Year:	2005

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.^[1] 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.

Recording

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.^[2]

Track listing

live recording appears on Another 700 Miles EP (2003)

acoustic recording appears on Acoustic EP (2005)

appears on A Six Pack of Hits compilation (2008)

remixed remaster appears on The Greatest Hits compilation (2012)

acoustic recording appears on Back Porch Jam (2019)

Personnel

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 Weinberg – mastering at MasterDisk Studios, New York, NY
• Sandy Brummels – art direction
• Dean Karr – photography
• Karen Walker – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005-2006)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	54

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)! scope="col"

Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	72
US Billboard 200^[5]	44

Appearances

• "Behind Those Eyes" was used as one of two theme songs for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event WrestleMania 21 in 2005.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recording Industry Association of America . RIAA . September 12, 2024.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913221244/http://www.3doorsdown.com/bio.aspx
3. 279.
4. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. September 9, 2020.
5. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005. Billboard. September 9, 2020.