Released Chapter V

Staind’s fifth album, titled Chapter V , was released on August 9, 2005, and became their third consecutive album to top the Billboard 200 . The album opened to sales of 185,000 and has since been certified platinum in the U.S. The first single, ” Right Here “, was the biggest success from the album, garnering much mainstream radio play and peaking at number 1 on the mainstream rock chart. “Falling” was released as the second single, followed by ” Everything Changes ” and ” King of All Excuses “. Staind went on the road when the album came out, doing live shows and promoting it for a full year, including participating in the Fall Brawl tour with P.O.D. , Taproot , and Flyleaf ; they also had a solo tour across Europe and a mini-promotional tour in Australia for the first time. Other live shows included a cover of Pantera ‘s ” This Love “, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell . Staind appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 10, 2005 to promote Chapter V . They performed acoustic renditions of the single “Right Here” and Beetlejuice ‘s song “This is Beetle”. In early November 2005, Staind released the limited edition 2-CD/DVD set of Chapter V . On September 6, 2006, they performed an acoustic show in the Hiro Ballroom, New York City, that was recorded for their singles collection. The band played sixteen songs, including three covers: Tool ‘s ” Sober “, Pink Floyd ‘s ” Comfortably Numb “, and Alice in Chains ‘s ” Nutshell “.