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Fly or Die went on sale on March 23, 2004. The lead single "She Wants to Move" went into the Top 5 in U.K, top 10 in New Zealand, top 20 in Norway, Italy, Ireland and Denmark and top 40 in Australia and the Netherlands as of March 2004. Fly or Die sold 412,000 copies in the United States, but shipped at least 500,000 units making it qualify for RIAA's Gold Certification.

Rolling Stone (4/15/04, p.&nbsp;147) - 3 stars out of 5 - "It's fascinating to hear these rap geniuses go undercover as a bar band you might hear rocking Journey covers in a bowling alley."

Entertainment Weekly (4/2/04, p.&nbsp;62) - "Fly or Die is craftier and more multilayered than its predecessor....[A] set of clever, complex, studio-crafted pop--complete with musicianly, smooth-jazz licks--that doesn't owe allegiance to any one genre." - Rating: A-

Uncut (p.&nbsp;91) - 5 stars out of 5 - "N*E*R*D can replicate machine hypersyncopation at the drop of a hi-hat. Prog-pop album of year."

Uncut (p.&nbsp;74) - Ranked #18 in Uncut's "Best Albums of 2004" - "[A]n object lesson in eclectic art-rock....[T]his prog-pop classic reveal further depths of detail with every repeated play." They also described it as "the black White Music".

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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|12

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|3

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Year-end charts

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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)

| 93

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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)

| 65

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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| 28

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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)

| 78

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! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)

| 92

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Certifications

References

  • N*E*R*D web site
  • VH1 N*E*R*D page
  • Top 40 Charts entry for "She Wants to Move"