Buckcherry scored their first Top 10 album today on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 album chart with Black Butterfly, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2006’s RIAA-certified platinum 15.

Black Butterfly debuted at #8 on the chart, the highest debuting rock album.

“Buckcherry keeps letting it rip,” said People magazine in a 3/4 star review of the album.

“There’s no denying it, Buckcherry is what in-your-face rock ‘n’ roll is all about.”—Associated Press

Dubbed the Next Great American Rock Band, Buckcherry, who just two years ago performed to rooms of 200 people, are currently playing to crowds of tens of thousands. A full tour itinerary is below.

BUCKCHERRY – ON TOUR 2008

9/24-9/30 with Shinedown and Saving Abel

10/2-11 with Saving Abel * 10/8-9 also with 12 Stones

10/19-10/26 in Japan

11/4-11/22 with Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, and Saving Abel except *

11/4, 11/5, 11/8 with Avenged Sevenfold and Saving Abel only

SEPTEMBER

24 Tulsa, OK The Brady Theater

26 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam

27 Memphis, TN Mud Island Amphitheatre

28 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Coliseum

30 Clemson, SC Little John Coliseum

OCTOBER

2 Sauget, IL Pop’s

3 Little Rock, AR Clear Channel Metroplex

4 Mobile, AL Bayfest* (also with Shinedown)

8 Charlotte, NC Grady Cole Center

9 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle

11 Kinston, NC NC Lenoir County Fairgrounds

In Japan:

19 Saitama Loud Park Festival

21 Koutou-ku, Tokyo Studio Coast

22 Nagoya-Aichi Diamond Hall—Nagoya

23 Naka-ku, Hiroshima Club Quattro—Hiroshima
25 Osaka-Jo Osaka-Jo Hall (Crüe Fest)

26 Yamashita Shin Yokohama Yokohama Bay Hall

NOVEMBER

4 Casper, WY Casper Event Center Arena*

5 Billings, MT MetraPark Arena*

6 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena

8 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium*

9 Fargo, ND Fargodome

11 Bloomington, IL US Cellular Coliseum

14 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center

15 Waterloo, IA McElroy Auditorium

16 La Crosse, WI LeCrosse Center

18 Grand Rapids, MI Deltaplex

19 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium

21 Ypsilanti, MI EMU Convocation Center

22 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Centre

Corporate line:
Buckcherry is back with a purpose, unleashing their newest effort, “Black Butterfly.” Following the platinum success of “15,” these LA rockers haven’t lost any of their edge.

The good:
“Tired of You” – Josh Todd has one of the best voices in rock. It’s that voice that can simply suck you into a song.

“Child called ‘It’” – A poignant song about child abuse.

“Cream” – Why this is the closing track is beyond me because it’s one of the best songs on the album.

“Rescue Me” – It’s great to have a band do one thing well–rock.

“Don’t Go Away” – This won’t go down as one of the great Buckcherry songs–it’s too generic to be great–but its still a good song. It’s trumped by “All of Me.”

The rest:
“Too Drunk…” – This seems like a concocted and forced follow-up to “Crazy Bitch.” Buckcherry is trying way to hard to be over-the-top. It’s the single and the weakest song on the album.

“Dreams” – This isn’t half as good as the song “For The Movies.”

Finally:
Buckcherry have moments of brilliance and moments where they sounds nearly ordinary–Josh Todd is the only reason they can never sound completely ordinary. Josh Todd is the glue that holds the band together. Nothing on “Black Butterfly” ever sounds on par with their initial hits “Lit Up” and “For the Movies.” Luckily nearly every track is good. “Black Butterfly” may not go down in your top ten of all time–but its still fun to take on the road and singing your lungs out to.

Watch the video for “Too Drunk…”