No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. Formed by members of Reset, Simple Plan spent over a year recording their first album with producer Arnold Lanni.
No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was a commercial success. The album peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Alternative Albums Chart, and was certified double platinum. It also peaked at number 35 on the United States Billboard 200, and at number 2 on the US catalog albums chart. In Australia, it reached number 29.
It was certified double platinum in Canada (Music Canada) and the US (Recording Industry Association of America), denoting shipments of two million copies; platinum in Australia (Australian Recording Industry Association); gold in New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ); and silver in the UK (British Phonographic Industry). Similarly, "I'm Just a Kid" was certified platinum in the US, and "Perfect" was certified platinum in Australia.