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Avril Lavigne Best Damn Thing CD

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Personnel: Avril Lavigne (vocals, background vocals); Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald (guitar, piano); Butch Walker (guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, background vocals); Deryck Whibley, Tim Pierce, Greg Suran (guitar); Larry Corbett (cello); Jamie Muhoberac (piano, keyboards); Dan Chace (keyboards, programming); Abe Laboriel, Jr., Josh Freese, Kenny Aronoff, Stevo, Travis Barker, Steven Wolf (drums).
Audio Mixers: Deryck Whibley; Chris Lord-Alge; Serban Ghenea; Tom Lord-Alge.
Recording information: Abbey Road, London, England.
Photographers: Deryck Whibley; Mark Liddell.
Arranger: Leon Pendarvis.
BEST DAMN THING is the third full-length from pop chart upstart Avril Lavigne and shows the artist has lost none of the cheeky, bratty rock edge that put the singer on the map. The album's lead-off single, "Girlfriend," a bouncy pop-punk romp driven by pell-mell energy and a naggingly catchy chorus, is a case in point. "Girlfriend" kicks off the 12-song set with a bang, telling the listener in no uncertain terms that the album is going to be a fast, fun, high-octane ride.
Whereas Lavigne's sophomore release, UNDER MY SKIN, showed a more reflective side of the singer, BEST DAMN THING doesn't waste time navel-gazing or brooding about relationships gone wrong. Instead the album revels in punchy, uncomplicated pop delivered with a teenaged sneer (and a few well-placed curse words to keep the parents on their toes). Lavigne still seems a ways off from fully exploring her "mature" side, but this batch of energetic tunes is all the better for it. The best teen pop thrives on good hooks and youthful, devil-may-care attitude, and that's exactly what Lavigne delivers.
Well, that awkward goth phase didn't last long! With all the impatience of an ADD-riddled teen rebel, Avril Lavigne ditched the gloomy façade of her sophomore Under My Skin and dove back into the well-scrubbed mosh pit for her third album, The Best Damn Thing. Frankly, the change in pace comes as a bit of a relief. The serious Avril on Under My Skin never felt genuine -- the shift from the exuberance of "Sk8er Boi" to the meandering ruminations of "Don't Tell Me" and "My Happy Ending" seemed sudden and forced, a misguided attempt to prove that Lavigne was a serious songwriter -- so as soon as The Best Damn Thing opens with the bright bubblegum blast of "Girlfriend" and its cheerleader chant, everything within Avril's world seems right again. If anything, this third album feels even more adolescent than her aggressively catchy-n-shallow debut, Let Go, perhaps because this is an album where Avril is allowed to run wild. She can curse, spit, and strut to her heart's content, she can taunt her rivals and steal their boyfriends, then bitch out the boy for not understanding her once he belongs to her. She impatiently rushes through the power ballads -- there are only three of them, all impeccable melodic anthems designed to keep the crossover adult audience Let Go won, all better than their equivalents on Under My Skin -- because she can't wait to get back and raise hell like the spoiled brat that she's thrilled to be. Avril swears like she's just discovered profanity, cheerfully spitting out four-letter words (and their compounds) with glee, but everything she does here she does with unrestrained glee. She truly believes she's the best damn thing you've ever seen, she knows it's all about her -- or, as she shouts on "I Don't Have to Try," "I wear the pants!" -- and if you don't agree, she knows you're wrong and you can go to hell (actually, she'd probably say something a lot stronger). This sense of entitlement will surely rankle anybody who's just a little bit older than Avril's 22 years, who will also find that the perennial Lavigne complaint holds: she ain't no punk, she's a brat that any grizzled old punk will want to beat with a baseball bat. (How do you know if you're one of the old guys? If you recognize the chorus of "Girlfriend" as a total lift frSpin (p.89) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Lavigne returns to the infectious hooks and mall-punk guitars that made her famous....Throughout, Lavigne spruces up her sound with pep-squad chants and funky hip-hop rhythms."
Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "[S]he's provided the best darn rock & roll album teen girls are likely to hear all year..." -- Grade: B
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Punk, Rock
Label Arista
Orig Year 2007
All Time Sales Rank   6284  
CD Universe Part number 7388354
Catalog number 703774
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 17, 2007
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Avril Lavigne; Butch Walker; Dr. Luke; Deryck Whibley; Rob Cavallo
Recording Time 40 minutes
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Girlfriend  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.I Can Do Better  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Runaway  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Best Damn Thing, The  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.When You're Gone  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Everything Back But You  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Hot  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Innocence  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.I Don't Have to Try  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.One of Those Girls  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Contagious  
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Keep Holding On  

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Average Rating: (3.3 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

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3 stars Avril?
Best Damn Thing is not bad,but I think she's lost something which she had in her first album.
Submitted by gimmeachild (Jogja, Indonesia)
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3 stars ok i guess
i think that avril had kinda lost it compared to let go and under my skin. there are only 2 songs that i really like girlfriend and runaway. i think that she needs to go back to the days of let go.
Submitted by Allie (Virginia)
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4 stars good but not her best
Avril has so meny good CDs and this one is very good but not as good as her Let Go days, so I gave this CD 4 stars not 5 still good thoue
Submitted by Holly Latimer (Canada)
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2 stars mmm...
I agree with gimmeachild this alumb sounds like pop music not rock music
Submitted by lily57068 (Taiwan)
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2 stars Yeah whatever
Not her best. Some of the songs in this album are unnecessarily overrated. Of course - she can do better.
Submitted by ant_s82 (Ontario, Canada)
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