RCA Records
2007
The Best Damn Thing
About This Album
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 b**ch 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.
Track List
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she does not have to say a bad word and dark books you need to watch your mouth
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Why was this on my Mastodon station? Somebody SEROIUSLY dropped the ball.
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shes gooooooooooo o o o o o o o o o o o o d but she needs new songs!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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i love keep holding on when your gone and hot avril lavigne you rock!!!!!!!
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AVRIL IS SO AWESOME! her CD is great. it always make me wanna get up and dance and sing! <33
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She is so flippin' cool! She could lighten it up on the cussin' a little, but w/e, she stills rocks!
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Dude...I just realized that ALL of the songs on this album have played on my stations...I need to get this for Christmas. O_O
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