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Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (CD)

Under My Skin
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Release Date:06/30/2007
Label:Bmg Japan
UPC:4988017649725

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    Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin

    By sharifa  May 19, 2004 | 46 out of 55 found this Under My Skin review helpful

    Pros: All Pros

    Cons: No Cons

    Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin ReviewAvril Lavigne appears clad in a black tutu on the cover of her new album, Under My Skin. While on first glance this looks to be nothing more than a generic album cover, further analysis will reveal a poignant insig...ht into the psyche of Avril and the theme of the record. For, externally Avril might appear standoffish, dark, rebellious, and “anti-everything” (as portrayed by the pseudo-goth duds), beyond the media misinformation she is simply a shy, vulnerable, impassioned little girl searching for her piece of a fairytale (hence the tutu).There are songs on Under My Skin that play to both sides of Avril. Don’t Tell Me, the first single, quite obviously fits in the former category. Co-written by Avril and her guitarist Evan Taubenfeld before Complicated was even released, Don’t Tell Me is a pro-abstinence power anthem designated as a bridge single to bring fans of Avril’s old material into her new, more mature sound. Other members of this group include the following: He Wasn’t – touted Sk8er Boi part II; Who Knows – an utterly catching song with all the markings of a radio hit; Freak Out – a divinely innocent track reminiscent of Green day; and I Always Get What I Want – Avril’s attempt at poking fun at her media image. It is in the latter grouping of songs where the heart of the album can be found. Under My Skin opens hard and heavy with Take Me Away. This track reveals the inner conflict within a girl wanting to protect her heart from being broken, while letting her love ”take her away”. Next is Avril’s personal favourite, Together. The only mot juste for describing this song is “perfect”, although perfection hardly does the song justice. It is here that Avril defines herself and establishes a sound that is distinctly hers. Another such track is Forgotten – a raging tirade that will rape you of your soul and leave you incensed, unhinged, and yet fulfilled. My Happy Ending, the second single to be released shortly, illustrates Avril’s romantic inner-self, and the failure of her partner in meeting her idealized standards. While some passion is lost in the final production of the song, this is a brilliant example of Avril’s growth since Let Go.The four remaining songs are softer, slower, but still forceful. How Does is Feel is a subtly emotional and beautiful ballad that pulls at your heartstrings with each of its many rises and falls. Then there is Nobody’s Home – a collaboration with Ben Moody formerly of Evanescence, and a likely next single. This is the only song on Under My Skin where the subject is not Avril herself, which seems to grant Avril the freedom to create a despondent character and employ imagery beyond her usual capacity. Fall to Pieces is another romantically inclined ballad expressing Avril’s desire to keep alive the flame of a failing relationship. The album ends with a magnificently painful ode to Avril’s recently passed-on grandfather entitled Slipped Away. You can hear the tears in her voice, and anyone equipped with a heart cannot help but shed a tear at this sonorous eulogy. Under My Skin is an emotional, dark, and rapturous creation that, in a mere 45 minutes, captures many of the thoughts we find impossible to express. In this more organic sophmore attempt, Avril proves her talents when she is given the artistic freedom to create an album free of external pressure. Those who explore the CD for themselves will be rewarded with an intelligently written and well-executed album, which is sure to become the soundtrack of a generation. As the promotional tag says, “Avril Lavigne’s Under My Skin is sure to get under yours”. Read more Less

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    Avril Rocks

    By Jayda  May 18, 2004 | 11 out of 17 found this Under My Skin review helpful

    Pros: The Best Avril of Avril

    Cons: No cons about it

    The Songs Rock and Avril is goin back to where she belongs (and to you Avril Haters Im not taalking about Canada) Im talkin bout to the top of the charts. I belive that when her album is relesed to the public Avril mania will stike again........ ...and ill be along for the awsome ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Part of Avril Lavigne's appeal a large part of it, actually is that she's a brat, acting younger than her 17 years on her 2002 debut, Let Go, and never seeming like she much cared about the past (she notoriously mispronounced David Bowie's name when reading Grammy nominations), or anything for that matter. She lived for the moment, she partied with sk8er bois, she didn't want anything complicated, and she sang in a flat, plain voice that illustrated her age as much as her silly, shallow lyrics. Those words got disproportionate attention because they were so silly and shallow, but most listeners just didn't care because, thanks to producer gurus the Matrix, they were delivered in a shiny package filled with incessant, nagging hooks a sound so catchy it came to define the mainstream not long after Let Go hit the radio. The Matrix became ubiquitous on the strength of their work with Lavigne, who herself became a big star, earning constant play on radio and MTV, kick starting a fashion ...trend of tiesntank tops for girls and inexplicably providing a touchstone for indie rock queen Liz Phair's mainstream makeover. Fame, however, didn't pull the two camps together; it pushed them their separate ways, as the Matrix went on to record their own album and Avril decided to turn serious, working with a variety of cowriters and producers, including fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, for her second album, 2004's Under My Skin. Read more Less

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Avril Lavigne

Wild child Avril Lavigne hit big in summer 2002 with her spikyfun debut song, "Complicated," shifting pop music into a different direction. Lavigne, who was 17 at the time, didn't seem concerned with the glamour of the TRLdominated pop world and such confidence allowed her star power to soar. The middle of three children in smalltown Napanee, Ontario, Lavigne's rock amb... Read more