"Best Damn Thing" Is Classic Avril With A Few New Twists

With her third studio release, Avril Lavigne seems to be continuing on the superstar's path that she found herself on way back in 2002 with the single "Complicated."

The Canadian signer-songwriter, who is only now in her early 20s, has made some interesting moves in her newest musical undertakings. The biggest difference is, as Lavigne has grown up, we've also come to see her grow as an artist. In many of the tracks from her newest release "Best Damn Thing," the music plays out with the sounds and lyrical style she's become known for. But, there are also a number of tracks with a new and interesting twist.

Probably the best songs an the album are "Runaway," "Innocence," Girlfriend" and "Contagious." These range from featuring strong beats and the typical Avril style ("Runaway"), to soft and powerful ballads ("Innocence"), to more fun and energetic sounds ("Girlfriend" and "Contagious").

But as with just about any album, there are a few songs that just really do not quite stand out among the rest.

Her least impressive effort by far is "I Don't Have to Try," featuring what seems to be some sort of experiment gone wrong. "Keep Holding On" and I Can Do Better" are a bit to basic and mechanical respectively.

Overall, "Best damn Thing" is yet another good showing by a truly talented young lady who likely has many years of a solid career ahead of her.

I'd rate this album 3.5 out of 5 or a solid B.

7 Must Haves For an Emo Girl!

Some think it is weird, for others it is a style statement; I find it hip, cool and funky. Yes, I am talking about Emo fashion. I am sure you have seen many people, including Avril Lavigne and Adam Lambert, with straight long side bangs, black eye make-up and black nail paints. These girls and boys have a special place for Black color in their wardrobe. They love to wear simple half sleeved T-shirts with slim fit denims in blue. With a lot of Black in their wardrobe they make a distinct style statement. It looks attractive and totally in vogue. If you too want to try this highly fashionable trend, here I have a list of seven must haves. Go for it and enjoy being a chic.

#1 Hair straightening rods

Talking about this fashion, the first striking thing that you will notice is the straight long and side bangs. For this you will require hair straightening rods. Easily available in market, it just takes about 15-20 minutes for normal to a little wavy hair to get straightened. When you are done with the straightening thing make a side partition and let your hair loosely fall on one side.

# 2 Black Mascara

Apply black mascara to your eyelashes. Mascara will give thickness to your eye-lashes and it will also make your eyes look long, dark and smoky.

# 3 Black eyeliner

Now, with the help of a black eyeliner, define the upper eyelid. Make the line fine and thick. Use a jet-black eyeliner for maximum impact.

# 4 Black Kohl

Apply Black kohl to your already defined eyes. Use dark, raven black and anti-smudging kohl. It will long last and will not smear even if it is sweaty heat. Apply it twice or thrice, until your eyes look smoky, dark and properly defined.

#5 Black Nail Polish

Pain your tips and toes with black nail polish. It hardly matters, if you have long or cropped nails. It is a very important part of this look. So, be sure your nails are well painted with the black beauty.

#6 Wacky Belts

After you are done with your eye make-up, nail-polish and hairstyle, slide in a pair of slim fit blue denim and a simple T-shirt, usually with a wacky message o picture, like the one in above picture and to add this zing, wear a belt with a funky logo.

#7 Canvas Shoes

Last but not the least; get ready to rock the streets down the town in lace-up canvas shoes, preferably in black. Now, you are absolutely ready with this allure. Good luck buddy, I am sure you will rock!

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Avril Lavigne "Let Go" Pop Music CD Review

I can describe the latest release from Pop sensation Avril Lavigne for you with just one word... Outstanding!

Avril Lavigne has been a heavy hitter in the Pop genre for quite a while now and Let Go is an excellent illustration as to why.

Let Go is a nicely varied, mix of 13 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly gifted artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are her own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They're all here.

Listen to this CD and I believe you'll find there's not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and Avril Lavigne's voice is in top form. If you're even mildly into Pop music you'll enjoy this album.

While this entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 1, Losing Grip, track 4, I'm With You, track 9, Things I'll Never Say.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8, Anything But Ordinary. Great track!

Let Go Release Notes:

Avril Lavigne originally released Let Go on Jun 04, 2002 on the Arista Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Losing Grip

2. Complicated

3. Sk8er Boy

4. I'm With You

5. Mobile

6. Unwanted

7. Tomorrow

8. Anything But Ordinary

9. Things I'll Never Say

10. My World

11. Nobody's Fool

12. Too Much To Ask

13. Naked

Personnel: Avril Lavigne (vocals, guitar); Evan Taubenfeld (guitar); Mark Spicoluk (bass); Matthew Brann (drums). Producers: Clif Magness, The Matrix, Curt Frasca, Peter Zizzo.

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A Closer Look At Avril Lavigne

Music is one art form that has the capacity of capturing and touching your mind and soul completely. For music lovers and singers the whole feeling of listening to music or singing a song is just overwhelming. Avril Lavigne is one singer who firmly believes in this capacity of touching heart and souls through music. Listen to any of her songs and you will feel this touch instantly, no matter from which corner of the world you are. Avril is a Canadian singer who has sold more then twenty six million albums worldwide. It is not only music that she has a hold on, last year she was voted by a Canadian business magazine ranked her as the seventh most powerful Canadian person in Hollywood. Born Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley to parents of French origin, she is better known in the music world as Avril Lavigne. She is just 24 years of age and has recorded many music albums.

According to Avril's mother the musical talents of her daughter were evident very early when she began singing with her mother in the church choir; she was all of two years back at that time. The year 1998 was crucial for her singing career; in this year she got an opportunity to sing on stage with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major tour concert. Avril got the chance to sing with Shania after winning a signing competition where she had participated, she sang the song What Made you Say That along with Shania. Later on she was discovered as a singer by Cliff Fabri while she was singing at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston. By the age of 16 she had been signed up by Ken Krongard, representative of Arista Records. It was after this that she completed work on her first album.

Avril's album Let Go was released in the year 2002, and the album went on to reach the pole position in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. As a result she became the youngest female lead singer to have an album in number one at that time. The song Complicated went on to became a major hit among fans world wide and turned out to be one of the best selling Canadian singles that year. This song brought many nominations and wards on her way. Some of the most prominent ones were Best New Artist in the MTV Music Video Awards of 2002, World Music Award for 'World's Best Selling Canadian Singer, she wan nominated for six Juno Awards and ended up winning 4 of them and was nominated for eight Grammy Awards.

Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing are a couple of albums that she recorded subsequently. The single Girlfriend from the album The Best Damn thing was a huge hit and went on to be at the top of Hot Billboard 100. Currently Avril is married to fellow Canadian Singer Deryck Whibley, the couple married in a catholic ceremony attended by friends and family on July 15th 2006.

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Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne is a Chart Topper

Avril's third album The Best Damn thing has the single Girlfriend. The song made its debut at number 5, the highest debut by any of her songs in the hot 100 chart and topped the chart after 14 weeks. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne is a cart topper till now in United Kingdom and New Zealand. The song is currently in number 1 in these two countries. So far the song has been topping the charts for the 12th week and even went on be at the top of the charts in Australia as well. Avril Lavigne has been voted by a Canadian Business magazine as the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood. Her parents are of French origin, but she does not speak the language very well. Her debut album titled Lets Go was released in the year 2002, Under My Skin was her next released in 2004 and The Best Damn Thing was released in 2007.

Avril was born in Ontario, Canada, her family was catholic and she had a catholic upbringing. Avril's musical talent was spotted very early and by the age of eight she was singing along with the mother in the church choir. In the year 1998 she won a major singing competition and got the opportunity to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on a tour concert. She appeared with Twain in the concert and sang "What Made you Say That." The video and lyrics of Girlfriend describe Avril's crush on a man who is currently with his girlfriend. The song prominently features the typical pop influences that are seen in her earlier songs. Seven additional versions of the songs have been made where the chorus has been sung in different languages.

Some of the languages in which the chorus has been sung are Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, French, German, Mandarin and Spanish. Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne is the theme songs of a Japanese talk show Cartoon Cat-Tun which episodes resumed May 2007. This music was played on Canadian and Malaysian music radio station and later on was played on Z100 in New York city.However, Girlfriend was premiered on Ottawa radio station and also released in the itunes store afterwards. It was also made available for download after it was released in the itunes. This single was highly popular and was so sales figure was amazing. After the release, this single was debuted on number five and gradually went up to number three. Though her previous peak on the chart was "Complicated" in 2002 which reached at number two on the U.S Billboard hot 100.

Since the debut of single Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne, the song has never fallen out of top 10 lists. This song also got huge response in Australia ARIS singles chart beating others and gained to get itself placed at number three.Afterwards, it gained to be at number one and consecutively remained for seven weeks. Girlfriend was certified gold by ARIA and then platinum after seven weeks of sales. Well, official remix was uploaded on the internet in May 2007.World tv premier of the music video was announced to be on TRL and Muchondemand.The video was filmed in California which contained two versions of Lavigne.

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Avril Lavigne's "Goodbye Lullaby" Showcases Artist's Growth and Versatility

Since launching her career almost a decade ago, her fans have come to know Avril Lavigne as colorful punk princess. And, it has only been on a few rare occasions (like the songs "I'm With You" and "Slipped Away") in which we've had the chance to see another side to the pop superstar.

Well, since the early days of teenage, emotion-driven tracks like "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" back in the early part of the new millennium, she's had a great musical journey and her fans have been fortunate enough to be a part of it.

On "Goodbye Lullaby," Lavigne's fourth studio album, she presents a slightly different energy. Although there are still the pop-punk sounds that have been the staples of her CDs, she also showcases a different, more mature sound. Essentially, Lavigne shows a little more in terms of her softer side while somehow still maintaining the rock vibe she has become synonymous with.

"Goodbye Lullaby" features 13 tracks plus "Alice" which is listed as an additional bonus song. And, as is typical of her music, all of these have either been written or co-written by Lavigne herself.

Probably the best tracks on "Goodbye Lullaby" include:

"What The Hell" - Her ode to letting loose and having fun.
"Smile" - Features the classic punk-pop feel Lavigne has become known for over the years.
"Push" - More vintage Avril with a catchy beat and very cool hook.
"Not Enough" - A subtle yet powerful and emotionally driven ballad.
"Darlin" - A lyrical joy written when she was just 14.

My least favorite tracks would have to be:

"Wish You Where Here" - Not bad but doesn't seem to flow as nice as the others.
"Stop Standing There" - A little too heavy on the pop vibe.
"I Love You" - Feels a little cliché.

All in all, Lavigne should have yet another hit on her hands with "Goodbye Lullaby" as she continues to grow as an artist and entertainer.

I give "Goodbye Lullaby: a rating of 4 out of 5 starts or a B+ if you prefer the grading scale method. Of course, this album should go over very well with Lavigne's diehard fans. But, with its subtle side and differing style, I would fully expect her to pick up some new ones along the way.

In addition to current fans, I would recommend this CD to anyone interested in versatile artists with a major knack for lyrical creativity and song writing.

Celebrity Biographies - Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne (full name Avril Ramona Lavigne-Whibley) was born on 27th September, 1984 in Canada. Her credentials include a Grammy nomination. She has sols over 26 million albums worldwide. Avril Lavigne has ranked as the number 7 most powerful Canadian in Hollywood has to her fame of selling over 26 million albums worldwide. Avril Lavigne was ranked 7th most powerful Canadian in Hollywood by Canadian Business Magazine.

Avril Lavigne was born in Canada in the town of Belleville in Ontario. Her father John is French born and her mother Judy is French-Canadian. Both her parents being Catholic, Avril Lavigne enjoyed a Catholic upbringing. Her music carrier got an early start when at the tender age of two she accompanied her mother in the church choir. At the age of five, her family moved to Nappanee, Ontario.

In 1998, Avril Lavigne took part in her first singing competition/concert tour along with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain. While performing at a bookstore in Kingston, Ontario, she was spotted by her first manager. Folk singer Steve Medd spotted her while performing at the Lennox Community Theatre. He invited her to sing his song titled "Touch the Sky" along with him on stage. Avril Lavigne continued to collaborate with him on his next two albums. She signed her first record deal at the age of sixteen with Arista Records.

In June, 2002, Avril Lavige released her album titled "Let Go" in the United States. The CD became number 2 on the U.S. charts and number one in Canada, Australia and the U.K. She became the youngest solo singer to have a number one album in the U.K. In 2004, she released "Under My Skin." The CD became number one in a number of coutries such as United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Thailand, Hong Kong, Ireland and Japan. Almost five hundred thousand copies were sold in the United States the first week alone.

In 2007, Avril Lavige released her third album titled "The Damn Thing." This CD enjoyed a similar degree of success becoming number on the U.S. charts. The first single "Girlfriend" hit the Billboard 100 in the number one position. This track was also recorded in a number of languages besides English.

Avril Lavigne's motion picture carrier got its start with the animated feature "Over the Hedge." She also had a role in Richard Gere's film titled "The Flock" where she plays the girlfriend of the prime suspect.

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