Under My Skin by Avril Lavigne

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Given the problems in having developed a public persona as the anti-Britney whose biggest radio hit happens to be a power-ballad, Avril Lavigne's music career simply lives or dies by the strength of her songs' hooks. As much as Lavigne has attempted to ...

Pros: Excellent production and a tight studio band.
Cons: As a lyricist and as a vocalist, Avril adds absolutely NOTHING to this album.

When her debut disc, "Let Go", arrived on record store shelves two years ago, Avril Lavigne was touted as the antithesis of the "prefabricated" belly-baring teen pop divas that we'd been subjected to in the previous years. She played the guitar, she ...

Pros: Some great moments when all the elements fall in place
Cons: Some awkward messy ones when they don't.

When Avril Lavigne cockily claimed the pop scene in 2002 with her debut album Let Go I was impressed with her fun, bratty sound. She was pure pop perfection with her mouthy lyrics, youthful energy and odd voice. Rightfully getting ...

Pros: Some surprisingly well-written tracks, Good musical diversity, Hints of voice
Cons: Still some terribly rhymes, Much of voice is still produced over, Short

So, there's a steaming plate of crow somewhere for me that is waiting and it will be served to me by those who read my reviews and have suffered through my fairly continual knocking of Avril Lavigne for the past few years. Lavigne is the current angry ...

Pros: Several tracks that hit most elements right
Cons: Lots of poor lyricism and mediocre instrumental bits

Dissecting the Avril phenomenon has never been a difficult task. Billed as the "anti-Britney, her debut album L et Go came across as a slightly contrived attempt to appeal to pop fans who couldn't handle the ...

Pros: lost for words
Cons: horrible lyrics, bland, uninspired, weak vocals, sounds overly processed

I see no point in offering an introductory paragraph about Avril Lavigne for this review. Suffice to say, if you've been anywhere near a radio in the last 2 years, you've heard her. So I'll begin my review with this: Forget the arguments ...

Pros: I didn't die from hearing it.
Cons: Everything. Yes, everything.

Forgive me for not getting excited about Avril Lavigne's debut Let Go two years ago. While her management company was busy trying to convince us that this "anti-Britney" was the real deal, her image and style were obviously just as, if not more, ...

Pros: Some definite guilty pleasure material, well produced
Cons: Some definite crap material, odd track ordering

The review title will all make sense in the end. I hope. Anyway, that Avril Lavigne eh? When she first burst onto the music scene a couple of years or so ago, she provoked a reaction from people that made me wonder if she wasn’t some sort of ...

Pros: Voice has matured a bit, music rocks
Cons: Some lyricism isn’t as good as Let Go

Avril Lavigne made her musical debut in 2002 with the smash single Complicated and the brilliant album Let Go. Unfortunately, when an artists first record is as stunning as Let Go, the second album isn’t expected to be as good and ...

Pros: Three or four listenable efforts.
Cons: Repetitive, bludgeoning power chords. Juvenile lyrics and obnoxious singing.

“Under My Skin” is the sophomore album from Canadian pop/rock singer Avril Lavigne; and like the second offerings of her ‘anti-Britney’ contemporaries Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, sees her trying to spread her wings and ...

Pros: Rare.
Cons: Plentiful.

Avril Lavigne would have you believe that she is the anti-Britney. Avril Lavigne would have you believe that she is punk rock's savior. Avril Lavigne would have you believe she is more than a subliminal message from a recording industry that is ...

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Inscrutable. Meaning: "incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. / Not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable." If you don't know by now, this is what Avril Lavigne is, and always will be. While Avril's second ...

Pros: Some really good songs, less contrived than her debut.
Cons: God, the lyrics can just be awful in some places.

So. Avril Lavigne. What's there to say that hasn't already been said? After her breakthrough success with Let Go, she was propelled into the media as the anti-Britney. Lord, did she wear that shtick thin. Thank God she's come around and dropped that ...

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Since 2002, and the release of her 18 million selling debut ‘Let Go’, Avril Lavigne has been under constant scrutiny from almost everybody and anybody - there’s the ‘she’s not punk’ brigade, there’s the ‘look at that poser’ brigade, and then there’s the ...

Pros: catchy songs, good vocals
Cons: Nothing major that I can think of! It's a pretty solid album.

What I liked about Avril Lavigne's first CD was her unique voice and her penchant for catchy melodies. Her sophomore CD Under My Skin keeps those very same qualities but with much stronger lyrics and maybe a little more of a rock edge. Here is ...