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Originally posted by Devon
Well obviously. Based on the album cover too, I think Avril's original vision for the album was songs with a vibe like Give Me What You Like, Let Me Go, Bad Girl, etc. The only problem is Epic doesn't have that expansive of an artist roster. Avril Lavigne's name is one of the biggest they have. Epic Records is in desperate need of a radio hit, so they took advantage of her recognizable brand and used her to get a pop hit.
My theory is that LA was looking for a hit, so he put her in the studio with J Kash and Martin Johnson, coming to an agreement with LA that she would as long as she was allowed to keep her original vision on the album. That's the unfortunate part about being a pop act on a major label. |
Always nailing it on this matter
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Originally posted by Solarie
I don't believe in tha t'vision'. Back in 2011 she said that next album will be more pop and radio friendly.
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Yeah, that was when she still was with RCA and she obviously needed to compromise somehow again, like she did with the "hit material" for this album. She said she already 8 songs ready to release (Alex Da Kid songs), and that she wanted the album out quickly, probably just so she could get rid of RCA ASAP. After she joined Epic, she said she only had a "couple of GL leftovers", those 8 songs dissapeared.
And it's strange how The Runners collaboration have completely dissapeared and she refers LMG (which was made when her collab with Runners was over) as the first song made for this album. I don't know if she planned to include some Runners songs back in the day, but I think she obviously wanted the "Tripod" songs to be the mast majority of the songs used for the album, but after we know have 5 songs with J-Kash and co. (6 if you include HK, where Martin Johson is credited), 5 songs with the "Tripod" (6 if you include HK) and 2 selfwritten songs. The album seems pretty balanced in terms of songwriting credits, let's see how it turns out overall. Personally, I'd rather a "Tripod" + selfwritten album, but I suppose she had to compromise in order to avoid more "bureaucratic BS", again.
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