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NO MORE AVRIL LAVIGNE THREAD
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owww.. ok.. wrong post LOL
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LOL it's ok 
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^# 3 in France 
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That's quite achievement for her!!! Congrats 
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I download The Best Damn Thing and I love the song called TBDT xDDD it should be the 1st single not Girlfriend!
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Member Since: 12/20/2006
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TBDT *the song not the album!!  * IS STUCK IN MY HEAD!!!
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BillBoard
There was apparently no need to worry that marriage (to Sum 41's Deryck Whibley) would mellow Avril Lavigne. The Canadian rocker's third album is a mostly sassy'n'snotty affair on which she sounds even younger than when her debut album, 2002's "Let Go," went multiplatinum. After a darker and more contemplative follow-up, Lavigne lets lose this time with such double-speed, punk-inflected tracks as "Everything Back but You," man-smashing slap-downs like "I Can Do Better" and the title track. There's also hater shots at wannabes ("One of Those Girls"), along with proclamations of her own empowerment, like when she declares, "I'm the one who wears the pants!" in "I Don't Have to Try." The gleeful adolescence is even more pronounced when she tries her hand, lightly, at rapping on a couple of songs. It's all done with a grin, of course, which makes the three ballads sound particularly out of context alongside the heavy 'tude of their companions.—Gary Graff
About.com
3.5/5
Avril Lavigne's latest album is the type that makes a music reviewer want to tear their hair out. The album includes a small set of fantastic tracks, but they are surrounded by inferior songs that pull the whole set down. When Lavigne combines her fiery, no-nonsense persona with jet-fueled rock or emotes on a well-written ballad, she is one of the top performers in pop music today. However, too often here she just comes off as an angry, bratty child looking to settle scores.
When Avril Lavigne Shines, She Really Shines
To get to the meat of The Best Damn Thing, skip the first two lackluster Dr. Luke helmed songs and head straight for Avril's work with buddy Butch Walker. Nearly daring men to venture into her world, the title song is a tear through female self-confidence. On the big ballad "When You're Gone," the emotional impact builds with swelling strings only to give way to the snarling rocker "Everything Back But You." Hearing Avril spit out "Hey hey psycho babe, I hate you, why are guys so lame" is a wonder to behold.
A Necessity for Fans...But Beware the Weaknesses
The Best Damn Thing feels bloated with too many minor screeds against a girlfriend who's "so whatever," a guy who's a "waste of time," and gloating about "not having to try" in a relationship. The only quality track here from Lavigne's collaborations with Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald is the hit single "Keep Holding On" that manages to stir up true emotion in its musical sweep.
Serious fans of Avril Lavigne will definitely want this collection. The good songs are frequently great such as the emotional pause in life described in the ballad "Innocence," produced by Green Day producer Rob Cavallo. However, those who have found it difficult to warm up to Lavigne will find little here to change their mind.
Top Tracks on The Best Damn Thing
* The Best Damn Thing
* When You're Gone
* Everything Back But You
* Innocence
* Keep Holding On
Canoe.Jam
3/5
Avril Lavigne has guts, we'll give her that.
Let's face it: When you call your CD The Best Damn Thing, you're asking for it. And when you follow that with what she's said -- that the songs are meant to be disposable; that she was drinking in the studio; that she refused to let her label have any input -- it has all the makings of a self-indulgent bomb.
But give Lavigne this; she's got smarts and talent too. And she's earned that cockiness. After selling 24 million CDs, the 22-year-old superstar knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go for it. Which is just what she does on her third CD.
This dozen-track disc is Lavigne's loudest, fastest and punkiest album, with harder-hitting beats, looser arrangements and more explicit lyrics. But the 40-minute set also expands her sound with cheerleader beats and girl-group vocals. It may not be what her label and old fans want to hear. But it's far from the worst damn thing she could have done.
Our track-by-track analysis:
1. Girlfriend 3:37
Lavigne bursts out of the gate with this catchy single that mashes the beat of Toni Basil1s Mickey to the chunky power chords of The Donnas -- and tops it with snotty vocals about stealing another girl's man.
QUOTABLE LYRIC: "Hell yeah / I'm the motherf**ing princess!"
VERDICT: Download it.
2. I Can Do Better 3:17
The disc shifts into second gear on this thumping, punky sprinter -- think The Pretenders' Precious but with an arena-sized chorus. Bonus points for the playful backup vocals.
LYRIC: "I will drink as much limoncello as I can."
VERDICT: Download it.
3. Runaway 3:48
With its hip-poppy bounce and strummy acoustic guitars, this pop-rocker about a bad day is more like the Avril of old.
LYRIC: "You know how it is, life can be a bitch."
VERDICT: Stream it.
4. The Best Damn Thing 3:10
Another cheerleader beat, another killer chorus and another brash vocal about how Avril hates having to open her own door. Call it Girlfriend Pt. 2.
LYRIC: "I hate it when a guy doesn't understand / Why a certain time of month I don't wanna hold his hand."
VERDICT: Download it.
5. When You're Gone 4:00
Avril gets her ballad on in a standard piano-and-strings weeper with bombastic chorus. Expect to hear it in a movie as the hero walks in the rain after being dumped.
LYRIC: "I always needed time on my own."
VERDICT: Skip it.
6. Everything Back But You 3:03
Lavigne dries her tears and lashes out on this chiming, double-time punk-pop basher about a two-timing guy.
LYRIC: "You're out there somewhere with a psycho bitch / I hate you / Why are guys so lame?"
VERDICT: Download it.
7. Hot 3:23
This chuggy pop-rocker with a punchy chorus is more old-style Avril -- except for the steamy Alanis-style lyrics.
LYRIC: "You make me so hot / I will let you do anything again and again."
VERDICT: Stream it.
8. Innocence 3:53
Piano ballad No. 2. Avril gets all goopy about the purity of love. Destined to be played at every summer wedding.
LYRIC: "It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry."
VERDICT: Skip it.
9. I Don't Have to Try 3:17
The honeymoon's over. A robo-funk beat winds up into a driving punk grind as a squealing, screaming Avril puts her man in his place. Sorry Deryck.
LYRIC: "I wear the pants!"
VERDICT: Download it.
10. One of Those Girls 2:58
More cheerleader girl-group vocals highlight this choppy, surging rocker about mercenary women.
LYRIC: "I see that look in your eyes / It tells a million lies."
VERDICT: Stream it.
11. Contagious 2:10
The CD begins to wind down with this pumping pop-rock trifle.
LYRIC: "They all say you're no good for me / but I'm too close to turn around."
VERDICT: Skip it.
12. Keep Holding On 3:59
The last waltz. A strummed guitar, lush strings and a soaring vocal about love and loyalty add up to a sweeping Alanis-like ballad.
LYRIC: "So far away / I wish you were here / Before it's too late / This could all disappear."
VERDICT: Skip it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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So this is Avril as an old married woman. ''Get out my face/You're not my taste.../ Don't ask why/Goodbye!'' the 22-year-old veteran taunts before dissolving into giggles at the end of ''I Can Do Better,'' a pop-punk kiss-off on The Best Damn Thing, her third album. ''I wear the pants!'' she announces in the even more furiously paced ''I Don't Have to Try'' — adding, ''Don't you disagree/'Cause you know it's all about me.'' (Selfishness spoof or empowerment anthem? Such a fine line these days.) You surely already know the first single, ''Girlfriend,'' where Lavigne is an alpha female out to steal a stud from a meek rival who's ''like, so whatever.'' If the girls of Heathers formed a Runaways tribute band, it would sound exactly like this.
At least Lavigne got over that case of the sullens she had on 2004's Under My Skin. Also gone: the impressive breadth of Let Go, her superior debut. But as a snot-nosed punk before her once put it, she was so much older then; she's younger than that now. The dumb, girly, giddy Best Damn Thing reembraces the 15-year-old pom-pom punkette within, with multitracked hand claps, Toni Basil-gone-bad cheers, and pep-rally-rattling guitars. As Lavigne promised on her MySpace page: ''It is really fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way.'' And: ''I will only have like 3 slow songs on the record. Yay!!'' Yay, indeed, given how little heart she's invested in that trio of limpid ballads, including ''Keep Holding On,'' a.k.a. the love theme from Eragon.
She saves her conviction for the mosh-ready hits and disses that dominate the disc. If she brings the 'tude, producers Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson), Butch Walker (Under My Skin), Rob Cavallo (Green Day), and Deryck Whibley (her Sum 41-fronting hubby) try to re-create her first CD's pop magic, with extra rev. Listening to the sputtering chorus of ''Hot'' kick in and smooth out, it's as if she and her Let Go team, the Matrix, never broke up.
Playing this album as an adult will make your SAT score drop retroactively. But grown-ups may recognize something charmingly innocent as well as immature about Avril as a born-again high school sophomore. Snarly rockers such as ''I Can Do Better'' feel almost unformed by adult experience, like a schoolgirl's fantasy of how you'd tell someone off. And, a few expletives aside, this is as asexual as CDs get nowadays; the star may brag about being a ''motherf---in' princess'' but probably also knows her audience isn't far removed from Disney Princesses. Anyway, she's provided the best darn rock & roll album teen girls are likely to hear all year...at least till that tough rock chick Kelly Clarkson comes back to bang heads and take names.
Rolling Stone
3.5/5
You probably already know "girlfriend," Avril Lavigne's hypercatchy, giant-sounding "Hey Mickey" tribute. Guess what? The rest of her third album does not venture into death metal, industrial house or gypsy swing. Like most everything she's done, The Best Damn Thing is big, big, big, with teen punk and ballads getting shots of pop steroids -- as well as big doses of her usual sass, anger and vulnerability. There are few surprises here, but The Best Damn Thing is totally fearless about targeting pop radio and rather expert in its execution. Most of the slow songs sag, but "Girlfriend," the smitten "Contagious" and a handful of other uptempos are monster pleasures. Lavigne probably can't get away with this sound for another record, but enjoy the sugar rush while it lasts.
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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 bitch 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. Avril swears like she's just discovered profanity, cheerfully spitting out four-letter words (and their compounds) with glee, but everything she does here she does with unrestrained glee. She truly believes she's the best damn thing you've ever seen, she knows it's all about her -- or, as she shouts on "I Don't Have to Try," "I wear the pants!" -- and if you don't agree, she knows you're wrong and you can go to hell (actually, she'd probably say something a lot stronger). This sense of entitlement will surely rankle anybody who's just a little bit older than Avril's 22 years, who will also find that the perennial Lavigne complaint holds: she ain't no punk, she's a brat that any grizzled old punk will want to beat with a baseball bat. (How do you know if you're one of the old guys? If you recognize the chorus of "Girlfriend" as a total lift from the Rubinoos' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," you're an old guy, even if you're 20.) But The Best Damn Thing wasn't made for them, nor was it made with any sense (or even regard) for the past: it was made to exist totally in the moment, in a time when a moment speeds by faster than light. And, frankly, that's what good about The Best Damn Thing: it's as exuberant, irreverent, and exciting as any other bubblegum pop, defiantly silly and shallow, but also deliriously hooky. If Lavigne didn't have the hooks -- if neither "Girlfriend" nor the title track weren't driven by cheerleader chants, if "Everything Back But You" didn't snarl like prime Green Day, if "I Can Do Better" didn't soar on its chorus -- her snotty attitude would be unbearable, but these are terrific, addictive pop songs that are harder and tougher yet feel fresher and lighter than her big hits from Let Go. True, this is far from deep, but Under My Skin proved that a deep Avril is a dull Avril. The Best Damn Thing, in contrast, builds on every one of her bratty strengths, which makes for ridiculously catchy pop -- the kind of music that provides a soundtrack for teens and guilty pleasures for everyone else. [The Best Damn Thing is available in a deluxe edition containing a bonus CD. The non-deluxe edition is a clean version of the album without the numerous profanities.]
Track Picks
Girlfriend
I Can Do Better
The Best Damn Thing
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BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
2 1 LAVIGNE*AVRIL GIRLFRIEND 156564 17 134213 964849
1 2 TIMBALAND GIVE IT TO ME 122152 -32 180648 550968
5 3 FERGIE GLAMOROUS 95358 -8 104093 1212951
37 4 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY I TRIED 85038 223 26300 119566
3 5 AKON DON'T MATTER 84636 -29 118890 1306097
4 6 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 82088 -24 108323 1442591
8 7 T-PAIN FEATURING YUNG JOC BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN' 79118 5 75691 365260
6 8 BEYONCE BEAUTIFUL LIAR/BELLO EMBUSTERO 63961 -21 81027 505600
10 9 PINK U + UR HAND 61724 13 54516 534645
15 10 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BEFORE HE CHEATS 60134 36 44323 1064556
7 11 MIMS THIS IS WHY I'M HOT 55707 -29 78748 987192
9 12 LINKIN PARK WHAT I'VE DONE 49638 -24 64931 235958
12 13 GYM CLASS HEROES CUPID'S CHOKEHOLD 49239 -1 49582 1192947
11 14 BABY BOY DA PRINCE WAY I LIVE 45417 -10 50502 550212
21 15 HUEY POP, LOCK & DROP IT 43647 11 39425 237768
24 16 DAUGHTRY HOME 41528 13 36686 294244
14 17 NICKELBACK IF EVERYONE CARED 40456 -10 45124 566125
17 18 DIDDY LAST NIGHT 39530 -6 42252 390667
19 19 KELLY*R OR BOW WOW I'M A FLIRT 37850 -8 41355 276103
13 20 YOUNG JEEZY GO GETTA 35979 -23 47001 398020
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Date / Spins To Date / Audience
April 24 / 28,789 / 47.040
April 23 / 27,708 / 45.887
April 22 / 26,640 / 45.186
April 21 / 25,632 / 44.695
Girlfriend : 156,000 (x2) + 47M = 359
Give It To Me : 122,000 (x2) + 106M = 350
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Oh my god, i can't believe it
Awesome !!!! Yay for Avril !!!
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#1 Album and #1 single in the US the same week maybe?
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^ yeeah!!!
THIS IS SO "HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME" deja vu hahahahah
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Originally posted by Angelo
^ yeeah!!!
THIS IS SO "HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME" deja vu hahahahah
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Keep dreaming haha...
Neither The Best Damn Thing nor Girlfriend are Avril's debut album and single... and Girlfriend has yet to hit #1 in the UK
But huge comeback anyway
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Keep dreaming haha...
Neither The Best Damn Thing nor Girlfriend are Avril's debut album and single... and Girlfriend has yet to hit #1 in the UK
But huge comeback anyway
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hahaha there is nothing wrong with dreaming hahahahaha
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Avril 
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Press release from RCA:
"Avril Lavigne leads the way with the Number One debut of her new RCA
album The Best Damn Thing, which scored first-week sales of 286,000 units.
The successor to Under My Skin -- the Canadian pop-punk star's Number One
album of 2004 -- The Best Damn Thing was propelled into the top spot by two
smash hit singles: the near-Platinum rock track "Girlfriend" and the
Gold-certified ballad "Keep Holding On." This week "Girlfriend" jumps to #1
on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, giving Avril the #1 single and album in
the country. The Best Damn Thing has sold more than 1.4 copies million
internationally and entered at Number One in eleven countries outside the
U.S. including the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, and Germany. Seven-time
Juno Award winner Avril Lavigne has sold more than 24 million albums
worldwide since the 2002 release of Let Go, her 6X platinum RCA debut."
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4573837&EDATE=
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Not trustable, next time they better put more effort on it
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Not trustable, next time they better put more effort on it |
What's not trustable? The typo? lol
The same info is on Reuters Canada BTW.
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Member Since: 2/23/2007
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Well, She sold 1.4 copies or her new million 
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