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Track Listing
1. Take Me Away
2. Together
3. Don't Tell Me
4. He Wasn't
5. How Does It Feel
6. My Happy Ending
7. Nobody's Home
8. Forgotten
9. Who Knows
10. Fall to Pieces
11. Freak Out
12. Slipped Away
Album Notes
This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
Personnel: Avril Lavigne (vocals); Raine Maida (guitar, keyboards); Ben Moody, Michael Ward (guitar); Evan Taubenfeld (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, background vocals); Butch Walker (electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, programming, background vocals); Patrick Warren (strings, chamberlin, keyboards); Chantal Kreviazuk (piano); Jon O'Brien (keyboards, programming); Josh Freese, Brooks Wackerman (drums).
Recording information: 2004.
While Avril Lavigne's 2002 debut, LET GO, arrived amidst a tidal wave of teen female performers, the 17-year-old Canadian singer/songwriter managed to distinguish herself with a punk-rock attitude tempered by a hooky pop sensibility. Lavigne's sound reached a remarkably wide audience, even inspiring indie-rock icon Liz Phair to openly pattern her next record after it.
With her 2004 follow-up, UNDER MY SKIN, Lavigne makes it clear which side of the pop-rock precipice she's standing on. Instead of pop producers such as the Matrix, Lavigne aligns herself with Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida and Linkin Park producer Don Gilmore. The result is a much more complex record--an angst-ridden, soul-searching album that rocks with fury without losing a keen ear for melody. This is clear from the outset with the brooding, lushly orchestrated, guitar-driven opening track "Take Me Away." However, while the music has significantly matured, Lavigne's lyrics still possess the same sense of teenage confusion and frustration so charming on her debut. UNDER MY SKIN is an impressive step for the young songwriter, and it effectively transcends the teen-pop label she inevitably received with her first record.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - UNDER MY SKIN doesn't disappoint...
3 1/2 stars out of 5 - What hasn't changed is her meticulous deliver....No one conjures up bored teenage blankness like Avril Lavigne.
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