Track Listing

1. Girlfriend
2. I Can Do Better
3. Runaway
4. The Best Damn Thing
5. When You're Gone
6. Everything Back But You
7. Hot
8. Innocence
9. I Don't Have To Try
10. One Of Those Girls
11. Contagious
12. Keep Holding On

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1016 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.com
The first clue to the sound of Avril Lavigne's third CD, The Best Damn Thing, comes in the form of her kickoff single, "Girlfriend," which is filled with singing, clapping, and cheerleader-style chanting. The song is quite a sonic contrast to her previous disc, Under My Skin, which was considered to be Lavigne's more mature follow-up to her 16 million-selling debut CD, Let Go. Like that debut, The Best Damn Thing will be largely and deeply embraced by teenage girls, and is packed with songs that will create enthusiastic sing-alongs in concert. There are a handful of numbers that will appeal to a wider audience; "Innocence" and disc closer "Keep Holding On" would both fit perfectly in a Gray's Anatomy episode, while the sultry message and solid harmonies in "Hot" will appease ears of many ages. Lavigne's husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryk Whibley makes an appearance as producer and instrumentalist on a handful of tracks; their union, however, seems to have bred more than love. "I Don't Have to Try" and "Everything Back But You" both have a frenetic pace and chorus that is so eerily Sum-like that if they weren't married, a copyright lawsuit might ensue. That aside, the record oscillates between lyrically acerbic fare ("One of Those Girls," "I Can Do Better") and fluffy sugar-pop melodies ("Contagious," "The Best Damn Thing") delivering far more spunk rock than punk rock. --Denise Sheppard

Album Description
Limited Edition CD/DVD (NTSC/Region 0) pressing includes a bonus DVD plus five bonus audio tracks: 'Alone', 'I Will Be', 'I Can Do Better' (Acoustic Version), 'Girlfriend' (Mandarin Version) and 'Girlfriend' (Submarines Remix). The bonus DVD features four songs filmed live at the Orange Lounge ('Everything Back But You', 'Girlfriend', 'Hot' and ' When You're Gone') plus three music videos ('Girlfriend', 'When You're Gone' and 'Hot'. Sony/BMG. 2007.

Customer Reviews

Being Fair....I am a fan of hers
and I really enjoyed her previous works, more than I could have ever imagined, but this record is horrible. The songs are trite, the lyrics are incredibly boring, indulgent and immature. The music is pop staple, with forgetable melodies and repetative chorus lines, I feel as if the studio wrote the entire album for her while she was sleeping, this just doesn't speak to any of her previous works at all. This album fits on the same shelf with a Nickelodeon-themed CD. Instead of heading in the direction of an artist like Alanis Morrisette, she is going backward and joining the ranks of Hannah Montana and the Naked Brothers Band.

Was she drunk?
I think she was drunk while recording this album . In some tracks , like "I Can Do Better" , she seems to be near to a alcoholic coma ! she screams and do strange noises . But in another tracks , she is very serious , like "Keep Holding On" and "Innocence" , which makes this album a complete mess and really ridiculous.

The fun side of Avril
OK, it's not like her 2 previous albums, it's not a 'milestone' in music history, no doubts about it.
But in its genre it's a good album indeed !
It's a party album, to dance, to jump, to sing along, to express all one's energy.. the pop side surely takes over the punk one.
Apart from a couple of tracks there's no serious or deep lyrics at all.
The only track I actually don't like is 'When you're gone', too sugary and corny; in the same mood it would have been better to put 'I will be' instead.

I really don't understand the people not liking this album only because is a 'light' one.
And come on, Avril Lavigne has never been a Bob Dylan or a Leonard Cohen..

As someone once said: it's just rock and roll but I like it !