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: #1396 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

Just wow.. such a disappointment.
I don't know what happened to Avril over these last couple of years other than her marriage, but whatever happened turned her straight into an radio pop princess.

This album, sadly, has 11 ultimately forgettable tracks and 1 good one ("Innocence"). While I admit that the pop tracks are decent enough to be catchy and get me moving (hence 3 stars instead of less), fact of the matter is Avril is now making pretty princess egotistical pop music for the tweens and early teens out there; if it wasn't for the sheer amount of needless vulgarity in some of the tracks, this is the kind of album I'd see played on Disney Channel. Frankly, after several listens to this album, if I had a stepdaughter instead of a stepson, I wouldn't want her listening to this tripe, egotistical "I'm a princess and I get what I want because I'm a girl" music.

Every time I hear 'Girlfriend', 'The Best Damn Thing', and 'Hot' there are two things that pop into my mind: 1. "Hey Mickey, you're so fine.." and 2. I see that scene in the original 'Bring It On' where Kirsten Dunst is dancing around her bedroom listening to her soon to be boyfriend's song. That really shows Avril's new target audience. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's not what got Avril where she is. (For the record, Avril's NEVER been punk, and every time that label is applied to bands like Avril, I hear Sid Vicious turning just a little more in his grave.)

If there's any doubt that she's fully embraced the pop spectrum, just watch videos of the tour for this album. Fully choreographed dancers? Seriously?

So, thank you Avril, for making an album that will sit at the end of my case with Toni Basil and your fellow "pop-punk" friends Blink-182 where the CD will be ultimately forgotten. If this is the direction Avril intends on going, I'm glad it's sooner rather than later because now I know another artist to steer clear of.

AVRIL LAVIGNE "THE BEST DAMN THING"
First of all, I have to say that I don't see the point in anyone giving albums 1 or 2 star reviews when their review doesn't actually back it up, it just seems totally pointless, I guess the reason people do it is because they just want artists they don't like to have low ratings...

I've been a fan of Avril Lavigne's since her first single, I've seen her four times live and I'd say she's one of the few female artists who seems to put the music before anything else.

"The Best Damn Thing" is her 3rd album and Avril said what type of album she wanted to make here and she has done what she wanted, the album is different to her previous two albums but it seems that if you stick to a similar kind of sound to a previous album you're an artist who can't make creative music and if you make an album different to your previous one then you're selling out. I think this album is definately her best yet, her others both would get 10 out of 10 from me and this album is brilliant too. The album starts off with the #1 hit "Girlfriend" - everyone knows the song, the chorus is very catchy and it's just a fun song, "I Can Do Better" and the title track are both similar in that they have the cheerleader style singing in them. "When You're Gone," "Innocence" and "Keep Holding On" are all three of Avril's best ballads, "Runaway," "Everything Back But You," "Hot," "I Don't Have To Try," "One Of Those Girls" and "Contagious" are all uptempo songs, there's not that much to say about the album other than it's full of catchy pop songs, and Avril Lavigne is in the position to make whatever kind of music she wants.

Give me an A V R I L ! :)

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If this cd had been edible, you would've fed your dog with it underneath the dining table the moment your mother looked away...
Yes, it's that bad!

It's so sad to think that some people actually spend their hard-earned money on superficial "music" like this, when there's so much great music out there with real heart and soul. You know, depth? Ever heard that word? Know the meaning of the word? Music with great arrangements and intelligent lyrics. Ever listened to music like that? No? Didn't think so. That's why you're reading this review...