- alternative rock, rock, pop, pop rock
- 41 min
- 12 tracks
- RCA
The Best Damn Thing is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on April 17, 2007, through RCA Records, as her first album on the label. The album represents a musical departure from her previous studio album Under My Skin (2004), which incorporated more elements of post-grunge.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Metacritic 66/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Entertainment Weekly(B)
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- musicOMH4/5 ★
- The New York Times(mixed)
- PopMatters(6/10)
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2/5 ★
- Stylus MagazineB
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Tracks
- 1Girlfriend3:37
- 2I Can Do Better3:17
- 3Runaway3:49
- 4The Best Damn Thing3:10
- 5When You're Gone4:00
- 6Everything Back but You3:03
- 7Hot3:24
- 8Innocence3:53
- 9I Don't Have to Try3:18
- 10One of Those Girls2:56
- 11Contagious2:11
- 12Keep Holding On3:60
12 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Avril Lavigne
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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