When Avril first burst onto the music scene she let fly with ‘Let’s Go’ and upbeat teenage innocence style full of energy album which everybody loved. Then she brought out let’s go a more grungy rock album that nobody liked – or so must of the reviews floating around out there would have you believe.
There seems to be a war between critics and real people. Critics like one thing and slate the other, real people like the other and don’t like the one thing. But I really fail to see why that is. I am not that much of a bad critic am I? What most critics don’t like I do for some reason, and Under My Skin is one of them.
I was never really much of an Avril fan. Sure the odd chord or lyric was good but generally her overall songs did nothing for me and I wasn’t about to buy into Avril being anything more than generic pop. So I found it surprising that I have listed to Under My Skin at least once per day for the last week.
The album is very good. The songs are catchy, the quality is good and the music is enjoyable. But that has little to do with the Emo Today rating system so let’s bring in all the complex terminology. Stickyness is good, there are plenty of songs on the album you will find stuck inside you head.
The album has a great feel to it there are no songs that I don’t particularly like. As for life, I haven’t really been listening to it for that long but normally your lust to listen dies quite quickly if you are constantly listening to it, I still like it so I am going to give that thumbs up too.
I will admit it isn’t the bubbly free-for-all of Let’s Go but that is the reason I like it. And if that is why you listen to Avril there are songs such as Freak Out and I Always Get What I want (it’s a bonus track on the imported version, well worth getting because I love the track). Avril has defiantly changed and grown up since her first album – for the better. |
Title: Under My Skin