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LAVIGNE AVRIL UNDER MY SKIN - Like peers such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne has done a lot of growing up in the years since the release of her smash debut album. But in stark contrast to those gals, the spunky Canadian hasn't manifested that change in a strictly sexual context. Instead, she's made a concerted effort to mature as a musician, unloading The Matrix the slick production team that helped push Let Go to multi-platinum status and moving beyond the unreconstructed anger of that effort. She's still speaking her mind, as evidenced by "Don't Tell Me," on which she gives an earful -- and nothing else -- to an oversexed suitor. But the presentation of that song, as well as love-life musings such as "Together" and "Fall to Pieces," is a far cry from the pubescent angst of "Sk8er Boi." Under My Skin has plenty of sonic variety. "He Wasn't," one of a handful of songs co-written by fellow Canuck Chantal Kreviazuk, combines a bouncy new-wave melody with a sweetly sung kiss-off to a guy who wasn't well versed in the realm of chivalry "He wouldn't even open up the door". Lavigne even takes a cue or two from Sarah McLachlan, most notably on the ethereal "How Does It Feel," perhaps the most vulnerable song she's yet recorded. A kinder, gentler Avril? In a sense, yes, but the girl-power undercurrent is still strong enough to assure listeners she's not about to become a pushover.
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Take Me Away (2:57)
2 Together (3:14)
3 Don't Tell Me (3:22)
4 He Wasn't (2:59)
5 How Does It Feel (3:44)
6 My Happy Ending (4:02)
7 Nobody's Home (3:32)
8 Forgotten (3:16)
9 Who Knows (3:30)
10 Fall to Pieces (3:28)
11 Freak Out (3:13)
12 Slipped Away (3:33)
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