Sothisis Avril as an old married woman.
Get out my face/Youre not my taste…/ Dont ask why/Goodbye!
I wear the pants!
Credit: Photograph by Justin Stephens
(Selfishness spoof or empowerment anthem?
Such a fine line these days.)
If the girls ofHeathersformed a Runaways tribute band, it would sound exactly like this.
At least Lavigne got over that case of the sullens she had on 2004sUnder My Skin.
Also gone: the impressive breadth ofLet Go, her superior debut.
And: I will only have like 3 slow songs on the record.
the love theme fromEragon.
She saves her conviction for the mosh-ready hits and disses that dominate the disc.
Playing this album as an adultwillmake your SAT score drop retroactively.
But grown-ups may recognize something charmingly innocent as well as immature about Avril as a born-again high school sophomore.
