Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne

Regardless of what you wish to call her, punk, pop, rock, punk-pop, pop-rock etc, Avril Lavigne is an incredible artist that whether you like it or not, will be around for many years to come. So you may say that many artists bring out a debut album that flies off the shelves, and you'd be right. But how many of those artists follow that up with a great second effort ? I'll use Linkin Park for an example. I'm a huge fan of theirs and absolutely loved Hybrid Theory, but after the release of their second album, Meteora, I found that they had become repetitive and if anything, the overall quality of the work had dropped rather significantly. The same threat has ...

Hey all, sorry I haven?t been around, I?ve been a busy bunny, but I thought I?d come back. And what better topic to start back with than my favourite person, LaWhinger? *Grins evilly*. I?m actually surprised she?s lasted to the second album point. I?m almost prepared to eat my hat in fact, but it?s really cool so I don?t think I?ll bother. After the whole ?Avril is not punk backlash?, she started insisting she had never called herself punk, which is, as we all know, a blatant lie. She has now proved herself to be either A- a massive hypocrite or B- totally under the thumb of her manager. Possibly both. This has made me respect the girl even less, she?s gone ...

This is Avril Lavigne's second album and she waited a year from the release of her last song, I'm with you to release this album, under my skin. There is one special song on there that made me cry when I first heard it, as it was so beautiful. There was also a poster that also came with it that is now up on my wall. *********************************************************************** I'll start with the cover and design of the CD album. It's red writing, with a picture of avril in her Goth clothes. It's got a grey-black background as well. It's pretty simple, but I think that sometimes, simpler is better. The back has another picture of Avril ...