Track Listing

1. Girlfriend
2. I Can Do Better
3. Runaway
4. Best Damn Thing
5. When You're Gone
6. Everything Back But You
7. Hot
8. Innocence
9. I Don't Have to Try
10. One of Those Girls
11. Contagious
12. Keep Holding On

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131489 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
The first clue to the sound of Avril Lavigne's third CD, The Best Damn Thing, comes in the form of her kickoff single, "Girlfriend," which is filled with singing, clapping, and cheerleader-style chanting. The song is quite a sonic contrast to her previous disc, Under My Skin, which was considered to be Lavigne's more mature follow-up to her 16 million-selling debut CD, Let Go. Like that debut, The Best Damn Thing will be largely and deeply embraced by teenage girls, and is packed with songs that will create enthusiastic sing-alongs in concert. There are a handful of numbers that will appeal to a wider audience; "Innocence" and disc closer "Keep Holding On" would both fit perfectly in a Gray's Anatomy episode, while the sultry message and solid harmonies in "Hot" will appease ears of many ages. Lavigne's husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryk Whibley makes an appearance as producer and instrumentalist on a handful of tracks; their union, however, seems to have bred more than love. "I Don't Have to Try" and "Everything Back But You" both have a frenetic pace and chorus that is so eerily Sum-like that if they weren't married, a copyright lawsuit might ensue. That aside, the record oscillates between lyrically acerbic fare ("One of Those Girls," "I Can Do Better") and fluffy sugar-pop melodies ("Contagious," "The Best Damn Thing") delivering far more spunk rock than punk rock. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews

Love so much I'm to listen to it AGAIN!
So glad I bought this, its been in the car on almost all the time for the last few months...
I wasnt keen on her last album, bit shouty & angry, but after reading some reviews on this one, and because its a pink cover (looked happier than the last album), i got it. THANK GOODNESS, its brill, love it all so much.
Looking forward to the next one now....

Avril's best album to date!
Right, I'm not female and I'm not a teen but I for one find this the most entertaining and refreshing of all Avril's albums with a more up-to-date sound. I think it has more of a punky feel than previous albums: it is ruder and more `shouty'. Great to listen to in the car, in the club or just when trying to write a difficult essay like I am now!
Having said all that, DO NOT buy this version! Look for `The Best Damn Thing [Explicit Lyrics]' (or in stores the one with the parental advisory on the front!) That is the real deal and the one I'm listening to. Steer clear of this annoyingly sanitised `clean version' - why release this censored crud as the main version? I guess that's just the world we live in - definitely not very punk rock!

...odd I now have the sudden urge to kill avril...
...now what do you think of when you think of the word "music"...think very carefully about this word now...does it have to be a consonant and structured melody? Or is it complex dynamics and articulation with plenty of keychanges that truly make music the enigmous wonder that it should be? Now if you are looking for either with the least bit of dignity...turn around...and if you could break something on the way out you'd be helping me alot...

...Avril started her career as one of those young stars...the only difference is MTV decided to label her as "Punk" so people would be decieved into thinking that what they listened to was "fresh" and with "attitude" that and they thought "hmm...maybe we can make up for the abysmal role models in the past by making someone who seems like they'll rebel to authority only to be controlled by us? Ah-ha! Pure hypocrisy on a cake!! Genius!!!" And what we heard were whiney melodies and complaints of a girl (who is actually older then me I might add) that thinks because she has an MTV contract she has an excuse...I'll admitsome of the stuff was mediocore in melody...complexity?(that's not was this music is for however) but of course it soothed some people to think that punk had a soft and decomposed side so I left it alone...to rot of it's own accord and watch the people drink the milk from it's pointless metaphorical udders...

...but then...we have this...the irony in the title is astounding so I won't even mention it...congratulations...she's got more money for the money machine and let me explain why she's done it (finally get to the point...idiot)...

...now one in fifteen of you would be considering buying this without even listening to the lead single "girlfriend" and to you people that would be a big mistake if you have for some coincidence never heard it let me describe it to you...let's say a cheerleader pured ink into her eye...picked up a microphone...decided to embarass an insecure prepubescent boy by saying that she's attracted to him and then running him over with a lawn mower...poor child...another life gone...but yes...the chorus is reminiscent of the song "hey nicky!!" and instead is about how her envy and vanity get the better of her and she wants to steal someone elses boyfriend...well done Avril...you raised the bar...there's even an awful R'n'B impersonation after the second verse...aww...I just struggle to find respect for someone who doesn't even know how to tweak an ostinato in the slightest...yes Avril leave it be...and us music snobs will be all over you (oh come on! You know it's true...we're idiots!!!) but yes...awful awful sound...plus she stole the idea from a least sucessful song that attempted to sue her...they failed...there's a lesson there...you can't knock a giant down with a bowling pin...merely a shield case...very simply don't try and beat her...she has the subliminal sheep on her side...

...and yes besides that song there is a simple ballad (chords required are merely one digit)...and other stuff...my advice is...if you are a little boy or girl and want something to dance around to until you know better...then please be my guest...I'll be here being pretencious and listenting to stupid noise and calling it art...she's not a teenager any more...she needs to develop talent...beyond mainstream...but yeah whatever it doesn't matter...no one will read this review and give it a negative comment just to start an argument right? That would be rude...and trust me...I did listen to this...my younger cousin loves it...