February 24, 201114 yr I didn't like them. I liked Push and Wish you were here. Smile was ok. I listened to the album for a few more hours and I can say I am giving Avril a pass on the goodbye lullaby era. Shame but oh well. :)
February 24, 201114 yr Just listened to the album for a second time. I'm actually liking the album ^_^ Some songs sound similar in a way. I thought I was on track 3 then I looked I was on track 7 already :lol: I'd give it a 7/10 My favourites; Black Star (even though its only an intro), Wish You Were Here, Everybody Hurts, 4 Real, Smile, Remember When & Goodbye :heart: Only thing I'm disappointed at, I was hoping for a song that was along the veins of 'When You're Gone' :(
February 24, 201114 yr Thanks for the link. Not listened to it all yet, but liked the tracks I did hear.
February 24, 201114 yr Ooh can someone send me a link please? Really not expecting too much tbh, so if it's good it'll be a bonus.
February 25, 201114 yr Listening now... Not impressed at all so far. I do quite like 'Wish You Were Here' though.
February 25, 201114 yr I really like the album on first listen, love the acoustic feel :D Shows maturity from The Best Damn Thing :)
February 26, 201114 yr Where's this supposed 'mature' sound she's said to have been honing? Did they bin all those tracks and just record more of her usual instead?
February 26, 201114 yr Okay. Playing the album now. I don't have any expectations but Black Star is absolutely lovely (despite the awful lyrics).
February 26, 201114 yr I'm not sure I understand why Wish You Were Here wasn't the lead single. It's fucking brilliant.
February 26, 201114 yr Could someone give a review of this album cuz I was thinking of buying it, but I hate to listen to songs before I listen to the album.... I loooove 'What The hell' and I'd listen to pretty much anything in the charts - From my readings, this is very aucostic, but could someone give me a detailed review, which songs are good, bad etc.. :) Thanks :D
February 26, 201114 yr I'll copy and paste mine over from another forum: 08 Black Star - what lovely instrumentation. Shame about the lyrics 08 What The Hell - GOD I wanted not to like this. But it's good. Probably as good as My Life Would Suck (ie. really quite good but not great). 07 Push - who precisely is singing the deep bits? It's nice enough. Clearly an album track and doesn't appear to have a chorus. 10 Wish You Were Here - Oh this is VERY GOOD. I thought the bridge was the chorus - AND THEN THE CHORUS CAME. Oh the spoken middle 8 is just gorgeous. This is a big hit single in waiting surely. 06 Smile - awful awful shouty intro. Verses fine, chorus descends into sub-What The Hell territory. Next single apparently. We can only hope NOT. 06 Stop Standing There - it literally just finished and I remember nothing about it. But it was nice enough background music. 07 I Love You - I like the sentiment of this one and she sounds better than normal vocally in some parts. Slightly boring chorus though. 06 Everybody Hurts - She's on autopilot at this point. Profound lyrics. IT'S OKAY TO BE AFRAID. Phew! 06 Not Enough - Ditto 06 4 Real - She wrote and produced this herself so kudos and all that but there just ISN'T ANY KIND OF HOOK or chorus. It just goes on like one three minute verse. 08 Darlin - Finally, something memorable. The chorus raises itself above the verses which is more than can be said for much of the album. Like the almost military-esque middle 8 too. 06 Remember When - Another banal ballad. Remember when you listened to this song for the first time? No, me neither. And it's not even over yet. 06 Goodbye - BLAND. Seems odd that she's recorded what's effectively a big LOVE ALBUM given her recent divorce. There's not much progression either but it was hardly going to be worse than The Best Damn Thing, was it? If they have ANY SENSE they will go with Wish You Were Here for second single because it's pretty much her only shot at a hit. Very listenable album, just not very exciting. Ultimately a 6.5/10 and I probably will give it at least a couple more listens.
February 26, 201114 yr My review would be; 07 ;; Black Star - I wish it was a full song, not just an intro. Lyrics are poor but what'd you expect from a song for a perfume advert. 10 ;; What The Hell - Love the attitude and the typical-Avril song. Very catchy 08 ;; Push - I didn't like it at first but after a few listens its definitely one of the standouts in the album IMO. 11 ;; Wish You Were Here - Has to be a single at some point. The most obvious future-hit-if-released song. Love the 'damn, damn, damn' bits. STANDOUT :heart: 08 ;; Smile - Bratty Avril, me loves it :wub: 05 ;; Stop Standing There - Didn't click with this at all. 07 ;; I Love You - Simple but effective. I love her vocals on this song. 08 ;; Everybody Hurts - I love the instrumental, same as above, its simple but effective. Reassuring and pleasant to listen to. 05 ;; Not Enough - Meh, she sounds vulnerable at the beginning but I'm not feeling it. 07 ;; 4 Real - Coz i'm 4 Real are you 4 real, I can't help myself, its the way I feel... Catchy. 06 ;; Darlin' - Apparently she wrote this when she was 11? Decent effort, Has the acoustic feel which most of the album has. 05 ;; Remember When - Hmm.. Its no 'When You're Gone'. Boring tbh. Gets slightly better around the last minute. 07 ;; Goodbye - Again, its no 'When You're Gone' but better than 'Remember When' IMO. 7.2/10. The beginning is quite good to listen to, up until 'Everybody Hurts' it begins to go downhill and boring for me :(
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