Let Go
by Avril Lavigne
  • Record Label: Arista
  • Release Date: Jun 4, 2002
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 429 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 365 out of 429
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 429
  3. Negative: 55 out of 429

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  1. rodgers
    Dec 9, 2003
    1
    I love your cd avril
  2. thesillymofo
    Aug 14, 2002
    0
    she's just you kids: she sings about how she's angry, she's sensative and she's a sk8er too.... anti-britney/nsync figure hoping for pop success. worthless.
  3. IhateAvril
    Aug 5, 2003
    0
    Why, do I care, cause this cd is a piece of crap. Come on, canadians are only good for beer and hockey.
  4. KymG.
    Oct 7, 2002
    1
    She has a nice voice i must admit and some good lyrics, alot better that those pop freaks. But shes pretend i bet she cant even skate and the fact she is rippin of us die hard skaters who go hard every day is pathetic. and besides she looks like a 14 year old..
  5. LynetteB
    Apr 23, 2003
    0
    Avril is the most pretentious image in the pop culture since Vanilla Ice. I even have more respect in Britney and Christina, yes, they're as untalented as her but at least, they're not trying to be "avant-garde" as Avril tries to be. She tries to be original but she's actually as shamelessly manufactured as the rest of any pop stars and boy and girl bands you can name of. Avril is the most pretentious image in the pop culture since Vanilla Ice. I even have more respect in Britney and Christina, yes, they're as untalented as her but at least, they're not trying to be "avant-garde" as Avril tries to be. She tries to be original but she's actually as shamelessly manufactured as the rest of any pop stars and boy and girl bands you can name of. For Christ's sake, she doesn't even know who the Ramones and Velvet Underground are! And she calls herself PUNK? Of course, her fans who consider her punk are as CLUELESS as her because, let's admit it, Avril's music is pure commercial POP CRAP! … Expand
  6. DerekG
    May 9, 2004
    0
    Horrible, calculated tripe. Alanis Morrissette could have written this in her sleep. Avril's image is a carefully constructed fallacy, designed to be "anti-Britney", but just as contrived as anything about Ms. Spears.
  7. RK13
    Aug 5, 2017
    2
    This album may be perceived as Lavigne's best album because of the time it was released. Although, this album falls into the category of which the opening half of the album is drastically better than the closing half. Any song after Mobile is awful which is why I can't understand why the reviewer rating is so high. Maybe this album is not for me.
  8. DCMusicFan
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    16 years later and it's still true. Avril Lavigne is a real poseur. Just because she's not Britney Spears doesn't mean that she is all that. All her music is just disposable trash.
  9. crazyjimbo
    Aug 19, 2002
    0
    WTF? A skater anti pop "rebel" who sings with the tone of pop? Everything she says is a cliche and fake. "I'm so cool, I can thrash the mall with all of my friends who are just payed back up artists and then we can sing like a country-rock fusion band!" If you buy this album thinking that this artist is anti pop, and so close to rebellion and an "agitated teen" then you my friend, WTF? A skater anti pop "rebel" who sings with the tone of pop? Everything she says is a cliche and fake. "I'm so cool, I can thrash the mall with all of my friends who are just payed back up artists and then we can sing like a country-rock fusion band!" If you buy this album thinking that this artist is anti pop, and so close to rebellion and an "agitated teen" then you my friend, are a retard. Seriously - bust out the rope and the high chair and end it - because your tastes in music can only reflect upon yourself. Which is the exact advice I would give to the artist herself.… Expand
  10. yourmom
    Aug 23, 2002
    0
    she doesn't write her own music, or maybe co-writes by throwing in a few rhymes, she admits she "sucks" at guitar, and she doesn't really skate OR sing punk music, yet she calls herself a "skater punk". pathetic. on top of that, she sounds just like britney spears, whom she tries so hard to rebel against.

Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Most Discussed Album of 2002
13
#13 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. E! Online
    75
    The Canadian rocker looks like a (prettier) member of Sum 41, sounds like a slightly less-pissed Alanis Morissette and has the streetwise 'tude of Pink.
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  2. Q Magazine
    60
    Lavigne displays a musical guile way beyond her years. [Sep 2002, p.109]
  3. Blender
    80
    Lavigne splices the angst of Alanis Morissette and the snarl of Courtney Love into a debut full of sunny guitar pop. [#8, p.115]
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