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A good, if slightly disappointing, follow-up.
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Under My Skin is a bit awkward, sometimes sounding tentative and unsure, sometimes clicking and surging on Avril's attitude and ambition.
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There's little subtlety on "Under My Skin," and... absolutely no fear of clichés. But on the emotionally fraught battleground that is high-school romance, perhaps those would be frills. [16 May 2004]
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So, we have a maturing Ms Lavigne, distancing herself from the teen antics of her "Let Go" debut, but struggling to find any stories worth telling save for boyfriend trouble and dead grandparents.
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Mascara-streaked moods dictate an excess of ballads and rockers that trade in sterile nü-metal crunch, leaving Lavigne's pop-punk spunk by the wayside.
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She's sounding as genre-bound in her way as the synthetic singers she was supposed to be a relief from.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 342 out of 409
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Mixed: 15 out of 409
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Negative: 52 out of 409
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NormanG.Oct 26, 2007Personally I think this is her best debut album B/c it contains varios kinds of songs and its deep.
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Nov 15, 2015
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Feb 28, 2011This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.