Autobiography
by Ashlee Simpson
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Jul 20, 2004
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 147 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 147
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 147
  3. Negative: 50 out of 147

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  1. RayleenT
    Sep 20, 2004
    10
    An awesome album. Ashlee has a lovely voice and her songs are so endearing and funky at the same time. If i could turn back time, i would still buy her album. A great buy!!! I love Ashlee Simpson.
  2. garenb
    Aug 18, 2004
    10
    the best c.d ever im not jokin this is ma fav c.d
  3. Lea**
    Aug 9, 2004
    10
    OMG! this CD is soo awsome!
  4. Max
    Feb 4, 2005
    10
    Simply one of the greatest album of 2004!!! Ashlee is very talented and I hope she will release another album like that (or maybe more).... I can't wait to see her in Europe!!
  5. JohnC
    Mar 2, 2005
    10
    It is awesome! Undiscovered will make you cry and Surrender will make you mad! Full of emotion...I love it!
  6. [Anonymous]
    Jul 31, 2004
    10
    It's a new sound and refereshingly different from her sister's material -- predict the rise of a superstar.
  7. caitlinm
    Aug 2, 2004
    10
    I love this cd:) Ashlee simpson rocks!
  8. ChelseyH
    Sep 20, 2004
    10
    I love this album!!!!!!!!! I realllly hate when ppl give her bad reviews and say she sucks. She isnt the best performer but her songs are awesome. Her and her sister jessica should do an album together it would be great!!!!
  9. Joey
    Jun 9, 2005
    10
    Reading the comments here I can't believe people are calling her talentless! Ashlee Simpson proves them wrong in her debut album 'Autobiography.' My favourite tracks are 'Shadow' and 'Autobiography' and I used to really dislike 'Lala' but it has grown on me. So the people who gave this album a bad review, I don't think we were listening to Reading the comments here I can't believe people are calling her talentless! Ashlee Simpson proves them wrong in her debut album 'Autobiography.' My favourite tracks are 'Shadow' and 'Autobiography' and I used to really dislike 'Lala' but it has grown on me. So the people who gave this album a bad review, I don't think we were listening to the same CD!… Expand
  10. EdwardH
    Apr 10, 2007
    10
    Y'all all hatin' on this one 4 sure. Its so damn good, it bitch slaps every album till 2007 cept "I am Me" which is tied with it. Ash has reel talant unlike sum foolz I have head before. plus she is honest in her songs and she makes em all fun 2 listen 2. u go girl!
  11. DaphneH.
    Sep 19, 2007
    10
    Her best album yet.
  12. BrittanyT.
    Oct 11, 2004
    10
    i luv ashlee simpson shes alsome i would give her cd a million or infinity if u could!
  13. melanyb
    Oct 3, 2004
    10
    ashlee you are the best!!!!!! i love your music and you are better than your sister.............ashleee rocks!!!
  14. noubnoub
    Oct 9, 2004
    10
    i love this album and shlee 4 shure is my role model b cuz she doznt give up juss b cuz she kant sing but she loves wat she doz and she doz it gud!!! :D
  15. JenH
    Jul 28, 2004
    10
    I love the CD. I love to listen to the radio for variety, but I haven't taken her CD out of my stereo since I bought it! I find songs to listen to when I'm down, when I have the top down on my car and I'm in a good mood... I haven't found a CD that I can listen to straight through in a long time. I enjoy the slight glimpse into her life and her feelings.
  16. karenh
    Jul 29, 2004
    10
    I love this cd, I bought it the day it came out. I cannot choose what is my favorite song. I love the music, the lyrics and Ashlees vocals. It's great.
  17. SamanthaR
    Aug 12, 2004
    10
    i love this cd and ASHLEE SIMPSON ROCK i think you and your sister have great voice and i love both of you!!!!!
  18. TamayuW
    Aug 23, 2004
    10
    I have read the reviews on Ashlees record and I am just disgusted. I love artist like Bjork, PJ Harvey, Hives, etc and I think all those artist and more are great but the reason alot of these artist get no real attention is not that they are good or that people are not paying attention its because they are not out there. Their lives really are not in the media and the media is only I have read the reviews on Ashlees record and I am just disgusted. I love artist like Bjork, PJ Harvey, Hives, etc and I think all those artist and more are great but the reason alot of these artist get no real attention is not that they are good or that people are not paying attention its because they are not out there. Their lives really are not in the media and the media is only interested in talking and promoting people who are putting their lives into the media. I mean these days you cannot just make a record, tour, and go home and expect the whole world to know who you are. You have to do something outrageous or exciting. It takes more then good music. Now as for Ashlee simpsons new album I like it very much and think she has huge potential. The album is Rock/Pop and there is nothing worng with that. Its a fun, exciting , hard record. Its certainly more tougher then anything Avril has recorded and Ashlee has a much more tough girl voice almost like a courtney Love sound. So to the people who are going on about her not being able to sing are stupid. First her target market is not for the fans of Jessica fans that are coming on here and rating her record. The market she is trying to reach is rock so her voice is rock not her sister. I think the record is great and I am sure she'll only get better. Keep rocking Ashlee. Also, to let the bad critics know I am not some teeny bopper. I am 24 yrs old and into mainly rock and this is what I would classify as rock and I am sure she'll only get harder. Also, to the people who think she did not write her lyrics she did write on all her songs. … Expand
  19. MichelleT
    Aug 24, 2004
    10
    Oh my Gawd... this is totally like the best CD ever since Britney Spears raleased her CD. I can't baleave how talented she is. She's totally better then her sister JesSUCKA!! She is such a wordsmith... I can't believe it! she's the new Alanis Morissette.
  20. Mike
    Aug 26, 2004
    10
    Ashlee Simpsons Autobiography is one of the few albums I buy and can listen to it fro the first track to the last. Sure there are songs I liek better than others(Pices of Me, Shadow, LALA, Surrender, and Love me for me) but, every song on this album is catchy. The title Autobiography is the right title because if you watch her show you know that like number 7 is about number 3 is about Ashlee Simpsons Autobiography is one of the few albums I buy and can listen to it fro the first track to the last. Sure there are songs I liek better than others(Pices of Me, Shadow, LALA, Surrender, and Love me for me) but, every song on this album is catchy. The title Autobiography is the right title because if you watch her show you know that like number 7 is about number 3 is about her sister also love me fo meis about Josh. … Expand
  21. AddaS
    Aug 8, 2004
    10
    Its one of the best albums i have ever hard in my whole life.i love her shes really good
  22. brittanyw
    Feb 9, 2005
    10
    this cd rocks ashlee is the best
  23. oliviam
    Nov 5, 2006
    10
    this is like the best cd ever but wat does the track shadow mean
  24. LALAC
    Oct 29, 2004
    10
    I LOVEEEE this CD I am so glad that I bought Ashlee is awesome I love her music even more than I loved her sisters!!Everybody that is complaining about it.....all I got to say is that you are LOSERS!!!!If you dont like her music dont listen to it!!!I am looking forward to more from Ashlee!!I love her song LALA it makes me relax!!!!Ashlee you are awesome!!
  25. KalynJ
    Jul 27, 2004
    10
    I loved this ablum... had a lot of meaning behind it and it was nice to see her step out of her sis's shadow.
  26. kyrsteng
    Aug 11, 2004
    10
    I LOVED this cd and i love ashlee simpson im her bigest fan and i mean ya she may mess up but come on every body does so why do ppl hate her? that i dont know but i do know why ppl like her its because she is a great person and she loves her fans !!
  27. JamieR
    Aug 11, 2004
    10
    I think Ashlee is awesome! I like that shes not pop like her sister. I also think its cool that she doesn't dress and act like some of the other singers. I love Ashlee's music and I can't wait till she comes out with a new one.
  28. KatieF
    Aug 12, 2004
    10
    It's a great cd!! I like the rock pop better than Jessica's Lalalala pop. If you know what I mean. They both have awesome voices!! Props to Jessica for singing great, and definatly Ashlee for giving us all an awesome first album!
  29. HeatherM.
    Sep 13, 2004
    10
    I love this album!!! I think that all of the songs on Autobiography are so awesome, and I can listen to her cd over and over again for hours! My favorite songs are Pieces Of Me and Undiscovered. I love them because I can relate a lot to what she is singing about. I love you Ashlee!
  30. LouiseAnneR
    Sep 16, 2004
    10
    Ashlee, Your the femme!!! You rock... Rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Billboard
    70
    Chock-full of catchy songs.
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  2. Blender
    60
    There isn't a song on her debut that doesn't paint in huge strokes. [Sep 2004, p.143]
  3. Stylus Magazine
    40
    She sounds like she’s adopting characters and singing their songs, rather than her own. And, for a record with the name Autobiography, it seems like no bigger criticism could be leveled.
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