Love Sux
by Avril Lavigne
  • Record Label: Elektra
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2022
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 343 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 297 out of 343
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 343
  3. Negative: 35 out of 343
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  1. Littlegizmo
    Feb 25, 2022
    0
    the reviews here are so overated.. its like 2003 all over again... she is kind of reductive now
  2. woohoo_off
    Feb 26, 2022
    3
    This album is not fun, it is not clever, it is same redundant sound full of generic love sux daily diary observations. Avril shows no growth whatsoever and I cant believe this album is seeing good reviews...
  3. opieandy
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    There are two Avrils. By far I prefer the Goodbye Lullaby poppy Avril, not the punky Avril. This is mostly retro punky Avril now also featuring postmodern hip hop accompaniment by artists I strive to avoid.
  4. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 25, 2022
    2
    beyond being a dose of nostalgia Avril new record remains as unremarkable as her last few records. it reaches ,almost delivering on a few tracks but bows out too often for me to find enjoable. even so avril status as a iconic forbearer in this genre can not be ignored..even when she's falling short because the early years of her career did all the heavy lifting now she can release herbeyond being a dose of nostalgia Avril new record remains as unremarkable as her last few records. it reaches ,almost delivering on a few tracks but bows out too often for me to find enjoable. even so avril status as a iconic forbearer in this genre can not be ignored..even when she's falling short because the early years of her career did all the heavy lifting now she can release her whims and cruise.… Expand
  5. SmashingReviews
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    It was 2018, Travis Barker started to collaborate with rising emo-rap entertainers/musicians, it quickly became a trend, people started resquesting collabs with the Blink-182 drummer. Not so long after Emo-(pop-)rock seemed to have re-emerged, YUNGBLUD got popular among young men and women, MGK shift from rap to emo-type-rock, and so on. Today we witness the release of "Love Sux" which isIt was 2018, Travis Barker started to collaborate with rising emo-rap entertainers/musicians, it quickly became a trend, people started resquesting collabs with the Blink-182 drummer. Not so long after Emo-(pop-)rock seemed to have re-emerged, YUNGBLUD got popular among young men and women, MGK shift from rap to emo-type-rock, and so on. Today we witness the release of "Love Sux" which is Avril's comeback to what made her popular in the first place long a go, that emo-pop-rock style music that only 12 year old girls would listen to and identity with, but now even worse. The songs lack maturity, substance, and seem just like a failed attempt to gain some proffit from this music movement (re-)created.… Expand
  6. MKUltra7
    Jul 17, 2022
    0
    The album's title should be changed from "Love Sux" to "Album Sux" cause this album SUCKS!!
  7. DonCalamardo09
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    this is the worst album of 2022 literally all the same and even worse than her 2011 album

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#10 Most Discussed Album of 2022

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PopMatters
    Feb 28, 2022
    60
    Even if Lavigne intended to make something short and silly, it speaks to a larger mainstream conversation of the supposed limits surrounding women’s ability to remain interesting in pop culture. Love might indeed suck, but we know that Avril is capable of so much more.
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  2. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 28, 2022
    60
    The uncharitable take would be that a 37-year-old still writing lyrics in txt spk is quite cringe, but the truth is that Love Sux – three-minute banger after three-minute banger, complete with classic Lavigne “woah-oh-ohs” – is exuberant enough to have you slipping on a pair of Vans and partying like it’s 2002.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Feb 25, 2022
    80
    Across the board, Lavigne sounds like she’s having good, real fun for the first time in ages. If the album is following a major pop-punk trend in pop music, it also serves as a reminder that Lavigne helped shape so much of that sound in the first place.
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