Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)

Let Go
Studio album by Avril Lavigne
Released June 4, 2002
Recorded 2001–2002
Genre Rock, pop (See Writing and recording)
Length 48:41
Label Arista
Producer Antonio "L.A." Reid (executive), The Matrix, Clif Magness, Curt Frasca, Peter Zizzo
Avril Lavigne chronology
Let Go
(2002)		 Under My Skin
(2004)
Singles from Let Go
  1. "Complicated"
    Released: April 23, 2002
  2. "Sk8er Boi"
    Released: August 27, 2002
  3. "I'm With You"
    Released: November 19, 2002
  4. "Losing Grip"
    Released: April 1, 2003

Let Go is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne,released on June 4, 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there her earlier materials for the album, the kind of sound of which the label was not amenable. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.

The album was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, It was released to generally positive critical reviews, although Lavigne's songwriting received some negative comments. Let Go was 6x platinum in the United States. It also did extremely well in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association,[1] as well as reaching multi-platinum in many countries around the world, including the UK in which she became the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one album in the region.

As of May 2008, Let Go had sold over 16 million copies worldwide, becoming Lavigne's highest-selling album to date.[2] According to Billboard Magazine the album was the #7 top-selling album of the decade. A Rolling Stone readers poll named Let Go as the fourth best album of the 2000s.[3][4]

Contents

Background

After being signed to Arista Records in November 2000 upon the authorization of the label's CEO, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Lavigne moved to New York with the assistance of Reid. There, she began working on her debut album, Let Go, collaborating with a host of prime songwriters and producers.[5][6] For six months, the label set up Lavigne with two co-writers, who worked with her upon Arista's instructions. Reid expected Lavigne to record folk songs because she auditioned to them in a "balladic, 'new country'" type. However, the collective failed to click "with a girl who'd just discovered guitar-based rock".[7] For a year, nothing was working for Lavigne and was on the verge of getting dropped off Arista.[8] The management pitched her songs written by other songwriters, but she declined, insisting she wanted to write songs herself and disregarded how good those songs were.[9]

Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she collaborated with songwriter-producer Clif Magness, who gave her ample creative control in the writing process. Lavigne and Magness wrote "Losing Grip" and "Unwanted", songs that she deemed reflective of her vision for the entire album.[10] However, Arista was not thrilled with the heavy-guitar laden songs that Lavigne was writing, prompting the label to look for another producers to match their demands.[11]

Now two years since she signed the deal, Lavigne, who was then unknown, came to the attention of the three-piece production team The Matrix. Arista could not find the right direction for Lavigne, so the team's manager, Sandy Roberton, suggested that they work together: "Why don't you put her together with The Matrix for a couple of days?"[12] According to member Lauren Christy, they had been listening to Lavigne's early songs and felt they contained "a Faith Hill kind of vibe". As soon as they saw Lavigne coming into their studio, The Matrix felt that her musical direction is incongruous to her image and attitude.[12] After talking to Lavigne for an hour, "we cottoned on that she wasn't happy but couldn't quite figure out where to go".[12] The Matrix played her songs with Faith Hill influences, because it was those kind of songs the label wanted Lavigne to sing. But Lavigne dismissed it, saying she wanted songs with punk rock inclinations.[7] Lavigne played The Matrix a song that she had recorded and really loved, a track with sounds in the likes of the rock band System of a Down. Fortunately, prior to forming The Matrix, its members' early projects were in the pop-rock type, so they readily figured out what Lavigne wanted to record and knew exactly what to do with her. They told her to come back the following day, and in the afternoon during that day, they wrote a song that evolved into "Complicated" and another song called "Falling Down" (Falling Down appears on the Sweet Home Alabama Soundtrack). They played it to Lavigne when she came back the following day, inspiring her what path she should take.[12]

When Josh Sarubin, the A&R executive who signed Lavigne to the imprint, heard the song, he knew it was right for her. Lavigne presented the song to Reid, who agreed the musical direction Lavigne and The Matrix were taking, and set "Complicated" as the album's lead single.[12] Reid sent Lavigne back to The Matrix to work with them, initially for a month.[7][11] Arista gave the team carte blanche to write and produce 10 songs, which took them two months.[12] Reid suggested Lavigne to name the album Anything But Ordinary, after the track of the same name that The Matrix produced, but she refused.[10]

Writing and recording

With The Matrix, Lavigne recorded tracks in Decoy Studios, situated in a Los Angeles suburb known as Valley Village.[11] She also worked with producer-songwriter Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo, whose Manhattan studio Lavigne was checked in prior to securing a record deal with Arista, and where Lavigne also recorded some of the tracks.[5][7] The Matrix member Scott Spock was their principal engineer for the project, while Tom Lord-Alge was assigned to mix the tracks.[11] Lavigne recorded complete takes "against the largely finished instrumental tracks". Spocks revealed Lavigne normally recorded each song in five or six takes, "and probably 90 percent of what was finally used came from the first or second takes". The Matrix also contributed backing vocals.[11]

Introduced as a singer-songwriter, Lavigne's involvement produced significant issues. Lavigne has implied that she is the primary author of the album. In an article published in Rolling Stone magazine, Lavigne stated that while working with The Matrix, one member would be in the recording studio while they were writing, but did not write the guitar parts, lyrics, or the melody. According to Lavigne, she and Christy wrote all the lyrics together. Graham would come up with some guitar parts, "and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I like that,' or 'No, I don't like that.' None of those songs aren't from me."[10]

The Matrix, who produced six songs for Lavigne, five of which appear in the album,[11] had another explanation of how the collaboration went. According to them, they wrote much of the portions in the three singles: "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", and "I'm With You", which were conceived using a guitar and piano. Christy said, "Avril would come in and sing a few melodies, change a word here or there."[10] Reid complemented the issue over the credits: "If I'm looking for a single for an artist, I don't care who writes it. Avril had the freedom to do as she really pleased, and the songs show her point of view. ... Avril has always been confident about her ideas."[10]

Although she needed pop songs "to break" into the industry, Lavigne felt "Complicated" does not reflect her and her songwriting skills. Nonetheless, she was grateful for the song as it successfully launched her career. She favors more "Losing Grip", because "it means so much more when it comes straight from the artist".[10] Due to Lavigne's mix of pop and rock influences when writing the album, Let Go has been identified with a variety of genres such as teen pop,[13][14] pop punk,[14] pop rock,[15][16][14] post-grunge[13][16] and rock.[16]

Release and promotion

The album was released on June 4, 2002, in Canada and the United States. Later, on July 22, Let Go hit record stores worldwide, and in August 26 in some parts of Europe, including the United Kingdom and Ireland. A DataPlay version of the album was released in September 2002. Arista had established a deal with DataPlay earlier in 2002, and included Let Go alongside albums by rock singer Santana and singer Whitney Houston in the release.[17]

Although Lavigne was targeted to the teen audience, a marketing strategy attributed to the successful launch of her career;[10][18] Lavigne performed on a host of radio-sponsored multi-artist holiday shows throughout the United States,[19] a marketing strategy that induced higher sales of the album during the season. She embarked on her first headlining tour, Try To Shut Me Up Tour, which took place on January 23, 2003, and ended on June 4, 2003. Lavigne toured with her band—drummer Matthew Brann, bassist Mark Spicoluk, and guitarists Jesse Colburn and Evan Taubenfeld—which she had grouped after signing the deal.[5] In the tour, she included all songs off Let Go, B-sides, and cover versions of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan and "Basket Case" by Green Day.[20]

Lavigne filmed her performance in Buffalo, New York, on May 18, 2003, the final date of her five-week headlining North American tour. The tour DVD My World was released on November 4, 2003, on joint venture by Arista Records and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The DVD features the concert, a behind-the-scenes featurette, five music videos and a six-song bonus audio CD that includes four unreleased tracks.[21]

Singles

Notable songs

Other songs were released as regional radio-only singles. "Mobile" was only released in Australia and New Zealand as a radio-only track. It was later used in 2003's The Medallion, the 2004 film Wimbledon, and a brief appearance in the film Just Married. "Things I'll Never Say" was released as radio-only single in Italy. "Unwanted" was release as radio-only single in UK. The song "Tomorrow" was played in one episode of the second season from the Warner Bros. series Smallville and has become popular between its fans.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[22]
Blender 4/5 stars[23]
Entertainment Weekly (neutral)[24]
Q 3/5 stars[25]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[26]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars[27]
Stylus Magazine (B)[28]

Critical reaction

Let Go received generally favorable reaction from critics, earning 68 points on metacritic based on the collated reviews from 7 publications.[25] Rolling Stone magazine's music critic Pat Blashill wrote that the album "comes fully loaded with another dozen infectious hymns of Total Request angst". Blashill complimented Lavigne on having a "great voice", adding she crafted the album with "a qualified staff of hitmakers".[26] Christina Saraceno of Allmusic noted that Lavigne "handles a variety of styles deftly", while also complimenting her as "a capable songwriter with vocal chops". Nonetheless, Saraceno opined that "at her age, one imagines, she is still finding her feet, borrowing from the music she's grown up listening to".[22] John Perry of Blender magazine summarized Let Go into an "outstanding guitar-pop debut".[23] A review in Q magazine praised Lavigne for displaying "a musical guile way beyond her years".[25] For Jon Caramanica of Entertainment Weekly magazine, "Lavigne's monochromatic debut set of unimaginative guitar rock is saved only by the earnestness of her songs."[24]

Some reviewers had similar sentiments toward the quality of the lyrics to some songs in the album. Saraceno said that Lavigne "still has some growing up to do lyrically", asserting "Sk8er Boi" shows her "lyrical shortcomings" and calling the phrasing in "Too Much to Ask" "awkward and sometimes silly".[22] Perry noted the lyrics to "Sk8er Boi" as "endearingly naive".[23]

The album earned Lavigne numerous awards from organizations around the world. The success of the album's commercial performance led Lavigne to be named Best New Artist at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards as well as winning a World Music Award for Best-Selling Canadian Singer.[6] She won three awards—Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Breakthrough Artist, and the Style Award—the most of any performer at the 2003 MTV Asia Awards.[29] She received five nominations for the album at the 2003 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. The album's singles "Complicated" and "I'm With You" were nominated Song of the Year at the 2003 and 2004 ceremony, respectively, accumulating eight nominations for the album.[30][31] Lavigne was nominated for six categories at the 2003 Juno Awards—which was presented in Ontario, Canada—winning four including Best Album and Best New Artist.[32]

Commercial performance

Let Go was commercially successful in the United States, gaining praise from Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the biggest pop debut albums of 2002.[18] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on the strength of 62,000 unit sales. Its high debut was fueled by the success of "Complicated", which was in heavy rotation on MTV.[33] Increasing weekly sales allowed the album to stay inside the chart's top 10 for 37 weeks.[34] The album sold at least 100,000 copies straight until late 2002, easily accumulating over two million unit sales.[7] In a December 2002 report by Entertainment Weekly magazine, the album had sold 3.9 million copies, becoming the third top-selling album of 2002 in the United States.[35] Year-end figures released by Nielsen SoundScan revealed that Let Go had sold over 3.1 million copies in the United States, sales accumulated in 30 weeks of the album's release.[36][37] Let Go had shipped over four million units to US retailers, earning a four-time platinum award from the Recording Industry Association of America.[6] This earned Let Go the distinction as the highest-shipped debut of 2002 and best-selling album by a female artist.[38] On April 30, 2003, RIAA certified the album six-time platinum, denoting shipments of over six million units.[39] It remains Lavigne's best-selling album to date, with sales of over 6,724,000 copies sold in the United States, as of July, 2009.[40]

Chartwise, the album reached higher peak positions notably during and after the holidays. Following her show-opening performance at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards, Let Go continued to be one of the holiday's top sellers.[41] Although it had peaked at number two in September 2002, Let Go rose from 3 to 2 on the Billboard 200 on the issue dated February 1, 2003.[42] The increase of sales was the offshoot to Lavigne's appearance on January 11 at Saturday Night Live as the show's musical guest. During this time also, Lavigne received much media coverage due to her nominations at the 2003 Grammy Awards and for embarking on first North American tour.[43] In the United Kingdom, the album took longer to reach the summit of the UK Albums Chart. In its 18th week on the chart year 2003, the album reached number one, rising to the top spot over the holiday. The album's international sales upsurge was attributed to the continuing success of "Sk8er Boi".[44] Let Go is the 12th best-selling album of 2003 in the United Kingdom.[45] The album has been certified five-time platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.[46]

Let Go was also selling well in Canada, surpassing sales of over one million unit sales in less than a year. The Canadian Recording Industry Association certified the album diamond in May 2003.[47] In Australia, Let Go had been certified seven-time platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association in 2003, based on the sales of over 490,000 units from wholesalers to retailers.[48] The album is the tenth best-selling album of 2002, and the third in the following year.[49][50]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Losing Grip"   Lavigne, Clif Magness 3:53
2. "Complicated"   Lavigne, The Matrix 4:03
3. "Sk8er Boi"   Lavigne, The Matrix 3:23
4. "I'm With You"   Lavigne, The Matrix 3:42
5. "Mobile"   Lavigne, Magness 3:31
6. "Unwanted"   Lavigne, Magness 3:40
7. "Tomorrow"   Lavigne, Curtis Frasca, Sabelle Breer 3:48
8. "Anything But Ordinary"   Lavigne, The Matrix 4:10
9. "Things I'll Never Say"   Lavigne, The Matrix 3:43
10. "My World"   Lavigne, Magness 3:26
11. "Nobody's Fool"   Lavigne, Peter Zizzo 3:56
12. "Too Much to Ask"   Lavigne, Magness 3:44
13. "Naked"   Lavigne, Frasca, Breer 3:28
14. "Why" (Japanese bonus track) Lavigne, Zizzo 3:59
Standard CD enhanced media content
  • Biography
  • "Complicated" (music video)
  • EPK
  • "I Don't Give" (bonus track)
  • Lyrics (songs playing in the background)
    • "Complicated"
    • "Sk8er Boi"
    • "Mobile"
    • "Unwanted"
Tour edition bonus VCD
  1. "Get Over It"
  2. "Why"
  3. "Unwanted" (live)
  4. "I'm With You" (live)
  5. "Nobody's Fool" (live)
  6. "Day in the Life" (NYC EPK)
  7. "Footage"
  8. "Complicated" (music video)
  9. "Sk8er Boi" (music video)
  10. "I'm With You" (music video)
  11. "Losing Grip" (music video)
Japan Tour Edition Bonus DVD
  1. "Complicated" (video)
  2. "Sk8er Boi" (video)
  3. "I'm With You" (video)
  4. "A Day In The Life" (video)
Japan Special Bonus Edition
  1. "Complicated" -TV Track Version 4:05
  2. "Sk8er Boi" -TV Track Version 3:34
  3. "I'm With You" -TV Track Version 3:46
  4. "Losing Grip" -TV Track Version 3:53

Personnel

This list of credits is based on barnesandnoble.com.[51]

Performance credits
  • Avril Lavigne: Primary artist, Guitar, Background vocals
  • Jeff Allen: Bass
  • Joe Bonadio: Drums
  • Josh Freese: Drums
  • Clif Magness: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Drum loop
  • Gerry Leonard: Guitar
  • Suzie Katayama: Cello
  • Alex Elena: Drums
  • Curt Frasca: Guitar, Multi instruments
  • Peter Zizzo: Guitar
  • Corky James: Guitar
Technical credits
  • Clif Magness: Programming, Producer, Engineer
  • L.A. Reid: Executive Producer
  • Rick Kerr: Engineer
  • Leon Zervos: Mastering
  • Curt Frasca: Programming, Producer, Engineer
  • Peter Zizzo: Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Pro-Tools
  • Jon Berman: Engineer
  • Avril Lavigne: Art direction
  • Jen Scaturro: Programming, Pro-Tools

Chart

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[52] 2
Argentina CAPIF 1
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[53] 4
French Albums Chart[54] 13
German Albums Chart[55] 2
Italian Albums Chart[56] 6
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[57] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[58] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[59] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[60] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[61] 2
UK Albums Chart[6] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 2

Sales and Certifications

Chart Certification
Threshold		 Sales
Australian Albums Chart[48] 7x Platinum 500,000+
Brazil ABPD[62] 3x Platinum 300,000+
Argentina CAPIF[63] 1x Platinum 40,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[47] Diamond 1,000,000+
French Albums Chart 2x Platinum 450,000+
German Albums Chart 3x Gold 450,000+
Greek International Albums Chart[64] Gold 15,000
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart Diamond 1,000,000+
Mexican Albums Chart Gold 60,000+
Italian Albums Chart Diamond 500,000+
UK Albums Chart[46] 5x Platinum 1,500,000+
U.S. Billboard 200[39] 6x Platinum 6,000,000+
Worldwide[2] - 16,000,000+

Awards

Year Awards ceremony Award Results
2003 Juno Awards Best Pop Album Won
Best Album of The Year Won
Premios Oye! Main English Female Won
Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated

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Preceded by
Escapology by Robbie Williams		 UK number one album
January 11, 2003 – January 31, 2003		 Succeeded by
Justified by Justin Timberlake
Preceded by
The Last Time by John Farnham		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
December 9, 2002 – January 26, 2003		 Succeeded by
8 Mile (soundtrack) by Various artists
Avril Lavigne
Studio albums and singles
Let Go
"Complicated" · "Sk8er Boi" · "I'm With You" · "Losing Grip"
Under My Skin
"Don't Tell Me" · "My Happy Ending" · "Nobody's Home" · "He Wasn't"
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"Girlfriend" · "When You're Gone" · "Hot" · "The Best Damn Thing"
Goodbye Lullaby
  "What the Hell"
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My World · Live at Budokan · Live in Toronto
Other songs and singles
"Breakaway" · "Keep Holding On" · "All Because of You" · "I Will Be" · "I Don't Wanna" · "Wavin' Flag" · "Alice"
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Going the Distance · Over the Hedge · Fast Food Nation · The Flock
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