This exciting artiste from Ontario burst on to the music scene at age 17, with her excellent debut album "Let Go" in 2002. With notches under her belt for hit singles like "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" and several others of similarly high caliber, her follow up album "Under My Skin" arrived rather quietly with songs like "My Happy Ending" and "Don't Tell Me".

The latest single from the second album is "He Wasn't", a step back to the Avril of "Let Go", in your face, rocking Avril, heavy on the guitars and attitude.

"He wasn't what I wanted, what I thought, no.

He wouldn't even open up the door.

He never made me feel like I was special.

He isn't really what I'm looking for."

The single has three versions of the same song, the original, a live full band performance and a live acoustic version.

Avril goes back to her roots here, proving that she can switch between rock and ballads without difficulty.

Amanda Richards, August 2, 2005

I love Avril Lavigne! I have had the awesome opportunity to see her in concert live twice! She is an incredible artist! And, in rebuttal to the review just below mine by "Lover", Avril is a very talented artist and she is nowhere being a hag! Avril is original and very tasteful with her music. Everyone should give Avril Lavigne the chance that she deserves. She is an incredible artist and deserves her share of recognition.

To that girl who wrote about Kylie Minogue:

You say avril has an all about me attitude. Kylie named her album after herself, and said "I" 16 times in the first song I looked at. Anyways, all songwriters talk about themselves some.But I don't think Kylie writes her own music, now does she? Also, if she is so great , why hadn't i heard of her untill i read this review? You also said if we want some good pop music we should go to Kylie Minogue. I'm not looking for some all happy, pop princess. I'm looking for rock. Avril admits that the whole world isn't perfect. I listened to some music by kylie minogue, and all of it has the same techno beat. Some people may like her, but she, or should i say her songwriters, write a totally different kind of music than avril! How could you compare the two?

Sheesh, this hack is still singing. When will she go away?! I HATE AVRIL!!!! Please, save yourself the pain and money and do not buy her stuff. If you want GOOD pop music, buy something by Kylie Minogue, she's pretty and talented and NOT AVRIL!!!!!!

November 2005 Added Note: To all who called my review "immmature", I was simply stating my opinion of Avril and her music. I have heard many of her songs on the radio and I don't like her "it's all about me" attitude. I don't think she's a good vocalist at all. I am familar with her work, and this website is about reviewing, so you have no right to call me names. Avril fans *rolls eyes*

PS: Kylie Minogue has been able to stay popular since 1987 and has had one of the most sucessful singing careers in music history. Let's see how long Avril will last.