Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water (1 Viewer)

[Alex]

I never would have predicted that anybody would still be interested in Avril Lavigne sixteen years after 'Complicated', but fair play to her, this is very decent and feels a lot less try-hard than the singles from her last album.

Also, what is it with Canadian pop stars and Lyme disease?

Lots of trees in Canada

 

[Jark]

Debuts at #64 on the Hot 100, shouldn't fall too far next week either as iTunes is holding up nicely

 

[SDF]

I properly love this now

It seems to have done pretty well on Spotify

 

[Halli]

Will this get a push in the UK. Maybe R2 will touch it..

 

[Jark]

Album tracklist

01. Head Above Water
02. Birdle
03. I Fell In Love With the Devil
04. Tell Me It's Over
05. Dumb Blonde
06. It Was In Me
07. Souvenir
08. Crush
09. Goddess
10. Bigger Wow
11. Love Me Insane
12. Warrior

Some truly tragic titles there, matched by the equally tragic artwork.

Second single Tell Me It's Over out next Wednesday

 

[Sheena]

Some truly tragic titles there, matched by the equally tragic artwork.

1. GTFO
...
4. A No No
...
7. One Mo 'Gen
8. 8th Grade
9. Stay Long Love You

 

[jivafox]

 

[Jark]

Comparison irrelevant because Mimi's artwork is far from tragique

 

[lolly]

I don't want to get into a Mariah thing after setting her sales against Kylie's. But fuck me that Avril Lavigne cover is many, many times worse.

 

[Sheena]

Comparison irrelevant because Mimi's artwork is far from tragique

SHE LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING SMURF!

 

[Sheena]

I'm presuming it's BLUE to NEGATE the alcoholic ROUGE

 

[SDF]

The cover is rotten

(Avril not Mimi)

Odd considering the first couple of stills released were on point

 

[GNL]

Album tracklist

01. Head Above Water
02. Birdle
03. I Fell In Love With the Devil
04. Tell Me It's Over
05. Dumb Blonde
06. It Was In Me
07. Souvenir
08. Crush
09. Goddess
10. Bigger Wow
11. Love Me Insane
12. Warrior

Some truly tragic titles there, matched by the equally tragic artwork.

Second single Tell Me It's Over out next Wednesday

We've gone full circle and now Avril is channeling Liz Phair channeling Avril.

Sadly no titles as good as HOT WHITE CUM.

 

[jivafox]

Second single “Tell Me It’s Over”



Couldn’t even finish it, if ever there was a sound that doesn’t suit her

 

[SDF]

Very odd choice

Theres something a bit Meghan Trainor about the verses

 

[Slave]

I wasn’t sold on the verses but I think the chorus is quite terrific.

 

[GNL]

Pixie Lott vibes.

 

[Pipo]

is that her replacement clone on the cover? if so, QUITE FIT

 

[Jark]

I think it's really good. The switch up in sound suits her. Won't do anything but nothing will, at least she sounds energised with this new stuff so far.

 

[SDF]

I think it's really good. The switch up in sound suits her. Won't do anything but nothing will, at least she sounds energised with this new stuff so far.

Head Above Water did do something though, right?

 

[Iguana]

I really like it! It reminds me of some of Sherly Crow's country album.

However Avril really cannot lipsynch for her LIFE

 

[Jark]

Head Above Water did do something though, right?

45 million Spotify streams, which is very respectable for someone like her. By comparison Mariah's GTFO has the most from Caution with 10m.

However that had the comeback hype so I imagine this one will struggle

 

[Pipo]

SERVE ME THOSE LANA DEL REY TEAS 7 years too late my emo punk pop sk8r kween

 

[SDF]

Album out now

Nothing quite standing out as much as Head Above Water for me

 

[jivafox]

Yeah it’s a bit shit.

 

[GNL]

Stream sir_babygirl's debut album (OUT NOW) instead. It's basically a 2019 version of what Avril was serving back in the day and it SLAPS.

 

[Pipo]

jesus Dumb Blonde is surely 2019's worst song already

 

[SDF]

There really isn’t much to get excited about on this at all

Giving this a second listen and It was in me and Souvenier are probably the only songs worth bothering about

 

[jivafox]

I like the verses to Bigger Wow but the chorus is a damp squib.

 

[Jark]

Birdie is just lovely. I find the first half pretty strong, Dumb Blonde aside. Nothing as great as Push or Wish You Were Here to put it on par with Goodbye Lullaby though.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Theres something a bit Meghan Trainor about the verses

Never a good endorsement.

 

[Slave]

I quite like the album - nothing blew me away, but I'll take

Head Above Water
It Was In Me
Souvenir
Warrior

It is all a bit samey though, for the most part. Even of the better songs, they all follow the same structure and emphasis:

La la la la LA LA LA
La la la la LA LA LA
La la la la LA LA LA
LA LA LA

And her pronunciation is all over the place. On Goddess I was convinced she was saying "A mech-goddess", plus the "ba-NAH-NAH" line. Awful.

 

[Iguana]

I'm enjoying it! Mainly as background but it's an enjoyable listen.

 

[POP!]

@Jark The Herald Angels Sing @RJN - impromptu Avril deep cut listen party?

 

[Jark]

I can do 9.15 UK time?

just about to settle into a game of SCRABBLE beb!

 

[RJN]

I actually can’t today

 

[POP!]

Well let's let @Jark The Herald Angels Sing curate a playlist and we will undertake tomorrow or this week.

 

[Jark]

I don't know Avril's deep cuts anywhere near well enough to curate this hun I thought you were going to!

 

[SDF]

Victim of your own success @Jark The Herald Angels Sing

 

[jivafox]

I will!