Let Go
| Avril Lavigne
Let Go
Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on June 4, 2002, by Arista Records. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. She relocated to Los Angeles, where she recorded her earlier materials for the album; the kind of sound to which the label was not amenable. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
December 16, 2018. Let Go’s phenomenal success—it’s been certified platinum seven times over in the U.S. alone—may not have single-handedly slayed Britney Spears, but it helped make room for songs reliant on alternative palettes.
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Rolling Stone
July 2, 2002. For anyone who’s already screaming “Enough!” whenever Avril Lavigne’s supernaturally catchy single “Complicated” comes on the radio, the news is all bad. Let Go, the debut album from Ontario’s tiny terror, comes fully loaded with another dozen infectious hymns of Total Request angst.
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Medium
July 18, 2016. The songs are thematically tied together, and Avril’s vocals are consistently on-point, but otherwise, it’s a varied collection of sounds. It seems like each song was written to be a standalone hit single.
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Slant Magazine
July 8, 2002. Lavigne’s vocals are dynamic and larger than life on tracks like “Losing Grip,” often slipping into quirky patterns reminiscent of her fellow-Canadian superstar. Lyrically, though, she falls short of Morissette’s razor-sharp guile; . . . .
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BBC - Music
June 4, 2002. But about half the album plays far too safe: not enough raw guitar, too many weak songs. Every one needs to be a potential single and some aren't.
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AllMusic
June 4, 2002. . . . if newcomer, 17-year-old Avril Lavigne truly wants to be "Anything But Ordinary," as she sings on her debut album, Let Go, she'll have to dig deeper. Luckily for Lavigne, aside from youth, she does have talent.
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Common Sense Media
Nearly every song has a catchy hook, and several tunes powerfully blend layers of electric guitars with more calming acoustic textures. Lavigne has a way of expressing herself simply and directly that makes her songs easy to relate to. She's a solid singer, and the music ranges from guitar-heavy crunch-rock to delicate, nicely rendered ballads.
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Noisey
June 8, 2017. Let Go was the best performing debut album of 2002— . . . and went six times platinum. Fifteen years later and while the internet insists Avril doesn't, the brilliance of Let Go lives on.
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Kidz World
December 20, 2018. Canadian singer Avril Lavignes CD, Let Go with the hit song Complicated is causing a buzz in North America and its easy to see why. The talented Canadian singer/songwriter pours her heart & soul into it with plenty of teen angst tracks.
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Music On Vinyl
September 15, 2017. Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, originally released in 2002. The album is considered as one of the albums that changed the pop punk music scene, . . . .
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Teen Ink
"Let Go" will have you dancing around your room,singing into your hairbrush and slamming on your air guitar.
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metal.de
In the style of the catchy tune "Complicated", LET GO also sneaks through the room, lingers very inconspicuously in the room and does not want to bother. Easy entertainment that covers everything from ballads to rocking mid-tempo rammers.
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RTE
August 2, 2002. The best thing about this album is the quality of the production. There are heavy guitars competing against her angry-but-balanced voice, but it works perfectly. The tunes are catchy, especially the first single, . . . . There are moments of ease here too, and the soft Lavigne is evident in more than a few tracks.
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Melodic Net
June 5, 2002. She sings lovely and some of the songs goes in the Alanis Morrisette vein like the opener "Losing grip",a real nice hook in the chorus. . . . But there?s a problem with this record and there are too many fillers that sounds just too weak. At the end of the album I almost thought I listened to a Wilson/ Phillips album.
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Plugged In
A hybrid of Michelle Branch and Alanis Morissette, this 17-year-old refuses to compromise her sense of self or play the victim. That’s good. But Lavigne’s pluck also manifests itself in profanity and irresponsible behavior.
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Music Canada
June 3, 2017. Exactly one week before the debut of American Idol Season 1 came the release of album Let Go from a female teen rock star who was anything but manufactured. She was the real deal, a talented songwriter with a beautiful, wholesome, and powerful voice. Avril Lavigne’s Let Go is one of the finest albums of the 21st century. Happy 15th!
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After The Show
June 18, 2012. Let Go was certified six times platinum in the US and has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. The album really stands up ten years after its release, and it’s rightly her highest selling album to date.
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Arts and Entertainment
Let Go is a nicely varied, mix of 13 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly gifted artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen.
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Mancunion
March 27, 2017. Let Go is a series of mood swings: Frustration with how the whole world is against you, to falling madly in love with a boy in your class, to determination that your identity as a ‘skater kid’ is truly you. Avril Lavigne’s ability to capture this teenage angst through music rebelling from the party-pop scene was key in getting this album to multi-platinum status throughout many countries after release.
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