Love Sux
| Avril Lavigne
Love Sux
Love Sux is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on February 25, 2022, by DTA and Elektra Records. It is her first studio album in three years after sixth studio album Head Above Water (2019). Lavigne worked on Love Sux with various artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Musically, it embraces emo-pop angst and Lavigne's early skate punk influences from NOFX, blink-182, Green Day and The Offspring. The album was preceded by two singles: "Bite Me", and "Love It When You Hate Me". - Wikipedia
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PopMatters
Capitalizing on early 2000s pop-punk nostalgia, Love Sux is an algorithm-appeasing record that feels like the most impersonal Avril Lavigne has ever been.
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ABC News
Avril Lavigne is still a queen of pop-punk nearly two decades after her debut.
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NME
a modern update on early ’00s pop-punk.
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Ultimate Guitar
Treat this like a guitar-heavy modern pop record, and this is more than adequate - even quite good - but aside from some stellar Travis Barker drumming, this is still very much a pop record with a pop-punk veneer. Some great moments on this record, but as a whole, it does still fall a little flat.
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AP News
Avril Lavigne is known for being a pillar of pop-punk in the early 2000s, who paved her own path in the male dominated alt-rock world. It’s been almost 20 years since her debut album “Let Go,” was released in the summer of 2002. But the Grammy Award-nominated artist is reminding everyone that she is still the master of the genre in her new seventh album, “Love Sux.” This new album transports us back to those days when teen angst was palpable and alt-rock was playing on your MySpace page.
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Wall of Sound
For the first time since The Best Damn Thing, she has fucking nailed an entire album — with help from an A-grade team, John Feldmann, Travis Barker and the ultra-talent that is MOD SUN. Every single track flies into one another seamlessly. Love Sux is a flawless pop punk record. From start to finish, it flows magnificently, and has the listener holding on to the final note.
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Vinyl Chapters
Love Sux is the type of album you could put on shuffle when you’re feeling upset about relationships and it would provide you with release. At its essence, the album illustrates how love in adulthood is built on these raw feelings many of us first experience in adolescence. This is why this brand of pop-punk love songs is popular: it’s a language we all understand. Letting it all out is therapeutic no matter your age, hence why this sound continues to be popular across generations.
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Stereoboard
‘Love Sux’ attempts a redemption arc by saving its strongest tracks till last, but it’s too little too late. The sunny Hoppus collaboration All I Wanted and the hypercaffeinated Break Of A Heartache are the catchiest things on offer but, unfortunately, they can’t redeem the album. This whole exercise feels like we’re being sold a product, and not even a catchy hook can detract from that.
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Medium
The Canadian pop-punk legend fills her seventh album with a massive dose of nostalgia.
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Spinditty
Love Sux is a rollercoaster ride, and its meaty pop-punk production is the most notable thing about it. It’s rarely boring and habitually switches things up to keep listeners guessing. The album’s rousing instrumentals all make their mark, and they dedicatedly back up Lavigne’s unabashed performances.
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Sputnik Music
Yes, Love Sux is sometimes pointless, superficial, selfish and daring to such an extent that sometimes it all goes beyond all the boundaries of absurdity, but it cannot be called insincere. And if you want to hear a strong, but no less outrageous and daring Avril, the recording will not disappoint you.
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Commedia
Overall, this album is unique and different from other pop and rock albums. It stands out in tune and its story of love. An even better part of the album is its ability to mix in a classic sound that made Lavigne's original albums a hit and add something new to it. Love may suck, but this album rocks.
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Clash Magazine
‘Love Sux’ is more of an antidote to pop progress rather than a nostalgic throwback. It just has all the elements of what made us fall in love with Avril Lavigne in the first place.
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The Reflector
Overall, this was a good album where Avril Lavigne reminds her fans why they fell in love with her music 20 years ago. With songs like “Bois Lie,” “Bite Me,” and “Luv Sux” that use intense use of drums and guitar similar to her earlier songs like “Girlfriend” and “My Happy Ending,” Lavigne treats her fans to music that gives them a sense of nostalgia as they listen. She also mixes things up with slower and more heartfelt songs on the album like “Avalanche” and “Dare to Love Me,” which makes the album more relatable to listeners, because it shows all aspects of a heartbreak.
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The Guardian
High-energy bangers follow one after the other as the Canadian returns to her pop-punk roots.
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In Review Online
Love Sux finds Avril Lavigne blending her punk and bubblegum influences to the best effect in ages.
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AllMusic
After a decade of artistic exploration and soul-searching, the self-proclaimed "motherf*ckin princess" has reclaimed her pop-punk crown.
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Kerrang!
There’s all manner of the energetic offerings you’re yearning for here. But there are the slower soul-bearers too, in the same vein as the classic I’m With You, such as Avalanche, which will appeal to fans of what Olivia Rodrigo is doing. Bow down, people, because the queen is back.
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The Line of Best Fit
It’s a fitting mission-statement for Lavigne’s seventh studio album, which sees her return to her pop-punk roots after 2019’s Head Above Water.
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Gigwise
It’s particularly disappointing that more complex lyrics weren’t explored in this project. Avril, Travis, Mark Hoppus & co.—some of the most famous players within pop-punk—had a real opportunity to live up to the genre’s new standards. Instead, they’ve fallen short of the bar set by newbies Olivia Rodrigo and WILLOW with last year’s stand-out projects Sour and lately I feel EVERYTHING.
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Canadian Music Blog
Avril Lavigne’s Love Sux does exactly what it’s supposed to do: it shreds concrete. The queen of rock is back.
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The Rice Thresher
‘Love Sux’ is a delightful return to Avril Lavigne's pop-punk form.
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Spin
Her seventh LP is catchy fan service, stuffed with recycled riffs and easy fun.
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