The Best Damn Thing

by Avril Lavigne

The Best Damn Thing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 April 2007
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 57:56
  • Community rating: 2.91/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Canadian pop-punk superstar aggressively pivoted away from the brooding alternative rock of her sophomore album toward brightly colored, high-energy teen pop. Featuring the inescapable, Toni Basil-sampling smash 'Girlfriend', the record fully embraced a highly manufactured, unapologetically bratty cheerleader aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, party, vulgar, infectious, bratty, punchy, melodic, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Girlfriend (3:36)
  2. I Can Do Better (3:15)
  3. Runaway (3:47)
  4. The Best Damn Thing (3:09)
  5. When You're Gone (4:00)
  6. Everything Back But You (3:02)
  7. Hot (3:22)
  8. Innocence (3:52)
  9. I Don't Have To Try (3:17)
  10. One of Those Girls (2:55)
  11. Contagious (2:09)
  12. Keep Holding On (3:59)
  13. Alone (3:13)
  14. I Will Be (3:59)
  15. I Can Do Better - Acoustic Version (3:39)
  16. Girlfriend - The Submarines' Time Warp '66 Mix - English (3:10)
  17. Girlfriend (feat. Lil Mama) - Dr. Luke Mix (3:24)

Credits

  • Lukasz Gottwald - bass, guitar, written-by, piano
  • Evan Taubenfeld - written-by
  • Travis Barker - drums, drums [live]
  • Kara Dioguardi - written-by
  • Josh Freese - drums
  • Dan Chase - keyboards, programmed by
  • Rob Mathes - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
  • Kenny Aronoff - drums
  • Avril Lavigne - Primary Artist, Written-By
  • Karl Egsieker - Engineer
  • Serban Ghenea - Mixed By
  • Butch Walker - Producer, Written-By

More from Avril Lavigne: full discography