Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)

Let Go
Studio album by Avril Lavigne
Released	June 4, 2002
Recorded	May 2001 – March 2002
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock post-grunge
Length	48:41
Label	Arista
Producer	Antonio "L.A." Reid (executive) The Matrix Clif Magness Curt Frasca Peter Zizzo
Avril Lavigne chronology
B-Sides (2001) Let Go (2002) My World (2003)
Singles from Let Go
"Complicated" Released: May 14, 2002 "Sk8er Boi" Released: August 27, 2002 "I'm with You" Released: November 19, 2002 "Losing Grip" Released: April 1, 2003

Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on 4 June 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. She relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there, 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.

The album was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, and was certified 6× Platinum in the United States. It was released to generally positive reviews, although Lavigne's songwriting received some criticism. It also did extremely well in Canada, receiving a diamond certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association,^[1] as well as reaching multi-platinum in many countries around the world, including the UK in which she became the youngest female solo artist to have a number-one album in the region.

As of December 2013, Let Go had sold over 20 million copies worldwide,^[2] becoming Lavigne's highest-selling album to date.^[3] According to Billboard magazine, the album was the number 21 top-selling album of the decade. A Rolling Stone readers poll named Let Go as the fourth best album of the 2000s.^[4][5]

On 18 March 2013, Let Go was re-released as a double disc-set paired with her second studio album, Under My Skin, which is released under RCA Records.^[6]

Background

Lavigne relocated to Los Angeles, where she collaborated with songwriter-producer Clif Magness, who gave her ample creative control in the writing process. Lavigne and Magness wrote "Losing Grip" and "Unwanted", songs that she deemed reflective of her vision for the entire album.^[7] However, Arista was not thrilled with the heavy-guitar laden songs that Lavigne was writing, prompting the label to look for other producers to match their demands.^[8]

Now two years since she signed the deal, Lavigne, who was then unknown, came to the attention of the three-piece production team The Matrix. Arista could not find the right direction for Lavigne, so the team's manager, Sandy Roberton, suggested that they work together: "Why don't you put her together with The Matrix for a couple of days?"^[9] According to member Lauren Christy, they had been listening to Lavigne's early songs and felt they contained "a Faith Hill kind of vibe". As soon as they saw Lavigne coming into their studio, The Matrix felt that her musical direction was incongruous to her image and attitude.^[9] After talking to Lavigne for an hour, "we cottoned on that she wasn't happy but couldn't quite figure out where to go".^[9] The Matrix played her songs with Faith Hill influences, because it was those kind of songs the label wanted Lavigne to sing. But Lavigne dismissed it, saying she wanted songs with punk rock inclinations.^[10] Lavigne played The Matrix a song that she had recorded and really loved, a track with sounds in the likes of the rock band System of a Down. Fortunately, prior to forming The Matrix, its members' early projects were in the pop-rock type, so they readily figured out what Lavigne wanted to record and knew exactly what to do with her. They told her to come back the following day, and in the afternoon during that day, they wrote a song that evolved into "Complicated" and another song called "Falling Down" (Falling Down appears on the Sweet Home Alabama Soundtrack). They played it to Lavigne when she came back the following day, inspiring her what path she should take.^[9]

When Josh Sarubin, the A&R executive who signed Lavigne to the imprint, heard the song, he knew it was right for her. Lavigne presented the song to Reid, who agreed the musical direction Lavigne and The Matrix were taking, and set "Complicated" as the album's lead single.^[9] Reid sent Lavigne back to The Matrix to work with them, initially for a month.^[10][8] Arista gave the team carte blanche to write and produce 10 songs, which took them two months.^[9] The album was originally entitled Anything But Ordinary, after the track of the same name that The Matrix produced, but Lavigne asked Reid for the album to be called Let Go instead.^[7]

Critics described Let Go as an alternative rock^[11][12] album with pop rock^[13] influences and post-grunge-oriented sound.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Writing and recording

With The Matrix, Lavigne recorded tracks in Decoy Studios, situated in a Los Angeles suburb known as Valley Village.^[8] She also worked with producer-songwriter Curt Frasca and Peter Zizzo, whose Manhattan studio Lavigne was checked in prior to securing a record deal with Arista, and where Lavigne also recorded some of the tracks.^[23][10] The Matrix member Scott Spock was their principal engineer for the project, while Tom Lord-Alge was assigned to mix the tracks.^[8] Lavigne recorded complete takes "against the largely finished instrumental tracks". Spocks revealed Lavigne normally recorded each song in five or six takes, "and probably 90 percent of what was finally used came from the first or second takes". The Matrix also contributed backing vocals.^[8]

Introduced as a singer-songwriter, Lavigne's involvement produced significant issues. Lavigne has implied that she is the primary author of the album. In an article published in Rolling Stone magazine, Lavigne stated that while working with The Matrix, one member would be in the recording studio while they were writing, but did not write the guitar parts, lyrics, or the melody. According to Lavigne, she and Christy wrote all the lyrics together. Graham would come up with some guitar parts, "and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I like that,' or 'No, I don't like that.' None of those songs aren't from me."^[7]

The Matrix, who produced six songs for Lavigne, five of which appear in the album,^[8] had another explanation of how the collaboration went. According to them, they wrote much of the portions in the three singles: "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", and "I'm with You", which were conceived using a guitar and piano. Christy said, "Avril would come in and sing a few melodies, change a word here or there."^[7] Reid complemented the issue over the credits: "If I'm looking for a single for an artist, I don't care who writes it. Avril had the freedom to do as she really pleased, and the songs show her point of view. ... Avril has always been confident about her ideas."^[7]

Although she needed pop songs "to break" into the industry, Lavigne felt "Complicated" does not reflect her and her songwriting skills. Nonetheless, she was grateful for the song as it successfully launched her career. She favors more "Losing Grip", because "it means so much more when it comes straight from the artist".^[7]

Release and promotion

Lavigne in concert for the album's promotion

The album was released on 4 June 2002, in Canada and the United States. Later, on 22 July, Let Go hit record stores worldwide, and on 26 August in some parts of Europe, including the United Kingdom and Ireland. A DataPlay version of the album was released in September 2002. Arista had established a deal with DataPlay earlier in 2002, and included Let Go alongside albums by rock singer Santana and singer Whitney Houston in the release.^[24]

Although Lavigne was targeted to the teen audience, a marketing strategy credited with the successful launch of her career;^[7][25] Lavigne performed on a host of radio-sponsored multi-artist holiday shows throughout the United States,^[26] a marketing strategy that induced higher sales of the album during the season. She embarked on her first headlining tour, Try To Shut Me Up Tour, which took place on 23 January 2003, and ended on 4 June 2003. Lavigne toured with her band—drummer Matthew Brann, bassist Mark Spicoluk, and guitarists Jesse Colburn and Evan Taubenfeld—which she had grouped after signing the deal.^[23] In the tour, she included all songs off Let Go, B-sides, and cover versions of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan and "Basket Case" by Green Day.^[27]

Lavigne filmed her performance in Buffalo, New York, on 18 May 2003, the final date of her five-week headlining North American tour. The tour DVD My World was released on 4 November 2003, on joint venture by Arista Records and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The DVD features the concert, a behind-the-scenes featurette, five music videos and a six-song bonus audio CD that includes an unreleased track "Why".^[28]

Singles

• "Complicated" was released by Arista as the album's lead single, which was seen as an across-all-age-groups introduction to Lavigne.^[10] Thought to produce wide cross-demographic appeal, however, the music video to the single features Lavigne and her band wreaking havoc in a mall, "the sort of imagery that might have grown-ups thinking 'Clean that mess up!' more than clamoring for the record".^[25] The song was a worldwide No. 1 hit and was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
• "Sk8er Boi" The follow-up single was aimed at pop-punk oriented kids.^[10] The release of "Sk8er Boi" created disagreement among many radio programming directors. However, their impressions were diverted as listeners helped change their minds; early rotation of the single proved successful, showing it was as popular with post-collegiate listeners as with teens. The song even went to No. 1 in U.S. mainstream radio.^[25]
• "I'm with You" The adult ballad hit record stores in late November 2002, close to Christmas holidays to remind parents about the album to, if not to buy it themselves, to purchase it for any children in their family.^[10][25] The song ended up being another hit for Lavigne reaching No. 4 in the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 in mainstream radio and top 10 in the UK and Canada. It was not officially released in Australia but received radio and television airplay, this song was also nominated for two Grammy Awards the same categories as "Complicated". The release arrangement of the album's singles, with "I'm With You" being served as the third, was regarded as "controversial", given that "I'm With You" was "thought by some to be the biggest potential smash on the album", and could have established Lavigne as a more mature artist if it was released first.^[25] According to Reid, "Some people just really didn't get that. And with the first video, there was some concern that maybe because it's so young and so playful, it might alienate more serious music lovers."^[25]
• "Losing Grip" was released as the fourth single off the album, "to act as a bridge into her next album", which Lavigne stated would be "harder-rocking" than her debut.^[25] In 2004, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ^[29] However, it was the least successful single on the album.
• "Mobile" was released in Australia and New Zealand as the promotional single from the album in those regions. It was later used in 2003's The Medallion, the 2004 film Wimbledon, and a brief appearance in the film Just Married. In 2011, a music video for the song leaked onto the internet made from official footage that was never finished.

Other songs

Other songs were released as regional radio-only singles. "Things I'll Never Say" was released as a radio-only single in Italy. "Unwanted" was released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom. The song "Tomorrow" was played in one episode of the second season of the Warner Bros. series Smallville, while the song "Anything But Ordinary" was played in one episode of the TV series Birds of Prey.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[30]
Blender	[31]
Entertainment Weekly	(B−)[32]
Melodic	[33]
Q	[34]
Robert Christgau	[35]
Rolling Stone	[36]
Slant Magazine	[37]
Stylus Magazine	(B)[38]

Let Go has earned mostly positive responses from critics, earning 68 points on Metacritic based on the collated reviews from 7 publications.^[34] Rolling Stone magazine's music critic Pat Blashill wrote that the album "comes fully loaded with another dozen infectious hymns of Total Request angst". Blashill complimented Lavigne on having a "great voice", adding she crafted the album with "a qualified staff of hitmakers".^[36] Christina Saraceno of AllMusic noted that Lavigne "handles a variety of styles deftly", while also complimenting her as "a capable songwriter with vocal chops". Nonetheless, Saraceno opined that "at her age, one imagines, she is still finding her feet, borrowing from the music she's grown up listening to".^[30] John Perry of Blender magazine summarized Let Go into an "outstanding guitar-pop debut".^[31] A review in Q magazine praised Lavigne for displaying "a musical guile way beyond her years".^[34] Kaj Roth of Melodic felt that Lavigne "sings lovely and some of the songs goes in the Alanis Morissette [sic] vein."^[33] For Jon Caramanica of Entertainment Weekly magazine (who gave the album a B−), "Lavigne's monochromatic debut set of unimaginative guitar rock is saved only by the earnestness of her songs."^[32]

Some reviewers had similar sentiments toward the quality of the lyrics to some songs in the album. Saraceno said that Lavigne "still has some growing up to do lyrically", asserting "Sk8er Boi" shows her "lyrical shortcomings" and calling the phrasing in "Too Much to Ask" "awkward and sometimes silly".^[30] Perry noted the lyrics to "Sk8er Boi" as "endearingly naive".^[31]

The album earned Lavigne numerous awards from organizations around the world. The success of the album's commercial performance led Lavigne to be named Best New Artist at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards^[39] as well as winning a World Music Award for Best-Selling Canadian Singer. She won three awards—Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Breakthrough Artist, and the Style Award—the most of any performer at the 2003 MTV Asia Awards.^[40] She received five nominations for the album at the 2003 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. The album's singles "Complicated" and "I'm With You" were nominated Song of the Year at the 2003 and 2004 ceremony, respectively, accumulating eight nominations for the album.^[41][42] Lavigne was nominated for six categories at the 2003 Juno Awards—which were presented in Ottawa—winning four including Best Album and Best New Artist.^[43]

Commercial performance

Let Go was commercially successful in the United States, gaining praise from Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the biggest pop debut albums of 2002.^[25] The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 8 on the strength of 62,000 unit sales. Its high debut was fueled by the success of "Complicated", which was in heavy rotation on MTV.^[44] Increasing weekly sales allowed the album to stay inside the chart's top 10 for 37 weeks.^[45] The album sold at least 100,000 copies every week straight until late 2002, easily accumulating over two million unit sales.^[10] In a December 2002 report by Entertainment Weekly magazine, it was stated that the album had sold 3.9 million copies, becoming the third top-selling album of 2002 in the United States.^[46] Year-end figures released by Nielsen SoundScan revealed that Let Go had sold over 4.1 million copies in the United States, accumulated in 30 weeks of the album's release.^[47][48] Let Go was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[49] This earned Let Go the distinction of being the highest-shipped debut of 2002 and best-selling album by a female artist.^[50] On 30 April 2003, the RIAA certified the album six-times platinum, denoting shipments of over six million units.^[51] It remains Lavigne's best-selling album to date, with 6.9 million copies sold in the United States as of September 2015.^[52]

Chartwise, the album reached higher peak positions notably during and after the holidays. Following her show-opening performance at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards, Let Go continued to be one of the holiday's top sellers with sales that week of 272,000.^[53] It reached its highest sales week on the issue dated 4 January 2003 with 363,000 copies sold. Although it had peaked at number two in September 2002, Let Go rose from 3 to 2 on the Billboard 200 on the issue dated 1 February 2003.^[54] The increase of sales was the offshoot to Lavigne's appearance on 11 January in Saturday Night Live as the show's musical guest. There were accusations of lip-synching but in an interview at the time she tells she has never lip-sung or ever plans to. During this time also, Lavigne received much media coverage due to her nominations at the 2003 Grammy Awards and for embarking on her first North American tour.^[55] In the United Kingdom, the album took longer to reach the summit of the UK Albums Chart. In its 18th week of release, reached on the chart year 2003, the album hit number one, rising to the top spot over the holiday. The album's international sales upsurge was attributed to the continuing success of "Sk8er Boi".^[56] Let Go is the 12th best-selling album of 2003 in the United Kingdom.^[57] The album has been certified five-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.^[58]

Let Go was also selling well in Canada, surpassing sales of over one million unit sales in less than a year. The Canadian Recording Industry Association certified the album diamond in May 2003.^[59] In Australia, Let Go had been certified seven-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association in 2003, based on the sales of over 490,000 units from wholesalers to retailers.^[60] The album is the tenth best-selling album of 2002 there, and the third in the following year.^[61][62]. 'Let Go' reached its peak worldwide during Christmas holiday with almost 860,000 copies sold worldwide during Christmas week and then another 600,000 copies worldwide in the first week of 2003.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s) [63]	Length
1.	"Losing Grip"	Avril Lavigne Clif Magness	Magness	3:53
2.	"Complicated"	Lavigne Lauren Christy Graham Edwards Scott Spock	The Matrix	4:04
3.	"Sk8er Boi"	Lavigne Christy Edwards Spock	The Matrix	3:23
4.	"I'm with You"	Lavigne Christy Edwards Spock	The Matrix	3:44
5.	"Mobile"	Lavigne Magness	Magness	3:31
6.	"Unwanted"	Lavigne Magness	Magness	3:41
7.	"Tomorrow"	Lavigne Curt Frasca Sabelle Breer	Frasca Breer*	3:48
8.	"Anything but Ordinary"	Lavigne Christy Edwards Spock	The Matrix	4:11
9.	"Things I'll Never Say"	Lavigne Christy Edwards Spock	The Matrix	3:43
10.	"My World"	Lavigne Magness	Magness	3:27
11.	"Nobody's Fool"	Lavigne Peter Zizzo	Zizzo	3:57
12.	"Too Much to Ask"	Lavigne Magness	Magness	3:46
13.	"Naked"	Lavigne Frasca Breer	Magness Frasca Breer*	3:28
Total length:				48:41

Japan Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s) [63]	Length
14.	"Why"	Lavigne Zizzo	Zizzo	3:59

(*) Additional production

Standard CD enhanced media content Biography "Complicated" (music video) EPK "I Don't Give" (bonus track) Lyrics (songs playing in the background) "Complicated" "Sk8er Boi" "Mobile" "Unwanted" Japan tour edition bonus DVD "Complicated" (video) "Sk8er Boi" (video) "I'm with You" (video) "A Day in the Life" (video) Asian Limited Platinum Boxset / Let Go & My World Boxset Editions Includes My World DVD and its bonus audio disc which was recorded on Try to Shut Me Up Tour at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York Bonus CD Fuel live in MTV Icon performance (Metallica cover) Basket Case recorded live from Dublin (Green Day cover) Unwanted recorded live from Dublin Sk8er Boi recorded live from Dublin Knockin' on Heaven's Door recorded live from Buffalo (Bob Dylan cover) Why B-side Bonus DVD Sk8er Boi Nobody's Fool Mobile Anything But Ordinary Losing Grip Naked Too Much to Ask I Don't Give Basket Case (Green Day cover) My World I'm with You Complicated Unwanted Tomorrow Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan Cover) Thing's I'll Never Say Avril's Cut (Behind the Scenes) Outtakes Photo gallery Complicated (Music video) I'm with You (Music video) Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Music video) Losing Grip (Music video) Sk8er Boi (Music video)

Tour edition bonus VCD "Get Over It" "Why" "Unwanted" (live) "I'm with You" (live) "Nobody's Fool" (live) "A Day in the Life" (NYC EPK) "Footage" "Complicated" (music video) "Sk8er Boi" (music video) "I'm with You" (music video) "Losing Grip" (music video) Japan special bonus edition "Complicated" TV track version – 4:05 "Sk8er Boi" TV track version – 3:34 "I'm with You" TV track version – 3:46 "Losing Grip" TV track version – 3:53 Sketch Book bonus track Complicated (Matrix Mix)

Personnel

This list of credits is based on barnesandnoble.com.^[64]

Musicians Avril Lavigne – lead vocals, guitar, background vocals Sabelle Breer – backing vocals The Matrix – backing vocals Clif Magness – bass, guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, drum loop Dennis Johnson – beats and cratching Jeff Allen – bass Suzie Katayama – Cello Joe Bonadio – drums Josh Freese – drums Alex Elena – drums Curt Frasca – guitar, multi instruments Gerry Leonard – guitar Peter Zizzo – guitar Corky James – guitar

Production Clif Magness – programming, producer, engineer L.A. Reid – executive producer Rick Kerr – engineer Leon Zervos – mastering Curt Frasca – programming, producer, engineer Peter Zizzo – arranger, producer, engineer, Pro-Tools Jon Berman – engineer Avril Lavigne – art direction Jen Scaturro – programming, Pro-Tools

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums Chart 1 Argentina CAPIF 1 Canadian Albums Chart[65] 1 Colombian Albums Chart 1 Dutch Albums Chart[66] 4 French Albums Chart[67] 13 German Albums Chart[68] 2 Greek Albums Chart[69] 2 Italian Albums Chart[70] 6 Japanese Albums Chart[71]^[A] 6 New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[72] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[73] 3 Portuguese Albums Chart 10 Scottish Albums Chart[74] 1 Swedish Albums Chart[75] 6 Swiss Albums Chart[76] 2 UK Albums Chart[77] 1 US Billboard 200[65] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Albums Chart[78] 16 US Billboard 200[79] 12 Chart (2003) Position UK Albums Chart[80] 11 US Billboard 200[81] 5 Decade-end charts Chart (2000s) Position Australian Albums Chart[82] 14 UK Albums Chart 40 U.S. Billboard 200[83] 21 All-time chart Chart (All Time) Rank US Billboard Top 200 Albums[84] 58

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[85]	2× Platinum	80,000^*
Australia (ARIA)[86]	7× Platinum	490,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[87]	Platinum	40,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[88]	Gold	25,000^*
Brazil (ABPD)[89]	2× Platinum	250,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[90]	Diamond	1,000,000^^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[91]	Platinum	40,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[92]	Gold	16,256[92]
France (SNEP)[93]	2× Gold	373,800[94]^*
Germany (BVMI)[95]	3× Gold	450,000^^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[96]	Gold	10,000^^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[97]	Platinum	20,000^*
Hungary (MAHASZ)[98]	Gold	10,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[99]	8× Platinum	120,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[100]	Diamond	500,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[101]	Diamond	1,500,000[102]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[103]	Gold	75,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[104]	Platinum	80,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[105]	5× Platinum	75,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[106]	Platinum	30,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[107]	Gold	35,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[108]	Platinum	40,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[109]	Platinum	100,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[110]	Platinum	40,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[111]	2× Platinum	80,000^^
Taiwan (RIT)[112]	5× Platinum	150,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[113]	5× Platinum	1,785,000^^
United States (RIAA)[114]	6× Platinum	6,900,000[52]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[115]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

At the 2003 Grammy Awards, Lavigne received five nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Album for Let Go, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Complicated", Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Sk8er Boi" and the coveted Best New Artist. At the 2004 Grammy Awards Lavigne received the nominations Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I'm with You" and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Losing Grip".

Year	Awards ceremony	Award	Results
2002	Billboard Music Awards	Best Album	Won
2003	Juno Awards	Best Pop Album	Won
		Best Album of The Year	Won
	Gold Disc Award Hong Kong	Best 10 Albums	Won
	Japan Golden Disc Awards	Rock & Pop Album of the Year	Won
	Brasil Music Awards	Best Album	Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music Album	Won
	Premios Oye!	Main English Female	Won
	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Vocal Album	Nominated

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums in Japan

Notes

• A ^ The regular and the Japan limited edition peaked at number six, the special bonus edition at number twenty-eight and the Japanese edition at number 241.

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External links

• Let Go at Metacritic