The Ultimate Avril Lavigne Rating 2016 Results

Well, in all fairness, Blink 182 and Green Day both released albums this year that sound so early 2000's, and yet have been extremely successful. Should we really think that the sound is THAT important as far as success goes? What if Avril released an album with the same sound than UMS (heavy guitars and piano, mid-tempos), or a punk-pop album like TBDT (with more mature lyrics) would it be doomed to fail? The mysteries of music...

I really like it too! I think all the UMS videos are great. They're probably her top 4 for me actually.

My rank:
1. TBDT
2. GL
3. LG
4. UMS
5. AL

I always connected more to TBDT and GL. GL was also her first era that I followed from the very beginning. I never liked LG sans the singles and UMS was always "too noisy" for my taste (minus a few songs). I forced myself to like songs like HTNGU and RNR from her self-titled but at the end I only liked GYWYL and the last three songs...

I get what you're saying but I think if an artist wants to do "retro" music there's a way to produce it so that it sounds retro instead of outdated. Ariana Grande is somebody I can think of who accomplishes this VERY well in her music. A lot of her songs are reminiscent of '50s pop music or '80s pop but they still sound modern and current because they blend new styles with the old. It's a hard thing to get right but some artists do manage to pull it off. It just takes the right producer. 

There re would be nothing wrong with Avril going back to her roots and using heavy guitars and drums in her music again but they have to do it right. If the album sounded exactly like a copy of UMS it probably wouldn't sell because that type of music isn't popular anymore. When I go back and listen to pop/rock songs from 2004 it really does sound out of date. Almost like you can tell that's what year it came from. The way that Bad Girl was produced, for example, is the way they should go about it I think if she were to do that kind of music again.

The music video of Fly wasn't on the list?
I'm happy for the position of WTH video, for me it's one of her best video.

Music Videos:
10-4

10. Alice – 8.78 (-3)

9. Smile – 8.81 (+11)

8. Here’s To Never Growing Up – 8.84 (+2)

7. Girlfriend – 9.0 (-1)

6. Sk8er Boi – 9.13 (+2)

5. When You’re Gone – 9.13 (=)

4. I’m With You – 9.15 (=)


The only change is Smile taking a big jump that moves it from a #20 to #9
"That's why i smile .. It's been a while"

I wonder why GL gets so much hate here.
Yes it csn sound boring because of the ballads but it's still a great album.