Under My Skin
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- For the 1950 film, see Under My Skin (film)
Under My Skin is the second album by pop singer Avril Lavigne, released on May 25 2004 by Arista Records. In its first week of release, it reached number one on both the Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. According to Metacritic.com, Under My Skin received an average rating of sixty-three, reflecting a mixed reception from critics.[www.metacritic.com]. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 2004 double platinum in November 2004 and Triple Platinum in January 2006.[www.billboard.com] Triple Platinum
Track listing
- "Take Me Away" (Lavigne, Taubenfeld) – 2:57
- "Together" (Kreviazuk, Lavigne) – 3:14
- "Don't Tell Me" (Lavigne, Taubenfeld) – 3:21
- "He Wasn't" (Lavigne, Kreviazuk) – 2:59
- "How Does it Feel" (Lavigne, Kreviazuk) – 3:44
- "My Happy Ending" (Lavigne, Walker) – 4:02
- "Nobody's Home" (Lavigne, Moody) – 3:32
- "Forgotten" (Lavigne, Kreviazuk) – 3:16
- "Who Knows" (Lavigne, Kreviazuk) – 3:30
- "Fall to Pieces (Lavigne, Maida) – 3:28
- "Freak Out" (Brann, Lavigne, Taubenfeld) – 3:13
- "Slipped Away" (Lavigne, Kreviazuk) – 3:33
- "I Always Get What I Want" (2:33) – Japanese and UK release
- "Nobody's Home" (Live) (3:41) – Under my Skin Special Edition
- "Take me Away" (Live)– Under my Skin Special Edition
- "He Wasn't" (Live) – Under my Skin Special Edition
- "Tomorrow" (Live)– Under my Skin Special Edition
Making of the album
Lavigne wrote much of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk. She also co-wrote one track, "Nobody's Home", with Ben Moody, formerly of Evanescence, and the rest with her guitarist Evan Taubenfeld. Lavigne used three producers for Under My Skin: Butch Walker from Marvelous 3, Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, and Don Gilmore, who has produced Good Charlotte and Linkin Park.Much of the album was recorded in Maida's Malibu studios, as Maida is Kreviazuk's husband, and the rest was recorded nearby. On her website, Lavigne states that she has learned a lot since her first record, Let Go: "I was involved in every aspect of making this record. I'm very hands-on. I knew how I wanted the drums, the guitar tones, and the structures to be. I understand the whole process so much better this time because I've been through it. I'm really picky with my sound."
The track, "Slipped Away", is about the death of Lavigne's grandfather.
Singles
- "Don't Tell Me" was the first single. It deals with a girl rejecting a boy's attempts to pressure her into sex when she is not ready. The song shot Lavigne back to the charts, reaching number one in several countries around the world, and number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified gold in late October 2004. [www.billboard.com] Don't Tell Me goes gold
- "Take Me Away" was delivered to Canadian rock radio in March 2004. It was a radio-only single, and was a single in Australia released in 2005.
- "My Happy Ending" was the second single from the album. It was released to radio in June 2004 and to retail stores on August 2 2004. The song returned Under My Skin to number one again in Canada for several weeks, and to the top five in the USA, Germany, the UK, Australia, and other European countries. The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified gold by the RIAA in mid-November 2004 [www.billboard.com] My Happy Ending goes gold and then platinum in late January 2005. [www.billboard.com] My Happy Ending goes platinum
- "Nobody's Home" was the third single. It hit number one in several countries, and received a significant amount of airplay, but failed to reach the top thirty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number forty-one. "Nobody's Home" remains one of Lavigne's biggest songs.
- "He Wasn't" is the fourth single from the album. It peaked at number twenty-three in the UK, and at number one in Canada, making eight straight number ones for Lavigne in her home nation.
- "Fall to Pieces" was the radio-only fifth single (fourth single in the United States). It was a relative flop there, due to no promotion. However it managed to peak at number three in Canada.
- "Who Knows" is a special single to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in Canada.
Chart performance
Under My Skin was released on May 25 2004 in the United States and went to number one around the world, notably in the UK, USA (with more than 381,000 copies sold in its first week), Canada, Australia, and Taiwan, and on the Billboard Internet charts. The first single, "Don't Tell Me", was released early, and by June 2004 had gone to number one in Argentina, into the top five in the UK and Canada, and into the top ten in Australia, Brazil, and a European composite chart. The second single, "My Happy Ending", was released to radio in June 2004 and to retail stores on August 2 2004. It returned Under My Skin to number one again in Canada for several weeks, and the album to the top five in the USA, Germany, the UK, Australia, and other European countries. The third single, "Nobody's Home", did not return the album to number one, but did improve its sales once again. "He Wasn't" is the fourth single.Shopping Mall Tour
Lavigne went on a "Live and by Surprise" twenty-one-city mall-tour in the U.S., starting on March 4, 2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to promote "Under My Skin". Each performance consisted of a short live acoustic set of songs from the new album. She was accompanied by her guitarist, Evan Taubenfeld. The venue in each city was not announced until forty-eight hours before the show. The tour was very popular and was successful in promoting the album. The set at Indianapolis on March 25, 2004 at Glendale mall included "He Wasn't", "My Happy Ending", "Don't Tell Me", "Take Me Away", "Nobody's Home", "Sk8er Boi", and "Complicated".Notes
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