Love Sux
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80
‘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.
80
Should she go full pop? Should she go all out rock? Is she better doing soft adult contemporary? This seventh album blows all those preconceptions out the water, leaving a record that is finally pure distilled Avril that will connect with long time fans and the Gen Z kids who recognise her iconic status.
80
After a decade of artistic exploration and soul-searching, the self-proclaimed "motherf*ckin princess" has reclaimed her pop-punk crown.
80
Perhaps mindful of the need to compete with her proteges and pretenders, or keen to navigate to pastures relatively new, Love Sux has enough elements to make for a refreshing listen.
80
She hasn’t had this much fun in years, reminding us that her original sound was a blueprint for today’s pop-punk boom.
70
Avril Lavigne has delivered an engaging body of work, reminding the world how she helped shape so much of the culture.
60
Even if Love Sux isn’t a perfect album, it’s certainly a well-deserved victory lap from someone with little left to prove.
60
A shameless but cathartic hit of nostalgia
60
‘Love Sux’ is a progressive pop-punk album that eschews the old rules – but not at the expense of maximalist, joyful guitar anthems.
60
Avril, Travis, Mark Hoppus & co. 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.
60
Not only does she look exactly the same 20 years on, the music sounds the same too.
60
High-energy bangers follow one after the other as the Canadian returns to her pop-punk roots.
60
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.
40
Your enjoyment of Love Sux will thus fully depend on your relationship to the pop-punk of the early Noughties.
NO NUANCE REVIEW
You know what sux more than love? This current 2000’s Blink era pop-punk/emo revival. Elder millennials are having a boomer moment and letting bad pop-punk become insanely popular due to nostalgia AND I HATE IT. Lets just leave the past in the past and stop asking Travis Barker and Avril Lavigne to pretend they aren’t 40, good god.
I planned on writing a full review for this but honestly after listening to the album a couple of times through I don't think I have any strong feelings to share, so instead I'm just gonna quote some of the lyrics from it because I think they pretty much resume my overall thoughts. Maybe Avril should listen to herself more often.
"Am I insane expectin' you to change?
It's the same thing over and over again
Déjà vu
It's time to act your age
It's the same thing over and over ... read more
Em Love Sux, Avril decidiu fechar os olhos e virar totalmente as costas para a maturidade, amor próprio e vergonha nessa merda de cara.
O pop rock dos anos 2000 está revivendo atualmente, e é claro que a cara do gênero ia surfar nessa onda, da forma mais bosta possível.
Os adolescentes dos anos 2000 que se identificavam com essas músicas de moleque metido a revoltado porque levou pé na bunda.... hoje em dia são um bando de marmanjos velhos ... read more
Pretty apparent nostalgia bait that is meant to appeal to people who grew up with 2000s emo-pop and doesn't really offer anything substantive.
That being said it's somewhat fun. I do have a soft spot for this era of punk and I found some enjoyment despite the terrible features or the fact that Avril is nearly 40 and is writing lyrics as if she's still in high school.
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Track List
| 1 | Cannonball 2:18 | 57 |
| 2 | Bois Lie 2:43 feat. Machine Gun Kelly | 43 |
| 3 | Bite Me 2:39 | 67 |
| 4 | Love It When You Hate Me 2:25 feat. blackbear | 48 |
| 5 | Love Sux 2:48 | 54 |
| 6 | Kiss Me Like The World Is Ending 2:50 | 55 |
| 7 | Avalanche 3:39 | 63 |
| 8 | Déjà vu 3:23 | 55 |
| 9 | F.U. 2:47 | 53 |
| 10 | All I Wanted 2:32 feat. Mark Hoppus | 46 |
| 11 | Dare To Love Me 3:34 | 56 |
| 12 | Break Of A Heartache 1:51 | 47 |
Total Length: 33 minutes
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1y
i can't help but read the album title as ''love sooks'' and i find that slightly funny
1y
this is very bad but she can do whatever she wants in my opinion. her crown as queen of pop punk is permanent
Added on: December 29, 2021