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      讓歌迷引頸期盼的艾薇兒第三張專輯”The Best Damn Thing”終於將在4月17日於美國率先發行，台灣則預計將在4月20日發行。

      繼2004年美國熱賣三白金專輯「Under My Skin酷到骨子裡」之後，這張最新專輯”The Best Damn Thing”除了收錄艾薇兒與Dr. Luke為2006年福斯電影公司年度魔幻動作大片「Eragon龍騎士」所合寫的最新抒情單曲”Keep Holding On”之外, 還包括由艾薇兒與Dr Luke共同製作的叛逆搖滾首支單曲”Girlfriend”，預計在3月5日全美電台首度曝光, 音樂錄影帶則預計在2月26日全球首播。

     “The Best Damn Thing”不但灌注了艾薇兒滿滿的信心，專輯充滿了清新的年輕活力、龐克搖滾的即興節拍、及讓人無法忘懷且朗朗上口的節奏及副歌，艾薇兒在這張專輯唱出對生命熱愛的歌頌，它更顯示出艾薇兒在音樂生涯中已成長蛻變為一位創作者及成熟的表演者，對這張全新專輯，艾薇兒以「代表作」來形容這張她認為是她最好的作品。

      “The Best Damn Thing”中除收錄強而有力的流行快版龐克國歌”I Can Do Better”、“The Best Damn Thing”及”Girlfriend”之外, 另外還有將感性推到高峰的抒情曲”When You’re Gone”、“Innocence”及”Keep Holding On”。專輯中與艾薇兒共同創作的知名音樂人有Butch Walker (曾製作「Under My Skin 酷到骨子裡」)、Dr. Luke、Rob Cavallo (Green Day年輕歲月樂團、My Chemical Romance我的另類羅曼史樂團)，還有艾薇兒的新婚夫婿----來自Sum 41總數41樂團的Deryck Whibley德瑞克。

      艾薇兒首張專輯”Let Go展翅高飛” 發行於2002年，榮獲八項葛萊美大獎題名，並獲RIAA美國唱片公會認證六白金唱片熱銷榮耀，更拿下加拿大Juno朱諾獎四項大獎(包括年度專輯及年度新人) ，全球熱賣一千六百萬張專輯，其中單曲”Complicated”、 “Sk8er Boi”、 “I’m With You”更成為風靡全球年輕世代的搖滾國歌，接下來2004年發行的第二張專輯”Under My Skin 酷到骨子裡”則狂掃美國、加拿大、英國的各榜冠軍，不但在美國榮獲三白金熱銷成績，更創造出”Don’t Tell Me”、“My Happy Ending”、“Nobody’s Home”三首暢銷單曲。

Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Creates New Rock Sound
On Eagerly-Anticipated Third Full-Length Album

"The Best Damn Thing" Available Tuesday, April 17
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RCA Records announces the release of The Best Damn Thing, the eagerly-awaited third full-length studio album from the multi-platinum recording artist Avril Lavigne, on Tuesday, April 17.

The first album of new music from the pop-punk icon since 2004's triple-platinum Under My Skin, The Best Damn Thing includes Avril's current hit power-ballad, "Keep Holding On," which she cowrote (with Dr. Luke), at the request of 20th Century Fox, for the studio's fantasy/adventure film, "Eragon."

The album's first single, the defiantly rocking "Girlfriend," is produced and cowritten by Avril and Dr. Luke and slated to impact US radio on Monday, March 5.  A video for "Girlfriend" is scheduled for its worldwide premiere on Monday, February 26.

Brimming with confidence, The Best Damn Thing -- with its fresh energy, punk-rock riffs, indelible melodies and soaring choruses, celebrations of empowerment and sheer lust for life -- showcases Avril's growth as a songwriter and maturity as a performer on a bold new album she calls "hand's down," the best she's ever made.

The Best Damn Thing finds its power and pulse in up-tempo pop-punk anthems like "I Can Do Better," "The Best Damn Thing," and "Girlfriend" while Avril reaches intense emotional peaks on three new ballads: "When You're Gone," "Innocence," and "Keep Holding On." Helping Avril out with production on The Best Damn Thing are Butch Walker (Under My Skin), Dr. Luke, Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), and her husband, Deryck Whibley from Sum 41. 

Avril's debut album, Let Go, was released in 2002, and earned eight Grammy nominations, struck RIAA platinum six times, took home four Juno Awards (including Album of the Year and New Artist of the Year) and sold more than 16 million copies around the world driven in part by its string of anthemic youth-culture-defining hit singles: "Complicated," "Sk8ter Boi," "I'm With You."  Her moody introspective follow-up, Under My Skin, entered the U.S., Canadian, and UK charts at #1 in 2004, reaching triple platinum in the states while kicking out smash singles like "Don't Tell Me," "My Happy Ending," and "Nobody's Home."
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