Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)
Released May 19, 2004
Recorded 2003 – February 2004
Genre
Post-grungealternative rock
Length 40:58
Label
AristaRCA
Producer
Don GilmoreRaine MaidaButch Walker
Under My Skin is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on May 19, 2004, by Arista Records and RCA Records. Lavigne wrote most of the album with singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, who invited her to a Malibu in-house recording studio shared by Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida, where Lavigne recorded many of the songs. The album was produced by Maida, Don Gilmore, and Butch Walker.
Under My Skin debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart and on the US Billboard 200. It has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, three million of which were sold in the United States, ranking the album number 149 on the Billboard 200 decade-end chart. Because of the album’s darker, heavier, more aggressive vibe reminiscent of post-grunge and more melodic rockier songs, it received generally positive reception from critics. On March 18, 2013, Under My Skin was re-released as a double-disc set paired with her debut studio album, Let Go, which was released under Arista Records.
Having no plans of working with producers or professional writers, Lavigne wrote much of the album with Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, with whom she had developed a friendship in the summer of 2003. Kreviazuk, whose husband Raine Maida’s band Our Lady Peace opened for Lavigne’s concert in Europe, introduced herself at an after-party for the SARS benefit concerts held in Toronto in June 2003. The following day, Lavigne and Kreviazuk ate lunch together, during which Lavigne shared how she wanted the development of the album to be. They wrote songs for almost three weeks at Maida’s warehouse in Toronto. Kreviazuk invited Lavigne to continue working in a Malibu, California house she shared with Maida, which contained a recording studio.[6] Many of the tracks on the album were recorded in Malibu.
Track listing
1. “Take Me Away” Avril Lavigne Evan Taubenfeld Don Gilmore 2:57
2. “Together”
Lavigne Chantal Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Gilmore 3:14
3. “Don’t Tell Me” Lavigne Taubenfeld Butch Walker 3:21
4. “He Wasn’t”
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Raine Maida 2:59
5. “How Does It Feel”
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Maida 3:44
6. “My Happy Ending”
Lavigne Butch Walker
Lavigne Walker
Walker 4:02
7. “Nobody’s Home” Lavigne
Lavigne Ben Moody
Gilmore 3:32
8. “Forgotten”
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Gilmore 3:16
9. “Who Knows”
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Maida 3:30
10. “Fall to Pieces”
Lavigne Maida
Lavigne Maida
Maida 3:28
11. “Freak Out” Lavigne
Taubenfeld Matt Brann
Walker 3:11
12. “Slipped Away”
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Lavigne Kreviazuk
Maida 3:33
Personnel
This list of credits is based on barnesandnoble.com.
Musicians
Avril Lavigne – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals
Kenny Aronoff – percussion, drums
Josh Freese – drums
Victor Lawrence – cello
Butch Walker – acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals
Michael Ward – guitar
Patrick Warren – strings, keyboards, chamberlain
Phil X – guitar
Brooks Wackerman – drums
Raine Maida – keyboards
Chantal Kreviazuk – piano, keyboards
Mike Elizondo – bass
Brian E. Garcia – percussion
Sam Fisher – violin
Samuel Formicola – violin
Mark Robertson – violin
Kenny Cresswell – drums
Shanti Randall – viola
Jason Lader – bass
Bill Lafler – drums
Static – keyboards
Jon O’Brien – keyboards
Nick Lashley – guitar
Evan Taubenfeld – acoustic guitar, drums, electric guitar, background vocals
Production
David Campbell – string arrangements
Don Gilmore – production, engineering
Victor Lawrence – digital editing
Butch Walker – programming, production
Raine Maida – producer, engineering, digital editing, string arrangements
Chantal Kreviazuk – string arrangements
John Rummen – art direction
Leon Zervos – mastering
Paul David Hager – engineering
Brian E. Garcia – engineering, digital editing
Dan Certa – engineering
Kim Kinakin – art direction
Jason Lader – programming, digital editing, string concept
Russ-T Cobb – engineering
Dan Certina – engineering
Dan Chase – digital editing, drum programming
Static – programming
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