Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Girlfriend"   3:37

2. "I Can Do Better"   3:17

3. "Runaway"   3:48

4. "The Best Damn Thing"   3:10

5. "When You're Gone"   4:00

6. "Everything Back but You"   3:03

7. "Hot"   3:23

8. "Innocence"   3:53

9. "I Don't Have to Try"   3:17

10. "One of Those Girls"   2:56

11. "Contagious"   2:10

12. "Keep Holding On"   4:00

Total length:   40:39

Avril Lavigne Band Members / Musicians

Avril Lavigne – A&R, vocals, guitar, backing vocals

Lukasz Gottwald – production, piano, guitar, bass guitar, electronic keyboards and addictive drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 and 12

Steven Wolf – drums and additional drums on tracks 1, 7 and 12

Travis Barker – drums on tracks 2,3, 9 and the bonus track "Alone"

Josh Freese – drums on tracks 4 and 5

Butch Walker – production, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, background vocals and percussion on tracks 4, 5 and 6

Deryck Whibley – production, electric guitar and bass guitar on tracks 4, 10 and 11

Dan Chase – electronic keyboards on track 4

Kenny Aronoff – drums on track 6

Rob Cavallo – production on track 8

Matt Beckley – additional production on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12 and engineering on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9

Jamie Muhoberac – electronic keyboards and piano on track 8

Tim Pierce – guitars on track 8

Jesse Welch - piano, bass, guitar, synthesizers and strings on track 5

Greg Suran – guitars on track 8

Paul Bushnell – bass guitar on track 8

Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums on track 8

Steve Jocz – drums on tracks 10 and 11

Chris Chaney – bass guitar on track 11

David Campbell — string arrangements on track 8

Larry Corbett – cello on track 12

Cyan Wilson – viola on track 12

Jonathan Gillespie – inspiration on track 4

Serban Ghenea – mixing

The Best Damn Thing is the 3rd studio album by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. It was released on 11 April 2007, by RCA Records. The album represents a musical departure from her earlier studio album Under My Skin (2004), which incorporates more elements of post-grunge music. The Best Damn Thing is seen by critics as Lavigne's most commercial effort. The album was noted as her first effort to feature a wide range of producers, including Matt Beckley, Rob Cavallo, Dr. Luke and Lavigne herself, who was credited as the executive producer