Greatest Hits

最強無敵のロック・プリンセス=アヴリル・ラヴィーンによる、待望のキャリア初ベスト・アルバム『Greatest Hits』
デビュー曲「コンプリケイテッド」から2022年リリースの「アイム・ア・メス」まで主要曲を完全網羅。

日本洋楽史上ただ一人、デビュー・アルバムから3作連続ミリオン・セールスの偉業を達成。2002年17歳でアルバム『レット・ゴー』(「コンプリケイテッド」)で鮮烈デビューを果たして以来、「ドント・テル・ミー」「ガールフレンド」「ワット・ザ・ヘル」「ロックンロール」「ハローキティ」等と数々の大ヒットを生み出してきた最強無敵のロック・プリンセス=アヴリル・ラヴィーンによる、キャリア初のベスト・アルバム『Greatest Hits』。2002年のデビューから最新作『ラヴ・サックス』及び最新シングル「アイム・ア・メス」まで、約22年間の代表曲を完全網羅した正真正銘の必聴盤。

Packaging her biggest tracks as advertised, Avril Lavignes Greatest Hits collects two decades of pure, punked-up pop gems. With all her most notable songs in one place, her legacy and impact on music in the early 2000s is apparent. Understandably culling the bulk of the collection from her massive first two albums -- 2002s diamond-certified Let Go and 2004s Under My Skin -- Greatest Hits owes almost half of its runtime to these chart-topping genre classics, which have collectively sold over 25 million copies worldwide since their release. These are truly "hits only," so lower charting singles from the era (like "Mobile" and "Fall to Pieces") are omitted to make room for what followed. The Best Damn Thing adds big ballads ("When Youre Gone" and "Keep Holding On") and one of her most popular punk blasts, "Girlfriend," as follow-up Goodbye Lullaby follows a similar pattern with the heartwarming "Smile" and the raucous "What the Hell." At about this point in the discography, sales and chart positions couldnt match her peerless first decade, but whether people listened or not, she kept pumping out great tracks, including "Heres to Never Growing Up" from 2013s self-titled effort and 2019s "Head Above Water," a title track that was a surprise smash on Christian radio. Capping off the hit fest, Lavigne is sure to prop her most recent album (at the time), 2022s Love Sux, back into the spotlight, giving four slots to that return-to-form revival and including Yungblud, Machine Gun Kelly, and Blackbear in the mix. Greatest Hits serves its purpose as a reminder of her undeniable presence in pop music into the 2010s, making a statement for a singer who is deserving of more credit than she might receive. ~ Neil Z. Yeung