Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on 4 June 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. She relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there, her earlier materials for the album; the kind of sound to which the label was not amenable. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.
"Complicated" was released by Arista as the album's lead single, which was seen as an across-all-age- groups introduction to Lavigne.[10] Thought to produce wide cross-demographic appeal, however, the music video to the single features Lavigne and her band wreaking havoc in a mall, "the sort of imagery that might have grown-ups thinking 'Clean that mess up!' more than clamoring for the record". The song was a worldwide No. 1 hit and was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
"Sk8er Boi" The follow-up single was aimed at pop-punk oriented kids.The release of "Sk8er Boi" created disagreement among many radio programming directors. However, their impressions were diverted as listeners helped change their minds; early rotation of the single proved successful, showing it was as popular with post-collegiate listeners as with teens. The song even went to No. 1 in U.S. mainstream radio.
"I'm with You" The adult ballad hit record stores in late November 2002, close to Christmas holidays to remind parents about the album to, if not to buy it themselves, to purchase it for any children in their family. The song ended up being another hit for Lavigne reaching No. 4 in the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 in mainstream radio and top 10 in the UK and Canada. It was not officially released in Australia but received radio and television airplay, this song was also nominated for two Grammy Awards the same categories as "Complicated". The release arrangement of the album's singles, with "I'm With You" being served as the third, was regarded as "controversial", given that "I'm With You" was "thought by some to be the biggest potential smash on the album", and could have established Lavigne as a more mature artist if it was released first. According to Reid, "Some people just really didn't get that. And with the first video, there was some concern that maybe because it's so young and so playful, it might alienate more serious music lovers."[25]
"Losing Grip" was released as the fourth single off the album, "to act as a bridge into her next album", which Lavigne stated would be "harder-rocking" than her debut.In 2004, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. However, it was the least successful single on the album.
"Mobile" was released in Australia and New Zealand as the final single from the album in those regions. It was later used in 2003's The Medallion, the 2004 film Wimbledon, and a brief appearance in the film Just Married. In 2011, a music video for the song leaked onto the internet made from official footage that was never finished.
***Track Listing:
01 Losing Grip (03:54)
02 Complicated (04:05)
03 Sk8er Boi (03:24)
04 I'm With You (03:44)
05 Mobile (03:32)
06 Unwanted (03:42)
07 Tomorrow (03:49)
08 Anything But Ordinary (04:12)
09 Things I'll Never Say (03:44)
10 My World (03:28)
11 Nobody's Fool (03:58)
12 Too Much to Ask (03:46)
13 Naked (03:29)
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