B-Sides (Avril Lavigne album)

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B-Sides
Official CDr promo cover.[1]
Compilation album by
Avril Lavigne
ReleasedDecember 2001[1]
2002 (reissue)[2]
Genre
Length63:18
LabelNettwerk[1]
ProducerThe Matrix[3]
Avril Lavigne chronology
B-Sides
(2001) 		Let Go
(2002)

B-Sides, also known as Let Go: B-Sides, is a promotional album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was published before her debut studio album Let Go by Arista Records in 2002. The compilation contains demo and original tracks not included on the final Let Go release. The songs were written and produced in 2001 under the management of Nettwerk in Los Angeles by Lavigne, her post manager Clifford Fabri, the production team the Matrix, and songwriter Cliff Magness[4] after Arista sent her to Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk, in an attempt to fit her image and attitude with her voice.[5]: 165  Though Lavigne would release Let Go through Arista, she continued with Nettwerk for her management.[6]

Different versions and media usage

  • The demo version of "I Don't Give" is an explicit version in which Lavigne sings "I don't give a damn / I don't give a shit". The clean version, in which she sings "I don't give it up / I don't give a damn", appears as a B-side on some formats of Lavigne's debut single "Complicated" and on the American Wedding soundtrack.
  • "Why" also appears as a B-side on some formats of "Complicated", along with "I Don't Give". It is also included as the only studio track on a live album that comes with the DVD Avril Lavigne: My World.
  • The demo version of "Get over It" is an explicit version in which Lavigne sings "Don't turn around, or you will get punched in the face". The clean version, in which she sings "Don't turn around, I'm sick and I'm tired of your face", appears as a B-side on some formats of Lavigne's second single "Sk8er Boi".
  • Lavigne recorded two different songs called "Take Me Away": one on this album mainly titled (Pick Me Up) Take Me Away, and the other on Under My Skin (2004).
  • "Falling into History" was sold to Brie Larson in 2005.
  • "Falling Down" is featured in the soundtrack for the 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama.
  • A different version of "Things I'll Never Say" made the tracklist of the final Let Go album.
  • Despite the album Let Go being named after the song with the same title, it was not included on that album.
  • Remastered versions of "Falling Down", the single version of "Get over It", "I Don't Give", and "Make Up" in addition to an unreleased studio version of "Why" with alternate lyrics were included in the 20th anniversary edition of Let Go.[7][8]

Track listing

All tracks produced by the Matrix.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Give" (demo version)Avril Lavigne3:31
2."Why"
4:04
3."Get over It" (demo version)Lavigne3:27
4."(Pick Me Up) Take Me Away"
3:29
5."Headset"Lavigne3:33
6."Falling into History"Lavigne4:08
7."Falling Down"
  • Lavigne
  • Christy
  • Edwards
  • Spock
3:55
8."Tomorrow You Didn't"Lavigne4:12
9."Things I'll Never Say" (demo version)
  • Lavigne
  • Christy
  • Edwards
  • Spock
3:43
10."All You Will Never Know"
  • Lavigne
  • Terence Dover
3:40
11."Once and for Real"
  • Lavigne
  • Dover
3:48
12."Make Up"
  • Lavigne
  • Christy
  • Edwards
  • Spock
3:15
13."Not the Only One"
  • Lavigne
  • Curt Frasca
  • Sabelle
3:14
14."Stay (Be the One)"
3:52
15."Move Your Little Self On"
4:11
16."You Never Satisfy Me"
  • Lavigne
  • Magness
3:00
17."Let Go"Lavigne4:10
Total length:63:18

References

  1. ^ a b c "Avril Lavigne - B-Sides (CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Avril Lavigne - B-Sides (2002, Cdr)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Release "B-Sides" by Avril Lavigne". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Lavigne's Music Takes Hold With Arista's 'Let Go'". Billboard. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. ISBN 978-0-470-67844-2
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  6. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (20 March 2003). "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  7. ^ Blistein, Jon (3 June 2022). "Avril Lavigne Drops New 'Breakway' Version, Unearths Rarities for 'Let Go' Anniversary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ^ Shafer, Ellise (3 June 2022). "Avril Lavigne Celebrates 'Let Go' 20th Anniversary With Expanded Edition, Including New Recording of 'Breakaway'". Variety. Retrieved 3 June 2022.


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