Avril Lavigne | UNDER MY SKIN | CD

Audio Mixer: Tom Lord-Alge.Recording information: NRG Recording Services, North Hollywood, CA; Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA; Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA; Satellite Park, Malibu, CA; Skyline Studios, New York, NY; The Boat, Los Angeles, CA; Whitecoat Sound, Malibu, CA.Photographer: James Minchin III.Part of Avril Lavigne's appeal -- a large part of it, actually -- is that she's a brat, acting younger than her 17 years on her 2002 debut, Let Go, and never seeming like she much cared about the past (she notoriously mispronounced David Bowie's name when reading Grammy nominations), or anything else for that matter. She lived for the moment; she partied with sk8er bois; she didn't want anything complicated. Thanks to production gurus the Matrix, Avril's proudly adolescent anthems were delivered in a shiny package built on steel-girded hooks -- a sound so catchy it came to define the mainstream not long after Let Go hit the radio. The Matrix became ubiquitous on the strength of thei