Head Above Water is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. It was released on February 15, 2019, through BMG Rights Management. It is Lavigne's first studio release since her self-titled fifth studio album (2013), marking the longest gap between two of her studio albums. Lavigne assumed an integral role in the album's production and collaborated with several producers including Chad Kroeger, Stephan Moccio, Chris Baseford, Johan Carlsson, Lauren Christy from The Matrix, Ryan Cabrera, Travis Clark of We the Kings, Bonnie McKee, JR Rotem and Mitch Allan among others.
The album draws inspiration from Lavigne's battle with Lyme disease, with her describing the album as an "emotional journey". It received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 55 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Commercially, it became her sixth consecutive album to chart in the top five of Lavigne's home country, Canada, and made the Top10 in several other countries as well, such as Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the UK.
The album draws inspiration from Lavigne's battle with Lyme disease, with her describing the album as an "emotional journey". It received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 55 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Commercially, it became her sixth consecutive album to chart in the top five of Lavigne's home country, Canada, and made the Top10 in several other countries as well, such as Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the UK.
Tracklist
1. Head Above Water
2. Birdie
3. I Fell In Love With The Devil
4. Tell Me It's Over
5. Dumb Blonde
6. It Was In Me
7. Souvenir
8. Crush
9. Goddess
10. Bigger Wow
11. Love Me Insane
12. Warrior
1. Head Above Water
2. Birdie
3. I Fell In Love With The Devil
4. Tell Me It's Over
5. Dumb Blonde
6. It Was In Me
7. Souvenir
8. Crush
9. Goddess
10. Bigger Wow
11. Love Me Insane
12. Warrior
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