Worth your time: Yes

Twenty years after she made her pop debut, Avril Lavigne still sings about heart-break with revenge and anger. However, there’s a difference. In establishing the importance of self-worth in her rather light-hearted seventh studio album, Lavigne makes both, her progress as a musician, and her command over the genre of pop, evident. Rage-filled FU is the highlight of the album, Love Sux.