Lyrically, though, she falls short of Morissette’s razor-sharp guile Lavigne proclaims “If I could say what I want to say/I’d say I want to blow you…away,” but it’s still a long way from going down on your boyfriend in a theater. If Britney is 90210, Lavigne is My So-Called Life, drawing on her real-life skater-punk angst to perfectly capture the intense drama of teenage love on “Too Much to Ask” and the sweet “I’m With You.” Lavigne’s vocals are dynamic and larger than life on tracks like “Losing Grip,” often slipping into quirky patterns reminiscent of her fellow-Canadian superstar. Sure, teen pop may have gone bust but the new revolution is still pint-sized: the latest in the new breed of young singer-songwriters is 17-year-old Avril Lavigne, Gen Y’s mini-Alanis.

First there was mini-Madonna (Britney Spears) and mini-Mariah (Jessica Simpson), and then, of course, living fashion-plate Christina Aguilera, who looks as if she’s dipped into the walk-in closets of just about every diva in music history.

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