Avril Lavigne Prepares for New Album, "Goodbye Lullaby"

Avril Lavigne's much anticipated fourth album, "Goodbye Lullaby" is almost ready for release!

The singer debuted a 30 second teaser for her first single, "What the Hell" earlier this week. The song has much of the same energy and sounds as her last album, "The Best Damn Thing". The full single is set to be released on New Year's Eve during the annual Dick Clark New Year's Eve special and the entire album is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2011.

The 30 second clip of "What the Hell" can be heard below:




The set list was also released today. It is as follows:


1. Black Star
2. What The Hell
3. Push
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Smile
6. Stop Standing There
7. I Love You
8. Everybody Hurts
9. Not Enough
10. 4 Real
11. Darlin
12. Remember When
13. Goodbye
14. Alice (hidden track)

In addition, the album and first single's cover art was revealed. In both covers, Avril looks rather tough, angry, and just simply edgy. It lost much of the glamour that was seen from "The Best Damn Thing"'s cover art. The pictures are below:





Based on the 30-second clip of the first single, the names of the confirmed tracks, and the album's artwork, it looks as if this album will be a combination of the different sounds from Avril's previous three records. I'm hoping for a few darker sounding tracks, a la "Under My Skin". "Under My Skin" was my favorite Avril Lavigne album thus far and I really appreciated her darker music. "The Best Damn Thing" was ok, but I think Avril sounds better when she is singing darker, edgier music than when she tries to be more preppy and pop sounding.

Are you excited about Avril's new album? Will you buy it? What do you think of the 30-second clip from her new single, "What the Hell"?