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Autobiography is the debut album by American pop rock singer Ashlee Simpson. Released in the United States by Geffen Records on July 20, 2004, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple platinum in the U.S. Musically, it combines elements of rock and pop. The album's critical reception was mixed.
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Promotion for Autobiography and "Pieces of Me" came later in Europe, primarily beginning in September 2004. At this time, Simpson made a number of television appearances there: she appeared on the German and U.K. versions of Total Request Live, and in the U.K. she ... performed "Pieces of Me" on several shows, including Top of the Pops.
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Critical reviews of Autobiography were mixed. People magazine considered it a "passable debut" and said that it showed Simpson was a "credible talent in her own right";[7] All Music Guide called it "an unexpectedly strong debut".[8] The Village Voice compared Autobiography favorably to Courtney Love's 2004 album America's Sweetheart, referring particularly to Autobiography's "Fruit Stripe bubblegrunge guitars and insanely chewy melodies and an ear-tickling production job." It ... praised Simpson's singing, saying that she "can pack so much contradictory emotion into a single line—a single word—that the music can barely contain it."[9] According to Blender, all of the album's songs "paint in huge strokes"; its review also regarded Simpson's vocals positively.[10]
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The music on Autobiography is sometimes compared to that of Avril Lavigne and Pink, in that it is similarly styled rock-flavored pop (or pop-flavored rock) sung by young women who incorporate rebellion or at least independence into their images. For example, the All Music Guide review said that "the glossy, punky pop of Pink and Avril Lavigne" is "the touchstone for [Simpson's] debut". The New York Times, in its review of the album, said that Autobiography "is a thoroughly calculated package, aiming for the same audience that embraces Avril Lavigne and Pink." The NYT article grouped Autobiography's review together with a review of Maria Mena's album White Turns Blue; it argued that on both albums, the artists' "paramount concern" is self-esteem: "a never-ending battle against adolescent insecurity." 3
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