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I'm Not Dead (2006)

Where the lyrics of I'm Not Dead take you, and where it was really made.

The title grew out of an 'awakening' after Pink's father had a heart attack and she turned 25.

Key places

Recorded at The Magic Shop, New York (2006)

Recording site Magic Shop — The Magic Shop in New York City is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles (2006)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles (2006)

Recording site Chateau Marmont — Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in West Hollywood (2006)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — House of Blues Studios in West Hollywood is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the city center, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Norcross (2006)

Recording site Tree Sound — Tree Sound Studios in Norcross is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the city center, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Santa Monica (2006)

Recording site Ruby Red — Remote Control in Santa Monica is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the city center, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Philadelphia (2006)

Recording site Scottish Rite Temple — The Studio in Philadelphia is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the city center, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Gothenburg (2006)

Recording site Studio Willow-Valley — Fishhead Music in Gothenburg is listed as a recording location for I'm Not Dead. The pin is placed at the city center, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• I'm Not Dead: fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink
• Released March 31, 2006 by LaFace Records and Zomba Group
• Pink served as executive producer of the project
• Peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 in the United States
• Reached number one in several territories, including Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland
• Certified double platinum in the United States; gold in Finland, Denmark, and Sweden
• Primarily a pop and pop rock album with acoustic, folk rock, hard rock, power pop, new wave, dance, soul and hip-hop elements

Background

• Third album Try This (2003) underperformed commercially and later became her lowest-selling record
• After Try This, Pink parted ways with Arista Records, the label that released Try This and Missundaztood (2001)
• Pink said she named the album after an epiphany about adult responsibilities and the realities of everyday life
• In interviews, she tied the title to an awakening after her father had a heart attack and she turned 25
• She said she began caring less about her own drama and more about the world around her

Recording

• Producers included Billy Mann, Butch Walker, Dr. Luke and Max Martin
• Recording locations listed in the source include The Magic Shop in New York City and Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles
• Pink said she wrote more than forty songs for the album
• Her collaborators on this album pushed her to be emotionally involved, unlike the recording of Try This

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Alecia Beth Moore-Hart (born September 8, 1979), known as Pink, is an American singer and songwriter from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
• At 15, she formed the R&B group Choice with two other teenage girls; the group signed with LaFace Records but disbanded in 1998.
• Pink then began her solo career with LaFace Records.

Career

• Debut album Can't Take Me Home (2000) reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200 and sold over four million copies worldwide.
• Missundaztood (2001) became her best-selling record with more than 13 million copies, and its single "Get the Party Started" was a worldwide hit.
• "Lady Marmalade" (with Christina Aguilera, Mýa and Lil' Kim) gave her first US No. 1 single and her first Grammy.
• Later albums include Try This (2003), I'm Not Dead (2006), Funhouse (2008), The Truth About Love (2012), Beautiful Trauma (2017), Hurts 2B Human (2019) and Trustfall (2023).
• The Truth About Love and Beautiful Trauma topped the Billboard 200; "Raise Your Glass" and "Just Give Me a Reason" were number-one Billboard Hot 100 hits.
• Pink has sold more than 135 million records worldwide and has won three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards and seven MTV Video Music Awards.
• Her Summer Carnival tour became the second-highest grossing concert tour by a woman.

Members

• Pink performs as a solo artist; the group Choice and Basic Instinct were earlier groups she was part of.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album received positive reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the risks Pink took on the record
• Critics also complimented her experimentation with rock music
• AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Pink sounds liberated, making music far riskier and stranger than most mainstream pop of 2006
• Rolling Stone review: complimentary, saying the album swaggers with a cockiness most band members cannot match
• Rolling Stone also said she belts more urgently and takes more risks than her pop-radio contemporaries

Reappraisal

• Metacritic aggregate score: 70 out of 100, a highly positive critical reception overall

Records

• US: first-week sales of 126,000 copies; debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, higher than the debuts of Missundaztood and Try This
• Billboard 200: 88 non-consecutive weeks on the chart, last in December 2009
• UK: debuted at number three selling 39,892 copies; ninth best-selling album of 2006 with over 848,000 sold that year
• UK: re-entered the top 100 album chart at number 99 in October 2007
• Australia: rose to number one after 26 weeks, Pink's first number-one album there
• Australia: spent a record 62 consecutive weeks in the top ten; second best-selling album of both 2006 and 2007
• Canada: debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in the first week; platinum for shipments of more than 100,000
• Germany: Pink's first number-one album
• Worldwide sales: 6,500,000 copies according to French Wikipedia
• Certifications: US double platinum; gold in Finland, Denmark and Sweden
• Awards: 2006 Glamour Magazine International Solo Artist of the Year; 2007 Rockbjörnen Award for Best International Album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Pink said the title came from an awakening after her father had a heart attack and she turned 25, as she told The Independent
• The album's original working title was Long Way to Happy, the name of one of its tracks
• Lead single Stupid Girls drew considerable controversy over its lyrics and music video
• The hidden final track, I Have Seen the Rain, was written by and features Pink's father James T. Moore
• Who Knew failed to chart on the US Hot 100 at first, then debuted there in March 2007 after it was used to promote the ABC show October Road

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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