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The Truth About Love (2012)

Where the lyrics of The Truth About Love take you, and where it was really made.

The album's sessions were booked around a mother's schedule: recording ran only on weekdays, mostly in the afternoon and evening, so that breastfeeding and family time fit in.

Key places

Earthstar Creation Center in Venice (2012)

Recording site Earthstar Creation Center — Pink recorded parts of the album at Earthstar Creation Center in Venice during its 2012 sessions. The sessions ran from January to May 2012 on a weekday schedule. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles (2012)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Pink recorded sessions for the album at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles. This was one of several studios used for the album's recording in 2012. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Modern Dirt Laboratories in London (2012)

Recording site Wild Bunch Studios (London) — Pink recorded sessions for the album at The Modern Dirt Laboratories in London, UK. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Effigy Studios in Ferndale (2012)

Recording site Studio 8 — The album's credits list Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan among its recording locations. The point marks the town center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Fishhead Music in Gothenburg (2012)

Recording site Studio Willow-Valley — The album's credits list Fishhead Music in Gothenburg, Sweden among its recording locations. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ruby Red Studios in Santa Monica (2012)

Recording site Ruby Red — The album's credits list Ruby Red Studios in Santa Monica, California among its recording locations. The point marks the city center, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Truth About Love: sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink
• Released September 14, 2012, through RCA Records
• Primarily a pop and pop rock record with elements of electropop, dance-pop, and rock
• Lyrics explore love, monogamy, and sexuality, as the album title suggests
• Guest appearances by Eminem, Lily Allen, and Nate Ruess

Background

• Pink's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, came out in November 2010
• Her first child, a daughter, was born on June 2, 2011
• In March 2012 Pink confirmed on Twitter that she had begun work on her sixth studio album
• She worked again with longtime collaborator Billy Mann and reunited with Greg Kurstin, whom she had not worked with since I'm Not Dead (2006)
• Approximately 40 songs were written during development

Recording

• Sessions took place between January and May 2012
• Recording sessions were therefore held only from Monday to Friday between 1 p.m. and 10 pm, with breaks for nursing her daughter and having dinner.
• Weekends were off and dedicated to family time
• Sessions were held at Earthstar Creation Center in Venice, Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Suite 203, and The Modern Dirt Laboratories in London

Cover

• Photographed by Andrew Macpherson
• Shows the singer with her signature pink hair, crouching in a short black top, short black shorts, garters, and red heels
• Artwork unveiled through Pink's official website on July 16, 2012

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Tracklist

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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.

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Reception

At release

• Metacritic: 77 out of 100, based on 16 reviews
• Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly praised the songs' confessional nature
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album for expanding and deepening Pink's music
• Billboard's Andrew Hampp rated the record 4.5 out of 5 stars
• Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian praised the pop songs but criticized the ballads
• Spin ranked the album at number 11 on its list of the best pop albums of 2012
• Robert Christgau named the album the fourth best album of 2012 on The Barnes & Noble Review list

Reappraisal

• Billboard ranked the album among the best albums of the 2010s decade
• The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards

Records

• United States: debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 280,000 copies sold; Pink's first number-one album there
• United States: certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in August 2017 for over three million album-equivalent units
• United Kingdom: entered the UK Albums Chart at number two
• Australia: debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart with 74,293 first-week copies
• France: debuted at number four; SNEP certified gold
• Reached number one in Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland
• Global: seventh best-selling album of 2012 with 2.6 million copies; about seven million copies by November 2016

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Pink announced the album title during an interview on Australia's Today on July 4, 2012.
• Approximately 40 songs were written during development, and Pink said she would write song ideas in her journal.
• Pink said becoming a mother changed how she made music, so sessions were held on a strict weekday schedule.
• The album received further promotion from The Truth About Love Tour, which started on February 13, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona.
• The album's lead single was released a week ahead of schedule after a demo leaked onto the Internet.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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