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Try This (2003)

Where the lyrics of Try This take you, and where it was really made.

Pink later said she was unhappy with the way the label wanted this album made, yet it debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200.

Key places

Recorded at Steakhouse Studios (2003)

Recording site Schnee Studio — The album page lists this studio among its recording locations. The pin marks the city centre of North Hollywood, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Mansfield Lodge (2003)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album page lists Mansfield Lodge in Los Angeles among its recording locations. The pin marks the city centre, not the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Turtle Sound (2003)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The album page lists Turtle Sound in New York City among its recording locations. The pin marks the city centre, not the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Casa de Pink (2003)

Recording site Record One — The album page lists Casa de Pink in Sherman Oaks among its recording locations. The pin marks the city centre, not the house itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Enterprise Studios (2003)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — The album page lists Enterprise Studios in Burbank among its recording locations. The pin marks the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Mixed at South Beach Studios (2003)

Recording site South Beach (Miami) — The album page credits South Beach Studios in Miami Beach for mixing. The pin is set to the studio's building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Try This: third studio album by American singer Pink
• Released 11 November 2003 by Arista Records
• Rock and roll and pop record; lyrics explore love and estrangement
• Genre elements: punk rock in 'Trouble', R&B in 'Catch Me While I'm Sleeping' and 'Love Song', new wave and disco in 'Humble Neighborhoods'
• Pink's final studio album under Arista Records
• First Pink album to carry a Parental Advisory warning, and first released alongside an edited version

Background

• Follows Missundaztood (2001) and its worldwide Party Tour
• Pink wanted to expand on the rock sound of Missundaztood and sought producers and writers with experience in the genre
• Most tracks produced and co-written by Tim Armstrong, singer and guitarist of punk band Rancid
• Pink met Armstrong through a mutual friend at a Transplants video shoot
• Pink co-wrote ten songs with Armstrong in one week while Transplants toured with the Foo Fighters; eight appeared on the album
• Three songs written with Linda Perry, who co-wrote much of Missundaztood
• Collaboration with electroclash artist Peaches on 'Oh My God'
• 'Feel Good Time', from the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle soundtrack, included as a non-U.S. bonus track
• In 2006 Pink said she was unhappy with the way the label wanted her to make an album after the success of Missundaztood

Recording

• Studios listed on the album page: Steakhouse Studios, Mansfield Lodge, Turtle Sound, Casa de Pink, Enterprise Studios
• Mixed at South Beach Studios in Miami Beach

Sources: en.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

• Received generally favorable reviews from music critics, with a Metacritic average of 71
• AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated it four out of five stars
• Erlewine wrote that with this album Pink had firmly established a voice of her own
• Blender critic James Slaughter wrote that the guitars were raunchier and the lyrics more potty-mouthed, while the melodic touch stayed intact
• The Village Voice critic Nick Catucci described it as a rare leap of faith and a miracle of pop
• Entertainment Weekly critic David Browne gave a positive review, calling it a hooky, engaging throwaway
• Browne was less impressed with Perry's contributions
• New York magazine critic Ethan Brown gave a negative review
• The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that it sounds like a wan imitation of Pink's second album

Reappraisal

• Pink herself later expressed dissatisfaction with the record
• In 2006 she said the label wanted an album after Missundaztood, and described the promotional campaign as an awful time

Records

• Debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 147,000, weaker than the debut of Missundaztood
• Reached the top ten in 13 countries, including the US
• UK peak at number three; Canada peak at number eight; top ten in Australia
• 719,000 copies sold in the US as of March 2007, according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies
• 'Trouble': number two in Canada, top ten in the UK and Australia, number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100
• 'Trouble' won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 2004 Grammy Awards, Pink's second Grammy
• 'God Is a DJ': number 11 in the UK, did not chart on the Hot 100
• 'Last to Know': number 21 in the UK

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'Trouble' was originally written by Armstrong for his band Rancid in 2003
• 'Trouble' was used in the films White Chicks, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and in the first theatrical trailer for Tangled
• 'God Is a DJ' was featured in the film Mean Girls (2004)
• Some pressings of the album included the single 'Feel Good Time' from the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle soundtrack
• The Try This Tour in 2004 covered Europe and Australia; the live recording of the Manchester show was released in 2006 as Pink: Live in Europe

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

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