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Five years separate Beautiful Trauma from its predecessor, 2012's The Truth About Love -- a half-decade P!nk generally acknowledges in lyrical themes, not musical terms. Chalk this up to a general maturation -- the singer/songwriter is a happily married mother of two, creeping up on her 40th birthday -- but her decision to do little more than nod at contemporary musical trends is deliberate, a reflection of how her hits and audience have crept toward the adult contemporary charts. P!nk isn't entirely ready to enter Adele territory: She's still as liable to curse as croon, she makes the occasional feint toward EDM pop, and has the sense to hire Jack Antonoff, the hitmaker du jour of 2017, as a collaborator. These modern moments are bunched up at the beginning of the record, coalescing around "Revenge" -- a catchy bit of clean funk mussed up by a wildly inappropriate Eminem verse that seems culled from outtakes of The Eminem Show -- giving the false impression that Beautiful Trauma is a livelier album than it is, but once the record slides into the piano-anchored ballad "But We Lost It," it enters an extended stretch where diva showstoppers alternate with delicate folk tunes and icy midtempo pop. Every one of these styles is executed well -- the productions are crisp, not chilly, they're undergirded with genuine feeling that P!nk conveys with her measured performances -- but the cumulative feel is somewhat less than the individual parts. Maybe the culprit is that Beautiful Trauma feels too controlled, with every element in its right place. There's none of the emotional mess that has enlivened some of P!nk's best work, and while this sense of calm may be well earned, it does result in a tamer record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Sisk, Engineer - Phillip A. Peterson, Cello - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Background Vocal - Victoria Parker, Violin - Evan Smith, Saxophone
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Shellback, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass, Background Vocal - Marshall Mathers, Composer, Lyricist - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Sam Holland, Engineer - Eminem, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Noah Passovoy, Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Cory Bice, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Lertola, Assistant Engineer - P!nk feat. Eminem, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Shellback, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass, Background Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Sam Holland, Engineer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Cory Bice, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Lertola, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Steve Mac, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards - Chris Laws, Drums, Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny McDaid, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar - Dann Pursey, Engineer - Matt Dyson, Assistant Engineer - Gabe Burch, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
John Hanes, Engineer - Greg Kurstin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Bass - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mattias Bylund, Editor, Recording Engineer, Strings - The Struts, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Vocal Producer, Bass - John Cranfield, Engineer - Ross Golan, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocal Producer - Mattias Johansson, Violin - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Jakob Jerlström, Composer, Lyricist - Ludvig Söderberg, Composer, Lyricist - David Bukovinszky, Cello
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
John Hanes, Engineer - Greg Kurstin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Bass - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Holland, Engineer - Mattias Larsson, Composer, Lyricist - Robin Fredriksson, Composer, Lyricist - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Mattman & Robin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Shellback, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Background Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Sam Holland, Engineer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Oscar Holter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Cory Bice, Assistant Engineer - Jeremy Lertola, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Sisk, Engineer - Phillip A. Peterson, Cello - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Synthesizer - Sam Dew, Composer, Lyricist - Victoria Parker, Violin - Evan Smith, Saxophone
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Billy Mann, Composer, Lyricist - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Medice, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
David Campbell, Strings - Suzie Katayama, Orchestra - John Wittenberg, Violin - Matt Funes, Viola - Steve Richards, Cello - Charlie Bisharat, Violin - Busbee, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Editor, Piano, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Missi Hale, Background Vocal - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Paakkari, Assistant Engineer - STEVE Churchyard, Engineer - Andrew Duckles, Viola - Josefina Vergara, Violin - Natalie Leggett, Violin - Sara Parkins, Violin - Dave Clauss, Editor - Mario De Leon, Violin - Victor Lawrence, Cello - Alyssa Park, Violin - Tereza Stanislav, Violin - Michael Valerio, Bass - Gerardo Hilera, Violin - Serena McKinney, Violin - Joel Pargman, Violin - Armen Ksajikian, Cello - David Stone, Bass - Songa Lee, Violin - Michele Richards, Violin - Timothy Landauer, Cello - Brian David Willis, Editor - Katherine Vincent, Viola - Luke Maurer, Viola - Ryan Walsh, Assistant Engineer - Robert Cani, Violin - Salvador Ojeda, Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - P!nk, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tobias Jesso, Jr., Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Five years separate Beautiful Trauma from its predecessor, 2012's The Truth About Love -- a half-decade P!nk generally acknowledges in lyrical themes, not musical terms. Chalk this up to a general maturation -- the singer/songwriter is a happily married mother of two, creeping up on her 40th birthday -- but her decision to do little more than nod at contemporary musical trends is deliberate, a reflection of how her hits and audience have crept toward the adult contemporary charts. P!nk isn't entirely ready to enter Adele territory: She's still as liable to curse as croon, she makes the occasional feint toward EDM pop, and has the sense to hire Jack Antonoff, the hitmaker du jour of 2017, as a collaborator. These modern moments are bunched up at the beginning of the record, coalescing around "Revenge" -- a catchy bit of clean funk mussed up by a wildly inappropriate Eminem verse that seems culled from outtakes of The Eminem Show -- giving the false impression that Beautiful Trauma is a livelier album than it is, but once the record slides into the piano-anchored ballad "But We Lost It," it enters an extended stretch where diva showstoppers alternate with delicate folk tunes and icy midtempo pop. Every one of these styles is executed well -- the productions are crisp, not chilly, they're undergirded with genuine feeling that P!nk conveys with her measured performances -- but the cumulative feel is somewhat less than the individual parts. Maybe the culprit is that Beautiful Trauma feels too controlled, with every element in its right place. There's none of the emotional mess that has enlivened some of P!nk's best work, and while this sense of calm may be well earned, it does result in a tamer record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:08
- Main artists: P!nk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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