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Pink's debut album was a promising collection of dance-pop, easily lumped into the teen pop boon of 2000 since she was young and sang over savvy, skittering club beats. Those comparisons irked -- hell, angered -- Pink, and she was determined to prove she was real with her second album. So she called up her idol, Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes fame, to help her rock and write; bared her soul; fought for some artistic control; brought in Steven Tyler; and wound up with M!ssundaztood, a title bound to never show up on Internet search engines. This all sounds like the script for a VH1 movie, but the wild thing is that M!ssundaztood not only works, it works smashingly -- a bewildering amalgam of sounds and attitudes that shouldn't fit together, but defy all odds and do. This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started" and sexy, swaggering arena rock redux like "18 Wheeler" before delving into weird confessionals like "Family Portrait," "Dear Diary," and "My Vietnam." Forget that this isn't what anybody would have expected Pink to do; it's hard to imagine anybody else that would have the idea and the inclination to blend late-'80s, metal-spiked album rock with modern hip-hop and dance, then dress it up with dazzling modern pop production, all the while not avoiding painful subjects (particularly her dysfunctional family) or melody. If that's not an artistic statement, then what is? And the damn thing is, there hasn't been a record in the mainstream this vibrant or this alive in a long, long time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Perry, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Damon Elliott, Bass, Drum Programmer, Piano, Producer, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Carlton Lynn, Recording Engineer - Doug Harms, Assistant Engineer - DAVE WAY, Mixing Engineer - Tim LeBlanc, Mixing Engineer - Rick Sheppard, Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA Records, a divison of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Carlton Lynn, Recording Engineer - Doug Harms, Assistant Engineer - Kevin "KD" Davis, Mixing Engineer - Rick Sheppard, Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA Records, a divison of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Linda Perry, Associated Performer, Composer, Drum Programmer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Bernd Burgdorf, Programmer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - Almighty, Re-Mixer
(P) 2001 RCA Records, a divison of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Scratch, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - P!nk Featuring Scratch, Associated Performer - Linda Perry, Associated Performer, Composer, Drum Programmer, Lyricist, Producer - Damon Elliott, Drum Programmer, Producer - Bernd Burgdorf, Programmer, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Carlton Lynn, Recording Engineer - DAVE WAY, Mixing Engineer - Tim LeBlanc, Mixing Engineer - Rick Sheppard, Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Storch, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Wassim Zreik, Recording Engineer - Oscar Ramirez, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA Records, a divison of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Steven Tyler, Associated Performer, Associated Performer - Pink Duet Steven Tyler, Associated Performer - Marti Frederiksen, Arranger, Bass, Drums, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Richie Supa, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Orchestrator, Producer - Richard Chychki, Recording Engineer - Jim Cox, Organ, Piano - Wayne Hood, Arranger, Keyboards - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - Richie Sambora, Guitar
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Perry, Composer, Drum Programmer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Bernd Burgdorf, Programmer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Perry, Associated Performer, Composer, Drum Programmer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Bernd Burgdorf, Programmer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Linda Perry, Associated Performer, Composer, Drum Programmer, Featured Artist, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - P!nk Featuring Linda Perry, Associated Performer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Dallas Austin, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Carlton Lynn, Recording Engineer - Doug Harms, Assistant Engineer - DAVE WAY, Mixing Engineer - Tim LeBlanc, Mixing Engineer - Rick Sheppard, Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Perry, Bass, Composer, Drum Programmer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer - Damon Elliott, Drum Programmer, Producer, Recording Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer - Jimmy Z, Harmonica, Saxophone - David Siegel, Organ
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
P!nk, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Linda Perry, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Recording Engineer - Damon Elliott, Drum Programmer, Producer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Pink's debut album was a promising collection of dance-pop, easily lumped into the teen pop boon of 2000 since she was young and sang over savvy, skittering club beats. Those comparisons irked -- hell, angered -- Pink, and she was determined to prove she was real with her second album. So she called up her idol, Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes fame, to help her rock and write; bared her soul; fought for some artistic control; brought in Steven Tyler; and wound up with M!ssundaztood, a title bound to never show up on Internet search engines. This all sounds like the script for a VH1 movie, but the wild thing is that M!ssundaztood not only works, it works smashingly -- a bewildering amalgam of sounds and attitudes that shouldn't fit together, but defy all odds and do. This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started" and sexy, swaggering arena rock redux like "18 Wheeler" before delving into weird confessionals like "Family Portrait," "Dear Diary," and "My Vietnam." Forget that this isn't what anybody would have expected Pink to do; it's hard to imagine anybody else that would have the idea and the inclination to blend late-'80s, metal-spiked album rock with modern hip-hop and dance, then dress it up with dazzling modern pop production, all the while not avoiding painful subjects (particularly her dysfunctional family) or melody. If that's not an artistic statement, then what is? And the damn thing is, there hasn't been a record in the mainstream this vibrant or this alive in a long, long time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:11
- Main artists: P!nk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2001 Arista Records, Inc.
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