Pink - Try This
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Artist: PinkEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Music Label: La Face
Product features:
- Pink
- Audio CD
- Trouble
- God Is A DJ
- Last To Know
- TonightÂ?s The Night
- Oh My God Featuring Peaches
- Catch Me While IÂ?m Sleeping
- Waiting For Love
- Save My Life
- Try Too Hard
- Humble Neighborhoods
- Walk Away
- Unwind
- Love Song
- Hooker (hidden track)
Music reviews of Try This
Music Review: The Album Title Says It All.
Rating: 4 Stars
Pink's strength has always been the depth of her writing, although her unique voice comes in a close second. At the time of her debut, Pink was viewed as just another disposable teen singer, although she sang R&B rather than straight pop. However, with each album she has grown and asserted more and more of her own personality. On her third offering, Try This, Pink strayed even further from the R&B her record label had originally pushed her to do. Instead, she takes on the pop-rock approach, and manages to pull it off convincingly. There are not many singers who can sing this style without it sounding contrived. Luckily, Pink is one of the few who can.
Lead single, "Trouble", brings the album off to a good start. One of the more heavy rock tracks, most people viewed this song as a poor choice for a single, if not a just bad in general. Far from the best song on the album, it is catchy and likeable enough to start things off well. "God Is a DJ" was accepted more widely as the second single, although it took a while for it to grow on me. This song works on several levels. Firstly, it is a fun song and quite danceable which is generally the formula for a good single. Secondly, it's a metaphor, although most didn't pick up on it. Here, Pink states, "If God is a DJ/Life is a dance floor/You get what you're given/It's all how you use it". I've heard many people pass this off as nonsense, however it is really quite logical. Essentially, what Pink is saying is that despite what life we are given, it's the way we use it that matters. Switching back from the pop side into rock on "Last to Know", Pink angrily sings about a guy who stood her up because she wouldn't sleep with him on their date. The emotion here seems genuine, thus making it one of the album highlights.
"Tonight's the Night" is possibly the weakest offering the album has to give. I'm not quite sure what style Pink was going for here, and although her vocals are great, the song just does not work. Pink sings about just wanting to have fun to escape; yet this is the only song that comes across contrived. "Oh My God" featuring Peaches is the easily most heavily criticized track, however I don't really see why. The vocals and production match impeccably, although Pink doesn't so much sing as speak in a rhythm. Regardless, this is a great track and even the guest rap from Peaches (who I've never heard of before, or even after this song) does nothing to hinder it even though she is far from an exceptional rapper. Teaming up once more with Linda Perry, who handled most of Pink's sophomore effort, Pink brings us "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping". Despite her seeming aversion to slow songs (there are very few on any of her albums), they always suit Pink's voice incredibly. This is definitely a highlight.
Following an album highlight is always a risky affair. The artist always has the chance of putting an average track that would have sounded good anywhere else on the album, but sounds lacklustre when placed after a highlight. However, this is not the case here as "Waiting For Love" is equally as great, if not better than, the previous song. Pink has a knack for adding genuine emotion to her songs, and this one shows that to its fullest effect. The lyrics are simple, yet deep and the vocals understated (for the most part) yet powerful all at once. "All the changes and all the mistakes/Foolishly laughing at thing that/Words that she says" is a perfect example of both an excellent vocal performance, and the lyrical quality and depth. Unfortunately, "Save My Life" is a perfect example of the aforementioned problem with tracks after highlights. While good in it's own right, it was placed after two of the album's best, it fails to really stand out. I will emphasize once more, however, that this is in no way a bad song, thus it is definitely worth a listen.
"Try Too Hard" is commonly viewed as hypocritical. In it, Pink comments on people who try too hard to fit in ("Everything you feel, everything you know/You found it on your favourite TV show"). With statements like, "And it's people like you that make me sick", Pink would have, and unfortunately did, set herself up for criticism. However, what most people fail to notice is that Pink makes the same comment about herself in the end, reflecting "And it's people like us that make me sick." Great message, and very entertaining song. "Humble Neighbourhoods", while entertaining, is a step backwards lyrically. The song isn't really about anything, yet it is catchy enough that it someone manages to work well anyway. "Walk Away" discusses a lover who just gives up when things get too difficult. Toward the end, Pink decides that she's fed up with him, and now she's the one to walk away. ("You had my heart, you had my soul/You had it all-didn't you/Cause I'm sick of trying, I'm going home"). Overall, a great song although not the best she has to offer.
Going back to the rock sound once more, "Unwind" is what "Tonight's The Night" was attempting to be, except this time it works better. Here, Pink sings about her need to unwind after hiding her pain and troubles. A decent song, but still ends up being a step down from the one before. "Feel Good Time" is most recognized from its spot in Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle. I did not really like this song at first, but it quickly grew on me. Of the three songs with similar messages ("Unwind", "Tonight's the Night", and this one) this is easily the best. Although it serves mostly as only a catchy single, it shows of Pink's vocals quite well. The final album highlight comes in the form of "Love Song", one of Pink's few ballads. The lyrics are deep and honest, and the delivery is the most passionate of all songs here. Unlike previous slower songs, this takes a more acoustic-sounding approach, toning down the production so that all we hear is Pink and the instruments. Easily one of the best tracks here. Unfortunately, the album does not end on the high note that it should have. Pink, for reasons I still cannot comprehend, decided to include the biting "Hooker" as a hidden track. This song comes across as an excuse to swear as many times as possible, and does nothing to support Pink's talent. Although not as bad as I originally thought, it is far from the quality of the rest of the alubm. Artists have got to remember that if they are going to include a bonus track, they should at least make it a good one so we can understand why they decided to include it.
Overall Mark: 4/5
Pink is one of the most consistent artists in terms of album quality. All of her albums take different approaches, yet still capture Pink's unique personality. It also doesn't hurt that she has genuine writing talent and a powerful, slightly raspy voice. Easily one of the most underrated talents to come out of the vast group of singers in the 90s, Pink should definitely not be overlooked. Most believe she is fake and trying to fit in to whatever is trendy, however if you watch how she acts in interviews and the like, it is evident that none of her personality is fake. She's about as genuine an artist as you can get. The image she had on her first album, which most people seem to agree is the style she needs to go back to, was not her. It was the way her label chose to market her, and she had to go along with it to maintain her deal. Give her a chance, you won't be disappointed.
Description of Try This
Japanese limited edition reissue of 2003 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Feel Good Time', 'Delirium', & 'Free'. BMG. 2004.While detractors may grouse that Pink's third album doesn't have a dance floor anthem on it like the incendiary "Get The Party Started" from 2001's Missundaztood, some prefer their Pink straight up and damn the paper drink umbrellas and crepe paper. She's at her very best raiding her own troubled autobiography for inspiration, spitting out vituperrious vocal epitaphs like seeds from a ripe watermelon instead of the angst-ridden confessional romp she took through Missundaztood. Maybe she's worked all that out on a psychiatrist's couch, because this time out her anger is much more arch and entertaining; likely due to her pairing with Rancid's Tim Armstrong, who co-wrote and produced most of the disc and certainly knows the value of turning rage into a well-crafted musical punch line. As unlikely as the collaboration looked on paper, it works perfectly because the Pennsylvania native has always brandished a punk sneer beneath the corsets, gaudy hair color, and naughty girl demeanor. Armstrong and his Rancid cohorts (Lars Frederiksen and Matt Freeman) inject feral rock action into the disc with their truncated guitar sounds and trash can drumming and provide a perfect foil for Pink's foul-mouth rants and backstage laments like "Last To Know." But Pink hasn't shaved her spiky coiffure into a Mohawk. She still smolders on a soulful ballad like "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping" or trades vitriol with raps' redoubtable sex kitten, Peaches. --Jaan Uhelszki
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