Try This

Try This
Studio album by Pink
Released November 10, 2003 (2003-11-10)
Recorded 2002–03
Genre
Length 51:52
Label Arista
Producer
Pink chronology
Missundaztood
(2001)		 Try This
(2003)		 I'm Not Dead
(2006)
Singles from Try This
  1. "Feel Good Time"
    Released: June 20, 2003
  2. "Trouble"
    Released: September 8, 2003
  3. "God Is a DJ"
    Released: January 26, 2004
  4. "Last to Know"
    Released: April 2004 (Europe) / June 2005 (USA)

Try This is the third studio album by recording artist Pink. It was released on November 11, 2003. It featured the singles "Trouble," which earned P!nk a Grammy Award, "God Is a DJ" and "Last to Know". Try This was certified platinum by the RIAA, despite it becoming P!nk's lowest selling album.

Background

Most of the tracks were produced and co-written by punk band Rancid singer and guitarist Tim Armstrong, whom Pink met through a mutual friend at a Transplants video shoot. The two hit it off and Pink ended up co-writing ten songs with him in a week when Transplants were on a tour with the Foo Fighters. Eight of these tracks appeared on Try This, which also features three songs written with Linda Perry, who co-wrote much of Missundaztood (2001), Pink's second album. The album includes a collaboration with electroclash artist Peaches, "Oh My God", and Pink's contribution to the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle film soundtrack, "Feel Good Time" (produced by and featuring William Orbit), as a non-U.S. bonus track.

Try This was Pink's final studio album under Arista Records. In 2006, Pink said that she was unhappy with the way the label wanted her to make an album after the success of M!ssundaztood. "I was kind of rebelling against the label on that one," she said. "I was going: 'You want a record? Fine, I'll write 10 songs in a week for your fuckin' record and you can press it up and put it out.'"[2] She described the promotional campaign for the album as "an awful time. I was walking out of half my interviews crying. I just felt they were putting a quarter in the slot to watch the monkey dance."[2]

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
The Guardian[4]
Q[5]
Robert Christgau[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Slant[8]
StylusB[9]
Village Voice(favorable)[10]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[11]

The album received mainly positive reviews from critics with an average Metacritic rating of 71, indicating generally positive reviews.[5] However, there were some negative reviews, with New York magazine stating "Pink pitches a brand of seriousness that is pure Lifetime-TV mawkishness", and The Guardian commented that "Like a lot of pop at the moment, it just sounds like a wan imitation of Pink's second album". Entertainment Weekly gave the album a positive review and called it "A hooky, engaging throwaway that expands Pink's range while holding on fiercely to her irascible inner child."

Chart performance

Try This debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 147,000 copies, a weaker debut than that of Missundaztood.[12] The album also reached the top ten on album charts in the UK, Canada and Australia. As of March 2007, it had sold 719,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.[13] Try This re-entered the Australian album chart in June 2009.[14]

The album's first single, "Trouble", a song Armstrong original wrote for his band Rancid in 2003, reached number two in Canada and the top ten in the UK and Australia, but it peaked only at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 2003, "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping" was issued as a promotional single in the U.S.;[15] in the same period, a promo CD-R acetate of "Humble Neighborhoods" was made available in the UK.[16] Follow-up single "God Is a DJ" failed to chart on the Hot 100, although it reached number 11 in the UK. A third single, "Last to Know", was released exclusively in Europe and peaked at 21 in the UK.

Pink embarked on the Try This Tour in Europe during 2004, and a DVD chronicling the tour was released in 2006. "Trouble" was used in the films White Chicks (2004) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005), and "God Is a DJ" was featured in the film Mean Girls (2004).

Track listing

Try This – Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Trouble"  
3:12
2."God Is a DJ"  
  • Mann
  • Davis
3:44
3."Last to Know"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong4:03
4."Tonight's the Night"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong3:56
5."Oh My God" (featuring Peaches)
Armstrong3:42
6."Catch Me While I'm Sleeping"  
  • Perry
  • Fields[a]
5:03
7."Waiting for Love"  
Perry5:28
8."Save My Life"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong3:16
9."Try Too Hard"  
  • Pink
  • Perry
  • Perry
  • Fields[a]
3:13
10."Humble Neighborhoods"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
  • Armstrong
  • Fields[a]
3:52
11."Walk Away"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong3:38
12."Unwind"  
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong3:12
13."Love Song"  
Elliott2:29
14."Hooker" (hidden track)
  • Pink
  • Armstrong
Armstrong3:04
Notes

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2003)[23] Peak
position
Swiss Albums Chart 1
Austrian Albums Chart 2
German Albums Chart 2
UK Albums Chart 3
Australian Albums Chart 8
Canadian Albums Chart 8
Irish Albums Chart 8
Dutch Albums Chart 8
Swedish Albums Chart 8
U.S. Billboard 200 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 9
French Albums Chart 12
Danish Albums Chart 16
New Zealand Albums Chart 24
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 26
Finnish Albums Chart 39

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Rank
German Albums Chart[24] 47

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[25] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[26] Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[28] 3× Gold 300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] Gold 7,500^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[30] Gold 20,000*
Russia (NFPF)[31] Gold 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32] Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[34] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 2,700,000[35]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review
  2. 1 2 Boyd, Brian. "Pink Panther". The Irish Times. November 2006.
  3. ↑ David Browne (2003-11-14). "Try This Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  4. ↑ Alexis Petridis (2003-11-07). "CD: Pink: Try This". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  5. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Try This". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  6. ↑ Robert Christgau. "CG: Pink". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  7. ↑ Barry Walters (2003-11-10). "Try This". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  8. ↑ Sal Cinquemani (2003-10-23). "Pink: Try This". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  9. ↑ Clem Bastow (2003-12-04). "P!nk - Try This - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  10. ↑ Nick Catucci (2003-11-11). "She Stays and She Goes". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  11. ↑ Dan Leroy (2003-11-25). "Try This". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  12. ↑ Harris, Chris. "Pink Outdone By Rascal Flatts On Billboard Chart". MTV News. April 12, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
  13. ↑ "Pink's latest album gets another chance". Reuters/Billboard. March 24, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Top 50 Albums Chart - Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  15. ↑ "PINK Catch Me While I'm Sleeping". eil.com. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  16. ↑ "P!NK Humble Neighbourhoods". eil.com. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  17. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/PNK-Try-This/release/806143
  18. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=604362
  19. ↑ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=257541
  20. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/PNK-Try-This/release/3673118
  21. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3673118
  22. ↑ http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/cds/pop-rock/various/auction-549498703.htm
  23. ↑ Steffen Hung. "P!nk - Try This". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  24. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Pink – Try This" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved March 19, 2015. Enter Pink in the field Interpret. Enter Try This in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  27. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Pink – Try This". Music Canada. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pink; 'Try This')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  29. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Pink – Try This". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Norwegian album certifications – Pink – Try This" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Russian album certifications – Pink – Try This" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF). Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  32. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Pink; 'Try This')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  33. ↑ "British album certifications – Pink – Try This". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 19, 2015. Enter Try This in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  34. ↑ "American album certifications – Pink – Try This". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 19, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  35. ↑ "Sony Music - PINK (In spanish)". Sony Music Entertainment. 2008-10-28. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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