Can't Take Me Home

Can't Take Me Home
Studio album by P! Nk
Publication (s)	April 14, 2000 USA September 18, 2000 United Kingdom
Label (s)	LaFace Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Contemporary R&B , Pop
Title (number)	13
running time	54:21
production	Tommy Collier, Otto Price, David Browning
chronology - Can't Take Me Home Missundaztood (2001)
Single releases February 8, 2000 There you go September 19, 2000 Most girls February 13, 2001 You make me sick

Can't Take Me Home is the debut album by the American singer and songwriter P! Nk . It was released on April 4, 2000 in the US and September 14 in the UK . Two million copies of the album were sold in the US and four million worldwide.

background

Three songs ( There You Go , Most Girls and You Make Me Sick ) were released as singles and achieved great success in the charts, especially in the English-speaking countries (USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia), while the rest of the world received relatively little notice took from Pink. The album itself reached number 26 on the American Billboard 200. In the summer of that year, Pink appeared as a supporting act on the "No-Strings-Attached" tour of the boy group * NSYNC , which further increased its popularity - at least in the USA. Producers who worked on the album included Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Babyface , Kandi Burruss, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Daryl Simmons and Christopher Stewart. Pink co-wrote seven songs on the album. In contrast to Pink's later work, her debut album contains contemporary R&B influences in the songs. Later on, Pink took on more of a pop-rock- oriented style. She stated that she did not like the promotion of the album as she was unable to express her musical influences.

You Make Me Sick was featured on the 2001 soundtrack for Save the Last Dance . Split Personality , which was not released as a single, was featured in The Princess Diaries (2001), but did not appear on the film's soundtrack.

reception

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine compared Can't Take Me Home to TLC's 1999 album Fanmail , which it is very similar to. The songs are very much influenced by the producers of both records, LA Reid and Babyface. They used a driving rhythm as the basis of this intelligent dance-pop production, which resulted in a sound similar to that of TLC's work.

It may be hard to listen to Pink's debut album Can't Take Me Home without hearing TLC, specifically their 1999 album Fanmail. After all, LA Reid and Babyface were the executive producers for both albums, and they decided to use a skittering, post-jungle rhythm for the bedrock of these savvy, club-ready dance-pop productions - a sound exploited expertly on TLC's record .

If Can't Take Me Home pales next to Fanmail , then it's not Pink's fault, but rather a comparison with a modern classic. On its own, Pink's debut was very strong and well done, if it wasn't perfect anyway. Babyface determined the whole album with his production:

If Can't Take Me Home pales next to Fanmail, it's not Pink's fault, nor is it because the album is sub-par; it's simply because it follows in the footsteps of a record that's as close to a modern classic as contemporary soul gets. Judged as its own entity, Pink's debut is quite strong, even if it isn't perfect. The production is masterminded by Babyface ...

Track list

1. "Split Personality" (Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney, Babyface, Alecia Beth Moore) - 4:01
2. "Hell Wit Ya" (Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, D. Green, Alecia Beth Moore) - 2:58
3. "Most Girls" (Babyface, Damon Thomas) - 4:59
4. "There You Go" (Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Alecia Beth Moore) - 3:23
5. "You Make Me Sick" (B. Dimilo, Anthony President, M. Tabb) - 4:08
6. "Let Me Let You Know" ( Neal Creque , S. Hall, C. Stewart, Robin Thicke) - 4:45
7. "Love Is Such a Crazy Thing" ( Jason Boyd , Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Lamont 'Stro' Maxwell, Quinnes Parker, Marvin Scandrick, Courtney Sills) - 5:14
8. “Private Show” (K. Karlin, A. Martin, I. Matias, C. Schack, L. Schack) - 4:15
9. "Can't Take Me Home" (Steve "Rhythm" Clarke, Moore) - 3:39
10. "Stop Falling" (Will Baker, Alecia Beth Moore, Pete Woodruff) - 5:51
11. "Do What U Do" (J. Hollins, E. Lewis, K. Prather, M. Sinclair) - 3:58
12. "Hiccup" (Harold Frasier, D. Avant, Steve "Rhythm" Clarke, Alecia Beth Moore) - 3:32
13. "Is It Love" (Steve "Rhythm" Clarke, Moore, A. Phillips) - 3:38

Bonus title

1. "There You Go (Sovereign Mix) (Special UK Edition Bonus Track)" (Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Alecia Beth Moore) - 6:20 am
2. "Most Girls (X-Men Vocal Mix) (Special UK Edition Bonus Track)" (Babyface, Damon Thomas) - 4:52

Chart placements

country	placement
Germany	85
United Kingdom	13
United States	26th

Sales

country	Awards	Sales
United States	2 × platinum	Sales: 2,000,000 (2,400,000)
Canada	2 × platinum	Sales: 200,000 (?)
Australia	2 × platinum	Sales: 140,000 (?)
United Kingdom	platinum	Sales: 300,000 (420,000)
Netherlands	-	Sales:? (20,000)
Germany	-	Sales:? (10,000)
Ireland	-	Sales:? (5,000)
Worldwide		Sales: 4,000,000

Web links

• Can't Take Me Home on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ RIAA awards
2. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Can't Take Me Home review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
4. ↑ http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/
5. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ http://aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2009Albums.htm
8. ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/
9. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
10. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
11. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
12. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html
13. ↑ http://www.pinkspage.wg.am/certifications_alben.html