Can't Take Me Home
Can't Take Me Home is the debut studio album by American singer Pink, released in the United States on April 4, 2000 by LaFace Records. The music on the album was "urban" and featured mainly hip hop, hip hop soul and R&B type songs, all of Pink's following albums would mainly be pop rock and R&B sounding. The UK version of the album featured the artwork in blue and two UK garage remixes on it.
Can't Take Me Home | ||||
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Released | April 4, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
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Length | 54:21 (international edition) 65:32 (UK edition) | |||
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Singles from Can't Take Me Home | ||||
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Reviews
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[3] |
Jam! | (mixed)[4] |
MTV Asia | (5/10)[5] |
NME | (6/10)[6] |
Q | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Can't Take Me Home received mainly positive reviews from music critics.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Split Personality" |
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4:01 |
2. | "Hell Wit Ya" |
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2:58 |
3. | "Most Girls" |
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4:59 |
4. | "There You Go" |
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3:23 |
5. | "You Make Me Sick" |
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4:08 |
6. | "Let Me Let You Know" | 4:45 | |
7. | "Love Is Such a Crazy Thing" |
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5:14 |
8. | "Private Show" |
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4:15 |
9. | "Can't Take Me Home" |
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3:39 |
10. | "Stop Falling" |
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5:51 |
11. | "Do What U Do" |
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3:58 |
12. | "Hiccup" |
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3:32 |
13. | "Is It Love" |
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3:38 |
UK special edition bonus tracks | |||||||||
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14. | "There You Go" (Sovereign Mix) |
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6:20 | ||||||
15. | "Most Girls" (X-Men Vocal Mix) |
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4:52 |
Personnel
- Alecia Moore – vocals
- Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney – keyboards, producer, drum programming
- Babyface – producer
- Harold Frasier – producer, keyboards
- Steve "Rhythm" Clarke – producer, drum programming
- Will Baker – vocal arrangement
- Steve Baughman – assistant
- Kerren Berz – strings, string arrangements
- Elliot Blakely – assistant
- Paul Boutin – engineer
- Jason Boyd – arranger
- Josh Butler – engineer
- Ralph Cacciurri – assistant
- Chris Champion – engineer
- Rob Chiarelli – mixing
- Chrissy Conway – backing vocals
- Lysa Cooper – stylist
- Sharon A. Daley – A&R
- Regina Davenport – artist coordination
- Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
- Blake Eiseman – engineer
- Daniela Federici – photography
- Paul Foley – engineer
- Sherree Ford-Payne – backing vocals
- John Frye – engineer
Charts
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 10 |
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) | 48 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 20 |
Dutch Albums Chart | 58 |
German Albums Chart | 85 |
Irish Albums Chart | 23 |
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart | 12 |
UK Albums Chart | 13 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 26 |
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 23 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Robert Christgau. "CG: Pink". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ Rob Brunner (2000-04-14). "Can't Take Me Home Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275920,00.html. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ Mike Ross (2000-04-15). "Album Review: CAN'T TAKE ME HOME". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ MTV Asia review
- ↑ "NME review". NME. 2000-05-10. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ "Pink - Can't Take Me Home CD Album". CDUniverse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ Douglas Wolk (2000-04-27). "Can't Take Me Home". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427. Retrieved 2016-06-05.