Try This

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Try This
Studio album by P!nk
Released	November 11, 2003 (U.S.)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop rock
Length	53:00 (without bonus tracks)
Label	Arista
Producer(s)	Tim Armstrong, billymann, Jonathan Davis, Linda Perry, Damon Elliott
Professional reviews
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P!nk chronology
M!ssundaztood (2001)	Try This (2003)	I'm Not Dead (2006)

Try This is the third album by pop singer P!nk, released on November 11, 2003 (see 2003 in music). Worldwide sales of the album, at 3.5 million copies, were considerably lower than those of Pink's previous album, M!ssundaztood (2001). Many consider the album a flop but Pink said she doesn't feel like was a flop: "It still sold 3.5 million copies and I had an amazing tour in Europe".^{[cite this quote]}

Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance 3 Track listing 4 Worldwide 5 UK 6 Personnel 7 Charts 8 Notes

[edit] Background

Most of the tracks were produced and co-written by punk band Rancid singer and guitarist Tim Armstrong, whom P!nk met through a mutual friend at a Transplants video shoot. The two hit it off and P!nk ended up co-writing ten songs with him in a week when Rancid was 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 M!ssundaztood (2001), P!nk's second album. The album includes a collaboration with electroclash artist Peaches, "Oh My God", and P!nk'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.

[edit] 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 M!ssundaztood.^[1] As of May 2, 2004, the album had reached the top ten on album charts in the UK, Canada and Australia. As of July 2006, it had sold 709,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan,^[2] and three million copies worldwide according to P!nk herself on her E! True Hollywood Story.

The album's first single, "Trouble", reached number two in Canada and the top ten in the UK and Australia, but it only peaked at number sixty-eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "God Is a DJ" failed to chart on the Hot 100, just missed the top ten in the UK (where it reached number eleven) and reached the top twenty on the the world dance/trance chart (which is derived from U.S., UK, German, Australian, Japanese and Italian dance charts). A third single, "Last to Know", peaked just outside the UK top twenty (it reached twenty-one) and was not released in the U.S. Test promo CDs for "Humble Neighbourhoods" were sent to radio stations shortly after "Last to Know".^{[citation needed]}

Pink embarked on the Try This Tour in Europe during 2004, and a DVD chronicling the tour was released in 2006. "God Is a DJ" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Mean Girls.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Worldwide

1. "Trouble" (Tim Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:13
2. "God Is a DJ" (billymann, Jonathan Davis, P!nk) – 3:46
3. "Last to Know" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 4:03
4. "Tonight's the Night" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:56
5. "Oh My God" featuring Peaches (Armstrong, Merrill Nisker, P!nk) – 3:44
6. "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping" (Linda Perry, P!nk) – 5:03
7. "Waiting for Love" (Paul Ill, Brian MacLeod, Perry, P!nk, Eric Schermerhorn) – 5:28
8. "Save My Life" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:16
9. "Try Too Hard" (Perry, P!nk) – 3:14
10. "Humble Neighbourhoods" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:52
11. "Walk Away" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:39
12. "Unwind" (Armstrong, P!nk) – 3:14
13. "Love Song" (Damon Elliott, P!nk) – 6:32
14. "Feel Good Time" featuring William Orbit (William Orbit, Beck) – 3:58 (non-U.S. bonus track)
15. "Hooker" (hidden track) – 6:32

Single B-sides

1. "Free" ("Trouble" B-side)
2. "Delirium" ("Trouble" B-side)

[edit] UK

1. "Trouble"
2. "God Is a DJ"
3. "Last to Know"
4. "Tonight's the Night"
5. "Oh My God"
6. "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping"
7. "Waiting for Love"
8. "Save My Life"
9. "Try Too Hard"
10. "Humble Neighbourhoods"
11. "Walk Away"
12. "Unwind"
13. "Feel Good Time"
14. "Love Song"
15. "Hooker"

[edit] Personnel

• P!nk - lead vocals

• Tim Armstrong - guitar, acoustic bass, keyboards, backup vocals, loops, sound effects, engineer, producer
• Jonathan Davis - guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drum programming, producer, keyboards, engineer, arranger
• Linda Perry - guitar, sitar, mellotron, producer
• Damon Elliott - percussion, keyboards, programming, producer
• John Fields - bass, guitar, percussion, piano, keyboards, drums, wah wah guitar, programming, engineer, producer
• Dave Carlock - organ, keyboards, bass, drum programming, backup vocals
• Matt Mahaffey - synthesizer, glockenspiel, turntables, omnichord, keyboards, drums
• Atticus Ross - synthesizer, percussion, loops, engineer
• Vic Ruggiero - piano, Hammond organ
• David Paich - organ, Hammond organ
• Grecco Buratto - guitar
• Eric Schermerhorn - guitar
• Steve Stevens - guitar
• Matt Freeman - bass
• Janis Tanaka - bass
• Nick Lane - trombone
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet
• Greg "Frosty" Smith - baritone sax
• Charlie Bisherat - violin
• Travis Barker - drums
• Dorian Crozier - drums
• Joshua Seth Eagan - percussion, drums
• Brian Keeling - drums
• Brett Reed - percussion, drums
• Galadriel Masterson - backup vocals
• Hopey Rock - backup vocals
• Lon Price - horn arrangements
• Roger Davies - executive producer
• Craig Logan - executive producer
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Dave Pensado - mixing
• Brian Gardner - mastering
• David Guerrero - engineer
• Padraic Kerin - engineer
• Steven Miller - engineer, assistant engineer
• Tony Cooper - assistant engineer
• John "Silas" Cranfield - assistant engineer
• Pat Dammer - assistant engineer
• Jay Goin - assistant engineer
• Femio Hernández - assistant engineer
• Chris Testa - assistant engineer
• Ethan Willoughby - assistant engineer
• Joshua Sarubin - A&R
• Jeri Heiden - art direction, design
• Glen Nakasako - art direction, design
• Andrew McPherson - photography

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak position Switzerland albums chart 1 Germany albums chart 2 UK albums chart 3 Australian albums chart 8 Canadian albums chart 8 Ireland albums chart 8 Netherlands albums chart 8 U.S. Billboard 200 9 France 12

Chart Certification Sales Australia ARIA Platinum 70,000+ Austria IFPI Platinum 15,000+ Canada CRIA Platinum 100,000+ Germany IFPI Platinum 200,000+ France Gold 130,000 Norway IFPI Gold 20,000+ Switzerland IFPI Platinum 40,000+ UK BPI Platinum 486,655 U.S. RIAA Platinum 716,000

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Harris, Chris. "Pink Outdone By Rascal Flatts On Billboard Chart". MTV News. April 12, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2006.
2. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. July 27, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2006