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M!ssundaztood
M!ssundaztood cover
Studio album by P!nk
Released November 20, 2001 (U.S.)
January 28, 2002 (UK)
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop rock, hip hop, R&B
Length 55:20
Label Arista
Producer Dallas Austin, Linda Perry, Scott Storch
Professional reviews
P!nk chronology
Can't Take Me Home
(2000)		 M!ssundaztood
(2001)		 Try This
(2003)

M!ssundaztood is the second album by pop singer Pink, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). It was a large success worldwide and produced the hit singles "Get the Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Just like a Pill" and "Family Portrait". Writer/producer Linda Perry wrote many of the songs on the album, and she contributed guest vocals to "Lonely Girl".

The album has sold 13 million copies worldwide.[1] with 5.3 million in the U.S.

Contents

[edit] Album information

After Can't Take Me Home P!nk wanted to have control over her own music. She stated that: "All the girls that came out in the last couple of years, we all got thrown into one bucket. I don't want people to throw me in that bucket."[2] She recruited 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry to help her with writing a new album. According to P!nk in VH1 Driven she left a message on Perry's answering machine after finding her number in make-up artist Billy B's phone book, saying she wanted to write with her.[2] The reason that she wanted to write with Perry was: "Bigger, Better, Faster, More!" was one of my favorite albums, and I used to sit on the corner in Doylestown with my two friends that played guitar,"[3]

She explained about the title: "I think we all feel misunderstood, and our main goal is to be appreciated for all that we are -- most of the time we don't even fully understand ourselves ... thus the title of my album."[3] Pink describes the experience of making the album as "amazing, liberating, inspiring, what making music should be like."[3]

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[edit] Songs

P!nk worked with Perry on most of the songs of the album. She also contributed guest vocals on "Lonely Girl". Other guest vocals are heard on "Misery", where Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi are heard. Other writers on the album are writer/producer Scott Storch and Dallas Austin.

Different subjects are touched on M!ssundaztood. In "Don't Let Me Get Me" Moore describes that she is not one of the other Pop sensations in the industry. She sings: "LA told me, you'll be a pop star. All you have to change is everything you are."[2] In "Just Like A Pill" she describes her drug abuse that she had as a teenager. P!nk's father was sent to the Vietnam war. That made such an impression on Moore that she used the stories of her father in the song My Vietnam. Towards the end of the song is a sonic interpolation of Jimi Hendrix"s "Star Spangled Banner."[4] "Family Portrait" is a reaction song on her divorced parents. A family that is about to fall to pieces and portrays the conflict through the eyes of a child. It became an anthem for many other children whose parents got divorced. After recording the song, Pink's parents heard it and claimed that they never knew that she was in such pain. "Lonely Girl" describes feelings of confusion and unwanted loneliness due to Moore's newfound fame.[5]

Some rumours say that the song "Beautiful" of Christina Aguilera was first intended to be sung in by P!nk. "Beautiful" was also written and produced by Perry. P!nk claimed the song but Perry did not give it to her because she was waiting for someone else. P!nk received a lot of criticism because the album was full of anger. She claims herself: "Some people think I'm an angry girl, a boy-killer, or are just plain confused by me. ... My main focus this time was to not only concentrate on one musical aspect of me (I'm still funky and I love hip-hop), but to show all my colors (no pun intended) good and bad.".[3] According to VH1 Driven, Antonio "LA" Reid of LaFace Records wasn't initially content with the new music Pink was making. At the 2003 Grammy Awards "M!ssundaztood" was nominated for "Best Pop Vocal Album" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", respectively. At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, "Get the Party Started" won in the categories of "Best Female Video" and "Best Dance Video".

[edit] Singles

  • The first single released from the album was "Get The Party Started". The song was written and produced by Perry. She said in VH1 Driven that when she wrote the song she knew she had a hit but it didn't suit her and her style. The song peaked at #4 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. It also hit the #1 on the United World Chart.
  • "Don't Let Me Get Me" was released as the second single from the album. It was the first song that showed the topic P!nk wanted to discuss on her album. The song was a top 10 hit in the United States and United Kingdom and managed to hit the #1 spot again in the United World Chart.
  • The drug abuse described in "Just Like A Pill" was the third single. The song changed the image of the singer, releasing a video that was darker then the first two songs. The song became her first and only (as of 2007) #1 hit single in the United Kingdom. The song reached #8 in the United States. The song wasn't released in Australia and New Zealand. Reasons are unknown.
  • Final single "Family Portrait" was released in 2003. The song about divorcing was the only single from the album not to reach the top 10 in the United States and the United Kingdom. The highest peak was in the Netherlands and New Zealand.

The songs "18 Wheeler" and "Eventually" were rumoured to be the fifth singles due the success of the album. However, Pink never released the songs mostly because she wanted to take a rest.

[edit] Promotion

P!nk was featured on several covers of several magazines. Such as:

Before releasing her album she contributed on the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. Together with Christina Aguilera, Mýa and Lil' Kim she re-recorded Patti Labelle's Lady Marmalade. Under the superfice of record producer and rapper Missy Elliott they released the song in April of 2001.The song became a huge hit around the world, peaking at #1 in 15 countries including the United States and the United Kingdom. It also earned the 4 artist a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. This was P!nk's first Grammy Award. Many people claim that the success of the song gave a boost to the careers of all 4 ladies including P!nk. In November of the same year she released her second album.

P!nk toured on her Party Tour to promote the album. The tour only hit stadiums in the United States. She was the opening act for 'N Sync on their American and European leg of their tour in 2002.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] U.S.

  1. "M!ssundaztood" (Linda Perry, Pink) – 3:36
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Dallas Austin, Pink) – 3:31
  3. "Just like a Pill" (Austin, Pink) – 3:57
  4. "Get the Party Started" (Perry) – 3:11
  5. "Respect" (Perry, Pink) featuring Scratch – 3:25
  6. "18 Wheeler" (Austin, Pink) – 3:44
  7. "Family Portrait" (Pink, Scott Storch) – 4:56
  8. "Misery" (Richie Supa) featuring Steven Tyler – 4:33
  9. "Dear Diary" (Perry, Pink) – 3:29
  10. "Eventually" (Perry, Pink) – 3:34
  11. "Lonely Girl" (Perry) featuring Linda Perry – 4:21
  12. "Numb" (Austin, Pink) – 3:06
  13. "Gone to California" (Perry, Pink) – 4:34
  14. "My Vietnam" (Perry, Pink) – 5:19

[edit] Europe

  1. "Get the Party Started" – 3:11
  2. "18 Wheeler" – 3:44
  3. "M!ssundaztood" – 3:36
  4. "Dear Diary" – 3:29
  5. "Eventually" – 3:34
  6. "Numb" – 3:06
  7. "Just like a Pill" – 3:57
  8. "Family Portrait" – 4:56
  9. "Misery" featuring Steven Tyler – 4:33
  10. "Respect" featuring Scratch – 3:25
  11. "Don't Let Me Get Me" – 3:31
  12. "Gone to California" – 4:34
  13. "Lonely Girl" featuring Linda Perry – 4:21
  14. "My Vietnam" – 5:19
  15. "Catch-22" bonus track – 3:50

[edit] DVD

  1. "Family Portrait" music video
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" music video
  3. "Numb" live performance at La Scala
  4. "Family Portrait" live performance at La Scala

Three different versions of M!ssundaztood were made: the original, the limited edition (including a bonus DVD) and a third version with an extra track, "Catch-22". The length of the original was 55:20.

[edit] Chart performance

The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 220,000 copies in its first week of release, a higher chart and sales debut than that of Pink's first album, Can't Take Me Home (2000).[7] In its fifth week, when it was at number ten, the album sold 323,000 copies.[8] It sold 73,000 copies in its eighth week and rose to number six on the chart;[9] this was its peak position. As of June 2007, it had sold 5.3 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan,[10] and according to a September 2003 Arista Records press release, it had sold 12 million copies worldwide.[11] (Four million copies of the singles were sold, according to P!nk herself.)

In the UK the album peaked at #2 in the album chart but eventually manage to sell 1,72 million copies. Getting a 5x platinum certification. The success was so huge that as of November 2006, the album was ranked ninety-fourth on the Official UK Charts Company's all-time best-selling albums list.[12]

The only country where the album hit the number-one position was in Ireland.

[edit] Charts and certifications

Chart (2001/2002) Peak
Position
[13][14][15][16][17]
Australia 14
Austria 4
Belgium 3
Canada 5
Denmark 24
Europe 1
Finland 6
France 17
Germany 5
Ireland 1
Italy 24
Japan 10
Netherlands 5
New Zealand 4
Norway 4
Sweden 7
Switzerland 7
United Kingdom 2
United States 6
Country Provider(2001/2002) Certification
[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]		 Sales
Australia ARIA 2x Platinum 140,000
Austria Media Control Platinum 40,000
Belgium IFPI Gold 25,000
Brazil ABPD Gold 100,000
Canada Nielsen Soundscan 5x Platinum 500,000
Denmark IFPI Gold 15,000
Europe IFPI 3x Platinum 3,600,000
Finland IFPI Gold 15,000
France IFPI Platinum 305,000
Germany Media Control 3x Platinum 600,000
Italy FIMI Gold 50,000
Japan Oricon Platinum 200,000
Mexico AMPROFON 2x Platinum 300,000
Netherlands Megacharts Platinum 80,000
New Zealand RIANZ 4x Platinum 60,000
Norway IFPI Platinum 40,000
Sweden GLF Platinum 60,000
Switzerland Media Control 2x Platinum 80,000
United States Billboard 5x Platinum 5,300,000
United Kingdom BPI 5x Platinum 1,720,000
World Media Traffic 6x Platinum 12,000,000
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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pink's Page Biography
  2. ^ a b c d Pop Princess Pink: Flush With Attitude. TheWashingtonPost.com. Retrieved on 2002-09-02.
  3. ^ a b c d [http://starbulletin.com/2002/12/16/features/story3.html She'll get the party started with a show at the Blaisdell]. Jason Genegabus. Retrieved on 2002-12-16.
  4. ^ M!ssundaztood, Pink Arista Records. Devon Thomas. Retrieved on 2001-11-20.
  5. ^ Pink: M!ssundaztood (Arista). Andy Festa. Retrieved on 2002-03-28.
  6. ^ Seventeen: Download the Dec-03 Issue from Zinio Now!
  7. ^ Dansby, Andrew. "Creed Rock Charts". Rolling Stone. November 28, 2001.
  8. ^ D'Angelo, Joe. "Creed Hold #1 Chart Slot For Fifth Straight Week". MTV News. December 27, 2001.
  9. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon. "Creed, Linkin Park, Ludacris, Nickelback Stay Locked At Top Of Chart". MTV News. January 16, 2002.
  10. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. July 27, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  11. ^ "P!NK - Looking for 'Trouble?' - TRY THIS! New Album, Try This, in Stores November 11th". Business Wire. September 22, 2003. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
  12. ^ Harris, Bill. "Queen rules - in album sales". Toronto Sun. November 17, 2006.
  13. ^ P!nk Album Chart Positions in the United States and Canada. AllMusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  14. ^ P!nk Album Chart Positions in the UK. theofficialchartcompany. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  15. ^ P!nk Album Chart Positions in Switzerland, Austria and France. Swisscharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  16. ^ P!nk Album Chart Positions in Australia. Ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  17. ^ P!nk Album Chart Positions in the Netherlands. Megacharts.nl. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  18. ^ Fan Of Music - Belgium Database
  19. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - September 2003
  20. ^ February 2003 - Platinum Europe Awards
  21. ^ The Bpi
  22. ^ [1]
  23. ^ Parcours Albums
  24. ^ NVPI, de branchevereniging van de entertainmentindustrie - Goud/Platina
  25. ^ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community
  26. ^ [2]
  27. ^ Fan Of Music - Belgium Database
  28. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Albums
  29. ^ RIANZ
  30. ^ IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft
  31. ^ ABPD | Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Disco