Try This

Try This is the third studio album by American singer P!nk, released on November 11, 2003. It featured the singles "Trouble," which earned Pink a Grammy Award, "God Is a DJ" and "Last to Know". Despite being P!nk's lowest-selling album, Try This was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies. Pink supported the album with the Try This Tour in 2004 across Europe and Australia.

Try This
Studio album by Pink
Released	November 10, 2003 (2003-11-10)
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	Pop rock & roll[1]
Length	51:52
Label	Arista
Producer	Pink (exec.) Antonio "L.A." Reid (exec.) Roger Davies (exec.) Craig Logan (exec.) Tim Armstrong Billy Mann Jonathan S. Davis Damon Elliott John Fields William Orbit Linda Perry
Pink chronology
Missundaztood (2001) Try This (2003) I'm Not Dead (2006)
Singles from Try This
"Feel Good Time" Released: June 20, 2003 "Trouble" Released: September 8, 2003 "God Is a DJ" Released: January 26, 2004 "Last to Know" Released: April 2004 (Europe) / June 2004 (USA)

Background and composition

After the success of Missundaztood (2001) and its accompanying worldwide Party Tour, P!nk began work on her third studio album. Wanting to expand more on the rock sound she explored with Missundaztood, P!nk sought out producers and writers that had experience within the genre. Most of the tracks on Try This 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] Try This is P!nk's first album to carry a Parental Advisory warning, and therefore her first album released alongside an edited version.

Musically, Try This is a pop/rock & roll album,[1] which incorporates elements of punk rock ("Trouble"),[3] R&B ("Catch Me While I'm Sleeping", "Love Song"),[4][5] new wave and disco ("Humble Neighborhoods").[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[7]
The Guardian	[5]
NME	6/10[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Slant Magazine	[3]
Spin	B[11]
Stylus Magazine	B[12]

The album received almost entirely positive reviews from critics with an average Metacritic rating of 71, indicating generally positive reviews.[6] 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."

Commercial 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.[13] 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.[14] Try This re-entered the Australian album chart in June 2009.[15]

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.;[16] in the same period, a promo CD-R acetate of "Humble Neighborhoods" was made available in the UK.[17] 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), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Trouble"	Pink Tim Armstrong	Armstrong John Fields^[a]	3:12
2.	"God Is a DJ"	Pink Billy Mann Jonathan S. Davis	Mann Davis	3:44
3.	"Last to Know"	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	4:03
4.	"Tonight's the Night"	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:56
5.	"Oh My God" (featuring Peaches)	Pink Armstrong Merrill Nisker	Armstrong	3:42
6.	"Catch Me While I'm Sleeping"	Pink Linda Perry	Perry Fields^[a]	5:03
7.	"Waiting for Love"	Pink Perry Eric Schermerhorn Paul Ill Brian MacLeod	Perry	5:28
8.	"Save My Life"	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:16
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	Armstrong	3:38
12.	"Unwind"	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:12
13.	"Love Song"	Pink Damon Elliott	Elliott	2:29
14.	"Hooker" (hidden track)	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:04

Try This – International version[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Feel Good Time" (featuring William Orbit)	William Orbit Beck Hansen Jay Ferguson	Orbit	3:57
14.	"Love Song"	Pink Damon Elliott	Elliott	2:29
15.	"Hooker" (hidden track)	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:04

Try This – European enhanced bonus material[19]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Interview with P!nk"	5:27
17.	"Photo gallery"

Try This – Japanese bonus tracks[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Feel Good Time" (featuring William Orbit)	Orbit Hansen Ferguson	Orbit	3:57
14.	"Delirium"	Pink Perry	Perry	3:41
15.	"Free"	Pink Perry Schermerhorn Ill MacLeod	Perry	6:41
16.	"Love Song"	Pink Elliott	Elliott	2:29
17.	"Hooker" (hidden track)	Pink Armstrong	Armstrong	3:04

Try This – Asian bonus tracks[21]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Feel Good Time" (featuring William Orbit)	Orbit Hansen Ferguson	Orbit	3:57
14.	"Love Song"	Pink Elliott	Elliott	2:29
15.	"Get the Party Started"	Perry	Perry	3:11
16.	"18 Wheeler"	Pink Dallas Austin	Austin	3:44
17.	"M!ssundaztood"	Pink Perry	Perry Elliott	3:36
18.	"Lady Marmalade" (featuring Christina Aguilera, Mýa and Lil' Kim)	Bob Crewe Kenny Nolan	Rockwilder Missy Elliott	4:24

Try This – Limited edition bonus DVD[22][23]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pink's Pix: Photo Gallery"
2.	"Album Lyrics"
3.	"The Many Faces of P!nk: Interview"
4.	"Feel Good Time Lifestyle: Featurette"
5.	"Trouble" (music video)	3:32

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

• Pink – lead vocals
• Tim Armstrong – guitar, acoustic bass, keyboards, backup vocals, loops, sound effects, engineer, producer
• Jonnie "Most" 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
• Robbie Campos – acoustic guitar, producer, keyboards, arranger
• 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
• Dylan Dresdow – engineer
• Padraic Kerin – engineer
• Steven Miller – engineer, mixing
• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003-04) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 8 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 26 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[28] 16 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[29] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 39 French Albums (SNEP)[31] 12 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 2 Irish Albums (IRMA)[33] 8 Italian Albums (FIMI)[34] 51 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 24 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36] 5 Scottish Albums (OCC)[37] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 3 US Billboard 200[41] 9

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[42] 46 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[43] 87 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[44] 65 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 96 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 29 UK Albums (OCC)[47] 55 US Billboard 200[48] 66 Chart (2004) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[49] 95 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[50] 24 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[51] 39 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[52] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[53] 32 UK Albums (OCC)[54] 130 US Billboard 200[55] 150 Chart (2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[56] 80

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[58]	Platinum	30,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[59]	Platinum	100,000^^
Japan (Oricon Charts)	—	48,062[60]
Germany (BVMI)[61]	3× Gold	300,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[62]	Gold	7,500^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[63]	Gold	20,000^*
Russia (NFPF)[64]	Gold	10,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[65]	Platinum	40,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[66]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[67]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
Summaries
Worldwide		2,700,000[68]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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