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Album: Pink - 'The Truth About Love'
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Found the RS review:
[QUOTEPink doesn't sing songs. She mauls them, gobbling the microphone like a hyena that hasn't eaten in a week. At her best, she is pop's most galvanizing tough broad, but her sixth LP devolves into self parody. Co-written with studio aces like Max Martin and Greg Kurstin, it delivers power-chord packed electro-pop, and the lyrics cover the usual subjects: self-reliance, sex, rebellion. It's supercatchy, but Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words. Best is "Just Give Me a Reason," a ballad co-written with fun. frontman Nate Ruess, in which Pink dials back the drama, letting the melody and sentiments do their work, and singing, for once, instead of yowling.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...ixzz26U9rBlh9][/QUOTE]
And it's a 3 out of 5 so not bad, but I do have a problem with the writing...
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Why on earth is it being released till then in Italy? 
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I dunno but that's not fair xD
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This one from AOL Radio Blog was written by a 10 year old that reads a lot of the Billboard charts, but it's a good one!
http://www.aolradioblog.com/album-re...h-about-love/9
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Pop superstar, Pink (stylized as P!nk), is set to release her sixth studio album, 'The Truth About Love,' next week. With all five of her previous albums reaching platinum status, needless to say, big things are expected from Pink with her new release. This will be Pink's first studio album on RCA, and her first studio album since 2008 ('Funhouse').
With the success of her new single, 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss),' Pink hasn't strayed from the path of success. With 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' reaching number nine on the Billboard charts, Pink now ranks third on the list of women with Top 10 singles since 2000 (behind Rihanna and Beyoncé) with 12 (three of which reached number one). Her punk persona mixed with her incredible pop voice has always given Pink her own unique spin on her music. 'The Truth About Love' is no exception to the norm that we expect from Pink. The balance between her slower pop songs versus her fast-paced/in-your-face punk-pop songs creates an album for all kinds of fans.
'The Truth About Love' (just like being in love) is like being on a rollercoaster. Constantly going up and down on the album shows all the sides of Pink. Songs like 'Try,' 'Beam Me Up,' and 'Just Give Me A Reason' have the softer side of Pink. 'Just Give Me A Reason' is a duet with fun. vocalist, Nate Ruess, and sets up the build-up into 'True Love' and 'How Come You're Not Here' which have much more attitude and bring the energy back to the album. Pink brings the punk attitude still with '**** Like You' and later in the album with 'Here Comes The Weekend' which really highlights Pink's hip-hop style due to the featuring of Detroit rapper, Eminem. Overall, Pink's unique style and voice shines through once again. 'The Truth About Love' plays right along with the success of her previous albums.
With her last five studio albums and her Greatest Hits album all receiving platinum status in sales, 'The Truth About Love' has a lot to live up to. Based on the success of 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' and the hype around her upcoming second single, 'Try,' the anticipation and desire from Pink's die-hard fans, predicting another platinum album wouldn't be considered to be too far off the trail.
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Originally posted by Braz
Found the RS review:
[QUOTEPink doesn't sing songs. She mauls them, gobbling the microphone like a hyena that hasn't eaten in a week. At her best, she is pop's most galvanizing tough broad, but her sixth LP devolves into self parody. Co-written with studio aces like Max Martin and Greg Kurstin, it delivers power-chord packed electro-pop, and the lyrics cover the usual subjects: self-reliance, sex, rebellion. It's supercatchy, but Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words. Best is "Just Give Me a Reason," a ballad co-written with fun. frontman Nate Ruess, in which Pink dials back the drama, letting the melody and sentiments do their work, and singing, for once, instead of yowling.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...ixzz26U9rBlh9] |
And it's a 3 out of 5 so not bad, but I do have a problem with the writing...[/QUOTE]
Jody Rosen wrote that article.
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Billboard raves too!
http://www.billboard.com/new-release...07949472.story
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LLet's face it: 2012 hasn't been a great year for the pop album. Sure, it's been an excellent year for the pop single, but when the year's biggest sellers are 2011 releases from Adele and One Direction, pop fans have been chomping at the bit for an album that will set the tone for what radio might sound like for the next year or two.
Pink's "The Truth About Love" could very well be that album. Teaming her with first-time collaborators like Greg Kurstin, Jeff Bhasker and Semisonic's Dan Wilson, pairing her once again with heavy-hitters Max Martin, Shellback, Butch Walker and Billy Mann and featuring guest spots (rarities for a Pink album) from fun.'s Nate Ruess, Eminem and Lily Rose Cooper (a.k.a. Lily Allen), "The Truth About Love" is a peerlessly witty, endlessly melodic tour de force. The album has moments that will make Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and countless others who've followed in Pink's footsteps calling their A&R guys immediately to recreate them.
There's also a wealth of material to choose from. Due Tuesday at retail and digital outlets, the album will come in at least two different deluxe editions - one at Target, with four exclusive bonus tracks, the other at iTunes with two of its own extra cuts. Which are the best cuts? Check out our track-by-track review of "The Truth About Love's" deluxe Target edition.
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1. Are We All We Are - An anthemic call-to-arms penned with Butch Walker, John Hill and Lana Del Rey producer Emile Haynie, "Are We All We Are" has a self-empowerment message that picks up where 2010 mega-hit "Raise Your Glass" left off. "We are the people that you'll never get the best of / Not forget the rest of / Just sing it loud until the kids will sing it right back," she sings.
2. Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
Already a top 10 Hot 100 hit, the cheekily titled "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" is perhaps most representative of the album's overall spirit - state-of-the art production (courtesy of Greg Kurstin), playful, occasionally foul-mouthed lyrics and a narrative that finds the singer contemplating the end of her tumultuous 10-year relationship with motocross star Carey Hart ("I think I finally had enough / I think I maybe think too much") - complete with a mid-chorus key change that Pink has already cursed Kurstin over in her thank-you notes.
3. Try - Prepped as the album's second single, "Try" (another Kurstin production) is a handclap-heavy ode to taking risks with love, no matter the consequences. "Where there is desire there is gonna be a flame / Where there is a flame someone's bound to be get burned / But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die / You gotta get up and try," she sings on the chorus. With a melody reminiscent of "Whataya Want From Me," the 2009 hit she penned for Adam Lambert, the single already pairs well sonically with Pink's catalog.
4. Just Give Me A Reason feat. Nate Ruess - Fun. fans, take note - this duet with the band's lead singer Nate Ruess (produced by "We Are Young" helmer Jeff Bhasker) would fit right at home on "Some Nights." Although it's a little jarring to hear Pink's raw, live vocals paired with Ruess' Auto-Tune, it's ultimately a less-schmaltzy version of those male/female duets found at the end credits of every 80s movie.
5. True Love feat. Lily Rose Cooper - Perhaps the album's brightest moment, Pink defines "True Love" the best way she knows it. "You're an asshole but I love you / And you make me so mad I ask myself / Why I'm still here or where could I go." With a giant chorus and a welcome cameo from Lily Rose Cooper (reuniting with Kurstin, the producer of 2009's "It's Not Me It's You"), "True Love" deserves to be one of Pink's signature songs.
6. How Come You're Not Here - A bluesy, glam-rock stomper with expert production from multi-instrumentalist Kurstin, "How Come You're Not Here" features one of Pink's most distinct vocal performances to date - the fact that its chorus begs for fist-pumps and stadium stomping doesn't hurt, either.
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7. **** Like You - What do you get when you cross a riff and a "Woohoo" reminiscent of Blur's "Song 2," a couple "Scarface" references ("you'll be my little friend") and a monster Max Martin melody? One of the funniest post-feminist approaches to the sociological question, "If a guy can be a player, why can't a girl?"
8. The Truth About Love - Much like "True Love," the album's title track finds Pink contemplating the secret - or lack thereof - to a long-lasting bond. "The truth about love / is it's blood and it's guts / Purebreds and mutts, sandwiches without the crust," she sings in one of many great couplets.
9. Beam Me Up - A heartfelt acoustic ballad about taking a break from reality ("Beam me up / Let me be lighter / I'm tired of bein' a fighter / I think a minute's enough"), "Beam Me Up" recalls some of the quietest moments that also made "Funhouse" such an emotionally compelling album. An ace collaboration with Billy Mann.
10. Walk Of Shame - If you thought "**** Like You" and "Blow Me" were fun, get ready for "Walk of Shame," which is about exactly what you think it is. To reveal any of its lyrics would deny the listener of the song's many surprising charms.
11. Here Comes The Weekend feat. Eminem
A reunion with both Eminem and producer DJ Khalil following 2010's "Won't Back Down," the song is also a sequel of sorts to "Get This Party Started" but without a hook or chorus quite as memorable. One of the album's weaker tracks, "Here Comes The Weekend" at least features a few random P. Diddy disses from Eminem's welcome guest rap.
12. Where Did The Beat Go? - An apt title for this midtempo track, Pink questions what happened to the pace of a once hot-and-heavy relationship. With military drums and multi-layered use of Pink's vocals, "Where Did The Beat Go?" also features some of the album's best lyrics.
13. The Great Escape - Ending the main album track list on a somber but hopeful note, "The Great Escape" is addressed to both a friend of Pink's who contemplated suicide and to anyone going through a rough patch. A collaboration with Dan Wilson (who co-wrote Adele's "Someone Like You"), "The Great Escape" is a showcase for some of Pink's most personal lyrics to date on the bridge alone - "I wrote the book on running / But that chapter in my life / Will soon be done oh / I'm the kind of the great escpae / you're not gonna watch me checkin' out of this place / You're not gonna lose me."
14. My Signature Move (Target exclusive) - Instantly dispelling the myth that bonus tracks are just leftovers, "My Signature Move" (the first of three bonus cuts co-penned with Butch Walker) has one of the best choruses Pink has written in years, and is worth the extra cash on its own.
15. Is This Thing On? (Target exclusive) - With a hushed but rhythmic intro that brings to mind 2006's "Who Knew," "Is This Thing On?" eventually builds to a danceable climax - the closest she lets herself get to a four-on-the-floor moment.
16. Run (Target exclusive) - A power ballad that would fit right at home on an 80s movie soundtrack, "Run" is another chance for Pink to bare her soul at the listener's expense. "I've got scars you won't believe / wear them proudly on my sleeve / I hope you have the sense to know / that sadness comes and sadness goes," she sings.
17. Good Old Days (Target exclusive) - Imagine Janis Joplin covering Colbie Caillat, and you can almost imagine the uniquely sunny yet hard-edged vibe Pink manages to capture on this track she co-penned with Billy Mann and David Schuler. A refreshing, live-in-the-moment message to end the album.
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Originally posted by Braz
Found the RS review:
[QUOTEPink doesn't sing songs. She mauls them, gobbling the microphone like a hyena that hasn't eaten in a week. At her best, she is pop's most galvanizing tough broad, but her sixth LP devolves into self parody. Co-written with studio aces like Max Martin and Greg Kurstin, it delivers power-chord packed electro-pop, and the lyrics cover the usual subjects: self-reliance, sex, rebellion. It's supercatchy, but Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words. Best is "Just Give Me a Reason," a ballad co-written with fun. frontman Nate Ruess, in which Pink dials back the drama, letting the melody and sentiments do their work, and singing, for once, instead of yowling.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...ixzz26U9rBlh9] |
It's not a bad rating  but it's such a shadily written review of the album, the hyena metaphor 
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The album has moments that will make Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and countless others who've followed in Pink's footsteps calling their A&R guys immediately to recreate them.
The shade...
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Originally posted by Braz
Found the RS review:
[QUOTE Pink doesn't sing songs. She mauls them, gobbling the microphone like a hyena that hasn't eaten in a week. At her best, she is pop's most galvanizing tough broad, but her sixth LP devolves into self parody. Co-written with studio aces like Max Martin and Greg Kurstin, it delivers power-chord packed electro-pop, and the lyrics cover the usual subjects: self-reliance, sex, rebellion. It's supercatchy, but Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words. Best is "Just Give Me a Reason," a ballad co-written with fun. frontman Nate Ruess, in which Pink dials back the drama, letting the melody and sentiments do their work, and singing, for once, instead of yowling.
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...ixzz26U9rBlh9] |
And it's a 3 out of 5 so not bad, but I do have a problem with the writing...[/QUOTE]
Are we talking about P!nk here?!
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THIS.
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I should tweet to Jody Rosen. Hmmm, what should I say?!
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I should tweet to Jody Rosen. Hmmm, what should I say?!
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Tweet her this:
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I should tweet to Jody Rosen. Hmmm, what should I say?!
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Do you even know what singing is?
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And it's a 3 out of 5 so not bad, but I do have a problem with the writing...
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Are we talking about P!nk here?![/QUOTE]
ikr? Seems to me this reviewer just doesn't like her....PERIOD! I mean, why would you start off with an attack like that? It's like, look, we don't need your attacks, we don't even need your review...YOU DO, however, need your JOB, so let's keep the personal out of it and just review the record! I swear, some of these people NEED to be upfront and say, "I'm not a Pink fan"! That way we know if it's an unbiased opinion. Pink mauling the microphone? Really? Did you even listen? "Here, hold my kid, I'ma gonna fight....."
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I just looked up a Jody Rosen on twitter and it seems to be a guy. But I'm not sure if it is actually the writer of this RS review?? There are no mentions of RS anywhere from what I saw.
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As P!nk would say: "You're fat and disgusting!"
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I just looked up a Jody Rosen on twitter and it seems to be a guy. But I'm not sure if it is actually the writer of this RS review?? There are no mentions of RS anywhere from what I saw. |
hmmm....I guess tweet RS and tell them that you saw Jody Rosen selling crack to five year old and he needs to be fired immediately! Oh, and by the way, his review of Pink's cd sucked too! 
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As P!nk would say: "You're fat and disgusting!"
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He's such a Douche Lick isn't he? 
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The trinity of music reviewers are RS, AMG and LA Times. I'm sure the other 2 will like the album, unless they let the LA Times guy do it. He dislikes her while the women there love her to death.
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