M!ssundaztood

by P!nk

Overview

Pink's debut album was a promising collection of dance-pop, easily lumped into the teen pop boon of 2000 since she was young and sang over savvy, skittering club beats. Those comparisons irked -- hell, angered -- Pink, and she was determined to prove she was real with her second album. So she called up her idol, Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes fame, to help her rock and write; bared her soul; fought for some artistic control; brought in Steven Tyler; and wound up with M!ssundaztood, a title bound to never show up on Internet search engines. This all sounds like the script for a VH1 movie, but the wild thing is that M!ssundaztood not only works, it works smashingly -- a bewildering amalgam of sounds and attitudes that shouldn't fit together, but defy all odds and do. This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started" and sexy, swaggering arena rock redux like "18 Wheeler" before delving into weird confessionals like "Family Portrait," "Dear Diary," and "My Vietnam." Forget that this isn't what anybody would have expected Pink to do; it's hard to imagine anybody else that would have the idea and the inclination to blend late-'80s, metal-spiked album rock with modern hip-hop and dance, then dress it up with dazzling modern pop production, all the while not avoiding painful subjects (particularly her dysfunctional family) or melody. If that's not an artistic statement, then what is? And the damn thing is, there hasn't been a record in the mainstream this vibrant or this alive in a long, long time. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2017
Label:	La Face Records / Rca / Legacy
UPC:	0190758075310
Rank:	23366

Tracks

Disc 1

1. M!ssundaztood
2. Don't Let Me Get Me [LP Version] [Radio Edit]
3. Just Like a Pill
4. Get the Party Started
5. Respect
6. 18 Wheeler
7. Family Portrait
8. Misery

Disc 2

9. Dear Diary
10. Eventually
11. Lonely Girl
12. Numb [Dallas Mix] [LP Version]
13. Gone to California
14. My Vietnam
15. Catch 22

Album Credits

Performance Credits

P!nk   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Steven Tyler   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Linda Perry   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Bass,Guitar,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Electric),Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)
Scratch   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Beat Box
Marti Frederiksen   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Mellotron
Jimmy Z.   Harmonica,Saxophone
Jim Cox   Piano,Organ (Hammond)
Richie Sambora   Guitar,Soloist
Rick Sheppard   MIDI
Damon Elliott   Bass,Piano
Wayne Hood   Loops,Strings,Drum Loop,Keyboards,Keyboard Accordian
Z. Jimmy   Harmonica,Saxophone
David Seigel   Organ

Technical Credits

L.A. Reid   Executive Producer
Carlton Lynn   Engineer
Linda Perry   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Instrumentation,Drum Programming
Richie Supa   Arranger,Composer,Producer,String Arrangements
Marti Frederiksen   Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Oscar Ramirez   Engineer
Dave Way   Mixing
Rick Sheppard   Sound Design,MIDI Controller
Dave Pensado   Mixing
Dallas Austin   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Johnathan Merrit   Assistant Engineer
Terry Richardson   Photography
Herb Powers   Mastering
Damon Elliott   Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
Richard Chychki   Engineer
Wayne Hood   String Arrangements
Tim LeBlanc   Mixing,Mixing Assistant
Alberto Guzman   Hair Stylist
Wassim Zreik   Engineer
Doug Harms   Assistant Engineer
Bernd Burgdorf   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Remixing,Pro-Tools,Programming
Jeffrey Schultz   Design,Art Direction
Dave Guererro   Mixing,Mixing Assistant
Devra Kinery   Make-Up
P!nk   Composer,Executive Producer
David Guerrero   Mixing
Joe-Mama Nitzberg   Creative Director
Patti Wilson   Stylist
Scott Storch   Composer,Producer
Kevin KD Davis   Mixing