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2000 album by Pink
Can't Take Me Home is the debut album by singer P!nk , released in the United States on April 4, 2000, by LaFace Records . It produced three singles—"There You Go ", "Most Girls ", and "You Make Me Sick ", and peaked at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . Producers included Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , Babyface , Kandi Burruss , Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Daryl Simmons , and Tricky . Pink shared co-writing credit on seven of the album's tracks. This album was described by AllMusic as "skittering, post-jungle rhythm for the bedrock of these savvy, club-ready dance-pop productions – a sound exploited expertly on TLC 's record".[5]
Critical reception
Can't Take Me Home received mixed to positive reviews from music critics . AllMusic gave the album positive review, giving it four out of five stars. Robert Christgau also gave a positive review, grading it B+. Entertainment Weekly gave the album a mixed review, grading it C+. Jam! and MTV Asia also gave mixed reviews; the latter gave album the grade five out of ten. NME gave a positive review on the album, grading it six out of ten. Q also gave a positive review, giving it the same grade as AllMusic , four out of five stars. Rolling Stone gave a mixed review, giving it two and a half out of five stars.
Track listing
Can't Take Me Home – Standard edition Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Split Personality" 4:01 2. "Hell wit Ya" 2:58 3. "Most Girls " Babyface 4:59 4. "There You Go " 3:23 5. "You Make Me Sick "
Obi Nwobosi
Ainsworth Prasad
Marthony Tabb
Babyface
Anthony President
Brainz Dimilo
4:08 6. "Let Me Let You Know" 4:45 7. "Love Is Such a Crazy Thing" 5:14 8. "Private Show" 4:15 9. "Can't Take Me Home"
Moore
Harold Frasier
Steve "Rhythm" Clarke
3:39 10. "Stop Falling"
Moore
Will Baker
Pete Woodruff
Will & Pete 5:51 11. "Do What U Do" 3:58 12. "Hiccup"
Moore
Harold Frasier
Delouie Avant
Steve "Rhythm" Clarke
3:32 13. "Is It Love"
Moore
Frasier
Avant
Clarke
Aaron Philips
3:38
Can't Take Me Home – UK special edition (bonus tracks) Title Writer(s) 14. "There You Go" (Sovereign Mix) 4:53 15. "Most Girls" (X-Men Vocal Mix) 6:20
Notes
^[a] signifies a vocal producer
^[b] signifies a co-producer
Sample credits
"Let Me Let You Know" contains elements from "Cease the Bombing", written by Neal Creque , performed by Grant Greene.
Personnel
Pink – vocals
Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney – keyboards, producer, drum programming
Babyface – producer
Harold Frasier – producer, keyboards
Steve "Rhythm" Clarke – producer, drum programming
Will Baker – vocal arrangement
Steve Baughman – assistant
Kerren Berz – strings, string arrangements
Elliot Blakely – assistant
Paul Boutin – engineer
Jason Boyd – arranger
Kandi Burruss – producer, backing vocals
Josh Butler – engineer
Ralph Cacciurri – assistant
Chris Champion – engineer
Rob Chiarelli – mixing
Chrissy Conway – backing vocals
Lysa Cooper – stylist
Sharon A. Daley – A&R
Regina Davenport – artist coordination
Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
Blake Eiseman – engineer
Daniela Federici – photography
Paul Foley – engineer
Sherree Ford-Payne – backing vocals
John Frye – engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Media appearances
"You Make Me Sick" was featured in the 2001 film and the soundtrack for Save the Last Dance . "Split Personality", which was not released as a single, was featured in the 2001 film The Princess Diaries .
References
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-take-me-home-mw0000055859
^ a b "Can't Take Me Home" . New Musical Express . September 12, 2005. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .
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^ Robert Christgau. "CG: Pink" . Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24 .
^ Rob Brunner (2000-04-14). "Can't Take Me Home Review" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2011-08-24 .
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^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2000 Archived May 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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^ "British album certifications – Pink – Can't Take Me Home" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 26, 2017 . Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Can't Take Me Home in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American album certifications – P!nk – Can't Take Me Home" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
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