Funhouse [PA] by P!nk (CD, Oct-2008, LaFace)

Album Features
UPC:	886973675922
Artist:	P!nk
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2008
Record Label:	LaFace
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. So What
2. Sober
3. I Don't Believe You
4. Catch-22
5. Please Don't Leave Me
6. Bad Influence
7. Funhouse
8. Crystal Ball
9. Mean
10. It's All Your Fault
11. Ave Mary A
12. Glitter in the Air

Details
Producer:	Jimmy Harry, Butch Walker, Al Clay, Max Martin, Billy Mann, Jake Davies, Eg White, Tony Kanal, Pete Wallace, MachoPsycho
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: P!nk (vocals, background vocals); Eg White (guitar, guitars, strings, Hammond b-3 organ, drums, percussion); Jimmy Harry (guitar, guitars, keyboards); Peter Parente (guitar, guitars); Billy Mann (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Shellback (guitar, acoustic guitar, omnichord, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, drum programming); Pete Wallace (guitar, piano, harmonium, bass guitar, programming); Max Martin (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Butch Walker (guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, background vocals); Robin Mortensen Lynch (guitar, programming); Chris Galland (guitar); Stevie Blacke, Stockholm Session Strings, Uli Janson, Henrik Janson (strings); Guy Baker (trumpet); Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (piano, keyboards); Roger Manning (keyboards); Niklas Olovson (bass guitar, programming); Tony Kanal (bass guitar); Josh Kane, Joey Waronker, John Yarling, Darren Dodd (drums); Daniel Chase (programming); DJ Willrock (turntables); Kinnda Hamid (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Al Clay; Mark "Spike" Stent; Serban Ghenea; Tom Lord-Alge; Billy Mann.Recording information: 3:20 Studios, Los Feliz, CA; Decibel studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY; Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; House Of Blues Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Malibuddha Studios, Malibu, CA; Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Modern Dirt Laboratories, London, England; Sha Recording, Malibu, CA; The Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood, CA; The Document Room, Malibu, CA; The Magic Shop, New York, NY; Westside Pacific Music, Inc., Pacific Palisades, CA.Photographers: Andrew McPherson ; Deborah Anderson.Arrangers: Stevie Blacke; Eg White; Uli Janson; Henrik Janson.Pink's insistently hooky, attitude-filled pop-rock has kept the singer a fixture on the radio and on singles charts since the early 2000s. The artist's fifth effort, FUNHOUSE, doesn't tamper with the formula: Pink's powerhouse vocals and in-your-face approach, backed by stadium-sized production, are in full effect on all 12 tracks. Even though the album deals primarily with aftermath of her divorce and includes serious moments of self-confrontation like "Sober," fans needn't worry that Pink has lost any of her chutzpah.If anything, there's an increased sense of confidence and newfound liberation on tracks like the chest-thumping "So What" and the mischievous, bouncing "Bad Influence." In softer moments, like the ballad "I Don't Believe You" and the soulful "One Wrong Foot," Pink channels her personal experience into expressions that carry no less strength or muscle. But FUNHOUSE is a pop album first and foremost, and its catchy choruses, rollicking beats, and memorable vocal performances won't disappoint.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- She's been working with many of her cowriters for years and they know how to wrap her husky, overheated rasp around a range of styles....The bigger the gamble, the stronger she feels.
Blender

On her confident fifth album, the multiplatinum hitmaker attacks her recent divorce in all styles: as a punk-rock kiss-off, a country-rock anthem and a bleeding-heart plea...
Billboard

Pink's true gift is as a musical androgynist -- blurring the line between rocker and pop star... -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly

4 stars out of 5 -- She's hot-blooded throughout, and it suits both her pipes and a female pop genre that rarely embraces this much tangible pain.
Spin

3 stars out of 5 -- With songwriter Max Martin chipping in, the rock diva finds ways to make emotional rawness go pop on FUNHOUSE...
Rolling Stone