Funhouse [PA]

Performer: Pink
Engineer: Neil Kanal; Keith Gretlein; Matty Green; Tommy Andersson; Femio Hernandez; Marcella Araica; Lasse Morten; Chris Galland; Jimmy Harry; Joe Zook; Max Martin; Tim Roberts; Jake Davies; John Hanes; Pete Wallace; Michael Ilbert
Producer: MachoPsycho; Eg White; Al Clay; Max Martin; Billy Mann; Jake Davies; Butch Walker
Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment

Notes: Personnel: Pink (vocals, background vocals); Shellback (guitar, acoustic guitar, omnichord, keyboard, bass guitar, drums, percussion); Pete Wallace (guitar, piano, harmonium, bass guitar, programming); Max Martin (guitar, bass guitar); Eg White (guitars, Hammond b-3 organ, drums, percussion); Jimmy Harry (guitars, keyboards); Peter Parente (guitars); Billy Mann (electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Stevie Blacke, Ulf Janson, Henrik Janson, Stockholm Session Strings (strings); Butch Walker (keyboard, percussion, background vocals); Roger Manning (keyboards); Niklas Olovson, Tony Kanal (bass guitar); Josh Kane, Joey Waronker, John Yarling, Darren Dodd (drums); Robyn Mortensen Lynch, Dan Chase (programming); Kinnda Hamid (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Al Clay; Mark Stent ; Serban Ghenea; Tom Lord-Alge. Arrangers: Stevie Blacke; Ulf 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.

Rolling Stone (p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "With songwriter Max Martin chipping in, the rock diva finds ways to make emotional rawness go pop on FUNHOUSE..." Spin (p.110) - 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." Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "Pink's true gift is as a musical androgynist -- blurring the line between rocker and pop star..." -- Grade: B+ Billboard (p.29) - "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..." Blender (Magazine) (p.79) - 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."

Although Pink rose to prominence as an R&B singer in the classic `90s LaFace mold, a front displayed on her debut CAN'T TAKE ME HOME, it was when she took control of her own image in 2001 that she truly became an icon. While the Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes) composed hit "Get This Party Started" strayed not all that far from her initial dance-pop path, the remainder of M!SSUNDAZTOOD revealed an artist schooled in the punk tradition. Further recordings wandered down multiple paths, cementing Pink's reputation as a genre-bending pop songstress.

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