I'm Not Dead [PA]

Performer: Pink
Artist: Indigo Girls; Billy Mann; Butch Walker
Engineer: Pete Wallace; Lasse Martin; Serban Ghenea; Billy Mann; Tom Lord-Alge
Producer: Dr. Luke; Max Martin; MachoPsycho; Billy Mann
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Pink (vocals); Emily Sailers (vocals, guitar); Amy Ray, Butch Walker (vocals); Billy Mann (guitar, drum programming); Robin Lynch, Dan Warner (guitar); Niklas Olsson (bass guitar); Joey Waronker, Lee Levin (drums); Lukasz Gottwald (drum programming). Recording information: The Magic Shop, New York, New York (2006). Pink deserves a lot of credit for overturning everyone's expectations. After emerging in 2000 with a debut full of club-ready, R&B-influenced dance-pop, she moved on to genre-hopping hybrids (MISSUNDAZTOOD) and punk-inflected rock (TRY THIS). 2006's I'M NOT DEAD resumes Pink's game of stylistic hopscotch, as she skitters skillfully from arena rock to hip-hop-influenced jams to thoughtful folk to well-crafted pop. Remarkably, these genre experiments work well together, and stand as a testament to Pink's unwillingness to fit into any music industry mold. Whether collaborating with the Indigo Girls on the acoustic protest song "Dear Mr. President," showing off her irresistible swagger on the electro-groove-driven "'Cuz I Can," or generating soaring pop-rock on "Runaway," I'M NOT DEAD gives listeners plenty to chew on, and the results are as tasty as they are surprising.

Rolling Stone (p.65) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "I'M NOT DEAD swaggers with a cockiness that most dudes in bands can't match....[Pink] is belting more urgently and taking more risks than her pop-radio contemporaries." Entertainment Weekly (p.58) - "In superior tracks that combine rock's old-fashioned roar with contemporary, heavy-breathing beats, Pink becomes a new breed of automotive hybrid: Britney Benatar" -- Grade: B+ Uncut (p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "I'M NOT DEAD is composed with industry pros such as Max Martin and Billy Mann, but maintains some of the stroppiness..."

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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