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Can't Take Me Home

{{Short description|2000 album by Pink}}

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| released = April 4, 2000

| recorded = 1999

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| studio = Unique Recording Studios, New York City

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| name = Can't Take Me Home

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| single1 = There You Go

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| single2 = Most Girls

| single2date = June 6, 2000

| single3 = You Make Me Sick

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Can't Take Me Home is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Pink. It was released on April 4, 2000, through LaFace Records, two years after disbanding of the girl group Choice, where Pink served as a soloist. An R&B and dance pop record, Can't Take Me Home was produced by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Babyface, Kandi Burruss, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Daryl Simmons, and Tricky, while Pink shares songwriting credits on seven out of thirteen tracks. L.A. Reid served as the executive producer of the record. Lyrically, most tracks on the album speak about relationships.

The album was a commercial success, peaking in the top ten in album chart of Australia and the top twenty in the United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, it peaked at the 26 spot in the Billboard 200 chart. Retrospectively, It was certified double Platinum in Canada, Australia and the United States, and Platinum in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Can't Take Me Home received mixed-to-positive reception from contemporary music critics, with some of them comparing style of the record with those of Destiny's Child, Aaliyah and TLC. Later, Pink revealed her dissatisfaction with the music direction of the album, her personal image during its promotional campaign and the lack of creative control she was offered.

Three singles supported the release of Can't Take Me Home. "There You Go" and "Most Girls" received huge commercial success, both landing inside the top ten in the charts of Australia, Canada, New Zealand the United Kingdom and the singer's homeland, United States. where they peaked at numbers 7 and 4 respectively. The third single, "You Make Me Sick", was less successful worldwide, but it peaked at nine spot on the United Kingdom single chart. Following the commercial success of the singles from the album, Pink won the New Female Artist of the Year award at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards.

Background

In 1995, Pink and two other teenage girls, Sharon Flanagan and Chrissy Conway, formed the R&B group Choice. A copy of their first song, "Key to My Heart", was sent to LaFace Records in Atlanta, Georgia, where L.A. Reid overheard it and arranged for the group to fly there so he could see them perform. Afterward, he signed them to a recording contract with the label. The group relocated to the label's then-headquarters in Atlanta to record an album. Despite it failing to see a commercial release, their song "Key to My Heart" appeared on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Kazaam. During a Christmas party, Reid gave Pink an ultimatum: "go solo or go home." Choice subsequently disbanded in 1998.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-16 |title=Pink - Songs, Real Name & Age |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/pink |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}

After Choice disbanded, Pink signed a recording contract with LaFace Records and began working on her first solo album with producers like Babyface, Kandi Burruss and Tricky Stewart.{{Cite web |date=2012-09-30 |title=Music Minute: Pink's Low Debut! :: The Lava Lizard |url=http://thelavalizard.com/2012/09/music-minute-421/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930014330/http://thelavalizard.com/2012/09/music-minute-421/ |archive-date=2012-09-30 }}

Composition

File:L.A. Reid.jpg, the executive producer of the record (pictured in 2011).]]

= Overview =

Sonically, Can't Take Me Home is a dance-pop{{Citation |title=Can't Take Me Home - P!nk {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-take-me-home-mw0000055859 |access-date=2024-04-08 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Album Search for "m!ssundaztood" |url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/m!ssundaztood |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} and R&B{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2005-09-12 |title=Can't Take Me Home |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-2230-338033 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} record. In terms of its sound, it received comparison with the works of TLC, especially their 1999 record FanMail — both albums share same team of producers and L.A. Reid as the executive producer. Recording sessions for the album took place in Unique Recording Studios, New York City. Can't Take Me Home was produced by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Babyface, Kandi Burruss, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Daryl Simmons, and Tricky. Pink co-wrote seven out of thirteen tracks on the album. Lyrically, the main themes of the record are love and relationship.{{Cite web |title=Can't Take Me Home |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/04/10/cant-take-me-home/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=EW.com |language=en}}

= Songs =

The album opens with "Split Personality", a "schizoid" track, where Pink sings about her mental condition: "You don't know me well enough to label me sick, or even disturbed / When you break it down I'm just two girls / Everybody's got insanities / I got a split personality." "Let Me Let You Know" is an "affecting ballad", where Pink uses "Mariah Carey warbling." "There You Go" was found similar to "Bills Bills Bills" by Destiny's Child and "No Scrubs" by TLC with its theme about female empowerment and independence,{{Cite magazine |title=Can't Take Me Home |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,275920,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011152037/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275920,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }}{{Cite magazine |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |date=2000-04-27 |title=Can't Take Me Home |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/cant-take-me-home-186163/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} which are being touched once again in "Most Girls".{{Cite web |date=2004-04-10 |title=MTVAsia.com - Welcome! |url=http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040410024009/http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html |archive-date=2004-04-10 }}

Release and promotion

Album was released on April 4, 2000, through LaFace Records. To promote the record, Pink was billed as a supporting act on the North American leg of NSYNC's No Strings Attached Tour throughout the summer of 2000.{{Cite web |title=Pink Lands 'NSYNC Tour, Plans New Video |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432515/20000405/n_sync.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010718133242/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432515/20000405/n_sync.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2001 |website=MTV News}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title='N Sync With the Younger Set - latimes |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-12-ca-40021-story.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052706/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/12/entertainment/ca-40021 |archive-date=2017-02-02 }} Pink also performed "Most Girls" at the 2001 American Music Awards.{{Cite web |title=28th Annual American Music Awards Coverage (2001) {{!}} DigitalHit.com |url=https://www.digitalhit.com/ama/28.shtml |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.digitalhit.com}}

= Singles =

"There You Go" was released as the lead single from the album on January 18, 2000.{{cite magazine |date=January 14, 2000 |title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |page=57 |issue=1333}} Following its release, it received positive receptions from the music critics, who called it "edgy". It first entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the issue dated March 4, at the twenty fifth spot.{{Cite magazine |last=tolsen |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Six weeks later it peaked at number seven. Additionally, it peaked at number 2 on the Dance/Club Songs{{Cite magazine |title=Pink {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pink/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} and the Pop Songs charts, and number 4 on the Rhythmic radio chart. It was certified Gold by RIAA for shipment of 500 thousands copies in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}} Elsewhere, it peaked inside the top ten in the charts of eight more countries, including second spot in Australia,{{Cite web |title=P!nk – There You Go |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=P!nk&titel=There+You+Go&cat=s}} where it eventually received Platinum certification by ARIA for shipment of 70 thousands copies.{{Cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2000|access-date=2024-04-08}} It also gained Platinum certification in the United Kingdom{{Cite web |title=Seekers, Greatest Hits, Album |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=BPI |language=en}} and Gold in New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2000-10-20 |website=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart}} The accompanying music video for "There You Go" was directed by Dave Meyers and debuted via The Box in late November 1999.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85 |title=Billboard |date=1999-11-27 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}

"Most Girls" was released as the second single from the album on June 6, 2000.{{cite magazine |date=June 2, 2000 |title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |page=56 |issue=1353}} it proved to be even more successful than the lead single, reaching top ten position in six countries, including top position in Australia,{{Cite web |title=P!nk - Most Girls |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=P!nk&titel=Most+Girls&cat=s |website=australian-charts.com}} where it was eventually certified double Platinum by ARIA,{{Cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2023|access-date=2024-04-08}}{{cite web |title=chartz.org.nz - P!nk - Most Girls |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=P!nk&titel=Most+Girls&cat=s

|website=charts.org.nz}} where it was eventually certified Gold.{{Cite web |title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART |language=en}} In the United States, it debuted at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the issue dated August 12, 2000. Three months later, it rose up to number four, becoming her highest charting solo single in the States until 2008, when she topped the chart with "So What". "Most Girls" was also her first single to top the Rhythmic radio chart. As of November 2010, it sold out 95 thousands copies in the United States.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGl78gyjknMC&q=boney+m+nielsen+soundscan&pg=RA4-PA34 |title=Billboard |date=2010-10-02 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}

The third single, "You Make Me Sick", impacted American radio stations on November 27, 2000, as the album's third and final single.{{cite magazine |date=December 1, 2000 |title=Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |pages=43, 51 |issue=1379}} It was less successful than previous, only reaching thirty third spot in the United States. However, it peaked inside the top ten in the United Kingdom,{{Cite web |title=PINK songs and albums |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7334/Pink/ |website=Official Chart history}} New Zealand{{Cite web |title=P!nk - You Make Me Sick |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=P!nk&titel=You+Make+Me+Sick&cat=s |website=charts.org.nz}} and Netherlands.{{Cite web |last=Top 40 |first=Stichting Nederlandse |title=Tipparade-lijst van week 16, 2001 |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2001/week-16 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Top40.nl |language=nl}} It was eventually certified Gold in Australia.{{Cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2001|access-date=2024-04-08}} As of November 2010, it sold out 93 thousands copies in the United States. The accompanying music video for "You Make Me Sick" was filmed in late 2000 and was directed by Dave Meyers."You Make Me Sick" was featured in the 2001 film and the soundtrack for Save the Last Dance.{{Citation |title=Save the Last Dance - Original Soundtrack {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/save-the-last-dance-mw0000108575 |access-date=2024-04-08 |language=en}}

= Other songs =

"Split Personality", which was not released as a single, was featured in the 2001 film The Princess Diaries.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|album|cant-take-me-home-mw0000055859|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=28 October 2020}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|author=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pink |title=CG: Pink |publisher=Robertchristgau.com |access-date=2011-08-24}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = C+{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/04/10/cant-take-me-home/|title=Can't Take Me Home|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2000-04-14|access-date=2022-06-01}}

| rev4 = MTV Asia

| rev4score = 5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040410024009/http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2004|title=MTVAsia.com - Welcome!|date=10 April 2004}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/2230|title = Can't Take Me Home| website=NME |date = September 12, 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111102737/http://www.nme.com/reviews/2230 |access-date = November 22, 2017| archive-date=11 November 2012 }}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1041890&style=music |title=Pink - Can't Take Me Home CD Album (Q (8/00, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[A] startling debut both musically rewarding and highly accessible.") |publisher=CDUniverse.com |access-date=2012-08-08}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Douglas Wolk |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427 |title=Can't Take Me Home |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2000-04-27 |access-date=2012-08-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224122528/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427|archive-date=February 24, 2011}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://slantmagazine.com/music/archive/canttakemehome.html|title=Pink - Can't Take Me Home|website=Slant Magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=8 August 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010808182931/http://slantmagazine.com/music/archive/canttakemehome.html |access-date=23 March 2025|archive-date=8 August 2001 }}

| rev9 = Sputnikmusic

| rev9score = 2.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27566/Pink-Cant-Take-Me-Home/|title=Pink - Can't Take Me Home|website=Sputnikmusic|last=EMERITUS|first=DaveyBoy|date=14 October 2008|access-date=23 March 2025}}

| rev10 = Tom Hull – on the Web

| rev10score = B+{{cite web|url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=P%21nk|title=Grade List: P!nk|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|first=Hull|last=Tom Hull|access-date=22 March 2025}}

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Can't Take Me Home received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the senior editor of AllMusic, found the album similar to the works of TLC, but he complemented Pink's vocal performance, saying, that "she may not be able to deliver ballads with assurance and soul just yet, but she never over-sings". Commenting on the album's content, he wrote: "While there are no bad cuts on Can't Take Me Home, there aren't any knock-out punches, either." Robert Christgau also gave a positive review, grading it B+. He commented: "When she admits to the loss of her slurred "cherry" in the finale, you can only wonder how sexy she'll be when she shows pink for real".{{Cite web |title=Robert Christgau: CG: pink |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pink |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.robertchristgau.com}} NME gave a positive review on the album, grading it six out of ten. saying: "Sadly, Pink's debut is a little samey and suffers from the diva disease that modern R&B acts [...] are helping to stamp out." Q also gave a positive review, giving it four out of five stars.{{Cite web |title=We're Sorry |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/country.asp |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.cduniverse.com}}

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a mixed review, grading it C+. They were critical towards its originality, saying: "Home [...] sounds as familiar as your doorbell; there's hardly an original musical moment on it". Jam! and MTV Asia also gave mixed reviews;{{Cite web |title=Album Review: CAN'T TAKE ME HOME |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pink/AlbumReviews/2000/04/15/771655.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710234139/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pink/AlbumReviews/2000/04/15/771655.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-10 |website=JAM! Music}} the latter gave album the grade five out of ten, saying that "Pink's music is typical stuff, stuff that puts her in the same vein as current R&B". They added: "At the end of the day, I guess it still comes down to her hair color and streetwise attitude. After all, music is not always the main reason why an artist becomes hip and popular all of a sudden.". Rolling Stone gave a mixed review, giving it two and a half out of five stars. They wrote: "Her debut has one awesome single in "There You Go", whose wronged-woman sass is set to a stop-start groove so bling-bling it redeems a chorus", continuing: "Beyond that, though, every melismatic groan, every clipped harmony, every post-Timbaland beat, every synth setting is copped from some R&B hit of the last eighteen months." They concluded their review, saying that "[Pink] makes a pretty good Monica, but we already have one of those."{{Cite magazine |date=2011-02-24 |title=Can't Take Me Home by Pink {{!}} Rolling Stone Music {{!}} Music Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427 |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224122528/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427 |archive-date=2011-02-24 }}

= Accolades =

On the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards she was nominated in the Best New Artist category.{{Cite web |title=DMX Out; Nelly, Jim Carrey In For VMA Main Stage |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/mere3q/dmx-out-nelly-jim-carrey-in-for-vma-main-stage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429121714/https://www.mtv.com/news/mere3q/dmx-out-nelly-jim-carrey-in-for-vma-main-stage |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=MTV |language=en}} On 2000 Billboard Music Awards, Pink was honored with New Female Artist of the Year for commercial performance of the album and its single. She was also nominated for Female Hot 100 Singles Artist and Female Artist of the Year. On 2001 Brit Awards she was nominated for Best International Female Solo Artist and Best International Newcomer categories.{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2001-02-27 |title=Robbie Wins Big, David Comes Up Empty At Brit Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/robbie-wins-big-david-comes-up-empty-at-brit-awards-80522/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} On 2001 American Music Awards, Pink received nomination Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist.{{Cite web |date=2000-11-16 |title=Faith Hill Leads List of American Music Awards Nominees |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20001117_faith_hill_leads_list_of_american_music_awards_nominees |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=BMI.com |language=en}}

Commercial performance

Can't Take Me Home received moderate commercial success worldwide. In the United States, it debuted at number 26 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Cabison |first=Rosalie |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard 200™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} It is Pink's only studio album to not enter the top ten of the chart. It spent fifty nine weeks on chart, and ranked number 66 on Billboard Year-End chart 2000 on the chart.{{Cite magazine |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard 200 Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-billboard-200-albums/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} It also ranked at number 89 on Billboard's Year-End chart in 2001. Can't Take Me Home also entered the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, peaking at number twenty three. It spent fifty five weeks on the chart and was ranked eighty seventh on Billboard's Year-End chart in 2000.{{Cite magazine |date=2013-01-02 |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Eventually, Can't Take Me Home was certified double Platinum by RIAA for shipments of two million copies in the United States. In Canada, the album peaked at number nineteen,{{Cite magazine |title=P!nk Chart History (Canadian Albums) |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/P!nk/chart-history/CNA}} while peaking at number 4 on the Canadian R&B Albums chart.{{Cite web |date=2000-11-19 |title=R&B : Top 50 |url=http://canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001119201200/http://canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html |archive-date=2000-11-19 }} It was the thirty third best selling album in Canada of 2000{{Cite web |date=2004-08-12 |title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000 |url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_1.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812032100/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_1.html |archive-date=2004-08-12 }} and 177 in 2001. It reached double platinum status by Music Canada for shipments of 200,000 copies in the country.{{Cite web |date=2000-10-12 |title=Gold/Platinum |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Music Canada |language=en-US}}

In Australia, the album peaked at number ten and topped the Australian R&B Albums chart.{{Cite web |title=P!nk - Can't Take Me Home |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=P!NK&titel=Can%27t+Take+Me+Home&cat=a |website=australian-charts.com}}{{Cite web |title=Trove - Archived webpage |url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue572.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222432/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue572.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-22 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Trove |language=en}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It was the 32nd best-selling album in Australia in 2000{{Cite web |date=2011-05-28 |title=ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2000 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2000.htm |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528193102/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2000.htm |archive-date=2011-05-28 }} and eventually it was certified double platinum by ARIA for shipments of 140,000 copies in the country. In New Zealand, Can't Take Me Home peaked at number twelve.{{Cite web |title=P!nk - Can't Take Me Home |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=P!NK&titel=Can%27t+Take+Me+Home&cat=a |website=charts.org.nz}} and ranked forty-fourth best-performing album of 2000. It was eventually certified Platinum by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand for shipments of fifteen thousand copies. In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number thirteen{{Cite web |title=PINK songs and albums |website=Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7334/pink/}} and was certified Platinum by British Phonographic Industry.{{Cite web |title=Prodigy, Firestarter, Single |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=BPI |language=en}} It ranked at number 67 on the British year-end chart of 2000{{Cite web |title=End of Year Album Chart on 9/1/2000 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20000109/37502/ |website=Official Charts}} and at number 176 in 2011.{{Cite web |title=ChartsPlus 019 - 05-01-2002.doc |url=https://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf}} It also reached number three the UK R&B Albums chart.{{Cite web |title=Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart on 15/10/2000 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-hip-hop-and-r-and-b-albums-chart/20001015/115/ |website=Official Charts}}

Elsewhere, the album reached number 48 in Belgia,{{Cite web |title=P!nk - Can't Take Me Home |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/64fc/P!NK-Can't-Take-Me-Home |website=ultratop.be}} 58 in Netherlands,{{Cite web |title=P!nk - Can't Take Me Home |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=P!NK&titel=Can%27t+Take+Me+Home&cat=a |website=dutchcharts.nl}} 85 in Germany,{{Cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-25852 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}} 23 in Ireland{{Cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart on 8/10/2000 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20001008/40/ |website=Official Charts}} and 26 in Scotland.

Retrospective commentary

Despite Can't Take Me Home{{'}}s success, Pink felt dissatisfied and constrained by her lack of creative control and being marketed to a teen audience as an R&B singer.{{Cite book |date=2021-08-09 |title=Newsmakers 2004 - Laura Avery - Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4II4AAAACAAJ |access-date=2024-04-08 |isbn=978-0-7876-6805-1 |last1=Avery |first1=Laura |publisher=Gale }}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Pink Performs With Arena Aspirations - Los Angeles Times |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-01-et-nichols1-story.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809112339/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-01-et-nichols1-story.html |archive-date=2021-08-09 }} Her father, Jim Moore, said in an October 2000 MTV News interview that Pink expressed interest in experimenting and showcasing her versatility on her forthcoming album.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Pink Plans To Have Live Band On Next LP - MTV |website=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433187/pink-plans-to-have-live-band-on-next-lp/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809113937/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433187/pink-plans-to-have-live-band-on-next-lp/ |archive-date=2021-08-09 }} She sought to create an album reflective of the musical influences with which she grew up, resembling the music of Annie Lennox and Method Man.

Tired of being marketed as another cookie cutter pop act, as well as eager both to be seen as a more serious songwriter and musician and to perform the type of music she wanted to, Pink took her sound in a new direction and sought more artistic or creative control during the recording of her second album, Missundaztood.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-03 |title=Pop Princess Pink: Flush With Attitude |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/122066581.html?dids=122066581:122066581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUN+02,+2002&author=Teresa+Wiltz&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Pop+Princess+Pink:+Flush+With+Attitude&pqatl=google |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203022217/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/122066581.html?dids=122066581:122066581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUN+02,+2002&author=Teresa+Wiltz&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Pop+Princess+Pink:+Flush+With+Attitude&pqatl=google |archive-date=2013-02-03 }} She recruited Linda Perry, former singer of 4 Non Blondes.{{Cite web |date=2003-10-28 |title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features |url=http://starbulletin.com/2002/12/16/features/story3.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031028135415/http://starbulletin.com/2002/12/16/features/story3.html |archive-date=2003-10-28 }} Perry co-wrote and co-produced the album with Dallas Austin and Scott Storch, and according to VH1's Driven program, Antonio "LA" Reid of LaFace Records was not initially content with the new music Pink was making. Reid was concerned about Pink departing from her R&B sound, alienating an audience who was expecting another album like Can't Take Me Home.{{Cite book |last=LLC |first=SPIN Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4CHp9FEZRgC |title=SPIN |date=May 2002 |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |language=en}} Her desire for more creative control met with resistance, but Reid failed to persuade Pink to record more R&B songs. After a vigorous dispute, he relented and gave Pink "the opportunity to fail".{{Cite book |date=2021-08-09 |title=Split Personality: The Story of Pink - Paul Lester - Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sg9Q8jxMC5AC |access-date=2024-04-08 |isbn=978-1-84938-060-7 |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |publisher=Omnibus Press }} The album, named Missundaztood because of Pink's belief that people had a wrong image of her, was released in November 2001.{{Cite web |title=Pink Paints Up Track List For Missundaztood |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/pwbg7f/pink-paints-up-track-list-for-missundaztood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903173054/https://www.mtv.com/news/pwbg7f/pink-paints-up-track-list-for-missundaztood |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=MTV |language=en}} Kate Sullivan of Spin called Pink's direction on the album "a rebellion against the producer-driven machinery that created her 2000 debut, Can't Take Me Home".

Most critics praised the musical departure from contemporary music and altering the industry's perception of Pink as an artist.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=THE NEW SEASON/MUSIC; Idol Returns, Her Image Remade - The New York Times |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/arts/the-new-season-music-idol-returns-her-image-remade.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126143920/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/arts/the-new-season-music-idol-returns-her-image-remade.html |archive-date=2021-11-26 }}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-29 |title=Shocking Pink {{!}} Music {{!}} The Guardian |website=TheGuardian.com |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/09/popandrock |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229171304/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/09/popandrock |archive-date=2021-12-29 }}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-11 |title=Pink in Her Own Words: Looking Back as Missundaztood Turns 20 {{!}} PEOPLE.com |url=https://people.com/music/pink-missundaztood-anniversary-in-her-own-words/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211043812/https://people.com/music/pink-missundaztood-anniversary-in-her-own-words/ |archive-date=2021-12-11 }} Robert Hilburn wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Pink's reinvention (and its potential commercial impact) was initially questioned, but was later "a move industry observers now applaud as brilliant".{{Cite web |title=Nov 09, 2003, page 129 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189983033/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}} In her 2019 book, White Negroes, Lauren Michele Jackson compared Pink's rebellious artistic transformation with Janet Jackson's Control (1986). According to Jackson, Pink's choice to leave the black-dominated R&B industry would "ultimately keep her apart from her peers".{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Lauren Michele |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOW2DwAAQBAJ |title=White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue . and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation |date=2019-11-12 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=978-0-8070-1180-5 |language=en}} In a 2021 retrospective, Arielle Gordon of Stereogum said that Pink's opposition to her label's pressure to remain an R&B singer "somehow wrestled autonomy of her image and sound in an industry practically fueled by harnessing complete control of their young, primarily female stars."{{Cite web |date=2021-12-19 |title=Pink 'Missundaztood' 20th Anniversary Review |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2167957/missundaztood-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219105434/https://www.stereogum.com/2167957/missundaztood-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-date=2021-12-19 }}

Due to Pink's opinion on the album, she had not performed its songs from 2001 until her 2013 The Truth About Love Tour.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Can't Take Me Home {{nobold|– Standard edition}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Split Personality

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

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| extra1 = {{flatlist|

}}

| length1 = 4:01

| title2 = Hell wit Ya

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

  • Briggs
  • Burruss{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length2 = 2:58

| title3 = Most Girls

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra3 = Babyface

| length3 = 4:59

| title4 = There You Go

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Briggs
  • Burruss

}}

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

  • Briggs
  • Burruss{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = You Make Me Sick

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

  • Obi Nwobosi
  • Ainsworth Prasad
  • Marthony Tabb

}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

  • Babyface
  • Anthony President
  • Brainz Dimilo

}}

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Let Me Let You Know

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

}}

| length6 = 4:45

| title7 = Love Is Such a Crazy Thing

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

  • Lamont Maxwell
  • Jones

}}

| length7 = 5:14

| title8 = Private Show

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra8 = Soulshock & Karlin

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Can't Take Me Home

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Harold Frasier
  • Steve "Rhythm" Clarke

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

  • The Specialists
  • Clarke

}}

| length9 = 3:39

| title10 = Stop Falling

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Will Baker
  • Pete Woodruff

}}

| extra10 = Will & Pete

| length10 = 5:51

| title11 = Do What U Do

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

}}

| extra11 = P.A.

| length11 = 3:58

| title12 = Hiccup

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Harold Frasier
  • Delouie Avant
  • Steve "Rhythm" Clarke

}}

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

  • The Specialists
  • Clarke

}}

| length12 = 3:32

| title13 = Is It Love

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Frasier
  • Avant
  • Clarke
  • Aaron Philips

}}

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

  • Clarke
  • Pink{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length13= 3:38

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Can't Take Me Home {{nobold|– United Kingdom special edition and digital expanded edition (bonus tracks)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/685139-PNK-Cant-Take-Me-Home|title=P!NK – Can't Take Me Home (CD) - Discogs|website=Discogs|access-date=November 9, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cant-take-me-home-expanded-edition/1459161035|title=Can't Take Me Home (Expanded Edition) by P!nk on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|access-date=November 9, 2021}}

| title14 = There You Go (Sovereign Mix)

| writer14 = {{flatlist|

  • Moore
  • Briggs
  • Burruss

}}

| length14= 6:20

| title15 = Most Girls (X-Men Vocal Mix)

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

  • Edmonds
  • Thomas

}}

| length15 = 4:53

}}

Notes

  • {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a vocal producer
  • {{sup|{{note|b|[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

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  • 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

{{div col end}}

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2000–2001)

! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|10|artist=P!NK|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA){{cite journal |url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue572.pdf |title=ARIA Urban Chart – Week Commencing 12th February 2001 |journal=The ARIA Report |issue=572 |page=18 |date=February 12, 2001 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{cbignore}}

|align="center"|1

{{album chart|Wallonia|48|artist=P!NK|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|19|artist=P!nk|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url= http://canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|title=R&B : Top 50|website=Jam!|date=August 19, 2000|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001119201200/http://canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|archive-date=November 19, 2000}}

|style="text-align:center;"|4

{{album chart|Netherlands|58|artist=P!NK|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Germany4|id=25852|85|artist=Pink|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
{{album chart|Ireland2|23|artist=P!nk|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 3, 2023}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|12|artist=P!NK|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Scotland|26|artist=Pink|rowheader=true|date=2000-10-14}}
{{album chart|UK|13|artist=Pink|album=Can't Take Me Home|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|UKR&B|3|date=20001015|rowheader=true|access-date=April 12, 2022}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|26|artist=P!nk|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|23|artist=P!nk|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2020}}

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+Year-end chart performance for Can't Take Me Home

!Chart (2000)

!Position

scope="row" |Australian Albums (ARIA){{Cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/albums-chart |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528193102/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2000.htm |url-status=dead |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart |archivedate=May 28, 2011 |website=www.aria.com.au}}

|32

scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812032100/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_1.html|archivedate=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_1.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 24, 2022}}

|39

scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{Cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2000-12-31|title=Explore our 50 year history|website=aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz}}

|44

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20000109/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2000 - Official Charts Company|website=Official Charts }}

|67

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard }}

|66

scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 13, 2020}}

|87

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|archivedate= November 6, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}

|177

scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021122000500/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_r&b.html|date=January 8, 2002|archive-date=November 22, 2002|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_r&b.html|title=Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001|website=Jam!|accessdate=January 22, 2023}}

|37

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=The Official UK Albums Chart 2001|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=April 1, 2021}}

|176

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2021}}

|98

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Chart (2002)

!Position

scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184204/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 25, 2022}}

| 101

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Pink|title=Can't Take Me Home|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=December 26, 2017|relyear=2000|certyear=2009|refname="aria"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Pink|title=Can't Take Me Home|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=December 26, 2017|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|refname="cria1"}}

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Category:2000 debut albums

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