P!nk: "M!ssundaztood"

[Live Your Life]

This was P!nk's sophomore album, released in 2001. This album was a major international breakthrough for her, and her decision to move passed those Destiny's Child scraps from her first album was brilliant. This album and I'm Not Dead are definitely my favorite albums of hers. AllMusic gave the album 4.5/5 stars:

Pink's debut album was a promising collection of dance-pop, easily lumped into the teen pop boon of 2000 since she was young and sang over savvy, skittering club beats. Those comparisons irked -- hell, angered -- Pink, and she was determined to prove she was real with her second album. So she called up her idol, Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes fame, to help her rock and write; bared her soul; fought for some artistic control; brought in Steven Tyler; and wound up with M!ssundaztood, a title bound to never show up on Internet search engines. This all sounds like the script for a VH1 movie, but the wild thing is that M!ssundaztood not only works, it works smashingly -- a bewildering amalgam of sounds and attitudes that shouldn't fit together, but defy all odds and do. This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started" and sexy, swaggering arena rock redux like "18 Wheeler" before delving into weird confessionals like "Family Portrait," "Dear Diary," and "My Vietnam." Forget that this isn't what anybody would have expected Pink to do; it's hard to imagine anybody else that would have the idea and the inclination to blend late-'80s, metal-spiked album rock with modern hip-hop and dance, then dress it up with dazzling modern pop production, all the while not avoiding painful subjects (particularly her dysfunctional family) or melody. If that's not an artistic statement, then what is? And the damn thing is, there hasn't been a record in the mainstream this vibrant or this alive in a long, long time.

[Wave.]

This is when she was light skin black P!nk. I loved it.

[someguy]

Love this album. I liked her debut well enough, but this was the album that made me a huge fan. "18 Wheeler" is one of the biggest missed opportunities single wise of her career, I think. I wish that could have been the fourth single, but looking back, I totally get why they went with "Family Portrait". Still, I wish they could have gone five deep.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Jul 13, 2016 0:55:56 GMT -5 someguy said:

Love this album. I liked her debut well enough, but this was the album that made me a huge fan. "18 Wheeler" is one of the biggest missed opportunities single wise of her career, I think. I wish that could have been the fourth single, but looking back, I totally get why they went with "Family Portrait". Still, I wish they could have gone five deep.

Her debut was good, but this album made her into the artist that she is now. I loved "Don't Let Me Get Me". Very relatable. 

[harvie]

I revisited this album a few months ago. I played it non stop the year it was released. The singles are top notch. I think Respect was so good and could have been a hit.
18 Wheeler is an obvious fan fav and def should have been a single!
I Also loved the title track.
Catch 22 was also a cool little song!

[NeRD]

One of the quintessential albums of the 00s for sure.

[Choco]

Her best album to date. Just Like a Pill and Don't Let Me Get Me are still my favorite songs she's ever done.

[brady47]

Such a revolutionary album of the 2000s - I think she paved the way for pop-rock to find it's way into mainstream with Let Go, Stripped, Fallen, and Breakaway following shortly after.

She killed the singles this era, and her imagery was everything!

Get the Party Started - Such a feel good song, one of the most iconic songs of the 2000s!
Don't Let Me Get Me - An anthem for those with low self-esteem and negative self-image
Just Like a Pill - one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard - there's so much vulnerability yet hope in that song!
Family Portrait - amazing ballad about the effects of separation, her pleading "Daddy don't leave, turn around please" and "You took my shining star away" is one of the most amazing lines she's ever written

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Great memories. I was in 8th grade when it came out.

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[Zinc.]

Happy Belated Anniversary. My favorite album by her.

[Au$tin]

This is such a fantastic album. "Eventually" is really the only track I've never been able to get into. "Don't Let Me Get Me," "Just Like a Pill," "Lonely Girl," and "Numb" remain as some of her all time best tracks.

[back2blk]

Dec 21, 2021 1:01:12 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

This is such a fantastic album. "Eventually" is really the only track I've never been able to get into. "Don't Let Me Get Me," "Just Like a Pill," "Lonely Girl," and "Numb" remain as some of her all time best tracks.

The singles were PERFECT. And other than those, Eventually is the ONLY other track I've loved.  LOL