Can't Take Me Home

Can't Take Me Home is the debut studio album by American singer Pink, released in the United States on April 4, 2000 by LaFace Records. The music on the album was "urban" and featured mainly hip hop, hip hop soul and R&B type songs, all of Pink's following albums would mainly be pop rock and R&B sounding. The UK version of the album featured the artwork in blue and two UK garage remixes on it.

Can't Take Me Home
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 4, 2000
Recorded1999-2000
Genre
Length54:21 (international edition)
65:32 (UK edition)
Label
Producer
Pink chronology
Can't Take Me Home Missundaztood
(2001)
Singles from Can't Take Me Home
  1. "There You Go"
    Released: February 2000
  2. "Most Girls"
    Released: September 2000
  3. "You Make Me Sick"
    Released: December 2000

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
Jam!(mixed)[4]
MTV Asia(5/10)[5]
NME(6/10)[6]
Q     [7]
Rolling Stone     [8]

Can't Take Me Home received mainly positive reviews from music critics.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Split Personality"   4:01
2. "Hell Wit Ya"   2:58
3. "Most Girls"  
4:59
4. "There You Go"  
  • Moore
  • Briggs
  • Burruss
3:23
5. "You Make Me Sick"  
  • Obi Nwobosi
  • Ainsworth Prasad
  • Marthony Tabb
4:08
6. "Let Me Let You Know"   4:45
7. "Love Is Such a Crazy Thing"  
5:14
8. "Private Show"   4:15
9. "Can't Take Me Home"  
  • Moore
  • Harold Frasier
  • Steve "Rhythm" Clarke
3:39
10. "Stop Falling"  
  • Moore
  • Will Baker
  • Pete Woodruff
5:51
11. "Do What U Do"  
3:58
12. "Hiccup"  
  • Moore
  • Harold Frasier
  • Delouie Avant
  • Steve "Rhythm" Clarke
3:32
13. "Is It Love"  
  • Moore
  • Frasier
  • Avant
  • Clarke
  • Aaron Philips
3:38

Personnel

  • Alecia Moore – 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
  • 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

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 10
Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 48
Canadian Albums Chart 20
Dutch Albums Chart 58
German Albums Chart 85
Irish Albums Chart 23
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 12
UK Albums Chart 13
U.S. Billboard 200 26
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 23

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Robert Christgau. "CG: Pink". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  3. Rob Brunner (2000-04-14). "Can't Take Me Home Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275920,00.html. Retrieved 2016-06-05. 
  4. Mike Ross (2000-04-15). "Album Review: CAN'T TAKE ME HOME". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  5. MTV Asia review
  6. "NME review". NME. 2000-05-10. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  7. "Pink - Can't Take Me Home CD Album". CDUniverse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  8. Douglas Wolk (2000-04-27). "Can't Take Me Home". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427. Retrieved 2016-06-05.