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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 90 Ratings

  • Summary: Following the unexpected critical and commercial success of M!ssundaztood, Pink returns with a third, even more rock-oriented album. Linda Perry returns to helm just a few tracks, with the bulk of the producing/writing chores falling to Rancid's Tim Armstrong.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Village Voice
    90
    Try This dares Pink's huge but hardly guaranteed audience to hear the world her way--without wasting one moment on indulgent experimentation, rote grandstanding, or retreats into conformism.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    A hooky, engaging throwaway that expands Pink's range while holding on fiercely to her irascible inner child.
  3. Q Magazine
    80
    Unlike other wannabes, Pink shares Madonna's two best assets: a keen eye for the next collaborator to further her cause and the ability to sound like Pink no matter what shape her cause takes. [Dec 2003, p.133]
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  4. The A.V. Club
    70
    Pink's delivery says more than her often wince-inducing lyrics, but it means enough to make Try This an engagingly revealing album.
  5. Playlouder
    70
    'Try This' is quite the album - most things to all people, touched by audacious greatness, and as fine an advert for imperfectionism as we could've demanded.
  6. Rolling Stone
    60
    After Missundaztood, her choices were to repeat herself or to try more material outside her realm of expertise. She does a little of both on Try This, with mixed results.
  7. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    30
    Pink pitches a brand of seriousness that is pure Lifetime-TV mawkishness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35
  1. NickQ
    Nov 19, 2003
    10
    it is great and highly under-rated!
  2. brubruzinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    TRY THIS is another amazing album by the great Pink, her lyrics and vocals here are very good
  4. AshleeP
    Dec 11, 2003
    10
    this cd is the best and ive heard all OH MY GOD LOL!
  5. KatieS
    Aug 3, 2004
    10
    It's a great cd. I love Pink and all her songs. I can can really understand the way she feels and the stuff she thinks. It's so It's a great cd. I love Pink and all her songs. I can can really understand the way she feels and the stuff she thinks. It's so cool how she doesn't let anyone tell her what 2 do. I love how she says what she thinks.… Expand
  6. TommyG
    Feb 3, 2006
    10
    Better than what would be expected. Brash, tough and compelling. Unlike M!ssundaztood, Try This has 13 songs(all of them) that never tire of Better than what would be expected. Brash, tough and compelling. Unlike M!ssundaztood, Try This has 13 songs(all of them) that never tire of hearing. Unlike M!ssundaztood again, there really isn't a song that will keep you from commiting suicide.… Expand
  7. JesseB
    Jan 7, 2004
    9
    I though the CD was very well done. I'm not a fan of her two slower songs on the album, but I absolutely love all of her rock tracks! I though the CD was very well done. I'm not a fan of her two slower songs on the album, but I absolutely love all of her rock tracks! Gotta' love it!… Expand
  8. axelkoch
    Dec 10, 2012
    3
    DON'T TRY THIS! The title of the album is really inapplicable, because P!nk released her worst album with this. Despite a bunch of nice songs,DON'T TRY THIS! The title of the album is really inapplicable, because P!nk released her worst album with this. Despite a bunch of nice songs, 10 of the 15 songs are very uncomely. The lyrics go from mediocre to really bad and the wordplays are hurting my ears sometimes. The tunes aren't really catchy - too much electronic here - and her voice is also wack, partly.… Expand

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#42 Most Discussed Album of 2003
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#29 Most Shared Album of 2003