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Try This
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Studio album by P!nk
Released	November 11, 2003 (US)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Rock/Pop
Length	53:00 (without bonus tracks)
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	Tim Armstrong Billyman Jonathan Davis Linda Perry Damon Elliott
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:4.5 stars.svg link Rolling Stone Image:3 stars.svg link
P!nk chronology
M!ssundaztood (2001)	Try This (2003)	I'm Not Dead (2006)

Try This is the title of P!nk's third album, which was released on November 11, 2003. The album features 13 tracks, eight of which were co-written with Tim Armstrong of punk band Rancid. Singles from the album include the tracks "Trouble" and "God Is a DJ".

Contents 1 Making of Try This 2 Chart success 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5.1 Sales 6 Notes

[edit] Making of Try This

P!nk met Tim Armstrong through a mutual friend at a Transplants video shoot. The two hit it off and P!nk ended up co-writing 10 songs with him in a week when Rancid was on a tour with the Foo Fighters. Eight of these tracks appeared on Try This with Armstrong also producing much of the album. Try This also features three songs written with Linda Perry who cowrote much of M!ssundaztood P!nk's hit second album. The album also features a collaboration with electroclash artist Peaches on "Oh My God".

[edit] Chart success

As of May 2 2004, Try This had reached the top ten of album charts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia with the album reaching number 2 in the UK. As of July 2006, it had sold 709,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. July 27 2006. Retrieved August 3 2006.</ref> There were three singles (four in some countries) released from the album including:

• "Trouble" - reached number 2 in Canada, went top 10 in the UK and Australia but only 68 on the Billboard Hot 100;

• "God Is a DJ" - reached top 20 in the UK (just missing the top 10 - it made #11) and China and the top 20 in Ireland and the world dance/trance chart (based on US, UK, German, Australian, Japanese and Italian dance charts);

• "Feel Good Time" - taken from the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. This single was not included on all editions of the album but in some countries, such as the UK, this was included and considered to be the first single from Try This. The single managed to go top 3 in the UK but only climbed as high as #60 ín the US.

• "Last to Know" has reached the UK Top 30 (just missing the top 20 - the track made #21).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Trouble"
2. "God Is a DJ
3. "Last to Know"
4. "Tonight's the Night"
5. "Oh My God" (Featuring Peaches)
6. "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping"
7. "Waiting for Love"
8. "Save My Life"
9. "Try Too Hard"
10. "Humble Neighbourhoods"
11. "Walk Away"
12. "Unwind"
13. "Love Song"

• The following tracks are songs that didn't make it onto the album and are B-sides, Bonus tracks or remain unreleased:

1. "Feel Good Time featuring Willian Orbit" (International Bonus Track)
2. "Hooker" (Hidden Track)
3. "Free" (B-side to Trouble)
4. "Delirium" (B-side to Trouble)

[edit] Personnel

• P!nk - lead vocals

• Tim Armstrong - guitar, acoustic bass, keyboards, backup vocals, loops, sound effects, engineer, producer
• Jonathan Davis - guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drum programming, producer, keyboards, engineer, arranger
• Linda Perry - guitar, sitar, mellotron, producer
• Damon Elliott - percussion, keyboards, programming, producer
• John Fields - bass, guitar, percussion, piano, keyboards, drums, wah wah guitar, programming, engineer, producer
• Dave Carlock - organ, keyboards, bass, drum programming, backup vocals
• Matt Mahaffey - synthesizer, glockenspiel, turntables, omnichord, keyboards, drums
• Atticus Ross - synthesizer, percussion, loops, engineer
• Vic Ruggiero - piano, Hammond organ
• David Paich - organ, Hammond organ
• Grecco Buratto - guitar
• Eric Schermerhorn - guitar
• Steve Stevens - guitar
• Matt Freeman - bass
• Janis Tanaka - bass
• Nick Lane - trombone
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet
• Greg "Frosty" Smith - baritone sax
• Charlie Bisherat - violin
• Travis Barker - drums
• Dorian Crozier - drums
• Joshua Seth Eagan - percussion, drums
• Brian Keeling - drums
• Brett Reed - percussion, drums
• Galadriel Masterson - backup vocals
• Hopey Rock - backup vocals
• Lon Price - horn arrangements
• Roger Davies - executive producer
• Craig Logan - executive producer
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Dave Pensado - mixing
• Brian Gardner - mastering
• David Guerrero - engineer
• Padraic Kerin - engineer
• Steven Miller - engineer, assistant engineer
• Tony Cooper - assistant engineer
• John "Silas" Cranfield - assistant engineer
• Pat Dammer - assistant engineer
• Jay Goin - assistant engineer
• Femio Hernández - assistant engineer
• Chris Testa - assistant engineer
• Ethan Willoughby - assistant engineer
• Joshua Sarubin - A&R
• Jeri Heiden - art direction, design
• Glen Nakasako - art direction, design
• Andrew McPherson - photography

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak Position
Switzerland albums chart	1
Germany albums chart	2
UK albums chart	3
Australian albums chart	8
Canadian albums chart	8
Ireland albums chart	8
Netherlands albums chart	8
U.S. Billboard 200	9

[edit] Sales

Chart	Certification	Sales
Australia ARIA	Platinum	70,000+
Austria IFPI	Platinum	15,000+
Canada CRIA	Platinum	100,000+
Germany IFPI	Platinum	200,000+
Switzerland IFPI	Platinum	40,000+
UK BPI	Platinum	486,132
U.S. RIAA	Platinum	709,000

[edit] Notes

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