Pink: The Discography Rate ∞ WINNER!

I'm never sure what I enjoy more; the snarky "Scott Storch" whisper in Boring, or the delicious irony of the fact that you need to know a Paris Hilton album track to get the reference.
 
Today was a mess.

None of the uptempo songs I was hoping to leave was eliminated, all scores I've lost were 9+ and two of my 10's got axed.

"Boring" did really well, actually, considering its bonus track status and that it received 'only' three 10's, but it deserved better based on what's left. Even the 9 it received from me seems a bit low listening to it again.
It's 100% fun from beginning to end, has many 'Easter eggs' in the production and, most importantly, it's infectiously catchy!


So this did happen, after all:
Centerfold really is the crowning glory of all her bonus tracks. Might toss it my 11 because why not?
As much as I hate some (most) of your scores for her gems, that is one fantastic 11 pick!
It's very rare in rates that someone chooses an album track that I gave a 10 to.
(Karma is real)

"Centerfold" really is among my most favorite P!nk bonus tracks, such a pity that it's gone. I often connect it with "Boring" due to the extreme catchiness and electronic elements in the production.
The only thing that could be the reason they left it off the standard version is how different it sounds from the rest (but that a stretch). The chorus is such an earworm and the middle-8 is indeed one of her very best!
Single worthy track for sure.
That is such a great and clever artwork, too, @Lost Boy!


And we've lost FOUR songs in a row that both @Verandi and I love (two of which are mutual 10's). Wow.
Also, @Verandi losing four 10's - that didn't even happen to me so far! Once again, karma is real.

On the other hand, @Music Is Life must be thrilled for not losing a 10 in the last seven eliminations!


All four songs eliminated today have a few things in common: all have amazing production, are catchy as hell and ended up underrated.

Well, today was a miracle and a mess.
 
Today was a mess.

None of the uptempo songs I was hoping to leave was eliminated, all scores I've lost were 9+ and two of my 10's got axed.

"Boring" did really well, actually, considering its bonus track status and that it received 'only' three 10's, but it deserved better based on what's left. Even the 9 it received from me seems a bit low listening to it again.
It's 100% fun from beginning to end, has many 'Easter eggs' in the production and, most importantly, it's infectiously catchy!


So this did happen, after all:

As much as I hate some (most) of your scores for her gems, that is one fantastic 11 pick!
It's very rare in rates that someone chooses an album track that I gave a 10 to.
(Karma is real)

"Centerfold" really is among my most favorite P!nk bonus tracks, such a pity that it's gone. I often connect it with "Boring" due to the extreme catchiness and electronic elements in the production.
The only thing that could be the reason they left it off the standard version is how different it sounds from the rest (but that a stretch). The chorus is such an earworm and the middle-8 is indeed one of her very best!
Single worthy track for sure.
That is such a great and clever artwork, too, @Lost Boy!


And we've lost FOUR songs in a row that both @Verandi and I love (two of which are mutual 10's). Wow.
Also, @Verandi losing four 10's - that didn't even happen to me so far! Once again, karma is real.

On the other hand, @Music Is Life must be thrilled for not losing a 10 in the last seven eliminations!


All four songs eliminated today have a few things in common: all have amazing production, are catchy as hell and ended up underrated.

Well, today was a miracle and a mess.
I wish I was able to expound on her music the way you do! I love your posts in here.
 
@Verandi I feel like I understand your complexities a little more now with our shared tastes.
Mourn for my 10s as well everyone, especially my potential 11s in 'Centrefold' & 'Humble Neighbourhoods'.

@happiestgirl sorry to see your 11 go. but then on the other hand how could you give another 10 a score of 2?

If these 2 songs weren't given up on and pushed to bonus status, they could have been worked on a bit longer to become amazing lead singles.
 
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44. You Make Me Sick
Average score: 7.808
Highest score: 10x6
@soratami, @Verandi, @kal, @Hurricane Drunk, @Sideout, @Music Is Life
Lowest score: 2
@playboy69
My score: 9

He got closer to me, it started getting deep
He had me in a zone when he started to show me things
I never saw before
Baby was smooth but I knew it was game
Hell-of-a cool but you men are the same
The way he licked his lips and touched my hips
I knew that he was slick


Here is another one that I somehow forgot to make a cover for, but cut me some slack considering I made well over 150 pieces of artwork in my spare time, so I just picked the pretty cool single artwork (Mine wouldn't be too dissimilar, I just liked having the same font for each era).

'You Make Me Sick' falling now leaves the debut album with just two tracks left, which I find ironic considering how much clamoring we see for her to return to these roots (Newsflash: a real P!nk fan knows R&B influences her work all the time). Released as the third and final single from her debut, it actually does not feature P!nk's writing credits at all, but it did manage to peak in the top ten over in the UK and the top 40 in the US, which I think is a really strong feat for a debut era? I think we forget she was actually kind of successful, just a bit anonymous, even when she first landed.

Despite being a bit obvious production-wise, I do think that P!nk manages to sell it pretty well and the operatic backing is a really fantastic touch that really elevates it. It still maintains that touch of humour we've come to expect of her, and the music video is an absolute serve of brilliant iconography. A pop star from the very beginning.





Commentary corner;

@Verandi: (10) The best of the album. Catchy as fuck.

@Music Is Life: (10) This is honestly my favorite of the three singles from this album. Don’t ask me why, it just is. I mean, t’s perfect. The production just glides along so smoothly and bops so much, and the melody throughout is so catchy and fun, and I feel like it’s very her, the whole song is, the lyrics scream P!nk. And I love the chorus. Also the intro, is great and a little hilarious, and the outro is sublime.

@Maki: (8.9) I don’t know how to rate this song, since I don’t go back to it so often, but when I do, I always end up loving it. It has a very warm feeling to it, especially in the chorus, which is really nice. Just behind “There You Go”, which means it’s my least favorite single from this album, but doesn’t mean this isn’t another great track. The music video definitely has ‘WTF’ value to it, though.

@rick: (8) Underrated gem of her early years. I’m sad she doesn’t perform it much these days. Also giving Santa a lap dance in the video was legendary.

@R27: (8) You got me lit like a candle stick is an amazing line and intend to quote throughout the summer at parties.

@savilizabeths: (8) “I adore the chorus on this one. It’s another really nostalgic feeling song. I must have heard it when I was a kid and just not known. I really love listening to this, I’m definitely bopping.”

@abael (7) Did Pink want to be in a group? Production makes this into a girl group song.

She was in a group sis, they basically poached her into solo life.


Next up: Respite for @Verandi after losing 5 tens in a row.​
 
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The mess continues, I see.

Even though I felt from the very beginning that her fantastic debut was going to be criminally underrated, this is another undeserving elimination.
"You Make Me Sick" is my least favorite single from "Can't Take Me Home" (just 0,1 point behind "There You Go") and I would've ranked it around #44, if we count all the songs in the rate, but given which songs are remaining, it should've went top 30.

"Most Girls" should make it to the top 10.

And:
And we've lost FOUR FIVE songs in a row that both @Verandi and I love (two of which are mutual 10's). Wow.
Also, @Verandi losing four five 10's in a row - that didn't even happen to me so far! Once again, karma is real.
The curse continues.


Next up: Respite for @Verandi after losing 5 tens in a row.​
This has me scared, though.
 
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43. Raise Your Glass
Average score: 7.811
Highest score: 10x6
@JMRGBY88, @rick, @abael, @Sideout, @Remorque, @Music Is Life
Lowest score: 1
@The Hot Rock
My score: 9

So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways,
All my underdogs, we will never be never be

anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass?
Just come on and come on and raise your glass


This, considering the calls for it recently, is a success. I would have loved it to have made the top 40 but you can't scoff at a 7.8 average, can you? 'Raise Your Glass' is the lead single from the Greatest Hits and is one of her biggest hits, gifting her the third number one US single of her career. I think a lot of criticism has come from it being such a big and inescapable hit but also because it really doesn't reinvent the pink wheel, but do you really want anything else for a greatest hits?

This has helped push the greatest hits into one of the most successful collections of all time, selling upward of 5 Million+ copies and still bothering the charts today. It's basically everything we know and love about her dialed up to a ten and with the edges polished to a shine, an underdog anthem that also appeals to every aligned slice of white bread on the market. Empowerment anthem's were pretty commonplace in 2010 but considering the length of time she's been at it and her history, there's not really anyone better placed for it.

Commentary corner:
@abael: (10) Definitely got dancey to this one. Simply effective.

@JMRGBY88: (10) P!nk perfection.

@Music Is Life: (10) I’ve always loved this song. It’s just so much fun. The production goes off, and that chorus is completely undeniable. I’m a sucker for “This is for the freaks!” anthems, and this has always been one of my faves. This was perfect as the opener for The Truth About Love tour. Also, I love the music video, if I could give it extra points for that I would.

@rick: (10) Say what you like but this was a great song. And it was perfect to sell a Greatest Hits. It’s punchy, it’s got attitude. It’s Pink

@Reboot: (9) Basic bop … but a GOOD basic bop

@nikkysan: (9) dddd I know everyone hates this but this is a guilty pleasure for me. That chorus is so undeniably catchy. The “too school for cool” lyric is cringey as fuck though.

@savilizabeths: (9) “This came out when I was listening to the radio a lot, so it hits a chord with me. It’s kinda stupid, but that’s the point. Initially I found myself nitpicking tiny things about it that irked me or I wasn’t fond of but then she threw at me the “why so serious?” line and I just shook my head and had fun listening. It’s a bop, and I love it a lot for its ridiculous-ness. I also love the part where she comes in too early and then swears. It’s funny and relatable and fits the song really well.”

@Laurence: (8) Another good track. A bit 'late' on the love yourself trend etc I believe but a party anthem always good. I do think it is a bit too easy to shoe in and expected, but alas. It works though that's the most important. A bit overplayed I guess but that's not P!NK her fault.

@Maki: (7.5) And the generic side of P!nk was born. I don’t know really what to think of the song. Heard it a hundred times on the radio, and it sounds like a song that would be played very often. The anthemic chorus is there, as well as the chanting vocals. But I just can’t enjoy this song as much as I want, mainly due to the generic sound of it and the basic production.

@R27: (6.5) Used to like this a lot more. In retrospect, i think this is the turning point where her output started to go downhill for me. The chorus is still a rush but some of these lyrics are painfully cringey. Also, the first chorus reminds me a bit of Nicki's Starships?

@sapnu puas: (6) this is lowkey the kinda song that ‘oh my god I’m such an outcast’ Ed Sheeran would write. Atleast this feels more authentic coming from Pink I suppose but still. It’s fine.

@Verandi: (5) Always been average at best. No surprise the US loved it ddddd. Now I kinda hate it.
 
Okay, I'm satisfied with this one. One of my lowest remaining scores, actually.
It's surprising to me that "Raise Your Glass" made it this far, because I thought that it waa way more hated.
I almost put it next to "Just Like Fire" in terms of general dislike, but it turns out I was wrong.

The chorus is so anthemic and catchy, of course, but I just can't get into it as much - it's too much P!nk in one song, if that's even possible. "Boring" does that, but in a much better way. But @Lost Boy is right, a greatest hits song should be all about that.
The most probable reason I don't put it among her better singles is the radio overplay, I think.
It's a great song nonetheless.

Coming up:

- One album is treading dangerously close to bowing out
- Remaining elevens: 33
- Elevens in the top 40: 32.
*desperately hopes that @kal and I gave our 11's to the same song*

Please do only one more elimination today, I can't cope if it's my 11.
 
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42. Hey Why (Miss You Sometime)
Average score: 7.814
Highest score: 10x4
@Maki, @Music Is Life, @Sideout, @soratami
Lowest score: 3
@savilizabeths
My score: 8

Hey, why you fucked up my life?
So hey, why do I miss you sometimes?
Thousand nights I've said goodbye, almost lost my mind
So hey, why do I miss you sometimes?


When Hurts 2B Human first leaked, I couldn't resist giving it a listen before the official release. My excitement for P!nk albums is always pretty high but it was fever pitch at the time, with the amazing title track really exciting me just in time. My first listen of this was suitably jarring, and I remember declaring that the forum was going to hate it because of its dedication to autotune and its unconventional structure. So colour me surprised to see it actually garner pretty positive reactions in the thread and a very respectful placement of #42.

'Hey Why...' is certainly the oddest song she has released in years, with elements of all of her albums mashed together in a cacophony of electro glory. The chorus took time to grow on me due to its use of autotune and slight repetitiveness but the little additions, like the brilliant little bridge complete with plucky strings, has kept it fresh since release. Considering she has received so much criticism recently for being stale, it's nice to see something so off-kilter make the album again and actually be rewarded by fans.

You might be surprised though to see it's actually a Max Martin and Shellback cowrite and production, which probably means it was a Funhouse/The Truth About Love left over. Though I think it must have undergone a bit of a revamp because there's something quite current about it, it kind of sounds like 'This Is How It Goes Down'/'Why Did I Ever Like You' blended with some of her more melodic folk moments to me.

Commentary corner:
@Maki: (10) The best example of why P!nk isn't a 'one trick pony' as of recently. I was positively shocked after hearing this - the playful, fun side of P!nk is 'back'! The auto-tune is perfectly used here. The most R&B track on the album, which is a plus. It certainly has a bit of unconventional song structure when you listen to it, but on paper, it's verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge/middle-8, pre-chorus, chorus and verse repeated as an outro. The juxaposition between the parts of the song (auto-tune pop verses and guitar chorus) is genius and so well combined. Also, I find it really clever that the 'verses' serve both as pre-chorus and like a drop type of chorus. It's not that complicated, but uniquely written and so well crafted song and I love it for that reason. Definitely an album highlight. I really want this to be a proper summer smash!

@Music Is Life: (10) Okay, so when I first listened to the album, I was not expecting something like this. An electro-pop banger with auto-tune, and a super-melodic and clear voiced chorus that bops all the way off? Yes please, more of this, because it’s amazing. And that post-chorus, or bridge or whatever that comes in around the 2:00 mark - it makes this a 10.

@Verandi: (9) The only single-worthy song on the album. So of course it will never be a single. A strange Mirwais+Martin hybrid, but it works.

@P'NutButter: (9) Such a grower, brilliant track!

@abael: (9) This was a direction I didn't expect Pink to go in. She easily could have continued success mimicking previous content. Tracks like this make me happy she didn't.

@Sail On (8.5) Hey, why is her flow so effortless and cool on this?

@R27: (8) I'm really digging the sound of this song. It doesn't try too hard and has an effortless coolness that P!nk’s music has been missing for about a decade.

@Laurence: (8) Wait! This is some kinda electropop and the vocals are so processed but it works? Then suddenly the pre-chorus it falls flat again while I was ready for that electrobanger. Could have been better

@JMRGBY88: (8) love this but I still feel like it goes from a pre-verse to a bridge without any actual verses.

@nikkysan: (7.5) Basic as hell, but I bop hard to this.

@The Hot Rock: (7) Hated this at first but it kinda grew on me. It's all over the place and kinda a charming mess.

@rick: (6) Honestly I just don’t care too much for this but its not a bad song. The vocoder effects are jarring to me.

@Reboot: (5) Pink does not need autotune, even when it’s a creative decision

@savilizabeths: (3) “I can tell by the reception in the thread that I might be in the minority here. While I can appreciate the experimental style of this, I just…really don’t like it. By which I mean it’s driving me absolutely insane listening to it. There’s just something so grating about this for me. I did have a good laugh at “McDonalds type of love” and the acoustic section sounds pretty cool. I just can’t get behind this."

NEXT UP: BIG 11 + TOP 40.

 

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