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Tarfumes.com - Funhouse
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Manufacturer: La Face
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973675922
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: La Face
Manufacturer: La Face
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: La Face
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: La Face
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Explicit Version. P!nk comes right on time in 2008 with her highly anticipated and provocatively personal Funhouse album, addressing both her public and private persona, as only P!nk can. Teaming once again with hitmakers Max Martin, Billy Mann, and others, P!nk is poised to leave another memorable mark worldwide! Since her debut in 2000, P!nk (Alecia Moore) has been widely hailed as a fearlessly talented singer, songwriter and the Pennsylvania native's genre-defying creative risk-taking has propelled her to global stardom. To date, the chanteuse has sold 22 million albums cumulatively worldwide. 12 tracks.
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Summary: A different shade of P!NK.
Comment: I have to say this is not my favorite of pinks albums, but it is a great group of songs. though there are a few that i don't really care for, most of the songs are great at worth your time. This album does show a softer side of Pink, and is, for the most part, a very mellow album.
So What, being the first single on the album gives listeners some insight into pinks breakup with Carey Hart, which is what the bulk of the CD is about. Its a great, fun breakup song.
Sober is a great song, and pink herself has stated you dont actually have to drink or do drugs to relate to the song, its entirely about wondering how to feel good jut being you.
Please don't leave me may seem like just a plea from pink to hart and not worth your time, but i actually like it. I find it very easy to relate to and I especially like how personal it is without alienating listeners.
Bad Influence is by far my favorite song on the CD. Its very upbeat and fun, a drastic contrast with most of the rest of the CD.
Though Funhouse is a bit odd, I love it. its a unique song. one of my Favs.
Ave Mary A is an interisting one. I dont quite know what its aiming at, but i really do like it. It keeps the uniqueness of most of the songs while still showing as soft yet edgy side of Pink.
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Summary: Not as much fun as you'd think, but still wildly entertaining...
Comment: It's really too bad record labels don't actually listen to the artists opinions in the mainstream nowadays. Songwriter this, producer that, marketing execs all over the place! Most new acts don't even have the advantage of crafting what THEY want to, even if they do want to, and if they don't they can slink along with formulated garbage & still sell a couple million records. But for every one of those artists, we have true talent in the pop world. Yes, it's hard to find, but it comes around once every year or two & it's name is P!nk.
Throughout her decade-long career, this lady has went from something worse than a gimmick - a bad gimmick - on her first album, to a complete turnaround with her second & corresponding albums. From the moment she yelled "Get the Party Started" on her sophomore effort, you knew she was going to do it her way, and her way is indeed the way pop music should be done.
P!nk scored some points critically with her third release, Try This, but failed to make an impact commercially. Such is alwasy true with great music: it gets ignored 99% of the time on the radio waves. The follow-up, I'm Not Dead, rejuvenated her career in a way, becoming a sort of crossroads between her artistic ability & her mainstream propularity. And oh yeah, in the midst of it all she got married...and now she's divorced. Thus we have the latest offering from P!nk, the "breakup record" atrociously titled Funhouse.
This brings me back to the first sentence of this review: it's too bad the labels don't listen. P!nk originally wanted to title this project a much different way. That title, Heartbreak is a M*********er, oddly enough would've described the album PERFECTLY. Instead the label didn't want controversy, so the very misleading Funhouse takes it place. Let me be clear here, people, this is not a "fun" album. It has it's moments, but there is more heartbreak than good times, and more reality than fantasy. Whatever label exec made the decision to rename this disc NEEDS TO BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY!
But back to the album: what a platter of emotions this is! If it weren't such a bold statement, I'd compare it to another powerful female record, Alanis Morisette's multi-platinum Jagged Little Pill. Except this one is 80% less anger-driven, and has more a sense of loneliness & confusion than the confidence displayed in Alanis' work.
Yet everyone whose anyone listening to FM radio heard "So What", the braggadocious breakup jam & lead single off this set, and thought of how "fun" this "house" could be. Skip to tracks 2, 3, 4, & 5...you'll be realizing the truth of the matter. P!nk is obviously heartbroken, but desn't quite know where to place her feelings. Is she resentful or is she glad it's over? Is she lonely & depressed or bustin' out her "rock moves" at the nearest bar? The truly fun part of this album is that you never quite get the answer to any of these questions. She knows she contradicts herself, and quite frankly, she doesn't give a damn.
Now don't get me wrong, I think this album is excellent, I just think the portrait of what the label & most media outlets would have you believe is not the portrait of what this album really is about. There is a bit more fun, in the form of "Bad Influence," the awesome decleration of P!nk's love for parties, and the funky title track, in which she declares "this used to be a fun house / but now it's full of evil clowns". She even declares to "burn the ****er down" when referring to her "funhouse" on the same cut. So regardless of it being upbeat or not, P!nk can't help but to throw some bitter reality into even the breeziest pop tune. At least this time around, anyway.
Bringing us back to the original title, that's really the gist of the whole LP: heartbreak IS a **********er, and this girl's obviously had her fill of it. Only about 2 or 3 songs on this set are about topics other than breakups & rocky relationships, but that can be forgiven when you look at how entertaining the overall package is. The lyrics are meaningful, the melodies are either very catchy or sometimes haunting (ex: "Crystal Ball"), and you come out feeling exactly how P!nk wanted you to in the end. Just as in touch with the sobering realities of life & love as you could possibly be.
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Summary: Goof Effort
Comment: I'm a fan of Pink and think that she is a great talent. I bought Funhouse solely after hearing "So What" on the radio. The album is good, but for me doesn't really live up to the quality of that song. There are a few other good cuts, but most of the material seems a bit subdued compared to the energy of "So What" and some of the other Pink songs that have hit home (e.g. "Who Knew," "Stupid Girls," "Get The Part Started," etc.).
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Summary: Pink is Blue
Comment: This is a good CD, but the poor me, my marriage broke up gets a little tired. It's nice to hear her do some different music, but I found myself saying "ok....turn the page"!
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Summary: Pink does it again
Comment: I am a huge fan of Pink. Her music is the kind that I never get tired of and this CD did not let me down. Sober & Mean are my favorite songs from this album. I think her last album, I'm Not Dead, is a little better but it might just be because I've listed to it so many times.
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