Pink - Can't Take Me Home

About "Can't Take Me Home"

Can't Take Me Home is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Pink. It was released on April 4, 2000, through LaFace Records, two years after disbanding of the girl group Choice, where Pink served as a soloist. The R&B and dance pop record, Can't Take Me Home was produced by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Babyface, Kandi Burruss, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney, Daryl Simmons, and Tricky, while Pink shares songwriting credits on seven out of thirteen tracks. L.A. Reid served as the executive producer of the record. Lyrically, most tracks on the album speak about relationships.

Album received moderate commercial success, peaking in the top ten in album chart of Australia and the top twenty in the United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, it peaked at the 26 spot in the Billboard 200 chart. Retrospectively, It was certified double Platinum in Canada, Australia and the United States, and Platinum in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Can't Take Me Home received mixed-to-positive reception from contemporary music critics, with some of them comparing style of the record with those of Destiny's Child, Aaliyah and TLC. Later, Pink revealed her dissatisfaction about music direction of the album, her personal image during its promotional campaign and the lack of creative control she was offered.

The album produced three singles. "There You Go" and "Most Girls" received huge commercial success, both landing inside the top ten in the charts of Australia, Canada, New Zealand the United Kingdom and the singer's homeland, United States. where they peaked at numbers 7 and 4 respectively. The third single, "You Make Me Sick", was less successful worldwide, but it peaked at nine spot on the United Kingdom single chart. Following the commercial success of the singles from the album, Pink won the New Female Artist of the Year award at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards.