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A decade (plus) and 25 hits into her wayward career, it feels like Alecia ‘P!nk’ Moore has been forever popping up to spray-paint the charts with her brash skater pop. Perhaps it’s this familiarity – along with her increasingly trashy sound and cartoonish videos – which has made it easy to forget what a daring and unusual pop star she truly is. Emerging as Britney Spears was simpering that she was born to make men happy, P!nk’s agenda was spikily, defiantly different.
Even in her early career, when pushed down an uncomfortable RnB route (a misadventure recalled in her later Don’t Let Me Get Me), P!nk’s bolshy rebelliousness and refusal to play sexy were obvious. Sonically, There You Go may be little more than a sleek, skilled pastiche of TLC, but her raw voice and confrontational attitude ("that love s*** just aint for me") were all her own.
It took 2001’s Missundaztood for P!nk to discover her own sound, a fusion of hip hop beats, punky guitars and monster choruses. The belching, brassy Get the Party Started hasn’t dated well, but the other singles remain startling. On the propulsive, bruising Just Like a Pill she alchemised emotional self-destructiveness into a global smash hit, while the downbeat Family Portrait is as wrenching and articulate an account of domestic dysfunction as you’ll find in pop. Towering over all is the savage honesty of Don’t Let Me Get Me, a searing expose of the pressures young women face which still makes most male angst-merchants sound self-absorbed and childlike.
Perhaps such brutal confessionals drained P!nk, as she’s rarely matched their emotional heights since. What Greatest Hits… So Far!!!, proves, however – the hideousness of exclamation marks aside – is her consistent knack for delivering stompingly good, whiplash smart pop songs. Stupid Girls is an addictive and hilarious attack on paparazzi culture and the women who prostrate themselves to it ("What happened to the dream of a girl President? / She’s dancing in a video next to 50 Cent"), while on U + Ur Hand and So What she and Max Martin created two thrilling, all-conquering bubblegum punk songs.
There are lesser moments, too, including the clumsy new drinking anthem Raise Your Glass. But even if she hasn’t quite fulfilled the huge potential Missundaztood suggested, this greatest hits is a punchy reminder of why the pop landscape has been a much more interesting place with P!nk in it.
--Jaime Gill
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Initially positioned as a white-girl R&B singer in the vein of TLC, P!nk quickly turned into something more distinctive, embracing rock & roll and confessionals in equal measure on her second album, 2001's M!ssundaztood. 'Get the Party Started' provided her breakthrough, its hedonism balanced by its raw-nerve sequel 'Don't Let Me Get Me,' and from there she racked up a decade's worth of hits, bouncing between these two extremes. Released in 2010, Greatest Hits.So Far!!! rounds up the great majority of these hits, bypassing some singles -- her debut 'Most Girls' and 'You Make Me Sick,' 'God Is a DJ,' 'Funhouse' and, most regrettably, 'Feel Good Time,' her Beck/William Orbit-written entry for the Charlie's Angels II: Full Throttle soundtrack -- but hitting all the blockbusters ('There You Go,' 'Just Like a Pill,' 'Trouble,' 'Stupid Girls,' 'U + Ur Hand,' 'So What,' 'Please Don't Leave Me') while adding two new entries to her canon: the rabble-rousing 'Raise Your Glass' and the profane love letter 'F**kin' Perfect.' Both new entries are fine, even if they border ever so slightly on the conventional, but the real story of Greatest Hits.So Far!!! is naturally the well-known hits that remain smart, addictive pop even after innumerable plays. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Liner Note Author: P!nk. Photographer: Andrew MacPherson. 1Get the Party Started 2There You Go 3Don't Let Me Get Me 4Just Like A Pill 5Family Portrait 6Trouble 7Stupid Girls 8Who Knew 9U + Ur Hand 10Dear Mr. President 11So What 12Sober 13Please Don't Leave Me 14Glitter in the Air 15Raise Your Glass 16F**kin' Perfect
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By beejay1949
Format:Audio CD
at 61 yrs of age i still like to rock & pink does it best.this album has all her best songs + 2 brill new onesGreatest Hits... So Far!thanx to amazon for having it drop thro my letterbox,10am same day it was released in uk,,
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Ds Long
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This greatest hits cd shows just how many hits P!nk has already had in just ten years.
The deluxe version is the better value choice as it has the dvd and the much better booklet style case,
the three new songs are amazing and could have easily been taken from the Funhouse album.
There are a few songs missing such as I don't believe you & god is a dj, but other than that, you won't
go wrong getting this as a present or for yourself!
The deluxe version is the better value choice as it has the dvd and the much better booklet style case,
the three new songs are amazing and could have easily been taken from the Funhouse album.
There are a few songs missing such as I don't believe you & god is a dj, but other than that, you won't
go wrong getting this as a present or for yourself!
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Baz
Format:Audio CD
Well it's finally here, after 5 great albums Miss More releases her first greatest hits album.
Packed with some of her best songs, 'Get the party started', 'Like a pill','So what','Sober' ect.
Allthough some notable missing tracks, such as 'Most girls', 'Leave me alone (I'm lonely)','Nobody knows' and 'Glitter in the air'. I would of given it 5 stars had these songs been included.
But I am happy with the overall package and the new song 'Raise your glass' is a fun catchy new addition to the hits.
I hope P!nk delights us for many more years to come, a great album so go out and buy it.
Packed with some of her best songs, 'Get the party started', 'Like a pill','So what','Sober' ect.
Allthough some notable missing tracks, such as 'Most girls', 'Leave me alone (I'm lonely)','Nobody knows' and 'Glitter in the air'. I would of given it 5 stars had these songs been included.
But I am happy with the overall package and the new song 'Raise your glass' is a fun catchy new addition to the hits.
I hope P!nk delights us for many more years to come, a great album so go out and buy it.
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Pink
I`ll just say that tis is an album of Pins musicand I dont have to add anything to that, Great album and music.
Published 8 days ago by John Woodlock
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great purchase
I cant comment on the music as I brought this as a gift for my niece but she loves pink and Im guessing the cd was a hit as had no come backs :)
Published 19 days ago by melanie
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Pink
Pink's greatest hits all packaged together. She is a great singer and I don't know anyone who dislikes this album.
Published 22 days ago by D. Sherman
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love it
love pink and her voice is amazing. really good album looking forward to the next one. havent stopped playing it
Published 25 days ago by julia
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So Far.....
Some classic hits that I'd forgot she had done! Good to sing out loud to as I'm driving. Go for it...
Published 28 days ago by Lullabelle15
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Fantastic album
Fantastic album from Pink - this CD was bought for me for mothers day and hasn't left the player since - I love all the songs on it!
Published 1 month ago by kaz
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Awesome
Very good album, 5 stars all the way, no dislikes about the album, am also going to see Pink in concert in April cant wait.
Published 1 month ago by Rebecca Weldon
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Pink is really a great artist
With this "best of", we have the confirmation that Pink is a very great artist : not only the voice is beautiful, but we find the Pink touch on most of these songs, that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bertrand Dominique
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Amazing!!! P!nk Rocks!
Awesome album covering all her greatest hits! It is just awesome! Would recommend any P!nk fan to buy this CD
Published 2 months ago by Alandog
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Great songs
Great value, watch out for the swearing if you have children . Some fab songs. Good tunes to jog to.
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