Funhouse | ||||
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Studio album by Pink | ||||
Released | October 24, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2007–08 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 47:02 | |||
Label | LaFace | |||
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Singles from Funhouse | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Blender | |
The Boston Globe | (favorable) |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
The Guardian | |
The New York Times | (mixed) |
PopMatters | (6/10) |
Rolling Stone | |
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Spin | |
The Village Voice | (favorable) |
Funhouse is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink, released by LaFace Records worldwide on October 24, 2008. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 180,000 copies in its first week and reached number one on the charts in seven countries including Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Funhouse has sold over six million copies worldwide.
Singles from the album include "Sober", "Please Don't Leave Me", "Funhouse", "I Don't Believe You", "Glitter in the Air", and the U.S. number-one single "So What". Funhouse earned Pink three Grammy Award nominations and five MTV Video Music Award nominations. Funhouse was re-released in late 2009 to include a bonus DVD, and was accompanied by the release of Funhouse Tour: Live in Australia, a live album taped during Pink's Australian leg of the Funhouse Tour.
Pink has stated that this album is her most vulnerable to date. Much of the album's subject matter alludes to the fact that Moore had recently separated from her husband, Carey Hart. The first single, "So What", opens with: "I guess I just lost my husband/I don't know where he went". "Please Don't Leave Me" also addresses the split. The artist sums up its theme thus: "Okay, I’m an asshole, but love me anyway." In "Mean", she sings, "It was good in the beginning/but how did we get so mean?" The song that Moore is the most proud of is "Crystal Ball". She said about the track: "I recorded it in one take and we didn’t mix it. It just went straight to master. It was all about a vibe and not about perfection or being polished. I just love that song and I loved recording it." She wrote the song with Billy Mann, who also aided her with the songs "Stupid Girls", "Dear Mr. President" and "I'm Not Dead" (all 2006), among others.