Pink’s Albums Ranked, From ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ to ‘Hurts 2B Human’

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Pink’s Albums Ranked, From ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ to ‘Hurts 2B Human’

Two decades down and a lifetime to go! Pink released her debut album, Can’t Take Me Home, on April 4, 2000, launching a megasuccessful career that has since made her one of the bestselling artists of all time. To date, the Pennsylvania native has released eight solo albums: 2000’s Can’t Take Me Home, 2001’s M!ssundaztood, 2003’s Try This, 2006’s I’m Not Dead, 2008’s Funhouse, 2012’s The Truth About Love, 2017’s Beautiful Trauma and 2019’s Hurts 2B Human. Her greatest hits include “Most Girls,” “Get the Party Started,” “Who Knew,” “So What,” “Raise Your Glass,” “F--kin’ Perfect” and “Just Give Me a Reason.” Over the past 20 years, Pink has walked away with countless accolades, including three Grammys and seven VMAs, one being the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She also won a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for singing The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s theme song, “Today’s the Day.” “I’ve always tried to be uncomfortably honest — to the point of oversharing — in my career,” the entertainer said while accepting the President’s Award at the 2015 BMI Pop Awards. “And I think for that reason, my fans have always said to me, instead of ‘I want to be just like you,’ they say, ‘Thank you for helping me want to be more like myself,’ or ‘Man, I thought I was the only person who felt that way.’ And to that I say, ‘Me too.’” In honor of Pink’s groundbreaking career, Us Weekly ranked all of her albums. Scroll down to see the list!

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Pink’s Albums Ranked, From ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ to ‘Hurts 2B Human’

Two decades down and a lifetime to go! Pink released her debut album, Can’t Take Me Home, on April 4, 2000, launching a megasuccessful career that has since made her one of the bestselling artists of all time. To date, the Pennsylvania native has released eight solo albums: 2000’s Can’t Take Me Home, 2001’s M!ssundaztood, 2003’s Try This, 2006’s I’m Not Dead, 2008’s Funhouse, 2012’s The Truth About Love, 2017’s Beautiful Trauma and 2019’s Hurts 2B Human. Her greatest hits include “Most Girls,” “Get the Party Started,” “Who Knew,” “So What,” “Raise Your Glass,” “F--kin’ Perfect” and “Just Give Me a Reason.” Over the past 20 years, Pink has walked away with countless accolades, including three Grammys and seven VMAs, one being the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She also won a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for singing The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s theme song, “Today’s the Day.” “I’ve always tried to be uncomfortably honest — to the point of oversharing — in my career,” the entertainer said while accepting the President’s Award at the 2015 BMI Pop Awards. “And I think for that reason, my fans have always said to me, instead of ‘I want to be just like you,’ they say, ‘Thank you for helping me want to be more like myself,’ or ‘Man, I thought I was the only person who felt that way.’ And to that I say, ‘Me too.’” In honor of Pink’s groundbreaking career, Us Weekly ranked all of her albums. Scroll down to see the list!

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8. ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ (2000)

Hear Us out: Pink’s debut is solid; it just doesn’t sound like a Pink album. She shows spunk on the singles “There You Go” and “Most Girls,” which helped her become a household name, but much of the L.A. Reid-produced R&B record feels half-baked knowing that deep down she is a student of rock.

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7. ‘Hurts 2B Human’ (2019)

Versatility is one of Pink’s most admirable traits, but sometimes less is more. Her most recent project is a cacophony of sounds, with EDM (“Can We Pretend”), country (“Love Me Anyway” with Chris Stapleton) and swing (“Hustle”) among the genres she tests out. The songs are great individually — particularly “Walk Me Home” and “90 Days” featuring Wrabel — but the album lacks cohesion.

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6. ‘Beautiful Trauma’ (2017)

Pink’s seventh effort has some real gems — here’s looking at you, “Where We Go” and “I Am Here” — but as a whole, it isn’t much more than a safe addition to her discography. The title track and the Eminem-featured “Revenge” feel like Truth About Love leftovers, while “Whatever You Want” and “You Get My Love” tend to drone on. Fortunately, the saving grace comes in the form of the powerful lead single “What About Us.”

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5. ‘Try This’ (2003)

Try This is the forgotten child of Pink’s albums, but it really isn’t half bad. She explores rock more than ever before on tracks like “Trouble,” “Last to Know” and “Humble Neighborhoods,” but also dabbles in electroclash (“Oh My God”) and R&B (“Catch Me While I’m Sleeping”). The album established Pink as an artist who isn’t afraid to push boundaries, earning her first Parental Advisory sticker of many to come.

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4. ‘The Truth About Love’ (2012)

With one earworm after another, The Truth About Love is Pink’s most fun record to date. She is a tour de force on the kiss-off anthems “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” and “Slut Like You,” but she really shines during the album’s more tender moments. “Just Give Me a Reason” and “Try” are vital pieces of Pink’s catalog, offering a rare reminder that not every relationship is a fairy-tale.

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3. ‘M!ssundaztood’ (2001)

Pink broke the mold on her edgy follow-up to Can’t Take Me Home, introducing the pop-rock sound for which she is known today. With features from Steven Tyler and Linda Perry — an impressive lineup for a sophomore album — M!ssundaztood follows Pink as she transforms from a troubled teen (“Family Portrait”) to a rule-breaking juggernaut (“Don’t Let Me Get Me”). What a way to “Get the Party Started.”

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2. ‘Funhouse’ (2008)

Pink makes it clear right from the jump that she recorded Funhouse during a brief separation from Carey Hart, opening “So What” with the lyrics: “I guess I just lost my husband / I don’t know where he went.” From there, she takes listeners on a roller-coaster ride, singing about vices (“Sober”), leaps of faith (“Glitter in the Air”), shattered relationships (“Please Don’t Leave Me”) and everything in between.

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1. ‘I’m Not Dead’ (2006)

From the first guitar strum of “Stupid Girls” to the final harmony of Pink and her father James T. Moore’s duet “I Have Seen the Rain,” I’m Not Dead is a pop masterpiece. Across 14 tracks, Pink spares no one, begging women to use their voices (as she does on the anti-Bush diatribe “Dear Mr. President”) and telling men to go, well, take care of themselves (“U + Ur Hand”). Even on tearjerkers like “Who Knew” and “Nobody Knows,” the album is Pink at her fiercest and most confident.