''Can't Take Me Home'' is the debut

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by American singer and songwriter

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. It was released on April 4, 2000, by

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in the United States. The album produced three singles—"

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", " Most Girls", and "

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"—and peaked at number 26 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The production on the album includes

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, Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney,

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, and Tricky. Pink shared co-writing credit on seven of the album's tracks. This album was described by

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as "skittering, post-jungle rhythm for the bedrock of these savvy, club-ready dance-pop productions – a sound exploited expertly on

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's record".

Critical reception

''Can't Take Me Home'' received mixed to positive reviews from

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gave the album positive review, giving it four out of five stars.

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also gave a positive review, grading it B+. ''

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'' gave the album a mixed review, grading it C+. ''

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'' and

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also gave mixed reviews; the latter gave album the grade five out of ten. ''

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'' gave a positive review on the album, grading it six out of ten. '' Q'' also gave a positive review, giving it the same grade as ''AllMusic'', four out of five stars. ''

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'' gave a mixed review, giving it two and a half out of five stars.

Track listing

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, performed by Grant Greene.

Personnel

– vocals * Terence "Tramp Baby" Abney – keyboards, producer, drum programming * Babyface – producer * Harold Frasier – producer, keyboards * Steve "Rhythm" Clarke – producer, drum programming * Will Baker – vocal arrangement * Steve Baughman – assistant * Kerren Berz – strings, string arrangements * Elliot Blakely – assistant *

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– engineer * Jason Boyd – arranger * Kandi Burruss – producer, backing vocals * Josh Butler – engineer * Ralph Cacciurri – assistant * Chris Champion – engineer *

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– mixing *

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– backing vocals * Lysa Cooper – stylist * Sharon A. Daley – A&R * Regina Davenport – artist coordination * Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing * Blake Eiseman – engineer * Daniela Federici – photography * Paul Foley – engineer * Sherree Ford-Payne – backing vocals * John Frye – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Media appearances

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''. "Split Personality", which was not released as a single, was featured in the 2001 film ''

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''.

References

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