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''I'm Not Dead'' is the fourth
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by American singer and songwriter
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. It was released on April 4, 2006, through
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. Following the commercial underperformance of her third studio album ''
Try This ''Try This'' is the third studio album by American singer Pink, released on November 11, 2003, by Arista Records. Wanting to expand more on the rock sound, which she explored on her previous record, ''Missundaztood'', for ''Try This'' Pink collabo ...
'' (2003), Pink parted ways with
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and began experimenting with new sounds and collaborating with new producers, and stated she named the album after having an
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about adult responsibilities and the realities of everyday life. Pink served as the executive producer of the project and contributions to the album's production came from several producers including
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,
Butch Walker Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band SouthGang from the late 1980s to early 1990s as well as the lead vocalist ...
,
Dr. Luke Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American record producer and songwriter. His professional music career began in the late-night television sketch comedy ...
and
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. Commercially, ''I'm Not Dead'' peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in the United States, and reached number one in several territories including
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. The album received positive reviews from music critics, many of whom complimented the risks Pink took on the record as well as her experimentation with rock music. "
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" was released as the
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from ''I'm Not Dead'' ahead of the album's release, which generated controversy for its lyrical content and music video, for which Pink received the
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and a nomination for the
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. Five additional singles were released from the album, with "
Who Knew "Who Knew" is a song by American singer Pink (singer), Pink from her fourth studio album, ''I'm Not Dead'' (2006). Written by Pink, Max Martin and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, the song was originally released on May 8, 2006, by the LaFace Records ...
" and "
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" reaching the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States. ''I'm Not Dead'' has since been certified double platinum in the United States and certified gold in
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, and
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. Pink promoted the album through radio and television interviews, media appearances, and the
I'm Not Dead Tour The I'm Not Dead Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Pink. Launched in support of her fourth studio album, '' I'm Not Dead'' (2006) the tour reached Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and Asia. Background After ...
.


Background

Following the release of her third studio album ''
Try This ''Try This'' is the third studio album by American singer Pink, released on November 11, 2003, by Arista Records. Wanting to expand more on the rock sound, which she explored on her previous record, ''Missundaztood'', for ''Try This'' Pink collabo ...
'' (2003), which underperformed commercially and would later become her lowest-selling record, Pink parted ways with
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, the label who released ''Try This'' and her second studio album ''
Missundaztood ''Missundaztood'' is the second studio album by American singer Pink. It was released on November 20, 2001, by Arista Records. After the success of ''Can't Take Me Home'', her 2000 debut album, Pink became dissatisfied with her lack of creative ...
'' (2001). In 2006, she stated that she was unhappy with the way the label wanted her to produce music after the success of ''Missundaztood'', saying: "I was kind of rebelling against the label on that one. I was going: 'You want a record? Fine, I'll write 10 songs in a week for your fuckin' record and you can press it up and put it out.'" She described the promotional campaign for ''Try This'' as "an awful time", stating she walked out of several interviews crying and she felt they were "putting a quarter in the slot to watch the monkey dance."Boyd, Brian
"Pink Panther"
''
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''. November 2006.
Pink described the decision to name her fourth studio album ''I'm Not Dead'' in several interviews, telling
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that "it's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up even though people would like you to." In other interviews, she stated that the title came from an "awakening", telling ''
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'' that she was influenced by her father having a
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and turning 25, saying she "started caring less about erdrama and more about the world around er" Pink also described the album's title as being inspired by an
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where she "just kind of woke up and realized" she had a lot to learn about adult responsibilities and the realities of everyday life.Kalow, Natalie
"P!nk 'I'm not dead' Interview"
. GenerationQ. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
Whereas she described the recording process for ''Try This'' as draining, she stated that she was "forced to be almost emotionally involved" by her collaborators on ''I'm Not Dead'', saying: "I guess I was just kind of at that place where I felt like I kind of had something to add to the world. I feel like there's a hole and I know how to fill it, people aren't talking trash anymore. I was just feeling really creative and really emotionally available again, and it came out great." According to Pink, she wrote more than forty songs for the album on "everything hecould possibly think of."


Musical styles and themes

Primarily a pop album, ''I'm Not Dead'' also includes acoustic,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, new wave,
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and hip hop elements. Pink was inspired to write opening track "
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", in which she deplores the lack of good role models for young girls while encouraging them to cultivate independence, after she noticed many such girls aspire to be like female pop icons, particularly those near her
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home. "There's a certain thing the world is being fed, and my point is there should be a choice", Pink said.Vineyard, Jennifer
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. January 18, 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
She stated that "
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" is about "the death of friendship",Vineyard, Jennifer
"Pink: Not Dead, Not Stupid"
. MTV News. February 17, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
as well as friends of hers who died as a result of
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s. The song is about several people.Vineyard, Jennifer
"Pink Pens An Open Letter To President Bush On New Album"
MTV News. January 3, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
The third song, "Long Way to Happy", is based on a poem about
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Pink wrote when she was thirteen years old. "I know a lot of people that have been abused and/or molested and/or fucked over by someone close to them. And I'm no exception. And that's that song", she said. The
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" Nobody Knows" describes feelings that one can have but not show to the outside world, and Pink has named it the most vulnerable track on the album. " Dear Mr. President" is an
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to then president of the United States,
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; the song's format is a series of
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s for the President, specifically pertaining to how he really feels about issues such as war, homosexuality, homelessness and drug abuse. According to Pink, the sixth and title track, "I'm Not Dead", is her first "subtle" and "poetic" self-written song: "Usually it's very much more cartoon-y and blunt, the way I write songs. I don't really know diplomacy or subtlety." The song was inspired by how Pink and producer Billy Mann felt about the end of their working relationship: "We were scared to move on from each other, after seeing how much that little bit of time together changed us, and how scary change is." In "'Cuz I Can", Pink says she plays by her own rules boasts about her "
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", a contrast to the anti-
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content of "Stupid Girls". Referring to the song, she called herself "a walking contradiction" and "a hypocrite sometimes.""How Pink Got Her Groove Back"
. MTV News. April 17, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
This theme is echoed in "
Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" is a song recorded by American singer Pink for her fourth studio album ''I'm Not Dead'' (2006). It was written by Pink and the song's producer Butch Walker. The song was released as the fifth single from ''I'm Not De ...
", which deals with contradictory feelings about a relationship; Pink said "That's how I live my life. I'm a walking conflict." She called the song "a funny take on 'I love you' ... I get really cramped ... But, every girl needs her space". "
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", the ninth track, is a kiss-off song addressed to a man who is trying to seduce Pink; it became a fan favorite before the release of the album, when it was leaked to the internet. Pink said of song such as "Runaway" that "It's been especially hard for
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hearing me write about things they never knew about ... My mom's like, 'Were you really that angry? Was I really that in denial? Was I really that bad a parent?' 'No, Mom - you were great. You didn't try to run me over with your car. I made it up.' But by writing all of it down and sharing it with the world, I've broken with most of it." "The One That Got Away" is, as Pink puts it, "the classic 'Is this the one? Or is the grass really greener?'"Vineyard, Jennifer
"Pink: Not Dead, Not Stupid"
. MTV News. February 20, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
Pink described track thirteen, "Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self", as a "huge therapy session" that addresses her "pissed-off, complicated" younger self. She said of writing the song, "I needed a hug, and I get it ... now. If I tried to hug my 13-year-old self, she'd try to kick my ass, and then she'd collapse and cry." "Fingers" is about her videotaping herself
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. She said she probably didn't need to add to the number of songs about masturbation, but she couldn't help herself. The final song on the album, the
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"I Have Seen the Rain," was written by and features Pink's father, James T. Moore. He wrote it when he was a soldier in the
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, but according to Pink "it's still relevant today. It's a soldier's cry." She had always wanted to record it with him and learnt to
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with it. She said of its recording, "He was so nervous, it was the most adorable experience for a father and daughter to share."


Promotion


Singles

Before "
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" was chosen as the album's lead single, videos were shot for it and "
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", which became the third single. Released in February – March 2006, "Stupid Girls" reached number 13 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100—becoming Pink's biggest hit since 2002—and the top five in the UK and Australia. It was the subject of considerable discussion, with Pink attending ''
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'' to discuss what she called the "stupid girl epidemic"; in the song, she deplores the lack of good role models for girls while encouraging them to cultivate independence. The song was nominated for a
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for
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(see
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). Its
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, directed by Dave Meyers, received an
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for
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. "
Who Knew "Who Knew" is a song by American singer Pink (singer), Pink from her fourth studio album, ''I'm Not Dead'' (2006). Written by Pink, Max Martin and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, the song was originally released on May 8, 2006, by the LaFace Records ...
" was released as the second single in May 2006 and initially failed to chart on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but it later debuted on the chart in March 2007 after it was used in promotion for the ABC television show '' October Road''. It was re-released in the U.S. in June 2007, and had peaked at number nine by mid September. It reached the top ten in other countries, including Australia and the UK. The third single, "
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", initially took three months to chart on the Hot 100, but it went on to peak at number nine in April 2007. It reached the top 20 across most of Europe and Australia through August – September 2006. The fourth single, " Nobody Knows", was released outside the U.S. in November and reached the top 40 in the UK and Australia. The song " Dear Mr. President" attracted publicity, and there was belief among fans that it would be released as a single, but Pink said she would not release "Dear Mr. President" as a single because she did not want people to think it was a publicity stunt. In Belgium, an acoustic version of the song was released as a download single in late 2006, and it reached number one on the
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chart. In the UK, "Dear Mr. President" was released as a download-only single with "
Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" is a song recorded by American singer Pink for her fourth studio album ''I'm Not Dead'' (2006). It was written by Pink and the song's producer Butch Walker. The song was released as the fifth single from ''I'm Not De ...
". It reached the UK top 40, also charting in the top five in Australia, where it became the fifth top five hit from ''I'm Not Dead''.


I'm Not Dead Tour

Pink began her North American
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on June 24, 2006, in
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and it ended in
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after twenty shows. She started her European tour on September 8 of the same year in
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; it ran for 52 shows and was scheduled to end in
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on December 21. A DVD of a concert on this leg of the tour, '' Pink: Live from Wembley Arena'', was released in April 2007. In 2007, Pink returned to the U.S. to accompany
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on his
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tour. She began her sold-out Australian tour in April 2007. The Australian leg of the tour was set at a record-breaking 35 arena shows, selling around 307,000 tickets — it became the most successful arena tour in Australian history by a female artist in Australia.
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Australia released a special tour edition of ''I'm Not Dead'' on March 17, 2007—it contains the original album including two bonus tracks and a DVD that features live performances and music videos. That December, the Special Edition was released in the U.S. under the title ''Platinum Edition''. It featured additional DVD content not featured on the Australian version.


Critical reception

''I'm Not Dead'' had a positive critical reception, receiving a 70 out of 100 score on
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. In his review for
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,
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commented that P!nk "sounds liberated, making music that's far riskier and stranger than anything else in mainstream pop in 2006". ''
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''s review was also complimentary, stating that the album "swaggers with a cockiness that most dudes in bands can't match. Whether she sings rock, pop, R&B or her usual combination of all three, the twenty-six-year-old Doylestown, Pennsylvania, native is belting more urgently and taking more risks than her pop-radio contemporaries." Pink received the 2006 ''Glamour Magazine'' award for International Solo Artist of the Year, and in 2007, she won the
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for Best Female Artist and the Nickelodeon
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(in Australia) for Favourite International. The same year, the album won in the Best International Album category at the Rockbjörnen Awards.


Commercial performance

The album sold 126,000 copies in its first week in the U.S. and debuted at number six, a higher debut position than those of Pink's last two albums, ''
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Try This ''Try This'' is the third studio album by American singer Pink, released on November 11, 2003, by Arista Records. Wanting to expand more on the rock sound, which she explored on her previous record, ''Missundaztood'', for ''Try This'' Pink collabo ...
'' (2003); however, first-week sales for ''I'm Not Dead'' were lower. ''I'm Not Dead'' spent a total of 88 non-consecutive weeks on the chart, its last being in December 2009. ''I'm Not Dead'' debuted at number three in the United Kingdom selling 39,892 copies and was the ninth best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, with over 848,000 copies sold in the year. In October 2007, it re-entered the UK top 100 album chart at 99. In Australia, after 26 weeks of release, ''I'm Not Dead'' ascended to number one to become Pink's first number-one album;Australian-charts.com - P!nk - I'm Not Dead
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The album spent a record 62 consecutive weeks in the top ten. Pink's most successful album in Australia, it was the second best selling album of both 2006 and 2007, and the number-one selling album by an American or a female artist in each year. It also became one of two Pink albums on the ARIA Chart's top 100 selling albums of the 2000 to 2009 decade, positioned at number 3 behind her 11× Platinum album Funhouse. In Canada, the album debuted at number two with 13,000 copies sold in its first week, and the
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certified it platinum for shipments of more than 100,000 copies. In Germany, it became Pink's first number-one album.


Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer.


Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''I'm Not Dead''. * Pink – producer, vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, piano * Adem Hawkins – song mixing * Al Clay – song mixing * Amy Ray – backing vocals * Andy Timmons – guitars * Beth Cohen – backing vocals * Billy Mann – backing vocals, guitars, piano, orchestra arranged, drums *
Butch Walker Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band SouthGang from the late 1980s to early 1990s as well as the lead vocalist ...
– backing vocals, additional programming, guitars, bass guitar *
Christopher Rojas Christopher Rojas (born 1982) is a multi-platinum composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is also the co-founder of DigiTour Media. Biography Rojas grew up in Flushing, Queens and attended Hunter College High School from 1994 ...
– mixing, keyboard programming, violins, drum programming, guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals * Dan Chase – keyboard programming, drum programming * Dan Warner – electric guitars * Emily Saliers – backing vocals, guitars * Fermio Hernandez – assistant mix engineer * Geoff Zanelli – guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer * Jeff Phillips – guitars *
Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronker w ...
– drums * John Hanes – additional
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engineer *
Justin Meldal-Johnsen Justin Meldal-Johnsen (born March 26, 1970) is an American musician, record producer, songwriter and musical director. He is best known for his work with artists such as Beck, Paramore, Nine Inch Nails, M83, Air, and St. Vincent. Meldal-J ...
– bass guitar * Lasse Mårtén – drums * Lee Levin – drums *
Leon Pendarvis Leroy Leon Pendarvis (born 1945) is an American session musician. He plays keyboards and is a background vocalist. He is also an occasional guitarist. The artists he has worked with over the years include Bonnie Raitt on her ''Streetlights'' albu ...
– orchestra arrangements, conductor * Lukasz Gottwald – guitar programming, drum programming * Max Martin – keyboard programming, guitar programming, drum programming * Mike Elizondo – additional programming, keyboard programming, keyboard, guitars * Niklas Olovson – drum programming, bass guitar * Molecules – guest MC * Mylious Johnson – drums * Pete Wallace – keyboard programming, drum programming, guitars, piano, percussion * Rafael Moreira – guitars * Robin Lynch – guitars * Roc Raida – DJ * Serban Ghenea – song mixing * Shawn Pelton – drums *
Steven Wolf Steven Wolf (aka Wolf) is a drummer, programmer, songwriter and music producer. His discography includes numerous gold, platinum, and Grammy winning records. He has worked with a range of artists including Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, ...
– additional programming, tambourine * Tim Roberts – assistant mix engineer *
Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1963) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at The Hit Factory in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground f ...
– song mixing * Tom Talomaa – assistant mix engineer * Tom Coyne – mastering * Thom Cadley – 5.1 mixing * Mark Rinaldi – assistant 5.1 mixing * Mark Wilder – 5.1 mastering


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Decade-end charts


Certifications


See also

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List of best-selling albums in Australia This is a list of best-selling albums in Australia that have been certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Since the 1970s, ARIA certified an album platinum for a shipment of 50,000 copies across Australia. In 1983, the ...


References


External links

* {{Authority control 2006 albums Pink (singer) albums Albums produced by Josh Abraham Albums produced by Max Martin Albums produced by Butch Walker Albums produced by Dr. Luke Indigo Girls Zomba Group of Companies albums Sony BMG albums LaFace Records albums