P!nk is a pop/rock/R&B/etc. singer/songwriter from Pennsylvania (real name Alecia Beth Moore-Hart), whose solo career began in 2000.

tek's rating: ½

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This is P!nk's second album, released in 2001. I'm reviewing it in 2025. The liner notes contain song lyrics.

1. "M!ssundaztood": This is definitely fairly poppy, a mix of genres, gets kinda weird. But it's not bad, even if I don't find it memorable.

2. "Don't Let Me Get Me": This was the second single off the album. It's probably my favorite P!nk song ever, mainly because of the lyrics and meaning; I can relate to self-deprecation and whatnot. But it sounds totally cool, too. It rocks.

3. "Just Like a Pill": This was the third single. It's another one that I like a lot, both because of the lyrics and the sound. I'm not sure how much I can relate to it, but I can certainly empathize.

4. "Get the Party Started": This was the first single. It's a funky dance-pop song. Probably my second favorite P!nk song overall, and my favorite based purely on the sound and feel. It rocks, and it's an iconic party song. I'd say it's her most memorable song, at least the one I most often think of when I think P!nk.

5. "Respect": This is a hip-hop song, in which she calls out disrespectful guys, sexual harassment and whatnot. But it's also about self-respect (bordering on vanity). It's fairly cool, but I don't find it too memorable.

6. "18 Wheeler": This is fairly funky, I think. Another song about self-respect and resilience.

7. "Family Portrait": This was the fourth single. It's contemporary R&B, and a very depressing song about family troubles, like parents fighting, maybe getting divorced. Despite it being a single, I don't really remember it, though I'm sure I must have heard it before. I do think it's good, though.

8. "Misery": This sounds to me kind of like a mix of gospel and the blues. It features Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. It's another kind of depressing song, though not nearly to the same degree as "Family Portrait". P!nk reminds me a bit of Janis Joplin on this one.

9. "Dear Diary": This is kind of introspective, I guess. I don't know what else to say, but it's not bad.

10. "Eventually": This feels kind of sad and lonely. But it's not bad.

11. "Lonely Girl": Another introspective song, sort of. It gets kind of majestic toward the end.

12. "Numb": I really don't know what to say about this, but it's not bad.

13. "Gone to California": I don't know what this is. Kinda bluesy, kind of... something else. It's rather downbeat. Honestly, I find it a bit depressing, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be.

14. "My Vietnam": The very end sounds kind of like Jimi Hendrix playing "The Star Spangled Banner". The whole song feels like it must be kind of deep, and kind of disturbing, but I couldn't say what it's actually about.

Well, there are only three songs on the album that I find memorable, and I love those, but the rest are all decent enough. It's the kind of thing that simultaneously reminds me why I tend to prefer greatest hits albums, and yet makes me kind of glad to have regular albums. Because all the songs are worth listening to, and maybe if I listened to the album often enough they'd become memorable to me and I'd get to like them more. But I still think I like the album mainly for those three songs. The rest of the album... drags down my overall rating just a bit, despite the songs being good. Anyway, it mostly seems a bit more rock-ish than pop, but I'm keeping my review under "pop" just the same. Especially because there are so many other genres mixed in, I wouldn't really know where else to put it. I think there may be other albums that are more important to me, which I've somehow rated lower than this one, and possibly albums I've rated higher than this, despite not necessarily liking them that much more. I dunno. Whatever, this is a good album.