Can't Take Me Home Pink LaFace, 2000 Tracks 1: Split Personality 2: Hell Wit Ya 3: Most Girls 4: There You Go 5: You Make Me Sick 6: Let Me Let You Know 7: Love Is Such A Crazy Thing 8: Private Show 9: Can't Take Me Home 10: Stop Falling 11: Do What U Do 12: Hiccup 13: Is It Love   Buy it online Reviewed by Linda Richards	"We're all pink on the inside," Pink states confidently on the liner notes of her first album, Can't Take Me Home. "The beauty is in our differences." And while trite sentiments have been enough to get some artists written off early, it doesn't seem likely that this will be the case here. At the ripe ol' age of 20, Pink is LaFace Records' latest entry in the diva wars. And with all things told, Pink is a pretty good entry, at that. No adolescent warbling here: Pink's voice and arrangements are packed with a maturity that belie both her age and her bright fuchsia hair. Throughout the extremely diverse tracks of Can't Take Me Home, Pink employs her natural and vibrant soprano to good effect through an album that varies strongly in style and substance. The single "There You Go," is likely one of the least eloquent showcases of Pink's big voice, but the song is poppy and pleasant and seems destined for the top 40. In fact, part of the confidence LaFace has displayed in their latest find is evidenced in the video released for this song. A slick and finished bit of videography, it showcases an angry Pink crashing her motorcycle into an unfaithful boyfriend's apartment. It's a bold and confident video, one that says quite plainly, "There's to be no simpering here." Whatever conclusions you draw about Pink from her appearance, weakness isn't one of them. The songs chosen for her first album back this up. Tracks like "Hell Wit Ya," "You Make Me Sick," and the title track, "Can't Take Me Home," all make a pretty strong statement about where this particular singer falls on the broken heart line. This statement is backed by the performer herself: Pink says that she "decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about." Whatever. Can't Take Me Home is a strong debut. From the Motown caress of "Let Me Let You Know," to her strong soprano trill on "Love Is Such A Crazy Thing," that puts one in mind of a standard diva anthem a la a young and more energetic Mariah Carey; to the title "Can't Take Me Home," a song that is somewhat reminiscent of Michael Jackson's trademark phrasing and pacing: right down to the way Pink uses her voice on this particular track. Can't Take Me Home is a memorable album with all of the right licks to mark the beginning of a promising career. | April 2000 Linda Richards is the editor of Blue Coupe magazine.	No adolescent warbling here: Pink's voice and arrangements are packed with a maturity that belie both her age and her bright fuchsia hair. Throughout the extremely diverse tracks of Can't Take Me Home, Pink employs her natural and vibrant soprano to good effect through an album that varies strongly in style and substance.