Official Single Cover
A little over 4 months ago, P!nk's lead single from her "Greatest Hits... So Far!!!" album "Raise Your Glass" was released and it was awesomely another #1 for her, 2nd as a solo artist following "So What", 3rd if you count "Lady Marmalade". I had random songs from her various albums on my iTunes and when the track-listing for her Greatest Hits came out, I was a little surprised that it mirrored exactly what I had in my library. So I bought the LP, it was a great price, and how perfect that it was everything I already liked. Get it? Perfect?
In addition to old favorites, this album also introduced 3 new songs, "Raise Your Glass","F**kin' Perfect" and "Heartbreak Down" (4 if you were lucky enough to be able to buy the International Version which also included "Whaddaya Want From Me", written by her, performed by Adam Lambert, check it out). I immediately gravitated to "F**kin' Perfect", and it really made me realize that not only has P!nk stayed true to her sound throughout her career, she is the one pop artist that comes to mind that consistently puts out singles with meaningful lyrics. It seems that of late, a lot of songs have touched on the idea of acceptance and being who you are (Firework, We R Who We R, Raise Your Glass), and this song, as cliche as it sounds, is one we can all relate to.
Writer-producer-extraordinarie Max Martin, who also worked on her last 3 albums, co-produced the new tracks with Shellback, an up and coming producer under Martin's production label. His work with P!nk always brings a nice rock-edge that has been lost in the synthy-pop that dominates the radio, and this track is a great example of that, with the simple guitar chord-strumming opening the song to more rapid strumming accompanied by some great drum work and then with thumping bass and soaring strings on the chorus. She would seem to have really hit her stride in the past couple of years, and well timed too as everything seems to be going extremely well in her personal life.
Made by yours truly
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