The Truth About Love (Pink album)

The Truth About Love is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink. It was released on September 14, 2012, through RCA Records. After giving birth to her first child, Pink started working on the album with longtime collaborator Billy Mann. With hopes of becoming more involved in the production of the album, she also reunited with Greg Kurstin and Butch Walker. Recording sessions took place between January and May 2012. Primarily a pop record, The Truth About Love includes elements of electropop, dance-pop, and rock music. Its lyrics explore themes of love, monogamy, and sexuality, as evidenced by the album title. The songs on the album express various perspectives towards romance and delve into the realities of long-term relationships. It features guest appearances by Eminem, Lily Allen, and Nate Ruess.

The Truth About Love
Studio album by Pink
Released	September 14, 2012
Recorded	January–May 2012
Studio	Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) Conway (Los Angeles) Suite 203 The Modern Dirt Laboratories (London)
Genre	Pop
Length	50:49
Label	RCA
Producer	Greg Kurstin Pink Butch Walker Billy Mann Jeff Bhasker Eg White John Hill Emile Haynie Max Martin Shellback DJ Khalil Chin Injeti
Pink chronology
Greatest Hits... So Far!!! (2010) The Truth About Love (2012) Beautiful Trauma (2017)
Singles from The Truth About Love
"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" Released: July 2, 2012 "Try" Released: September 6, 2012 "Just Give Me a Reason" Released: February 26, 2013 "True Love" Released: June 28, 2013 "Walk of Shame" Released: September 25, 2013 "Are We All We Are" Released: October 31, 2013

The album received generally positive reviews, with music critics commending the singer's thematic and musical direction. Buoyed by extensive marketing, The Truth About Love was a commercial success, topping the charts in eight countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and Sweden. In the United States, it became Pink's first number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart and was later certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of three million album-equivalent units. In Australia, The Truth About Love became the first album to top the year-end chart for two consecutive years and was certified nine times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It was ranked as the seventh best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 2.6 million copies sold worldwide.

Six singles were released from the album. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", the album's lead single, was released on July 2, 2012, and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "Try", attained the top-ten position in several countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US. It was followed by "Just Give Me a Reason", which topped the record charts in over ten countries worldwide and became Pink's fourth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. "True Love" charted moderately in various countries, while its other singles, "Walk of Shame" and "Are We All We Are", had a limited release. The album was further promoted through The Truth About Love Tour (2013–14), which grossed $183 million upon completion. The Truth About Love was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background and development

In November 2010, Pink released her first greatest hits album, titled Greatest Hits... So Far!!!.[1] The album spawned two singles, "Raise Your Glass" and "Fuckin' Perfect", which achieved commercial success, peaking at number one and number two, respectively, on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2][3] On June 2, 2011, Pink gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Willow Sage Hart.[4] Despite media speculation about Pink taking an extended break from music to focus on motherhood, her management team suggested that the singer could release a new album next year during an interview with American Top 40.[5]

In March 2012, Pink confirmed she had begun working on her sixth studio album.[6] She later detailed the process of crafting the record in an open letter to fans posted on her official website, saying, "I'm putting my heart and soul into every song and there's a lot of that these days. This little girl has expanded me and what I am capable of feeling as a human".[7] The singer later appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan in June 2012.[8] While discussing her return to the music scene, Pink revealed that the album was set to be released during the fall of the same year and that she worked on new music with Billy Mann, among others.[8] She added, "I've been in mommy mode, and I'm just starting to get back out there into the real world. I've been in the studio recording my new album, so now it feels like everything is falling back into place."[8]

Writing and recording

The development process of The Truth About Love took place over the span of five months, between January and May 2012.[9] Pink recorded the album in sessions at Earthstar Creation Center in Venice, Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Suite 203, and The Modern Dirt Laboratories in London, UK.[10] Before starting to work on the album, Pink contemplated how to successfully balance her music career and being a mother.[11] In an interview for Rolling Stone, she explained, "Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud – what if I can't sing anymore? Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it's ok to suck, and move forward".[12] While her previous albums were created by working every day until the early morning, Pink said becoming a mother has changed the process of making music, essentially complying with a strict routine.[13] Recording sessions were therefore held only from Monday to Friday between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m., with breaks for nursing her daughter and having dinner. Weekends were off and dedicated to family time.[11][14]

Greg Kurstin wrote and produced several tracks on The Truth About Love[15]

For The Truth About Love, Pink enlisted the help of her longtime collaborators, Billy Mann, Butch Walker, and Max Martin, whereas first-time collaborators include Jeff Bhasker and Dan Wilson.[16] Pink recalled that she started working on the album as an experiment, and first met with Mann because she felt in a safe "no-shame zone" with him.[17][18] She also reunited with Greg Kurstin, with whom the singer had not collaborated since her fourth studio album, I'm Not Dead (2006). Noting that they shared great camaraderie, Pink felt that Kurstin would align with her musical ideas and elevate her production and musicality.[19] Approximately 40 songs were written throughout the album's development process. Pink further confessed that she would write ideas for songs in her journal.[17] The title track was the song that made her realize the project was taking a definite form and had a cohesive theme—love.[18][20]

She drew inspiration for her songwriting from the various emotions she had experienced in her "exhausting search" for love, as well as the year she and husband Carey Hart were separated, admitting she was "still exorcising some demons".[18][21] Explaining her writing process, Pink told Daily News that the record reflects her life at the time and her newfound happiness, inspired by motherhood. She continued, "Everything's a song. It's just a lot more fun. [...] I think that's a new thing for me. I was having a lot more fun than I was having before".[22] She also sought to incorporate more musicality and raise the bar for herself, being more interested in the production aspects.[12][22] Kurstin considered that the creative process was not difficult since Pink would compose lyrics fast once she felt inspired, comparing her work ethic with a stream of consciousness.[22][15] Every day spent in the studio resulted in a new song finished, and the singer would record just "one or two takes", which—according to Kurstin—were "usually amazing".[22]

Every song on the album was co-written by Pink, with the exception of "Try".[19] Written by Michael Busbee and Ben West, the track was originally recorded in 2010 by their former band, GoNorthToGoSouth.[23] They later pitched "Try" to Rani Hancock, an A&R executive of RCA Records, hoping to give the song to Kelly Clarkson or Daughtry. A demo version was also recorded by Adam Lambert, but according to Busbee, he "just wasn't the right fit".[24] "Try" was later played during a label meeting, and the director eventually pitched the song to Pink after hearing it. Busbee furthered that Pink accepted to record "Try" and "it was one of the first outside songs she had recorded in a long time".[24] The concept of "Just Give Me a Reason" was developed during a songwriting session with Bhasker and Nate Ruess.[25] The former was introduced to Pink by Peter Edge, an executive of RCA Records. The latter was approached by the singer because she was captivated by his "intense incredible" voice.[26][27] After the first verse was written, Pink later worked on the lyrics at home. She envisioned that the song's conversational nature demanded another collaborator, and selected Ruess to be a guest vocalist.[27] However, he was ambivalent towards singing in a duet with a pop star, as he only recorded a demo for the track.[25][28] Nonetheless, Pink persuaded Ruess to record "Just Give Me a Reason" in a duet after "many, many months of convincing".[28] She concluded; "I totally tricked him into doing it and I'm so glad that I was able to because no one could have done it better, and I think now he's very happy that he did it".[27]

Music and lyrical interpretation

Overview

Pink performing the album's second single, "Try", during The Truth About Love Tour

The Truth About Love has been characterized as a pop album[29] that incorporates elements of electropop, dance-pop, and rock music.[30][31][32] The album consists mostly of "shouty" pop songs with "radio-gripping hooks" and confessional power ballads.[29][33][34] According to Jon Pareles of The New York Times, the album's instrumentation makes use of "dance beats, rock guitars, piano hymns, string orchestras, and hip-hop loops".[35] Pink described The Truth About Love as a personal rock and roll record about monogamous relationships and the different cases of love, including "dark, light, happy, [and] sad", as well as "exploring how much it can hurt and how much it can feel good".[27][36][37] Lyrical contents on the album are centered around Pink's recurring themes of love, sex, self-reliance, long-term relationships, and rebellion.[30][31] Vocally, the album was also a marked change from Pink's previous work; as the singer quit smoking, she expanded her upper vocal range by an octave.[38]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic noted that the album explored more "grown-up emotions" and the singer "embracing every one of her contradictions".[29] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly remarked the album's concept of expressing the darker side of love with "righteous anger [and] irreverence",[33] while Sarah Godfrey of The Washington Post identified its tracks as "aggressive, attitudinal love songs".[39] Mesfin Fekadu from Associated Press summarized The Truth About Love as a "rollercoaster of emotions", comparing the album with "watching a reality show about the ups and downs of her relationship with her husband".[40] Similarly, Christina Lee of Idolator claimed for it to be documenting Pink's year-long separation from her husband and her overall tumultuous relationship, pointing out the singer's realization that "the love of your life can also cause the heartbreak of your life".[41]

Songs analysis

The album opens with "Are We All We Are", a self-empowering protest song[16][43] featuring instrumentation of "crashing drums", keyboards, and disorientated synthesizers.[34][44] According to Diane Anderson-Minshall of The Advocate, lyrics such as "We are the people that you'll never get the best of" are inspired by economic inequality and the Occupy Wall Street movement.[45] Described as a breakup anthem,[46] "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" is an upbeat electropop track with "Modest Mouse-style rock riffs" and "snappy guitars".[43][42][47] The song gained comparisons to Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" for having a similar sound, both songs being produced by Kurstin.[46][48] The third track, "Try", is an '80s-influenced power ballad about a damaged relationship and taking risks with love.[16][34][45] It is followed by "Just Give Me a Reason", a duet with Nate Ruess. The lyrics find Pink pleading with a partner and strive to stay together.[32][49]

The album's fifth track, "True Love", is a humorous ska-pop and pop-rock song, on which Lily Allen is a featured vocalist.[50][51] Lyrically, it has been described as "a celebration of dysfunctional love" and retells aspects of Pink's riotous relationship.[33][34] A '70s inspired glam rock and blues number, "How Come You're Not Here?" shows Pink's furious side at a partner who may be in love with someone else.[16][35] It contains distorted vocals, layered guitars, and bells played by the singer's daughter, Willow.[45][14] "Slut Like You" is an electroclash song whose tongue-in-cheek lyrics talk about female empowerment and owning one's sexuality.[45][42][52] Critics found similarities between the track and Blur's 1997 single, "Song 2", as well as references to the 1983 American crime drama film, Scarface.[16][31][35] The next track on The Truth About Love is the title track, a retro '60s influenced song.[29][53] Its subject matter centers around the realities of a long-term relationship.[44]

"Beam Me Up" is an acoustic ballad about taking a break from reality and longing to be with someone who has died.[16][52] Pink revealed that the song was written "through a lot of tears" and inspired by a close friend who lost a child.[9] The tenth track, "Walk of Shame", is an anthemic new wave song about the embarrassment and regret on the morning after a one-night stand.[35] Described as an "alternative club banger", the dance-inflected "Here Comes the Weekend" features guest vocals by Eminem. The song revolves around letting loose at a party, as she sings on the chorus, "Here comes/ Comes the weekend hear it calling like a siren/ We don't look for trouble/ Just enough to seeing double".[54][55] It is proceeded by "Where Did the Beat Go?", a midtempo R&B song with military drums and multi-layered vocals.[16][35] Its lyrics display a vulnerable Pink questioning a relationship falling apart and no longer feeling desired.[16][35] The album's final song of the standard edition, "The Great Escape", is a piano ballad. Its somber lyrics explore themes of medication, going through difficult times, and contemplating suicide.[16][56]

The deluxe version of The Truth About Love continues with the track "My Signature Move", produced by Walker,[10] while "Is This Thing On?" contains influences of four-on-the-floor.[16] The next song is "Run", an emotional power ballad dedicated to Pink's daughter, with lyrics such as the opening lines, "Remember make believe in you/ All the things I said I'd do/ I wouldn't hurt you, like the world did me/ Keep you safe, I'd keep you sweet".[16][20] The final track, "Good Old Days", is characterized by "a refreshing, live-in-the-moment" message.[16]

Release and artwork

In 2011, RCA Music Group announced that it would be disbanding Jive Records, along with Arista and J Records. With the shutdown, Pink and all other artists previously signed to the labels would release any future material through RCA Records.[57] Pink announced the album title during an interview on Australia's Today on July 4, 2012.[37] The following day, she confirmed the album's release date as September 17, 2012, in the United Kingdom, and a day later in the United States.[58] The album's artwork was unveiled through Pink's official website on July 16, 2012.[59] Photographed by Andrew Macpherson,[10] it depicts the singer with her "signature" pink hair crouching down and donning a short black top, short black shorts, garters, and red heels.[59][60][61]

On September 4, 2012, Pink announced that she partnered with the American retail company Target for a promotional campaign.[62] The partnership included an exclusive deluxe edition of The Truth About Love album featuring four additional tracks, and the singer appearing in TV commercials for Target to promote the album.[62][63] A special Fan Edition was released in November 2012.[10] In addition to the standard version of the album, the Fan Edition contains six additional songs, and a DVD with the music videos of "Blow Me (One Last Kiss) and "Try", four live performances from the special The Truth About Love concert held in Los Angeles, and never-before-seen scenes from the album photoshoot.[10]

Promotion

Live performances

Pink during her acrobatic performance of "Try" at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

To bolster album sales, Pink and RCA Records implemented an extensive marketing plan.[64] At the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, Pink gave the first televised performance of "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)".[65] On September 10, 2012, she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Le Grand Journal to perform the song.[66][67] Three days later, the singer performed at the 2012 iTunes Festival at Roundhouse, in London, premiering new material.[68] On September 14, 2012, Pink appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, where she was interviewed and performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)".[69] Concurrently with the release of the album in Germany, Pink held a special concert at Circus Krone, in Munich.[70] Songs performed included "Are We All We Are", "How Come You're Not Here?", "True Love", "Try", "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", and "Slut Like You", along with other tracks from her discography.[71][72] She later performed "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try" on Today as part of their Toyota Concert Series.[73] Pink appeared on The View on September 19, 2012, singing "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)".[74] Later the same month, the singer performed at the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival where her setlist included "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try".[75]

In Australia, Pink promoted The Truth About Love by performing "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "True Love" on Today.[76] She also performed "Try" during the fourth season of The X Factor Australia,[77] and held a one-night-only concert at the Forum Theatre, in Melbourne.[78] On November 12, 2012, she performed during the "Power of Pink" benefit concert at Sony Pictures Studios, singing her previous singles as well as "How Come You're Not Here?", "Try", and "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)".[79] A day later, Pink was featured on an episode of VH1 Storytellers.[80] Her setlist included "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "How Come You're Not Here?", and she was accompanied on stage by Lily Allen and Nate Ruess during the performances of "True Love" and "Just Give Me a Reason", respectively.[81] At the 2012 American Music Awards, Pink performed "Try" and recreated the highly choreographed routine from the music video joined by her male dancer, Colt Prattes.[82] The performance was met with positive reviews from critics.[83][84]

She then returned to Europe to further promote the album. On November 30, 2012, Pink played a private concert organized by NRJ at Salle Wagram in Paris, France.[85] The following day, she appeared on Swiss television show Benissimo and sang "Try".[86] Pink performed the song again on the semi-finale of the ninth series of The X Factor UK.[87] On December 8, 2012, she performed "Try" on Wetten, dass..? in Germany, accompanied by Prattes.[88] The singer was a main headliner at the 2012 edition of Jingle Bell Ball, an annually-held event promoted by Capital FM, which took place at the O₂ Arena in London.[89] Among the songs performed were "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and "Try".[89] She later performed "Try" on The Graham Norton Show, in an appearance aired on December 31, 2012.[90] At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014, Pink performed a medley of "Try" and "Just Give Me a Reason".[91] The singer descended from the ceiling on ropes and performed "Try" while flying above the audience and executing an aerial dancing routine.[92][93] She then landed on stage and sang "Just Give Me a Reason" joined by Nate Ruess.[92]

Singles

Pink performing "Just Give Me a Reason", the album's third single, on The Truth About Love Tour. The song became her fourth number one on the Billboard Hot 100

The album's lead single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" was released on July 2, 2012, a week ahead of schedule due to a demo leaking online.[94] It received positive commentary from music critics; reviewers complimented Pink's vocals and the song's anthemic chorus, being heralded as a return to form.[46][48] The single topped the charts in Australia and Hungary while reaching a peak of number five on the Billboard Hot 100.[95] An accompanying music video, directed by Dave Meyers, was released on July 26, 2012.[96] It depicts the singer taking revenge and crashing the wedding of a former lover.[97][98]

"Try" was released on September 6, 2012, as the album's second single.[99] The song attained the top ten in the United States and other 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.[95] Its music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi and choreographed by the GoldenBoyz and Sebastien Stella.[100] Released on October 10, 2012, the video portrays the singer and her lover, played by Prattes, expressing their intense love story and frustrations through an elaborate choreography inspired by the Apache dance.[101][102]

"Just Give Me a Reason" was released as the third single from the album, on February 26, 2013.[103] The song was a commercial success, topping the charts in over ten countries and reaching the top ten elsewhere.[95] In the United States, "Just Give Me a Reason" spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Pink's fourth number-one single in the country.[104] The accompanying music video, directed by Diane Martel, is mainly set on a floating mattress surrounded by mist and water and features a cameo from Pink's husband.[105][106]

The fourth single, "True Love", was released on June 28, 2013.[107] The song performed moderately on the charts, peaking within the top 40 charts in over 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, and Italy.[95] An accompanying music video was released on July 1, 2013, showing scenes of Pink playing, fighting, and riding bikes with her family, interspersed with clips from a tour performance.[108] "Walk of Shame" was serviced to Australian contemporary hit radio stations on September 25, 2013, as the album's fifth single.[109] The song's music video consists of a compilation of concert and behind-the-scenes footage from The Truth About Love Tour.[110] In Europe, "Are We All We Are" was released as the final single from The Truth About Love on October 31, 2013.[111][112]

Tour

The album received further promotion from The Truth About Love Tour, which started on February 13, 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona.[113] The first leg consisted of 26 dates, visiting venues in North America,[114] while the second row of shows comprised 30 concerts throughout Europe.[115] The third leg included 46 dates in Australia and ran from June to September.[116] Pink played an additional 40 shows in North America, which commenced on October 10, 2013, and concluded on January 31, 2014.[117][118] The tour garnered positive reviews, with critics commending her vocals, stage presence, and aerial acrobatics.[119][120][121] It became the third highest-grossing tour of 2013 and grossed a total of $183 million with over 1.9 million ticket sales.[122][123] A video album of the tour was released on November 15, 2013, as DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download.[124]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.3/10[125]
Metacritic	77/100[126]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[29]
The A.V. Club	B–[127]
Billboard	[16]
Chicago Tribune	[43]
Entertainment Weekly	A[33]
The Guardian	[128]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)	A[129]
Rolling Stone	[30]
Slant Magazine	[53]
Spin	7/10[44]

The Truth About Love was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews.[126] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album 6.3 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[125]

Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly commended the songs' confessional nature, describing the record as "honesty you can dance to".[33] In a positive review for MSN Music, Robert Christgau viewed that, apart from its last two songs, the album "hit[s] every time" and summarized it as "a recorded image of [Pink's] feisty, heartfelt, all-over-the-place love/sex life".[129] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic applauded the album for "expanding and deepening [Pink's] music without succumbing to stuffy pretension", calling it "weird and willfully, proudly human".[29] Robert Copsey of Digital Spy deemed The Truth About Love as a "fierce and thoroughly entertaining record".[42] Billboard's Andrew Hampp rated the record 4.5 out of 5 stars and hailed it as being a "peerlessly witty, endlessly melodic tour de force".[16]

Caryn Ganz of Spin compared the album favorably to Stronger (2011) by Kelly Clarkson, stating that both records "are stocked with confidence-jolting up-tempo jams, broken-hearted weepers, and candid explorations of their own flaws". Ganz also remarked that both singers "have dug in their heels even harder for guitar pop", as opposed to following current musical trends.[44] The Boston Globe's writer Sarah Rodman praised the album for juxtaposing "rock muscle, pop froth, and expressions both heartfelt and petulant".[49] Jon Pareles of The New York Times found the recording to be "[recognizing] some nonstorybook sides of romance".[35] Writing for The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan noted that the singer "funnels her thoughts into some of the most pungent songs in pop" and commended her for having "the nous to convert raw emotion into pop-punk earworms". However, she criticized the ballads which "detract from an otherwise fierce record".[128]

Hermoine Hoby of The Observer favored its "workmanlike ballads delivered with beyond-workmanlike shading" over its "chunky guitar pop stuffed with shouty, bad-girl choruses", which she considered dominant on the album.[130] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune perceived "formula production and hack songwriting", but complimented Pink's personality showcased in its "handful" of worthy tracks.[43] Jody Rosen writing for Rolling Stone viewed The Truth About Love as "supercatchy", although he opined that the album "devolves into self parody" as "Pink strains to shock, peppering songs with gratuitous curse words".[30] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine gave the album a mixed review, rating it three out of five stars. He felt that the record was formulaic and denounced it as "competently, often frustratingly more of the same from an artist who still seems capable of much more".[53]

Accolades

Spin listed the album at number 11 on their list of best pop albums released in 2012, with editor Ganz noting that the singer "got over her pop-star identity crisis" and presented her "genuine" side.[131] In his list for The Barnes & Noble Review, Christgau named The Truth About Love the fourth best album of 2012.[132] Billboard ranked it as one of the best albums of the 2010s decade, with reviewer Sarah Grant affirming that Pink "created a ramshackle masterpiece that reminds us of what it's really like to be human" by "figuring out how the foreign experiences of a family-woman fit into [her] repertoire".[133] The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards,[134] while "Just Give Me a Reason" received nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, respectively, at the 56th ceremony.[135] In Canada, the album was nominated for International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014.[136]

Commercial performance

The Truth About Love became Pink's first number-one album in the United States, debuting at the summit of the Billboard 200 chart with 280,000 copies sold and earning her biggest first-week sales at the time.[137] The following week, the album descended to number four with sales of 94,000 copies.[138] It sold 945,000 copies by the end of 2012, finishing as the country's 12th highest-selling album of the year.[139] By December 2013, the album had sold over 1.83 million copies.[64] It was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in August 2017 for selling over three million album-equivalent units in the US.[140] In Canada, The Truth About Love debuted atop the Canadian Albums Chart. With 28,000 copies sold in the first week, it became Pink's first number-one album there.[141] It was certified 3× Platinum by Music Canada (MC) for shipments of 240,000 copies.[142]

In the United Kingdom, The Truth About Love entered the UK Albums Chart at number two, selling 80,000 copies, behind The Killers' Battle Born which sold 94,000 copies.[143] As of February 2019, the album has sold 907,000 sales in the UK and has been certified 3× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[144][145] In France, it debuted at number four on the official album chart with 17,855 traditional units.[146] The Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNAP) certified the album platinum, which denotes sales of 100,000 copies.[147] In other regions, The Truth About Love reached number one on charts in Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland,[148][149][150][151] and peaked within the top ten in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, among others.[152][153][154][155]

In Australia, The Truth About Love debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart with first-week sales of 74,293 copies, becoming Pink's fourth number-one album in the country and claiming the biggest single-week sales of 2012.[156][157] The album spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the summit of the chart, becoming the longest-running number-one album since Adele's 21 (2011).[158] The Truth About Love was the highest-selling album of both 2012 and 2013, becoming the first album to ever achieve this feat.[159][160] As of January 2014, it has sold 560,000 copies and was certified 9× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for selling over 630,000 units.[161][162] The album experienced similar success in New Zealand, debuting at the top of the Official New Zealand Music Chart and spending six non-consecutive weeks there.[163] It received a 4× Platinum certification from Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for shipments of over 60,000 units.[164] Globally, The Truth About Love was the seventh best-selling album of 2012, with sales of 2.6 million copies.[165] Overall, it has sold an estimated seven million copies worldwide.[166]

Track listing

The Truth About Love – Standard edition[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Are We All We Are"	Pink Butch Walker John Hill Emile Haynie	Walker Hill Haynie	3:37
2.	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"	Pink Greg Kurstin	Kurstin	4:16
3.	"Try"	Busbee Ben West	Kurstin	4:07
4.	"Just Give Me a Reason" (featuring Nate Ruess)	Pink Ruess Jeff Bhasker	Bhasker	4:02
5.	"True Love" (featuring Lily Allen)	Pink Allen Kurstin	Kurstin	3:50
6.	"How Come You're Not Here?"	Pink Kurstin	Kurstin	3:12
7.	"Slut Like You"	Pink Max Martin Shellback	Martin Shellback	3:42
8.	"The Truth About Love"	Pink Billy Mann David Schuler	Mann Schuler^[a]	3:50
9.	"Beam Me Up"	Pink Mann	Mann	4:27
10.	"Walk of Shame"	Pink Kurstin	Kurstin	2:42
11.	"Here Comes the Weekend" (featuring Eminem)	Pink Khalil Abdul Rahman Pranam Injeti Erik Alcock Liz Rodrigues Marshall Mathers	DJ Khalil Chin Injeti John Brown^[b]	4:24
12.	"Where Did the Beat Go?"	Pink Mann Jon Keep Steve Daly	Mann Tracklacers^[b]	4:18
13.	"The Great Escape"	Pink Dan Wilson	Wilson	4:24
Total length:				50:49

The Truth About Love – US and Canadian iTunes Store edition (bonus tracks)[167][168]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
14.	"Chaos & Piss"	Pink Francis White	Eg White	3:59
15.	"Timebomb"	Pink Kurstin	Kurstin	3:34
Total length:				58:22

The Truth About Love – Target and international deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[169][170]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
14.	"My Signature Move"	Pink Walker Jake Sinclair	Walker	3:44
15.	"Is This Thing On?"	Pink Walker Sinclair	Walker	4:21
16.	"Run"	Pink Walker Sinclair	Walker	4:11
17.	"Good Old Days"	Pink Mann Schuler	Mann Schuler^[a]	4:02
Total length:				67:07

The Truth About Love – International deluxe iTunes Store edition (bonus tracks)[171]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
18.	"Chaos & Piss"	Pink White	White	3:59
19.	"Timebomb"	Pink Kurstin	Kurstin	3:34
Total length:				74:40

The Truth About Love – Japenese edition (bonus track)[172]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
18.	"The King Is Dead but the Queen Is Alive"	Pink Mann Walker Niklas "Nikey" Olovson Robin Lynch	Mann Machopsycho Walker	3:44
Total length:				70:51

The Truth About Love – Fan edition (bonus tracks)[173][174]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
14.	"My Signature Move"	Pink Walker Jake Sinclair	Walker	3:44
15.	"Is This Thing On?"	Pink Walker Sinclair	Walker	4:21
16.	"Run"	Pink Walker Sinclair	Walker	4:11
17.	"Good Old Days"	Pink Mann Schuler	Mann Schuler^[a]	4:02
18.	"Chaos & Piss"	Pink White	White	3:59
19.	"Timebomb"	Pink Kurstin	Kurstin	3:34
20.	"The King Is Dead but the Queen Is Alive"	Pink Mann Walker Olovson Lynch	Mann Machopsycho Walker	3:44
Total length:				78:24

The Truth About Love – Fan edition disc two[173]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" (Music video)	3:47
2.	"Try" (Music video)	4:09
3.	"Are We All We Are" (live from Los Angeles)	3:52
4.	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" (live from Los Angeles)	4:39
5.	"Try" (live from Los Angeles)	4:30
6.	"F**kin' Perfect" (live from Los Angeles)	3:33
7.	"The Truth About Love Photoshoot" (Behind the Scenes)	3:43

Notes

• ^a signifies a co-producer
• ^b signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Truth About Love.[10]

Studios

Recording locations

• Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) – recording
• Conway Studios (Los Angeles) – recording
• Suite 203 – recording
• Effigy Studios (Ferndale, Michigan) – recording
• The Modern Dirt laboratories (London) – recording
• Fishhead Music (Gothenburg, Sweden) – recording
• Ruby Red Studios (Santa Monica, California) – recording
• West Triad Studios (Venice, California) – recording

Additional recording locations

• Enormous Studios – guitars recording
• Capitol Studios (Hollywood) – strings recording

Engineering locations

• Earthstar Creation Center (Venice, California) – engineering
• Ruby Red Studios (Santa Monica, California) – engineering
• Sonora Recorders (Los Angeles) – engineering
• Echo Studio (Los Angeles) – engineering
• Modern World Studios (Tetbury) – engineering
• Turtle Sound Studios (Weston, Connecticut) – engineering
• Monster Island (Nashville, Tennessee) – engineering
• New Track City (London/Los Angeles) – engineering
• Ballroom West (Los Angeles) – engineering
• Mission Sound (Brooklyn) – engineering

Mixing and mastering locations

• Eldorado Recording Studios (Los Angeles) – mixing
• MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia) – mixing
• The Ballroom Studio (Los Angeles) – mixing
• Super Sonic Scale (France) – mixing
• Ruby Red Studios (Santa Monica, California) – mixing

Musicians

• Pink – lead vocals, background vocals
• Butch Walker – background vocals, arranger
• Phillip A. Peterson – strings
• Zachary Baird – keyboards
• Greg Kurstin – keyboards, guitar, bass, piano
• Kevin Dukes – guitars
• Jeff Bhasker – keyboards, synthesizer
• Nate Ruess – featured vocals
• Anders Mouridsen – guitars
• Lily Rose Cooper – featured vocals
• Willow Sage Hart – bells, bass
• Max Martin – keyboards, background vocals
• Shellback – guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, background vocals
• Billy Mann – arranger, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, piano, live percussion
• David Schuler – arranger, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, drums
• Jonathan Yudkin – strings
• Eminem – featured vocals
• Erik Alcock – guitars
• Chin Injeti – bass
• DJ Khalil – keyboards
• Danny Keyz – keyboards
• Liz Rodrigues – background vocals
• Tracklacers – arranger, bass, keyboards
• Pete Wallace – string arrangements
• Dan Wilson – piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Steve Wolf – tambourine
• David Campbell – string arrangements, conducting
• Charlie Bisharat – strings concertmaster
• Sara Parkins – violin
• Tamara Hatwan – violin
• Andrew Duckels – viola
• Steve Richards – cello
• Dave Stone – bass
• Oli Kraus – additional cello, viola, violin
• Jake Sinclair – background vocals
• Boyce Buchanan – children's vocal
• Barbara Klaskin Silberg – children's vocal directing
• Eg White – instruments, background vocals
• Robin Lynch – electric guitars
• Niklas "Nikey" Olovson – bass
• Mark Shulman – drums
• Justin Derrico – lead electric guitars

Production

• Butch Walker – producer, music, songwriting, keyboard programming
• John Hill – producer, music, songwriting
• Emile Haynie – producer, music, songwriting
• Jake Sinclair – music, engineer
• Pink – songwriting, executive producer
• Laura Sisk – engineer
• Rich Costey – mixing
• Chris Kasych – Pro Tools engineer
• Eric Isip – assistant engineered for mix
• Greg Kurstin – songwriting, producer, programming, engineer, mixing
• Jesse Shatkin – additional engineering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – engineered for mix
• Phil Seaford – assistant engineered for mix
• Busbee – songwriting
• Ben West – songwriting
• Jeff Bhasker – songwriting, producer, programming
• Nate Ruess – songwriting
• John X Volaitis – recording, assistant vocal recording
• Pawel Sek – guitars recording
• Tyler Johnson – guitars recording
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Justin Hergett – assistant engineered for mix
• James Krausse – assistant engineered for mix
• Lily Rose Cooper – songwriting
• Max Martin – songwriting, producer
• Shellback – songwriting, producer, programming
• Sam Holland – recording
• Billy Mann – songwriting, producer, drum programming, engineer, keyboard programming
• David Schuler – songwriting, additional production, drum programming, engineer, keyboard programming
• Mark Needham – mixing
• Will Brierre – assistant engineered for mix
• Pete Wallace – engineer
• Veronica Ferraro – mixing
• DJ Khalil – songwriting, producer
• Chin Injeti – songwriting, producer
• John Brown – additional production
• Mike Strange – vocal recording
• Jon Keep – songwriting
• Steve Daly – songwriting
• Tracklacers – additional production, drum programming
• Jonathan Yudkin – engineer
• Dan Wilson – songwriting, producer
• John Rausch – engineer
• Phil Allen – engineer
• Oliver Straus – engineer
• Charlie Paakkari – strings recording
• Eg White – songwriting, producer, engineer, programming
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Machopsycho – producer, keyboard programming, engineer
• Niklas "Nikey" Olovson – songwriting
• Robin Lynch – songwriting
• Pete Wallace – keyboard programming

Management & design

• Roger Davies – management
• Shady Farshadfar – management
• Irene Taylor – management
• Lisa Garrett – management
• Andrew Macpherson – photography
• Deborah Anderson – photography
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, designing
• Nick Steinhardt – art direction, designing
• Donald Passman – legal
• Gene Solomon – legal
• Helen Stotler – legal
• Nancy Chapman – business affairs
• Teresa Polyak – business affairs
• Otto Perez – business affairs

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart (2012–2013) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[175] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[148] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[176] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[177] 4 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[178] 1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[179] 5 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[152] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[154] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[180] 4 French Albums (SNEP)[181] 4 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[149] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[182] 3 Irish Albums (IRMA)[183] 2 Italian Albums (FIMI)[153] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[184] 14 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[185] 30 South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[186] 5 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[187] 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[163] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[188] 4 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[189] 24 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[190] 8 Russian Albums (Tophit)[191] 6 Scottish Albums (OCC)[192] 2 South African Albums (RISA)[193] 4 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[155] 10 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[150] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[151] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[194] 2 US Billboard 200[195] 1 Year-end charts 2012 year-end chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart (2012) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[196] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[197] 24 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[198] 63 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[199] 65 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[200] 24 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[201] 59 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[202] 41 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[203] 26 French Albums (SNEP)[204] 55 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[205] 13 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[206] 58 Italian Albums (FIMI)[207] 91 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[208] 10 Russian Albums (Tophit)[191] 39 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[209] 71 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[210] 9 UK Albums (OCC)[211] 12 US Billboard 200[212] 37

2013 year-end chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart (2013) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[213] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[214] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[215] 24 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[216] 57 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[217] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[218] 31 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[219] 9 French Albums (SNEP)[220] 37 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[221] 11 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[222] 55 Irish Albums (IRMA)[223] 12 Italian Albums (FIMI)[224] 35 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[225] 41 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[226] 4 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[227] 40 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[228] 64 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[229] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[230] 20 US Billboard 200[231] 8 2014 year-end chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart (2014) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[232] 50 US Billboard 200[233] 97 Decade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart (2010–19) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[234] 6 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[235] 40 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[236] 42 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[237] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[238] 59 US Billboard 200[239] 43 All-time charts All-time chart performance for The Truth About Love Chart Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[240] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[241] 130 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[242] 228 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[243] 137 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[244] 58 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[245] 74 US Billboard 200 (Women)[246] 57

Certifications

Certifications and sales for The Truth About Love

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[162]	9× Platinum	630,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[247]	Platinum	20,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[142]	3× Platinum	240,000^^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[248]	Platinum	20,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[249]	Gold	15,084[249]
France (SNEP)[147]	Platinum	150,000[250]^*
Germany (BVMI)[251]	5× Gold	500,000^^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[252]	Gold	3,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[253]	Platinum	15,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[254]	Platinum	60,000^*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[255]	Gold	30,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[164]	4× Platinum	60,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)[256]	2× Platinum	40,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[257]	Gold	20,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[258]	Platinum	40,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[259]	3× Platinum	90,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[145]	3× Platinum	907,000[144]
United States (RIAA)[140]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for The Truth About Love

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Australia	September 14, 2012	Standard deluxe	CD digital download LP	Sony Music Australia	[260][261][262]
Denmark			Digital download	RCA Records	[263][264]
France					[265]
Germany			CD digital download LP		[170][266][267]
Ireland			CD digital download		[268][269]
Japan			Digital download		[270][271]
Netherlands			CD digital download LP		[272][273][274]
Switzerland			CD digital download		[275][276]
Denmark	September 17, 2012		CD LP	Sony Music	[277][278]
France					[279][280]
United Kingdom			CD digital download	RCA Records	[281][282][283]
Canada	September 18, 2012	Standard Target edition			[168][284][169]
United States					[167][285][169]
Mexico		Standard			[286][287]
Japan	October 3, 2012	Japanese edition	CD	Sony Music Japan	[172]
Germany	November 30, 2012	Fan edition	CD+DVD	RCA Records	[173]
France	December 3, 2012				[288]
Netherlands					[289]
Various	May 4, 2018	Standard	LP	Legacy Recordings	[290][291][292]

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2012
• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Australia)
• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)
• List of number-one hits of 2012 (Austria)
• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Canada)
• List of number-one albums from the 2010s (New Zealand)
• List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden
• List of number-one hits of 2012 (Switzerland)

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