God, if Pink continues on this trajectory of gloom she'll be covering Joy Division’s ‘Atrocity Exhibition' by January. No longer interested in getting a party of any sort started - except maybe a wake - she seems to have slumped into terminal misery, weighted down by the albatross she's borrowed off Korn. ‘Family Portrait' is unashamed telethon-rock, destined to soundtrack every Children In Need from now until Doomsday - "Mama, please stop cryin'/I can't stand the sound... Daddy, please don't leave" she weeps over a lachrymose R&B stomp as everyone listening loses the will to live.
It's all very well wanting to be seen as a serious artist but really, does she have to be so serious about it?
Victoria Segal
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