"Try" Pink

On "Try," the second single from her latest album, The Truth About Love, Pink veers away from her typical fist-pumping pop-rock sound. Perhaps softened by motherhood (daughter Willow Sage is a year old), Pink is sentimental—dare I even say, forgiving—as she reflects on getting over a soured relationship. (There is no rock star posturing or bitter name-calling in sight.) The new demeanor works for Pink, whose husky voice has always been well suited to raw expressions of heartbreak and her troubled youth. But "Try" is ultimately let down by its production, which overwhelms such a tender sentiment with harsh power balladry. B-