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Track Listing
1. Work That
2. Grown Woman
3. Just Fine
4. Feel Like a Woman
5. Stay Down
6. Talk to Me
7. Shake Down
8. Till the Morning
9. Nowhere Fast
10. Roses
11. Fade Away
12. What Is Love
13. Work in Progress (Growing Pains)
14. Hurt Again
15. Smoke
16. Come to Me (Peace)
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
It's no accident that Mary J. Blige is an icon on the urban contemporary scene, in large part because each new album--and 2007's GROWING PAINS is her eighth--finds her more self-assured as a singer, a lyricist, and a person. Like 2005's THE BREAKTHROUGH, GROWING PAINS delivers a mature Mary J., one who's faced down her demons and emerged triumphant. The tough-as-nails, confessional nature of her work is still what gives it its distinctive stamp, but Blige's sonic palette continues to grow as well.
From the heavily hip-hop-tinged "Work That," to the 1980s-sounding pop of "Fade Away," to the swirling balladry of "Work In Progress (Growing Pains)," the album isn't afraid to hop genres. Blige's work has always had a wide appeal, but GROWING PAINS has tracks that move from the club to the bedroom to adult alternative radio while still sounding 100% the artist's own. Help from the likes of Ne-Yo, the Neptunes, Ludacris, Usher, and Jazze Pha, among others, gives the set star-quality, but this is Blige's show: her voice, her style, and her sense of personal conviction shine through loud and clear.
Industry Reviews
She shines on the buttery bedroom groove of the Neptunes-produced 'Til the Morning'... -- Grade: B
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Top Albums of the Year 2007 -- [T]he songwriting is her finest in years.
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [The] songs have the stuff to fight back.....[Certain] tracks remind us how tough this sweet-voiced diva can be...
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