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Growing Pains | 
 enlarge | Artist: Mary J. Blige
Label: Universal
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1427
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 77
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602517598201
EAN: 0602517598201
ASIN: B0012DVI7S
Release Date: February 4, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| » | Work That | | » | Grown Woman - Mary J. Blige, Ludacris | | » | Just Fine | | » | Feel Like A Woman | | » | Stay Down | | » | Hurt Again | | » | Shake Down - Mary J. Blige, Usher | | » | Till The Morning | | » | Nowhere Fast - Brook Lynn, Mary J. Blige | | » | Roses | | » | Fade Away | | » | What Love Is | | » | Work In Progress (Growing Pains) | | » | Talk To Me | | » | If You Love Me? | | » | Smoke | | » | Come To Me (PEACE) | | » | Hello It's Me | | » | Mirror - Mary J. Blige, Eve |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
"I'm talkin' 'bout things I know," Mary J. Blige wails on "Work That," the second single and opening track of Growing Pains. The album squeaked into 2007 too late to make best-of lists but otherwise would have stormed its way up several, for sure. She needn't have hit us with such a pronouncement: In 16 songs that ring as remarkably, unflinchingly true as those on 2005's landmark The Breakthrough, the queen of hip-hop soul keeps "keeping it real" a specialty. There's no sense in trying to assign credit for the skin-tight grooves and funked-up retro vibe here; with nine producers padding Blige's emotion-rich voice and the lyrics she so obviously lives by, what we're left with is a melange of sounds. But it's a measure of an artist who has mastered her own identity and left nothing to chance that this, her eighth studio album, comes off so free of wild cards and loose edges. "You ask what love feels like," she sings on "What Love Is," one of the disc's less fierce tracks. "It feels like joy, and it feels like pain, and it feels like sunshine, and it feels like rain," she continues, answering the question. The album feels the same way, a passel of complex feelings all wrapped up in love. No one knows struggle, heartache, and triumph over mediocrity like Blige. --Tammy La Gorce
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 Incredible!! July 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album will certainly not dissappoint anyone who is a fan of Mary herself, or R'n'B music as a whole. Its a fantastic choice for the summer, with its combination of Soulfull r'n'b and up-tempo dance beats, present on tracks like 'Work That' and 'Just Fine'. It may just be the closest she has got to matching her Critically aclaimed album 'Share My World.' A fantastic addition to Mary's discography.
awesome ***** February 19, 2008
If you are not sure whether or not to get this..... please GET IT. !! i havnt bought a MJB album for a few years and was not dispappointed. she delivers on every song.. everytime i play it I have a different favourite song.. althougn Stay Down and Fade away are very very good :-)
get it, listen, and enjoy!
 A bit disappointing February 7, 2008
Yes, still 4 stars, but disappointing in that I would expect to give a Mary album 5 stars, being her #1 fan n'all, lol...
I just don't think its as good as The Breakthrough, although there are some really good songs, including Stay Down and Fade Away.
Loving it!! February 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am loving this album, the songs blend together like honey dripping from the pot. Great tune packed album.
I am playing it loud and enjoying every minute :0)
Mary Mary Quite Remarkable - A Love Letter February 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dear Mary
I have to admit I've struggled with you for many years. I wanted to jump up and down with all the rest but could never quite bring myself to do so. You see I wasn't quite hearing it the way I needed to....there you were singing your life and there I was standing at the edge of the crowd thinking "The Queen isn't wearing any clothes".
Then along came "Growing Pains" and I've had to think again. This is the album I always believed you had in you !
There is a coherence here you've not achieved before. Music, lyrics, production and Voice come together like a mighty kick in the guts. This time you're really doing it girlfriend and I can feel it. I wanna tell the world about it!
These songs wrap around like a warm blanket....feeding, nurturing, energising. This time I really do believe it.
Thankyou Mary J Blige.
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