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Album: Growing Pains *
# Song Title   Time
1)    Work That More Info... 3:31
2)    Grown Woman More Info... 4:05
3)    Just Fine Main More Info... 4:02
4)    Feel Like A Woman More Info... 4:02
5)    Stay Down More Info... 4:23
6)    Hurt Again More Info... 4:08
7)    Shake Down More Info... 3:36
8)    Till The Morning More Info... 4:18
9)    Roses More Info... 4:36
10)    Fade Away More Info... 4:16
11)    What Love Is More Info... 4:03
12)    Work In Progress (Growing Pains) More Info... 4:01
13)    Talk To Me More Info... 4:09
14)    If You Love Me? More Info... 3:39
15)    Smoke More Info... 3:10
16)    Come To Me (PEACE) More Info... 5:02
 
Album: Growing Pains *
# Song Title   Time
1)    Work That More Info... 3:31
2)    Grown Woman More Info... 4:05
3)    Just Fine Main More Info... 4:02
4)    Feel Like A Woman More Info... 4:02
5)    Stay Down More Info... 4:23
6)    Hurt Again More Info... 4:08
7)    Shake Down More Info... 3:36
8)    Till The Morning More Info... 4:18
9)    Roses More Info... 4:36
10)    Fade Away More Info... 4:16
11)    What Love Is More Info... 4:03
12)    Work In Progress (Growing Pains) More Info... 4:01
13)    Talk To Me More Info... 4:09
14)    If You Love Me? More Info... 3:39
15)    Smoke More Info... 3:10
16)    Come To Me (PEACE) More Info... 5:02
 
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  • 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.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.129) - 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..."

Rolling Stone (p.113) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "[T]he songwriting is her finest in years."

Entertainment Weekly (p.55) - "She shines on the buttery bedroom groove of the Neptunes-produced 'Til the Morning'..." -- Grade: B
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