Jump to content

Growing Pains (Mary J. Blige album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 82.39.58.78 (talk) at 02:16, 25 December 2007. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For the Billie Myers album, see Growing, Pains.
Untitled

Growing Pains is the eighth studio album by American R&B/soul singer Mary J. Blige released on December 18, 2007 (see 2007 in music) on Geffen Records. This album was #29 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[1]

History

"It's not reliving where I been. [The album is] just based on where I am", Blige told MTV News on October 22 on the set of the video for her new single, "Just Fine".

"So many people are like, 'I'm perfect.' I'm so imperfect, that's why I'm able to let everything out and let people see everything. 'Cause I'm just a mess like every other person that's a mess out there. And it's going to take probably a lifetime to get to a point in my life where I'm like, 'Oh, I'm perfect.' I don't think that will ever happen. So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things. And that's what Growing Pains is about, it's about finally not whining about the pain, Mary J. Blige, and accepting the pain that comes with growing."

Track listing

# Title Length Songwriters Guest(s) Producer(s)
1 "Work That" 3:31 Theron Otis Feemster, Mary J. Blige, Sean Garrett Theron Otis Feemster
2 "Grown Woman" 4:05 Christopher Bridges, Dejoin Madison, Mary J. Blige, Terius Nash Ludacris Dejon
3 "Just Fine" 4:02 Terius Nash, Mary J. Blige, Jazze Pha, Chris "Tricky" Stewart Tricky Stewart, Jazze Pha
4 "Feel Like A Woman" 4:02 Theron Otis Feemster, Mary J. Blige, Terius Nash Theron Otis Feemster
5 "Stay Down" 4:23 Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox Bryan-Michael Cox
6 "Hurt Again" 4:08 Mary J. Blige, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Brian Sledge Dre & Vidal
7 "Shake Down" 3:36 Terius Nash, Mary J. Blige, Jazze Pha, Tricky Stewart Usher Tricky Stewart, Jazze Pha
8 "Til' The Morning" 4:18 Pharrell Williams The Neptunes
9 "Roses" 4:36 Terius Nash, Mary J. Blige, Tricky Stewart Tricky Stewart
10 "Fade Away" 4:16 Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo Stargate
11 "What Love Is" 4:03 Mikkel S. Eriksen]], Tor Erik Hermansen, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo Stargate
12 "Work In Progress (Growing Pains)" 4:01 Charles Harmony, Ne-Yo Charles Harmony, Ne-Yo
13 "Talk To Me" 4:10 Robert Wright, Mary J. Blige, Eric Hudson, Verdine White, Johnta Austin Eric Hudson
14 "If You Love Me" 3:40 Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox Bryan-Michael Cox
15 "Smoke" 3:10 Reggie Perry, Ne-Yo Syience
16 "Come To Me (Peace)" 5:02 Terius Nash, Mary J. Blige, Kuk Harrell, Tricky Stewart Tricky Stewart

iTunes edition

  2. "Nowhere Fast" (featuring Brook Lynn featuring Mary J. Blige)
  3. "Hello (It's Me)
  4. "Mirror" (featuring Eve) (pre-order only)
  5. Digital Booklet - Growing Pains

"Nowhere Fast" is featured on the UK & Japanese versions of this album (not featured on the US edition). "Sky Cap" is an exclusive UK bonus track (#19) while "Hello It's Me", "Mirror", "Nowhere Fast" & "Sleep Walkin" all feature on the 20 track Japanese edition

References

  1. ^ Robert Christgau, David Fricke, Christian Hoard, Rob Sheffield (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Growing_Pains_(Mary_J._Blige_album)&oldid=180051161"