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Epicurus.com - Growing Pains
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List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517520301
Label: Geffen Records
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Geffen Records
Release Date: 2007-12-18
Studio: Geffen Records
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Editorial Reviews:
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"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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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Crossover Appeal
Comment: I am a huge Mary fan and this is the best one yet. Mary has definitely kept up with the times and her listening audience has expanded. I am digging her diverse style, and the musical arrangement and beats are a hit!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Growing Pains
Comment: I think this CD was pretty goood, the music flowed from one song to another.
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Summary: WHAT LOVE IS
Comment: The song What Love Is describes this cd perfectfly. From What's the 411? to the Breakthrough MJB shared her world with a graphic description of her life, how her love became her way of life, and leaving all the drama behind. The Growing Pains of her life is What Love Is. I bought it, played it, and didn't take it out for three months. It describes over great melodies why we live...we live to LOVE. You won't regret this purchase!
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Summary: Just O.K.
Comment: O.k. so I am a Mary Fan since What's the 411. Share My World was the gospel but this album barely makes it. The first three tracks, I skip automatically and the rest just kind of repeats the same story and emotion. Are you a Mary fan, then cop this one but only because you are a fan. Everyone else will be disappointed!
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Summary: Mary is Just Fine!
Comment: The album was great! It was a light-hearted experience, which is different from the sadness that we have gotten over the years. Mary has conquered and taken control of this reality that we call "living", and she's "Just Fine." I was amazed with the Breakthrough album, and I'm still proud of the level of artistry and commitment that Mary brings 15 years into her music career.
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