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|Label = [[Sony|Geffen]]
|Label = [[Sony|Geffen]]
|Producer = The Meldlodeycathcer's,Billy Manns, [[Tricky Stewart]], [[Jazze Pha]], Max Martin, [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]], [[Ne-Yo]], [[Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell|Kuk Harrell]] <small>(Vocal Production)</small>, [[Sean Garrett]]
|Producer = The Melodycatcher's,Billy Manns, [[Tricky Stewart]], Max Martin, [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]], [[Ne-Yo]], [[Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell|Kuk Harrell]] <small>(Vocal Production)</small>, [[Sean Garrett]]


|Last album = ''[[Reflections - A Retrospective]]''<br>(2006)
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|Single 1 = Mr Friendly
|Single 1 date = October 16, 2007
|Single 1 date = October 16, 2008
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|Single 2 date = March 2008
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'''''Growing Pains''''' is the eighth platinum [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]] singer [[Mary J. Blige]]. The album was released on December 18, 2007 (see [[2007 in music]]) on [[Geffen Records]]. ''Growing Pains'' was ranked #29 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.<ref>Robert Christgau, David Fricke, Christian Hoard, Rob Sheffield (December 17, 2007). ''Growing Pains'' top the [[Billboard 200]], charting at #2.[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/29 "The Top 50 Albums of 2007"] ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved [[2007-12-20]]</ref>
'''''Outta Sync''''' is the Fifth platinum [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]] singer Kera Watson. The album will released on December 18, 2008 (see [[2008in music]]) on [[Geffen Records]]. ''Outta Sync'' is ranked #9 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s list of the Top 50 Albums Awaited of 2008.<ref>Robert Christgau, David Fricke, Christian Hoard, Rob Sheffield (December 18, 2007).


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 22:59, 21 September 2008

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Outta Sync is the Fifth platinum studio album by American R&B/soul singer Kera Watson. The album will released on December 18, 2008 (see 2008in music) on Geffen Records. Outta Sync is ranked #9 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums Awaited of 2008.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The All Music Guide gave the album four out of five stars and called Growing Pains "a mature, polished, and utterly professional set of well-crafted songs. Blige, as always, is in great vocal form: her clear, distinctive voice carries the record..."[1] While UrbanMusicReviews.com said that "Both vocally and lyrically, Mary J. impresses on Growing Pains."[2] Robert Christgau awarded the album 3 1/2 stars (out of 5) in the December 13, 2007, Rolling Stone and in his Consumer Guide

Chart performance

Growing Pains sold 629,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart[3] and number one on the R&B chart.[citation needed] In its second week the album climbed to number one on the Billboard 200 with 204,000 copies sold.[4] In the UK, the album entered the charts at Number 6, making it her highest charting album there since No More Drama in 2001 with first week sales of 21,755. The album has sold 1,545,175 copies in the US to date.

Track listing

# Title Length Songwriters Guest(s) Producer(s)
1 "Work That" 3:31 Mary J. Blige, Theron Otis Feemster, Sean Garrett Neff-U, Sean Garrett
2 "Grown Woman" 4:05 Christopher Bridges, Dejion Madison, Mary J. Blige, Terius Nash Ludacris Neff-U, Mary J. Blige, Sean Garrett
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 Neff-U
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 "Till 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

Japanese edition

# Title Length Songwriters Guest(s) Producer(s)
9 "Nowhere Fast" 3:46 Mary Jane Blige, Christopher Stewart, Phalon Alexander, Terius Nash Brook Lynn Tricky Stewart, Jazze Pha
18 "Hello It's Me" (Isley Brothers Cover) 4:07 Todd Rundgren Mark Ronson
19 "Mirror" 3:54 Mary Jane Blige, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Kuk Harrell, Eve Jeffers Eve Tricky Stewart
20 "Sleep Walkin'" 4:24 Mary Jane Blige, Christopher Stewart, Tricky Stewart
  1. ^ All Music Guide, "Growing Pains", allmusic.com, December 27, 2007.
  2. ^ Urban Music Reviews, "Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains", urbanmusicreviews.com, December 18, 2007.
  3. ^ Brandi Hopper, "Mary J. Blige Sells 629K On The Billboard 200, Jahiem & Lupe Fiasco Surprise", sohh.com, December 27, 2007.
  4. ^ Katie Hasty, "Blige Topples Groban, Radiohead Debuts Early", Billboard.com, January 2, 2008.