Mary J. Blige / Growing Pains -CD Review-

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ラップ(rap oriented)		歌(song oriented)
アーバン(urban)		アーシー(earthy)
聴きやすい(familiar)		リスナーを選ぶ(serious)
評点(rating)		（5点満点 fullmark :5）
Mary J. Blije、２年ぶりのアルバム。最初に聞いたとき受けた過去になく軽快な印象がアルバム全体を特徴づけている。特にのりのよい先頭の３曲のインパクトが強く、後半はスローの佳曲が続くのだが、重苦しいTrackは無く、最後までこの感触は変わらない。Feemster, "Tricky" Stewart, Stargateなどの新世代のProducerを積極的に採用したことが、この新展開に貢献しているようだ。Album Titleから感じられる悲愴感も無く、逆に痛みをプラスに変える経験と強さを感じさせてくれる。そういった意味ではMaryしか作りえないアルバムだと思う。

Tracks 輸入盤　歌詞無し 64 minutes53seconds

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Work That	Blige, Feemster, Garrett	3:30
2	Grown Woman	Blige, Bridges, Madison, Nash	4:05
3	Just Fine	Blige, Dream, Jazze Pha, Stewart	4:02
4	Feel Like a Woman	Blige, Feemster, Nash	4:02
5	Stay Down	Austin, Blige, Cox	4:22
6	Hurt Again	Blige, Davis, Harris, Sledge	4:07
7	Shake Down	Blige, Dream, Jazze Pha, Stewart	3:36
8	Till the Morning	Williams	4:17
9	Roses	Blige, Dream, Stewart	4:35
10	Fade Away	Blige, Eriksen, Hermansen, Ne Yo	4:15
11	What Love Is	Blige, Eriksen, Hermansen, Ne Yo	4:03
12	Work in Progress (Growing Pains)	Harmony, Ne Yo	4:00
13	Talk to Me	Austin, Blige, Hudson, White, Wright	4:09
14	If You Love Me?	Austin, Blige, Cox	3:39
15	Smoke	Ne Yo, Perry	3:10
16	Come to Me (Peace)	Blige, Dream, Harrell, Stewart	5:01

Producers

Theron Otis Feemster(1,4)
"Dejoin"(2)
"Tricky" Stewart and Jazze Pha(3,7)
Bryan-Michael Cox(5,14)
Andre Harris and Vidal Davis(6)
The Neptunes(8)
"Tricky" Stewart(9,16)
Stargate(10,11)
Chuch Harmony(12)
Erix Hudaon(13)
Syience(15)

Guests

Ludacris, Usher, The Dream, Sean "The Pen" Garret

Links

http://www.geffen.com
http://www.mjblige.com

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