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Life, Love and Pain

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Released
  
December 6, 1986

Artist
  
Club Nouveau

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Length
  
37:49

Release date
  
6 December 1986

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Recorded
  
1986 at Moon Studio, Sacramento, California

Life, Love and Pain (1986)
  
Listen to the Message (1988)

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B

Producers
  
Jay King, Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy

Rhythm and blues albums
  
Still Bill, 'Bout Love, +'Justments, Menagerie, Just as I Am

Life, Love & Pain is the debut album by contemporary R&B group Club Nouveau. It was released in late 1986 with production by Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Jay King. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Led by the hit single, a cover of the Bill Withers classic "Lean on Me", which went to number one on both the R&B and Dance charts and number two on the pop chart, this was the only album that Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy would contribute to, as the duo left the group to form its own production team and focus on working with other acts, notably En Vogue and Tony! Toni! Toné!

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Jealousy" (Alex Hill, Denzil Foster, Jay King, Marcus Thompson, Michael Marshall, Thomas McElroy) — 4:46
  2. "Why You Treat Me So Bad" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 5:07
  3. "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) — 5:56
  4. "Promises, Promises" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 5:25
  5. "Situation #9" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 4:51
  6. "Heavy on My Mind" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 4:43
  7. "Let Me Go" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 4:23
  8. "Lean on Me (Pump It Up) Reprise" (Denzil Foster, Jay King, Thomas McElroy) — 2:17

Samples

  • Luniz sampled "Why You Treat Me So Bad" on its song "I Got 5 on It", which appeared on the album Operation Stackola in 1995.
  • Puff Daddy sampled "Why You Treat Me So Bad" on his song "Satisfy You" featuring R. Kelly, which appeared on his album Forever in 1999.
  • Jennifer Lopez sampled "Why You Treat Me So Bad" on her song "I'm Gonna Be All Right" featuring Nas, which appeared on her album J to tha L–O!: The Remixes in 2002.
  • Ashanti sampled "Why You Treat Me So Bad" on her song "Only U", which appeared on her album Concrete Rose in 2004.

    • Songs

    1Jealousy4:47
    2Why You Treat Me So Bad5:12
    3Lean on Me5:57

    References

    Life, Love & Pain Wikipedia
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