Growing, Pains

{{About|the Billie Myers album||Growing Pains (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Growing, Pains

| type = studio

| artist = Billie Myers

| cover = Growing pains cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 18 November 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock, alternative rock

| length = 43:56 (DTS CD: 49:25)

| label = Universal Records

| producer = Desmond Child

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Vertigo

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r315236}}

| rev2 = Music Week

| rev2score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-04-11.pdf|title=Album reviews|magazine=Music Week|date=11 April 1998|page=25|access-date=15 September 2023}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Growing, Pains is the debut album by Billie Myers, released in 1997. In addition to the regular CD, a DTS CD version was released, featuring a 5.1 Surround mix of the entire album and an unplugged version of "Kiss the Rain" as a bonus track.

The bonus track runs 5:00 minutes according to the CD's back cover, but the actual track features ~5 more minutes of a recorded thunderstorm after the song, bringing its entire run time up to 9:55 minutes. Also, the DTS version of "Mother, Daughter, Sister, Lover" is ~30 seconds longer than the stereo version.

Track listing

{{track listing

| total_length = 43:56

| title1 = Kiss the Rain

| writer1 = Billie Myers; Desmond Child; Eric Bazilian

| length1 = 4:32

| title2 = A Few Words Too Many

| writer2 = Billie Myers; Desmond Child

| length2 = 4:19

| title3 = Tell Me

| writer3 = Billie Myers; David Austin

| length3 = 5:05

| title4 = You Send Me Flying

| writer4 = Billie Myers; Peter Vale

| length4 = 3:58

| title5 = Please Don't Shout

| writer5 = Billie Myers; Pete Q. Harris

| length5 = 3:44

| title6 = First Time

| writer6 = Billie Myers; Jane Dobbins; George Hutchison

| length6 = 3:39

| title7 = Mother, Daughter, Sister, Lover

| note7 = Song length is 4:07 on DTS CD

| writer7 = Billie Myers; Peter Vale

| length7 = 3:38

| title8 = The Shark and the Mermaid

| writer8 = Billie Myers; Pete Q. Harris

| length8 = 3:49

| title9 = Having Trouble with the Language

| writer9 = Billie Myers; Peter Vale

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = Opposites Attract

| writer10 = Billie Myers; George Hutchison

| length10 = 3:37

| title11 = Much Change Too Soon

| writer11 = Billie Myers; Peter Vale

| length11 = 3:50

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus track on DTS CD Version

| title12 = Kiss the Rain (unplugged)

| writer12 = Billie Myers; Desmond Child; Eric Bazilian

| length12 = 5:00

}}

References