Growing Pains
by Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige bestography
Growing Pains is ranked 9th best out of 19 albums by Mary J. Blige on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mary J. Blige is My Life which is ranked number 4842 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 292.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Growing Pains track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Growing Pains rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 60 Music Albums of 2007 | 26/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2007 | 34/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2007 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2007 | 38/75 | - |
| 2021 | zowie | Top 13 Music Albums of 2007 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2007 | Rolling Stone | Critics Best Albums 2007 | 29/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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Growing Pains ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/12/2026 16:34 | Jakor | 5,434 | 70/100 | |
| 09/19/2025 14:34 | Tamthebam | 23,024 | 69/100 | |
| 12/11/2022 17:00 | LosWochos | 47,366 | 75/100 | |
| 05/10/2022 21:43 | danilojotasouza2 | 90 | 83/100 | |
| 11/21/2021 15:45 | Cyrax | 1,830 | 61/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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TOP V:
I. Talk To Me
II. Come To Me
III. Stay Down
IV. Work That
V. Grown Woman
Tamthebam 08/02/2014 07:16 | #118390
8th studio album from Mary J and one of her strongest sets. Key tracks are Just Fine, Stay Down, Hurt Again & Smoke. There isn't a bad track here.
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