Life, Love & Pain | ||||
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Studio album by Club Nouveau | ||||
Released | December 6, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 at Moon Studio, Sacramento, California | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 37:49 | |||
Label |
Warner Bros. Records 25531 |
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Producer | Jay King Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy |
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Club Nouveau chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | B– |
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!