Growing, Pains

This article is about the Billie Myers album. For other uses, see Growing Pains (disambiguation).

Growing, Pains
Studio album by Billie Myers
Released	18 November 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	43:56 (DTS CD: 49:25)
Label	Universal Records
Producer	Desmond Child
Billie Myers chronology
Growing, Pains (1997) Vertigo (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Music Week	(favorable) [2]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss the Rain"	Billie Myers; Desmond Child; Eric Bazilian	4:32
2.	"A Few Words Too Many"	Billie Myers; Desmond Child	4:19
3.	"Tell Me"	Billie Myers; David Austin	5:05
4.	"You Send Me Flying"	Billie Myers; Peter Vale	3:58
5.	"Please Don't Shout"	Billie Myers; Pete Q. Harris	3:44
6.	"First Time"	Billie Myers; Jane Dobbins; George Hutchison	3:39
7.	"Mother, Daughter, Sister, Lover" (Song length is 4:07 on DTS CD)	Billie Myers; Peter Vale	3:38
8.	"The Shark and the Mermaid"	Billie Myers; Pete Q. Harris	3:49
9.	"Having Trouble with the Language"	Billie Myers; Peter Vale	3:45
10.	"Opposites Attract"	Billie Myers; George Hutchison	3:37
11.	"Much Change Too Soon"	Billie Myers; Peter Vale	3:50
Total length:			43:56

Bonus track on DTS CD Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Kiss the Rain (unplugged)"	Billie Myers; Desmond Child; Eric Bazilian	5:00

References

1. Growing, Pains at AllMusic
2. "Album reviews" (PDF). Music Week . 11 April 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 15 September 2023.