It Hurts So Good (album)

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It Hurts So Good
Millie Jackson It Hurts So Good.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1973
Studio
Genre Soul
Length36:26
Label Spring
Producer Brad Shapiro
Raeford Gerald
Millie Jackson chronology
Millie Jackson
(1972)
It Hurts So Good
(1973)
I Got To Try It One Time
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B [2]

It Hurts So Good is the second album by American singer-songwriter Millie Jackson.

Contents

Track listings

  1. "I Cry" (Gary Byrd, Raeford Gerald) 4:12
  2. "Hypocrisy" (Millie Jackson, Victor Davis) 2:14
  3. "Two-Faced World" (Johanna Hall, John Hall) 2:50
  4. "It Hurts So Good" (Phillip Mitchell) 3:07
  5. "Don't Send Nobody Else" (Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) 3:22
  6. "Hypocrisy (Reprise)" 2:00
  7. "Good To The Very Last Drop" (Billy Nichols) 3:49
  8. "Help Yourself" (Brad Shapiro, Robert Pucetti) 3:05
  9. "Love Doctor" (Jackie Avery) 2:55
  10. "Now That You Got It" (Thom Bridwell) 2:33
  11. "Close My Eyes" (Billy Nicholls) 3:12
  12. "Breakaway (Reprise)" (Raeford Gerald) 1:56

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Billboard Top Soul Albums [3] 13

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
US Pop US Soul
1973"It Hurts So Good" [3] 243
1973"Breakaway" [3] 16

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References

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