The Pains of Growing

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The Pains of Growing
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)
Recorded2017–2018
Studio
  • 4220 (Los Angeles)
  • Paramount Recording (Los Angeles)
  • Revolution Recording (Toronto)
Genre
Length45:44
Label Def Jam
Producer
Alessia Cara chronology
Know-It-All
(2015)
The Pains of Growing
(2018)
This Summer
(2019)
Singles from The Pains of Growing
  1. "Growing Pains"
    Released: June 15, 2018
  2. "Trust My Lonely"
    Released: October 5, 2018
  3. "Out of Love"
    Released: January 29, 2019

The Pains of Growing is the second studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia Cara. The album was released on November 30, 2018, by Def Jam Recordings. Its songs were mostly written by Cara herself, with co-writing from producers Pop & Oak. The Pains of Growing is a "coming of age" record, inspired by three years of the singer's life that led up to its release. Primarily, the album touches themes such as anxiety, heartbreak, and loneliness, as of Cara's experiences inside the music industry. Critics named Cara and her sound as "the big-sister of pop", [3] and praised Cara's songwriting ability. The album would eventually win a Juno Award for Album of the Year at the 2020 Juno Awards, and would also receive accolades on other categories that same year.

Contents

The album debuted at 71 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 21 in Canada. The Pains of Growing generated three singles. "Growing Pains", released as the album's lead single on June 15, 2018, charted at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 36 in Canada. "Trust My Lonely" and "Out of Love" were respectively released as its second and third singles. Cara promoted the album through a series of public appearances and televised live performances, and later, on May 11, 2019, began embarking on 'The Pains of Growing Tour', in Ottawa, Ontario. In addition to her own tour, Cara opened for Shawn Mendes' tour during his US, Canadian and some European dates.

Background and release

According to Cara, The Pains of Growing explores "the nuance and mentality of what it's like to age out of your teen years", as she was 21 during the writing and recording of it. [4] She added that the album is "a little bit more mature, and a little bit more cohesive. It just feels more like a full album. And then conceptually, I know I already touched on it before, but just life experiences and just a lot more transparency". [4] Steven J. Horowitz of Billboard called the album a "more mature, radio-ready body of work". [4] From December 2018 to January 2019, Cara uploaded videos to her YouTube channel as a part of a series called "The Making Of: The Pains of Growing", in the videos she puts together a collection of behind the scenes for her songs, giving fans a look at how the songs came together in short summaries, she has created videos for the seven songs from her album: "All We Know", "I Don't Want To", "Trust My Lonely", "Wherever I Live", "7 Days", "Not Today" and "Growing Pains". [5]

Promotion

Singles

"Growing Pains", the album's lead single, was released on June 15, 2018, and serviced to hot adult contemporary radio on June 25, 2018. The song peaked at number 36 in Canada, number 65 in the United States, and number 87 in Australia. The second single, "Trust My Lonely", was released on October 5, 2018. [6] [1] "Out of Love" was released to US contemporary hit radio on January 29, 2019, as the album's third single. [7]

Promotional singles

Two promotional singles preceded the album. "A Little More" was released on July 11, [8] and "Not Today" was released on November 13. [9]

Live performances

Cara first performed "Growing Pains" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 18, 2018. [10] The singer played most of The Pains of Growing for a media gathering at a Los Angeles studio in June 2018. [4] On July 11, Cara performed "Growing Pains" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . [11] "Growing Pains" was also performed at the 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs. [12] "Trust My Lonely" has been performed live at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards and "Out of Love" was performed at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. [13] [14] Cara shared the cover art and track listing on Twitter on October 26. [15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [16]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Exclaim! 8/10 [19]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [21]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [22]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [23]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [24]

Upon its release, The Pains of Growing received generally favorable reviews from music critics. On the review aggregator site Metacritic, the album holds a score of 72/100, based on 13 reviews. [16] Rob Sheffield, writing for Rolling Stone , awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars, commending Cara's songwriting and vocals and noting her growth from her previous record; Sheffield ends his review by commenting that "all over The Pains of Growing, she's got a style that's all her own." [23] NME likewise gave the album 4 stars out of five and commended "Girl Next Door" as "the most revealing song" on the album, calling the album "impressive and winningly authentic." [2]

Some critics were more mixed in their assessments of the album. Ben Beaumont-Thomas, writing for The Guardian , criticized "some production that sounds suspiciously like focus-grouping" and also deemed the lyrics a "mixed bag", but commended "7 Days" and "A Little More" as "much more affecting." He gave the album 3 stars out of 5. [20] Pitchfork critic Jayson Greene scored the album 6.8 out of 10; he opined that "a few songs here feel like homework assignments done en route to arrive at a better song." [1] However, he also wrote that, unlike its predecessor, the album "has the tinge of a project made with love and devotion" and singled out "Not Today", "Trust My Lonely", "Nintendo Game", "Wherever I Live", and "Girl Next Door" as highlights. [1] In the review for AllMusic, Andy Kellman compared the album to Cara's previous release, stating that "The Pains of Growing is consequently more fragmented and less consistent than Know-It-All , but Cara makes the best of it, generally writing in a slightly wiser and sharper manner from the same introverted homebody perspective." [17]

Commercial performance

In Canada, The Pains of Growing debuted at number 21 [25] In the United States the album debuted at number 71 on the Billboard 200. [26] Elsewhere, it charted at number 165 on the Belgium Ultratop Flanders chart, number 76 in Australia and number 78 on the Dutch Albums Chart. [27] [28] [29]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Growing Pains" Pop & Oak 3:13
2."Not Today"Caracciolo Jon Levine 2:36
3."I Don't Want To"Caracciolo Alessia Cara 2:42
4."7 Days"
  • Caracciolo
  • Wansel
  • Felder
Pop & Oak3:28
5."Trust My Lonely"
  • Caracciolo
  • Wansel
  • Felder
Pop & Oak3:19
6."Wherever I Live"Caracciolo Ricky Reed 3:05
7."All We Know"
  • Caracciolo
  • Wansel
  • Felder
  • Trevor Brown
  • William Simmons
  • Pop & Oak
  • Trevorious [a]
  • Zaire Koalo [a]
3:23
8."A Little More"CaraccioloCara2:26
9."Comfortable"
4:17
10."Nintendo Game"
  • Caracciolo
  • Kaleb Rollins
  • Marc Soto
ClickNPress2:41
11."Out of Love"
3:47
12."Girl Next Door"
  • Caracciolo
  • Rollins
  • Soto
ClickNPress3:22
13."My Kind"
  • Caracciolo
  • Mercureau
  • Reed
  • Nate Mercereau
3:01
14."Easier Said"
  • Caracciolo
  • Wansel
  • Felder
  • Brown
  • Simmons
  • Pop & Oak
  • Trevorious [a]
  • Zaire Koalo [a]
3:25
15."Growing Pains (Reprise)"CaraccioloCara0:59
Total length:45:44
Target exclusive bonus tracks & Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Growing Pains" (Acoustic)3:14
17."Growing Pains" (BRAVVO Remix)3:43
18."Growing Pains" (Locals Only Sound Remix) (featuring Curtis Smith)3:14
19."Trust My Lonely" (Frank Walker Remix)3:06
20."Trust My Lonely" (Rain or Shine Remix)4:35
Japanese bonus tracks [30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
21."Stay" (with Zedd)
  • Zedd
  • Wiklund
3:30
Total length:67:20

Track listing adapted from iTunes. [31]

Personnel

Credits for The Pains of Growing adapted from AllMusic. [17] All lyrics written by Alessia Cara.

Studios

Recording locations

Additional recording locations

Engineering locations

Mixing and mastering locations

Vocals

Instrumentation

Production

Technical

Artwork & management

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [27] 165
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [33] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [29] 78
US Billboard 200 [34] 71

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [35] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
AustraliaNovember 30, 2018 Def Jam [36]
Netherlands [37]
US [38]
JapanCD Universal Music Japan [39]

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