Club Nouveau – Life, Love & Pain (2022 Remaster) (1986/2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Club Nouveau - Life, Love & Pain (2022 Remaster) (1986/2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz] Download

Life, Love & Pain is the debut album by 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 Hot 100 and Dance charts and number two on the R&B 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!. Twelve-inch singles from the album were handled by then-WB subsidiary Tommy Boy Records.The funky, dance-oriented R&B act Club Nouveau stormed onto the musical scene in late 1986 with Life, Love, & Pain. Half the songs on this eight-title set received some form of airplay, but none matched the success of their lighthearted, reggae/hip-hop remake of the Bill Withers classic “Lean on Me,” which topped the American pop charts for two weeks in 1987. The follow-up, “Why You Treat Me So Bad,” only peaked at number 39 on the pop charts (but fared much better on the R&B charts), yet has enjoyed an equally long (if not longer) shelf life. By the end of the ’90s, “Why You Treat Me So Bad” had already been sampled into two of the decade’s biggest hip-hop hits: “I Got Five on It” by Luniz and “Satisfy You” by Puff Daddy and R. Kelly. The album also featured “Jealousy,” which was a remake/answer song to Timex Social Club’s 1986 Top Ten hit “Rumours,” and the R&B hit “Situation #9.” The album closes with “Pump It Up,” which is a reprise of “Lean on Me.” Club Nouveau never again came close to matching the success of this album or its singles. There are a few compilations on Club Nouveau, but to capture the spirit of the band at their best, go with Life, Love, & Pain. – Jose F. Promis

Tracklist:

1-01. Club Nouveau – Jealousy (Remastered) (04:46)
1-02. Club Nouveau – Why You Treat Me So Bad (Remastered) (05:11)
1-03. Club Nouveau – Lean on Me (Remastered) (05:57)
1-04. Club Nouveau – Promises Promises (Remastered) (05:27)
1-05. Club Nouveau – Situation #9 (Remastered) (04:53)
1-06. Club Nouveau – Heavy on My Mind (Remastered) (04:43)
1-07. Club Nouveau – Let Me Go (Remastered) (04:25)
1-08. Club Nouveau – Pump It Up (Lean On Me Reprise) (Remastered) (02:38)

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