112 - Pleasure and Pain

Release Date:03/29/2005;Notes:Riding an '80s backbeat and their own velvet harmonies, 112-R&B's answer to the pure-pop boy band-sails into Pleasure & Pain with "Let This Go," a hard-edged charmer that works equally well as pound-the-steering-wheel morning commute music or a sophisticated club jam. The rest of the disc follows suit, detouring here and there for ladies-only love songs ("Nowhere," "That's How Close We Are"), a soul interlude ("We Goin' Be Alright"), and sexy toe-dips into hip-hop ("If I Hit" featuring T.I. and "Closing the Club" featuring Three 6 Mafia). More than anything, this fifth album is a measure of the band's musical mettle: Instead of trading entirely on the 1996 sound that earned them a ride up the charts with "Only You," Q, Mike, Slim, and Daron work it out in a way that says they're as done with the last century as the rest of us. Best of all, that baby-don't-break-my-heart wail that could pay the boys' bills by itself works it's way into nearly every track.;Track List:1. Let This Go 3:59 - Pleasure Pain;2. What If 5:24;3. U Already Know 3:20;4. Damn 3:43;5. Nowhere 3:54;6. Last to Know 4:00;7. I'm Sorry (Interlude) 00:45;8. My Mistakes 4:39;9. If I Hit 112 T.I. 3:56;10. The Way 112 Jermaine Dupri 3:24;11. We Goin' Be Alright 1:35;12. Why Can't We Get Along 4:15;13. That's How Close We Are 1 3:55;14. Closing the Club 112 Three 6 Mafia 4:02;15. What the Hell Do You Want 5:29;16. God Knows 5:08