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The Breakthrough |  | Artist: Mary J. Blige
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 39577
Format: Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602498893494
EAN: 0602498893494
ASIN: B000CDGT50
Release Date: December 12, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | No One Will Do | | • | Enough Cryin (Feat. Brook) | | • | About You (Feat. Will.I.Am and Nina Simone) | | • | Be Without You | | • | Gonna Breakthrough (Feat. Brook) | | • | Good Woman Down | | • | Take Me As I Am | | • | Baggage | | • | Can't Hide From Luv (Feat. Jay-Z) | | • | MJB Da MVP | | • | Can't Get Enough | | • | Ain't Really Me | | • | I Found My Everything (Feat. Raphael Saadiq) | | • | Father In You | | • | Alone (Feat. Dave Young) | | • | One (With U2)_ | | • | So Lady (Feat Raphael Saadiq) | | • | Show Love (Bonus Track) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 27
 Great album from our R'N'B diva April 19, 2006
Craig J. Richardson (birchington kent u.k)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This album takes some time to get used to, but i was drawn to the album from the first song "BE WITHOUT YOU" and then i heard the new song with u2 "ONE" you can see why it was called the breakthrough as the album sort of reads about mary j bliges life, now that i have heard the album in full it is truly a brilliant peice of work and is quite diffrent from what mary normally does.
br /a brilliant album with some excellent smooth grooves and stomping beats, perfect for any party!
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br /9 out of 10
Pure Class!!! December 15, 2005
I. Greaves (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Every single time Mary releases new material it just keeps getting better and better! This album contains everything that#x27;s become associated with her. There#x27;s non-stop positivity, talking through her (and your) struggles, yet there#x27;s an air of assured maturity now where you explicitly trust in her wisdom. Her voice has never sounded better, as the new single "Be Without You" demonstrates. However, that#x27;s merely a taster. If you have never enjoyed a Mary J Blige song before, once you listen to her take on U2#x27;s "One" you#x27;ll be forever converted. This has to be a single, it would definitely be the commercial success that often Mary misses out on. There#x27;s not one bad moment on the album, although there are obvious stronger songs. My personal highlights are "No one will do", "Enough Cryin#x27;", "Be Without You", "Good Woman Down", "Can#x27;t Hide From Luv", "Ain#x27;t Really Love" and the amazing duet with Dave Young "Alone". Alongside other growers, the unbelievable version of "One", her makeover of the Game#x27;s "Hate it Or Love It" (MJB Da MVP) and the Kelis-esque bonus track "Show Love" this album is one of the best ever soul-hip-hop albums to be made. A must buy.
Mary just broke through November 29, 2006
ronaldobiscottini (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a great album. I have bought the previous 2 outputs from Mary and this is by far the best - for me, the reason being that there are no fillers or weak songs. The first time I listened through, I kept waiting for a poor song and it never came.
br /The first four songs (including Be Without You) are stand-out, as are MJB da MVP and One.
br /Thoroughly recommended.
Stunning March 30, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is absolutely brilliant; I've liked a few of MJB's songs - especially Family Affair - but had never owned an album and decided to buy this based on the addictive lead single 'Be Without You'. As with many hip-hop/RB/Soul female albums, the list of tracks is very long at a whopping 20 tracks! However, many suffer a couple of great tracks and an album-full of fillers - this is most certainly an exception to that rule.br5stars-brBe Without you (Soft ballod) MJB da MVP (slick interpretation of a 50 cent/Game song) Baggage (best on album - superb lyrics and tune) and One ft.U2. This is an interpretation of the U2 song dubbed their best by critics, and she does it justice like you wouldn't believe! She is soulful, tuneful and a joy to listen to. Also 'Good Woman Down', loud fast and uplifting.brOther good tracks-brCan't Hide from love, gonna breakthrough, so lady, can't get enough, aint really love(again lyrics to listen out for) I found my everything, show love and no-one will do, and excellent album-opener.brAverage-3stars-brFather in you, alone, enough cryin, about youpAll in all a brilliant album you need to buy, even if, as i was, you are new to MJB or any real RB/soul music. Great value for a tenner!
You can#x27;t keep a good woman down March 13, 2006
M. C. Slade (Bath, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I#x27;m extremely excited about this album from Mary-Jane. She draws upon a lifetime of experiences as inspiration, and boy does she come out of it with great credit for a job extremely well done.pWhether you#x27;re (like me) an eighties soul boy or girl, or if you#x27;re a contemporary RNB kid you#x27;ll love this equally, for there#x27;s enough pure soul and modern RNB to keep both camps happy, as well as the casual punter.pLike a great wine always seems to remind me of summer fruits- strawberries, cherries or raspberries, this album makes me think of MJB#x27;s likely influences as diverse as Teddy Pendergrass, Chaka Khan, The Mary Jane Girls (surely not the one and the same?), Alex O#x27;Neal, Luther, Cherelle, and even Diana Ross.pI#x27;m not going to give a track-by-track review, but my personal favourites are opening track #x27;No-one will do#x27;, the MJB classically-styled #x27;Be without you#x27;, the soulful hip-hop #x27;Gonna breakthrough#x27;, and the early 80s-reminiscent #x27;Baggage#x27;, but my two favourites are the wonderful #x27;Good woman down#x27; and the amazing #x27;ONE#x27; sang in duet with U2. pThis album makes me want to drive out into the city at dusk and just cruise the city streets with my CD up LOUD! It#x27;s a classic soul album and it#x27;s contemporary enough to be a hit with the CD-buying public- the kids.pYou really can#x27;t keep a good woman down it seems!
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