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Pleasure & Pain is the fifth studio album BY American R&B group 112. It was released by Def Soul on March 29, 2005 in the United States. Named after the song "Pleasure & Pain" on 112's 1996 eponymous debut album, 112, the album did not fare as well as their first three albums, but the album did manage to spawn one hit single in 2005; the single "U Already Know" peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the second single "What If" reached #74. It was the first 112 album to get a Parental Advisory sticker (although a few songs from earlier releases contain profanity as well). The single, "U Already Know", has two official remixes, the official Murder Remix featuring Ja Rule & Harry O and the official Roc-A-Fella Remix featuring Foxy Brown.

Pleasure & Pain
Studio album by 112
Released	March 29, 2005
Length	61:28
Label	Def Soul
Producer	Darrell "Delite" Allamby BAM & Ryan Warryn Campbell Jermaine Dupri Ken Fambro Focus... Daron Jones Harold Lilly The Track Boyz Mario Winans
112 chronology
Hot & Wet (2003) Pleasure & Pain (2005) Q, Mike, Slim, Daron (2017)
Singles from Pleasure & Pain
"U Already Know" Released: November 23, 2004 "What If" Released: March 11, 2005

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Stylus Magazine	C+[3]
USA Today	[4]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic found that Pleasure & Pain "isn't much different from the previous albums, with a few standout singles and album tracks surrounded by a generous amount of forgettable moments, and a similar ratio of upbeat numbers and ballads to match."[1]

Commercial performance

Pleasure & Pain debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, with sales of 118,000 copies its first week of release. This marked the group's second top-ten album on the chart. On July 15, 2005, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[5]

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^a} denotes co-producer(s)

Sample credits

• "U Already Know" contains a sample of "Can We Fall in Love Again", as performed by Phyllis Hyman.
• "The Way" contains an interpolation of "Change the Game", as performed by Jay-Z featuring Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel.
• "That's How Close We Are" contains a sample of "That Sweet Woman of Mine", as performed by Leon Haywood.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Pleasure & Pain

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for Pleasure & Pain

Region	Date	Label(s)	Format(s)	Ref.
United States	March 29, 2005	Def Soul	CD digital download	[13]

References

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