Sex, Love & Pain

Sex, Love & Pain is the third studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Tank. It was released on May 15, 2007, by Blackground Records and Universal Motown Records. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 103,000 copies in its first week, while reaching number 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Tank's first album to have a Parental Advisory sticker, Sex, Love & Pain was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 50th Grammy Awards.

Sex, Love, & Pain
Studio album by Tank
Released	May 15, 2007
Genre	R&B
Length	56:24
Label	Blackground Universal Motown
Producer	Antonio Dixon Eric Jackson St. Nick Steven Russell Timbaland the Underdogs
Tank chronology
One Man (2002) Sex, Love, & Pain (2007) Now or Never (2010)
Singles from Sex Love & Pain
"Please Don't Go" Released: March 13, 2007 "Heartbreaker" Released: August 10, 2007[1]

The album's lead single was "Please Don't Go", which topped the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart for six weeks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
About	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]

AllMusic wrote that the album contained "smooth urban contemporary grooves tailor-made for deep, soulful seduction."^[2]

Track listing

Sex, Love & Pain track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Coldest"	Durrell Babbs Thai Olivia Jones	Tank	6:52
2.	"I'm Coming Home"	Babbs Tom Brocker Robert Nelson Relf Melvin Curtis Coleman Keri Hilson	St. Nick	3:05
3.	"My Body"	Babbs Harvey Mason Jr. Steven Russell Damon Thomas Antonio Dixon	The Underdogs Tank	3:51
4.	"Please Don't Go"	Babbs Charles Bereal	Tank	5:53
5.	"I Hate U"	Babbs Luke Boyd Nazerine Vera Henderson	Tank	5:15
6.	"Heartbreaker"	Babbs Mason Thomas Dawkins Dixon	Dixon Eric Jackson	4:30
7.	"Who Dat"	Babbs Mason Russell Thomas Dixon	The Underdogs Russell Tank	3:49
8.	"When"	Babbs Mason Russell Thomas	The Underdogs Tank	6:22
9.	"Wedding Song"	Babbs Mason Thomas	The Underdogs	4:38
10.	"My Heart"	Babbs Mason Russell Thomas Dixon	The Underdogs	4:14
11.	"I Love U"	Babbs Coleman Michael Stokes Emanuel Johnson Hilson	The St. Nick	4:03
12.	"I Love Them Girls" (Timbaland Remix)	Babbs Mason Thomas Dixon	Timbaland	3:57
Total length:				56:24

Personnel

Credits for Sex, Love & Pain adapted from Allmusic.^[5]

Flent Coleman – Executive Producer Jimmy Douglas – Mixing Sean Garrett – Composer Barry Handerson – Executive Producer Dawn Haynes – Wardrobe Keri Hilson – Composer Eric D. Jackson – Producer

Harvey Mason, Jr. – Mixing Aaron Renner – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Steve Russell – Producer Dexter Simmons – Mixing Tank – Composer, Primary Artist Timbaland – Composer, Guest Artist, Producer Eric Williams – Photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Sex, Love & Pain Chart (2007) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Sex, Love & Pain Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200[8] 169 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9] 36