Janet (Re-Issue)

Jackson, Janet

Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock

Format: CD Album

Released: Tue 18 May 1993

Catalogue Number: 7878252

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Description:
With JANET, the crown princess of the Jackson family steps out from behind her carefully buffed image to create a sensual new musical persona for herself. Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis play cat and mouse with modern R&B forms by juxtaposing classic Motown samples (the Supremes on "You Want This" and "If") and Jackson 5 harmonies against slamming dance grooves, as echoes of girl group innocence crash head on with Janet's willful sexuality (to particular effect on ballads like "Where Are You Now" and "The Body That Loves You"). Janet Jackson's ambition rises to the level of her talent on a number of JANET's songs. On "This Time" a tender acoustic overture (punctuated by Kathleen Battle's elegant operatic soprano) gives way to a dark dance track and tales of love gone sour, while her moaning hyperventilations on "Throb" would give Donna Summer pause, as Janet imparts a sleek hip-hop aura to the traditional disco groove. Elsewhere JANET mixes and matches different genres with grace and good humor, from the Stax/Volt country funk of "What'll I Do," to the jitterbugging dance lines of "Funky Big Band" and the stand-up-and-be-proud shouts of "New Agenda." JANET backs away ever so slightly from the hard dance grooves that originally cemented her reputation, to focus instead on her emerging depth as a ballad singer and canny pop-diva.

Details:

Distributors: CEVA Logistics, EMI Operations
Discs: 1
Release Year: 1993
Running Time: 75 minutes

Track Listing:

1.	Morning
2.	That's the Way Love Goes
3.	You Know...
4.	You Want This
5.	Be a Good Boy
6.	If
7.	Back
8.	This Time
9.	Go On Miss Janet
10.	Throb
11.	What'll I Do
12.	The Lounge
13.	Funky Big Band
14.	Racism
15.	New Agenda
16.	Love Pt. 2
17.	Because of Love
18.	Wind
19.	Again
20.	Another Lover
21.	Where Are You Now
22.	Hold On Baby
23.	The Body That Loves You
24.	Rain
25.	Any Time Any Place
26.	Are You Still Up
27.	Sweet Dreams