Janet Jackson - janet.

I'm tired today, and frankly kind of crabby. So if that shines through in my reviews, my pre-written apologies. Anyways, I think Janet Jackson was in Milwaukee or something a few days ago, and follower janis! asked that I do another album from her. So here I am today, reviewing another DIAMOND selling record. Having dropped in 1993, this album has sold over ten million copies easily. It's a ludicrous 28 tracks deep and produced an astonishing 9 radio singles. Now, some of the tracks on here are "interludes" which always surprise me are on Janet's albums. I don't particularly care for them, and don't understand why they're still so prominent in certain genres of music. This album is credited for cementing Janet's status as a global music icon and sex symbol - which also probably helped the twenty million in sales. If you have the time, check out the cover art for the 2 disc special edition. It's hot. I'm betting that a few guys bought it just for the photo. This was also an album where Janet really tried to set herself apart musically from her brother, as her first couple albums drew too much comparison between the siblings. Now, I want to be objective on this album. It's good, there are a ton of huge singles here and the music for the most part - has a quality factor. But it's so long, and there are so many interludes and not good tracks, it really takes away from the whole. A person like me would maybe listen to 3 or 4 songs from this whole discography of an album. For me, this is going to be a slightly above average effort, in spite of all the hoopla. I'd be curious for those people who love it, how many tracks they skip.



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. Lounge, The

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. Body That Loves You, The

24. Rain

25. Any Time, Any Place

26. Are You Still Up

27. Sweet Dreams



Listen To Samples



Top 3 Tracks:

1. Again

2. That's The Way Love Goes

3. If



FINAL RATING:

3 out of 5 stars