Janet Jackson
Janet.


5.0
classic

Review

by JTmusic1995 USER (10 Reviews)
July 4th, 2012 | 16 replies


Release Date: 1993 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Janet may have seemed quieter, but she had gotten a whole lot sexier; Janet went from uniting one world to bringing two people together... To the bedroom

With 1989's "Rhythm Nation 1814," Pop diva Janet Jackson gave her music an edgy that demanded social justice and public companionship, but the latter was overshadowed by her military image. 1993's "Janet," found Ms. Jackson focusing on the joy of love, and with its controversial original cover, the joy of SEX. The comparisons of this and Madonna's "Erotica" are unfair. "Erotica" had deep but cold grooves, making sex nothing more than pure intercourse. Janety balances sexuality, romance, loneliness, and revenge in a way she did with the record's earthshattering follow-up, "The Velvet Rope," but "Janet." might be Ms.. Jackson's best album the way it strippes down her industrial sound to make a record that balances from the sexy, independent, yet fun, teasing of "You Want This?" to the best song "Anytime, Anyplace" which just oozes witht the longing to be touched. "Janet" seems like a double LP, the way the first part has heavy dance grooves that "climaxes" with the sexy workout feel of "Throb" to the pissed off "This Time", while the seond part smoothes to soft adult contemporary R&B of the morning after ballad "Where Are You Now" as well as "Again" and "The Body that Loves You" which undeniably rinds Jackson of the love that was so good. any female artists ironically turn to Jackson for sexuality themes in music, from Beyonce to Britney to Christina. But the reason "Janet" was such a moment was how Janet was not only afraid to proclaim herself as a sex icon, but brought eveything good and bad that goes along with it, making "Janet" a more consistent record than "Rhythm Nation", and possibly even more life-changing. Sex and Pop music never sounded so good together.



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KILL
July 4th 2012


81580 Comments


neck

Treeman
July 4th 2012


1425 Comments


fuck this nigga am i right?

undertakerpt
July 22nd 2013


1649 Comments


Good idea = popping a zit

Bad idea = popping a testicle

PappyMason
July 7th 2015


5702 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

'Any Time, Any Place' is godly, I never tire of that tune.

bloc
October 30th 2019


70694 Comments


Fuckin hell this is so good. Too many interludes but whatever

Get Low
January 9th 2020


14600 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

First three comments above are hilarious.

Get Low
January 9th 2020


14600 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

The first half hour of this album is great, but after that it just draggggggggs with all of the r&b ballads and shit.

bloc
January 10th 2020


70694 Comments


Wouldn't be so bad if the interludes were gone methinks

Get Low
January 10th 2020


14600 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

That's a reoccurring problem with her albums.

Havey
February 11th 2024


12283 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"draggggggggs with all of the r&b ballads and shit"



get low you are one sexless mf

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
February 11th 2024


62523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

"Wouldn't be so bad if the interludes were gone methinks"

equally smooth-brained take

jrlikestodance
May 18th 2024


2281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Happy birthday to this banger. I am always saddened by the lack of Janet attention here

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 18th 2024


62523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

damn, happy bday - might be my fav of hers, absolutely absurd run of highlights even compared to the records either side of it

jrlikestodance
May 18th 2024


2281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Control is probably my favorite but I'm not mad at that take. Easily some of her best tracks throughout this record

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 18th 2024


62523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Control never clicked quite as hard as the 3 after, but am overdue a full catchup with that one. feel I could make a perfect 25ish track infinite repeat playlist of maybe 4 parts this and 3 parts each of TVR and Rhythmn Nation though mmmhm. any of her other stuff I'm missing out on?

jrlikestodance
May 18th 2024


2281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm only caught up to All For You but I think that album is underrated in her catalog. It definitely leans into some generic 2000s pop tropes but since it's Janet it's executed very well.



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