This is a classic. This is Janet Jackson's first really sucessful album. The album is quite a dance album and the song control is a masterpice of the 80's and is 80's music at its best. This is an album any Janet Jackson will enjoy. It is lively, upbeat and contains some of Janet's best dance ... Read review
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Control -
"Free at last / Out here on my own," Janet Jackson sings on the title track of her 1986
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blockbuster,Control, an album about personal liberation, romantic longing, and, of all things, sexual responsibility. After two albums of middling dance-pop that we...
...dance album and the song control is a masterpice of the 80's and is 80's music at its best. This is an album any Janet Jackson will enjoy. It is lively, upbeat and contains some of Janet's best dance work. Nasty Boys is very rhymic and has been influenced by rap and R&B and one of her best songs, Janet has real talent and this is one of the best albums of the 1980's. The Pleasure Principle is the other classi song on this album. I would recommend ...
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Advantages: All the greatest hits in one package Disadvantages: Not enough hits from the janet. album
...JanetJackson has long broken away from the shadow of the Jackson 5 and Michael. This greatest hits collection combines her two successful albums ´Control´ and ´Rhythm Nation´ as well as two singles from the ´janet.´ album and a previously unavailable single with Luther Vandross ´The Best Things in Life are Free.´
In addition, Janet unveils two new singles for her fans. ´Runaway´ was a song for the fans who have always been there with her, especially on her amazing tours and ´Twenty Fourplay´ is probably one of her sexiest songs ever. `Twenty Fourplay´ is so sexy that it makes you wanna...
If you are lucky to get the special edition version of this album, you can get a second cd with dance remixes of her earlier hits from the two flops she released before ´Control´. Although this album lacks the major hits from the ´janet.´ album...
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Label / Distributor: Universal IMS / Universal Music
Producer: Jimmy Jam; Terry Lewis
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 82839510622
SPAR code: AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes: Although Janet Jackson had released two records in the early 1980s, they were quickly forgotten, and notably shaped by her parents' considerable influence. Janet's landmark third album, 1986's CONTROL, would change all that.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Control
2.: What Have You Done For Me Lately
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Album Reviews: Vibe (12/99, p.157) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - \"[Janet] demands respect, draws her boundaries, and kicks some nasty butt....bringing a new wealth of range, power, and grace.\"
Titles on disc 1
3.: You Can Be Mine
4.: Pleasure Principle
5.: When I Think Of You
6.: He Doesn't Know I'm Alive
7.: Let's Wait Awhile
8.: Funny How Time Flies
9.: Nasty
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