Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
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Artist: Janet JacksonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-10-07
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Interlude: Twisted Elegance - Janet Jackson, Harris, James [Prod
- Velvet Rope
- You - Janet Jackson, Elizondo, Rene Jr.
- Got 'Til It's Gone
- Interlude: Speaker Phone - Janet Jackson, Harris, James [Prod
- My Need
- Go Deep
- Free Xone
- Together Again
- Empty
- What About
- Every Time
- Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Janet Jackson, Stewart, Rod
- I Get Lonely
- Rope Burn
- Anything
- Special
Music reviews of The Velvet Rope
Music Review: Very Special
Rating: 5 Stars
The Velvet Rope is an album with a purpose: to unravel the enigma of our human actions. Janet Jackson has made it clear in the title track that "we have a special need to feel that we belong". This is Jackson's answer to why we do some of the things we do. While the album is sexually explicit, every explicit moment simply leads back to the human need to feel special. Janet Jackson's jump into the arena of sexually explicit music is done with grace, and compared to some of her contemporaries, Jackson dominates (no innuendo intended!). While Madonna's songs such as "Erotica" showed how sex can be a means of pain and pleasure, The Velvet Rope's songs transcend raw pleasure. One might say it is about the need for love. Though Jackson's voice is a soft wispy one, she is capable of breathing life into songs due to her personal experiences with depression and marital problems, her experiences outside of her own concept of the "velvet rope". This album is a heartfelt reminder that we all need to be accepted by ourselves as well as others. Truly a masterpiece!
Description of The Velvet Rope
Teaming with her most accomplished collaborators, producer-songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson delivers what is easily her finest record since Rhythm Nation--and arguably her best ever. Highlights include jams like "You" and "Got 'Til It's Gone," which recontextualizes samples from War and Joni Mitchell, respectively; the funky memorial to a dear departed, "Together Again"; and a slinky cover of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night." Best of all, though, is "What About." An accusatory throwdown for a lover who beats and cheats even as he professes his love, it swings angrily between tender quiet and raging bitter funk. --David CantwellGeneral CDs
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