Janet.

Rating

Album: Janet.
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Morning	More Info...
2)	That's the Way Love Goes	More Info...	0:04
3)	You Know...	More Info...
4)	You Want This	More Info...	0:05
5)	Be a Good Boy...	More Info...
6)	If	More Info...	0:04
7)	Back	More Info...
8)	This Time	More Info...	0:07
9)	Go On Miss Janet	More Info...
10)	Throb	More Info...	0:04
11)	What'll I Do	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Lounge	More Info...
13)	Funky Big Band	More Info...	0:05
14)	Racism	More Info...
15)	New Agenda	More Info...	0:04
16)	Love (Part 2)	More Info...
17)	Because of Love	More Info...	0:04
18)	Wind	More Info...
19)	Again	More Info...	0:03
20)	Another Lover	More Info...
21)	Where Are You Now	More Info...	0:05
22)	Hold On Baby	More Info...
23)	The Body That Loves You	More Info...	0:05
24)	Rain	More Info...
25)	Any Time, Any Place	More Info...	0:07
26)	Are You Still Up	More Info...	0:01
27)	Sweet Dreams/Whoops Now	More Info...	0:05

Album: Janet.
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Morning	More Info...
2)	That's the Way Love Goes	More Info...	0:04
3)	You Know...	More Info...
4)	You Want This	More Info...	0:05
5)	Be a Good Boy...	More Info...
6)	If	More Info...	0:04
7)	Back	More Info...
8)	This Time	More Info...	0:07
9)	Go On Miss Janet	More Info...
10)	Throb	More Info...	0:04
11)	What'll I Do	More Info...	0:04
12)	The Lounge	More Info...
13)	Funky Big Band	More Info...	0:05
14)	Racism	More Info...
15)	New Agenda	More Info...	0:04
16)	Love (Part 2)	More Info...
17)	Because of Love	More Info...	0:04
18)	Wind	More Info...
19)	Again	More Info...	0:03
20)	Another Lover	More Info...
21)	Where Are You Now	More Info...	0:05
22)	Hold On Baby	More Info...
23)	The Body That Loves You	More Info...	0:05
24)	Rain	More Info...
25)	Any Time, Any Place	More Info...	0:07
26)	Are You Still Up	More Info...	0:01
27)	Sweet Dreams/Whoops Now	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Personnel: Janet Jackson, Kathleen Battle (vocals); Chuck D (rap vocals); The Flow, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (various instruments, programming); Dave Barry, Frank Stribling (guitar); David Eiland (alto saxophone); Kenneth Holmen (tenor saxophone); Bernie Edstrom, Robert Hallgrimson, Steve Wright, Jeff Gottwig (trumpet); Steven Pikal (trombone); Larry Waddell (Hammond organ); Jimmy Wright (keyboards, background vocals); Mark Haynes (bass,
drum programming); Stokley (drums); Jossie Harris, Tina Landon, Ann Nesby, Jamecia Bennett, Core Cotton, Marie Graham, Jeff Taylor (background vocals); Sounds Of Blackness.
Producers: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Jellybean Johnson.
Recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, Minnesota.
Janet Jackson's performance of "That's The Way Love Goes" was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award as "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female."
"That's The Way Love Goes" (Janet Jackson/James Harris III/Terry Lewis) won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Best R&B Song."
Personnel: Janet Jackson (vocals, background vocals); Jimmy Jam, Jimmy Wright (vocals, keyboards); Jeff Taylor , Kathleen Battle (vocals); (Ex) Cat Heads, Chuck D (rap vocals); Frank Stribbling, David Barry (guitar); Daria Tedeschi, Mike Solieski, Celine Leathead, Hanley Daws, Tom Kornacker, Mike Sobieski, David Bullock, Carolyn Daws (violin); Alice Preves, Tamas Strasser (viola); David Carr , Dave Karr (flute); Kenneth Holman, Kenny Holmen (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Jeff Gottwig (clarinet, trumpet); Merilee Klemp (oboe); Laura Preves (bassoon); Robert Hallgrimson (alto saxophone, trumpet); David Eiland, David Ciland (alto saxophone); Steve Wright , Bernie Edstrom (trumpet); Steven Pikal (trombone); Stokley Williams (drums); Mark Haynes (programming, drum programming); Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, Marie Graham, Ann Nesby (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Rideau; Steve Hodge .
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Diana Ross & the Supremes; Tina Landon; Kool & the Gang; Jossie Harris; James Brown ; The Flow; Jimmy Jam; Stevie Wonder; The Average White Band; The Supremes; Kathleen Battle ; Terry Lewis; Diana Ross.
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.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.72) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Rolling Stone (6/24/93, p.78) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...touches R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, rock, house, jazz and opera with the singer's pop sensibility....The princess of America's black royal family has announced herself sexually mature and surrendered none of her crown's luster in the process..."

Q (7/93, p.94) - 2 Stars - Average - "...There's enough for a string of singles, but as a serious post-rap soul contender it pales next to today's techno-literate 19-year-olds. And as proof of maturity, this 75 minutes of risibly relentless rumpo will probably only fool her brother..."

NME (Magazine) (5/29/93, p.31) - 8 - Excellent - "...a bold, slick plaything, this is as good an album as any Jackson has made...."