Janet.
by Janet Jackson
- Type: Album
- Released: 18 May 1993
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:04:28
- Community rating: 3.69/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Embracing overt sexuality and profound personal autonomy, this blockbuster release signaled a mature aesthetic shift for the pop icon. Grounded in sleek, sample-heavy production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the project fluidly incorporates contemporary hip hop and house influences, firmly cementing her dominance in 1990s R&B.
Genres
Descriptors: ballad, rhythmic, glossy, velvety, soulful, dance, melodic, vocal
Tracklist
- Morning
- That's The Way Love Goes
- You Know...
- You Want This
- Be A Good Boy...
- If
- Back
- This Time
- Go On Miss Janet
- Throb
- What'll I Do
- The Lounge
- Funky Big Band
- Racism
- New Agenda
- Love Pt. 2
- Because Of Love
- Wind
- Again
- Another Lover
- Where Are You Now
- Hold On Baby
- The Body That Loves You
- Rain
- Any Time, Any Place
- Are You Still Up
- Sweet Dreams / Whoops Now
Credits
- Janet Jackson - primary artist, producer, lead vocals, backing vocals, written-by
- Howard Kaufman - management
- Trudy Green - management
- Dave Rideau - mixed by
- Steve Hodge - mixed by
- Jellybean Johnson - producer
- Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - producer, musician, instruments [additional musical instruments]
- The Flow - musician
- James Harris III - written-by
- Terry Lewis - written-by
- Laura Preves - bassoon
- Ken Holmen - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Gary Raynor - double bass
- Dave Karr - flute
- Merilee Klemp - oboe
- Lee Blaske - orchestrated by
- Kathleen Battle - soprano vocals [opera solo]
- Jeff Gottwig - trumpet
- Steve Wright - trumpet
- Alice Preves - viola
- Tamas Strasser - viola
- Carolyn Daws - violin
- Celine Leathead - violin
- Daria Tedeschi - violin
- Hanley Daws - violin
- Michal Sobieski - violin
- Thomas Kornacker - violin
- Dave Bullock - violin [violin soloist]
- David Eiland - alto saxophone
- Bernie Edstrom - arranged by [horn arrangement], trumpet
- Ann Nesby - backing vocals
- Core Cotton - backing vocals
- Jamecia Bennett - backing vocals
- Marie Graham - backing vocals
- Mark Haynes - drum programming, programmed by [bass programming]
- Stokley Williams - drums, percussion
- Lawrence Waddell - electric organ [hammond organ]
- David Barry - guitar
- Frank Stribling - guitar
- Jimmy Jam - keyboards, vocals [additional vocalists]
- Jimmy Wright - keyboards [additional keys], vocals [additional vocalists]
- Steven Pikal - trombone
- Robert Hallgrimson - trumpet
- Jeff Taylor - vocals [additional vocalists]
- Joe Shamwell - written-by
- Steve Cropper - written-by
- Chuck D - rap, written-by [rap]