Rhythm Nation 1814

by Janet Jackson

Rhythm Nation 1814 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 August 1989
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:31
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation 1814' is a massively ambitious, heavily synthesized concept album that fused new jack swing with aggressive, post-industrial dance-pop. The record pairs highly energetic, rigid pop mechanics with deeply passionate, conscious lyricism confronting political injustice and urban decay.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, rhythmic, political, conscious, conceptual, dance, electronic, social-commentary, glossy

Tracklist

  1. Interlude: Pledge (0:47)
  2. Rhythm Nation (5:30)
  3. Interlude: T.V. (0:21)
  4. State Of The World (4:47)
  5. Interlude: Race (0:04)
  6. The Knowledge (3:53)
  7. Interlude: Let's Dance (0:03)
  8. Miss You Much (4:12)
  9. Interlude: Come Back (0:20)
  10. Love Will Never Do (Without You) (5:49)
  11. Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make) (4:41)
  12. Alright (6:26)
  13. Interlude: Hey Baby (0:09)
  14. Escapade (4:43)
  15. Interlude: No Acid (0:05)
  16. Black Cat (4:50)
  17. Lonely (4:59)
  18. Come Back To Me (5:32)
  19. Someday Is Tonight (6:01)
  20. Interlude: Livin'...In Complete Darkness (1:07)

Credits

  • Janet Jackson - primary artist, co-producer
  • Richard Frankel - art direction, design
  • Jellybean Johnson - co-producer
  • John McClain - executive-producer
  • Brian Gardner - mastered by
  • Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - producer

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