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
- Velvet Rope
- You
- Got 'Til It's Gone
- Interlude-Speaker Phone
- My Need
- Interlude-Fasten Your Seatbelts
- Go Deep
- Free Xone
- Interlude-Memory
- Together Again
- Interlude-Online
- Empty
- Interlude-Full
- What About
- Every Time
- Tonight's The Night
- I Get Lonely
- Rope Burn
- Anything
- Interlude-Sad
- Special
Free Music Notes for The Velvet Rope
Free Music Review: Dark, expressive, introspective...a masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the traditions in my parents' house was stuffing the stockings at Christmas with smaller gifts. CDs, movies, books...something to keep us kids busy while our parents attempted to stay asleep for just a few more minutes. In 1997, I ran downstairs to discover The Velvet Rope sitting in my stocking. Having been a Janet fan since Control, I instantly popped it into my over-sized portable CD player and listened.
It was the one Christmas where my parents actually were able to sleep in.
At the time when I was an impressionable and naive 15 year old, I didn't understand everything that was going on and after the one listen, I put it aside and went back to the safer Janet; the known Janet. It wasn't until a few years later, after hearing repeats of some of Janet's songs that I realized how many great songs came from that album. The Velvet Rope marks Janet's pinnacle achievement. It was her masterpiece, a culmination of everything that came before.
Things hinted at and talked around where instead thrust into the open air. It's a startling CD and a very honest one. Ten years later, I still find myself popping the CD in and never-not even once-hitting skip. From the moment the piercing electric violin strikes the first shiver-inducing note to the final song that provides a glimpse of happiness, The Velvet Rope has capitvated me, over and over.
With later albums on the lightweight and airy side, I turn to The Velvet Rope to find Janet at a time in her life where her music was sexy, dark and personal. I love this album and if you haven't listened to it, check it out.
The Velvet Rope Poster
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 CantwellDance & DJ Music CDs
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