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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> |
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| Name = Janet Jackson |
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| Type = studio |
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| Artist = [[Janet Jackson]] |
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| Cover = JanetJacksonDebutCover.jpg |
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| Released = [[September 23]] [[1982]] |
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| Recorded = 1980–1981 |
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| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]] |
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| Length = 38:50 |
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| Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] |
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| Producer = [[René Moore]], [[Angela Winbush]], [[The Sylvers|Foster Sylvers]], Bobby Watson, Jerry Weaver |
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| Reviews = *[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g3j20rjac48x link] |
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*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/janetjackson/albums/album/129831/review/5946431/janet_jackson link] |
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| This album = '''''Janet Jackson'''''<br>(1982) |
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| Next album = ''[[Dream Street (album)|Dream Street]]''<br>(1984) |
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{{Singles |
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| Name = Janet Jackson |
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| Type = studio |
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| single 1 = [[Young Love (Janet Jackson song)|Young Love]] |
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| single 2 = [[Come Give Your Love to Me]] |
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| single 3 = [[Say You Do]] |
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| single 4 = Don't Mess Up This Good Thing |
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}} |
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}} |
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'''''Janet Jackson''''' is the self-titled debut album by [[United States|American]] [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]/[[pop music|pop]] singer [[Janet Jackson]]. |
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Released in 1982 (see [[1982 in music]]), it sold poorly but featured Jackson's first top one hundred pop singles, "[[Young Love (Janet Jackson song)|Young Love]]" (a top ten R&B single) and "[[Come Give Your Love to Me]]" (a top twenty R&B single produced by [[The Sylvers|Foster Sylvers]]). |
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Jackson said that her music career was forced by her father at first. [[Joseph Jackson|Joe Jackson]] would make her sing fluffy pop/light R&B songs that she didn't feel comfortable singing. However, it became the tenth biggest selling R&B album of 1982.<ref>http://mitglied.lycos.de/jdjgermany/</ref> |
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This and Jackson's 1984 follow-up ''[[Dream Street (album)|Dream Street]]'' would be precursors to Jackson's groundbreaking sound with the ''[[Control (Janet Jackson album)|Control]]'' album in 1986. |
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On [[April 24]], [[2007]], [[iTunes]] added all of Jackson's A&M albums to their short Janet Jackson selection, with the exception of ''[[Dream Street (album)|Dream Street]]'' which was added three weeks later. |
On [[April 24]], [[2007]], [[iTunes]] added all of Jackson's A&M albums to their short Janet Jackson selection, with the exception of ''[[Dream Street (album)|Dream Street]]'' which was added three weeks later. |
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#"[[Young Love (Janet Jackson song)|Young Love]]" (Moore, Winbush) – 4:58 |
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#"Love and My Best Friend" (Moore, Winbush) – 4:48 |
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#"Don't Mess Up This Good Thing" (Dana Meyers, Wardell Potts, Jr., Barry Sarna) – 3:55 |
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#"Forever Yours" (Attala Zane Giles, Phillip Ingram) – 4:57 |
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#"The Magic Is Working" (Gene Dozier, Dorie Pride) – 4:08 |
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#"[[Come Give Your Love to Me]]" (Glen Barbee, Charmaine Elaine Sylvers) – 5:03 |
#"[[Come Give Your Love to Me]]" (Glen Barbee, Charmaine Elaine Sylvers) – 5:03 |
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Janet Jackson is the self-titled debut album by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.
Released in 1982 (see 1982 in music), it sold poorly but featured Jackson's first top one hundred pop singles, "Young Love" (a top ten R&B single) and "Come Give Your Love to Me" (a top twenty R&B single produced by Foster Sylvers).
Jackson said that her music career was forced by her father at first. Joe Jackson would make her sing fluffy pop/light R&B songs that she didn't feel comfortable singing. However, it became the tenth biggest selling R&B album of 1982.[1]
This and Jackson's 1984 follow-up Dream Street would be precursors to Jackson's groundbreaking sound with the Control album in 1986.
On April 24, 2007, iTunes added all of Jackson's A&M albums to their short Janet Jackson selection, with the exception of Dream Street which was added three weeks later.
Track listing
- "Say You Do" (René Moore, Angela Winbush) – 6:50
- "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" (Moore, Winbush) – 4:11
- "Young Love" (Moore, Winbush) – 4:58
- "Love and My Best Friend" (Moore, Winbush) – 4:48
- "Don't Mess Up This Good Thing" (Dana Meyers, Wardell Potts, Jr., Barry Sarna) – 3:55
- "Forever Yours" (Attala Zane Giles, Phillip Ingram) – 4:57
- "The Magic Is Working" (Gene Dozier, Dorie Pride) – 4:08
- "Come Give Your Love to Me" (Glen Barbee, Charmaine Elaine Sylvers) – 5:03
Charts
Chart (1982) | Peak position[2] |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 63 |
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 6 |
South African Albums Chart | 98 |
Personnel
- Janet Jackson (lead and background vocals)
- René Moore (producer, songwriter, rhythm arrangements, keyboards, background vocals)
- Angela Winbush (producer, songwriter, rhythm arrangements, keyboards, background vocals)
- Glen Barbee (songwriter)
- Vincent Brantley (handclaps)
- David Crawford (rhythm arrangements)
- Paulinho Da Costa (percussion)
- Gene Dozier (songwriter, horn and srting arrangements, keyboards)
- Andre Fischer (drums)
- Eddie Fluellen (string machines)
- Joey Gallo (synthesizers, keyboards)
- Attala Zane Giles (songwriter, background vocals)
- Marlo Henderson (guitars)
- Howard Hewett (background vocals)
- Jerry Hey (horn arrangements, string arrangements)
- Phillip Ingram (songwriter, string machines, background vocals)
- James Jamerson Jr. (bass)
- Fred Jenkins (guitar)
- Jerry Knight (background vocals)
- Jeff Lorber (synthesizers)
- Tony Maiden (guitars)
- Derrick McDowell (handclaps)
- Michael McGloiry (guitars)
- Dana Meyers (songwriter, background vocals, background vocals arrangement)
- Greg Moore (guitars)
- Michael Norfleet (synthesizers)
- Earnest "Pepper" Reed (guitar)
- Wardell Potts Jr. (songwriter, rhythm arrangements, drums)
- Dorie Pride (songwriter)
- Monica Joy Rhodes (handclaps)
- John Robinson (drums)
- Barry Sarna (songwriter, synthesizers)
- Ricky Smith (bass, string machines)
- Otis Stokes (background vocals)
- Charmaine Sylvers (songwriter)
- Edmund Sylvers (percussion)
- Foster Sylvers (producer, rhythm arrangements, drums, bass, background vocals)
- Leon F. Sylvers III (rhythm arrangement, bass)
- Patricia Sylvers (background vocals, sythesizers)
- Ian Underwood (synthesizers)
- Trevor Veitch (contractor)
- Jerry Vinci (concertmaster)
- Bobby Watson (producer, rhythm arrangements, bass)
- Jerry Weaver (producer, rhythm arrangements, background vocal arrangements, synthesizers)
- Melvin Webb (percussion)
- Wendell C. Wellman (handclaps)
- Mike West (guitar)
- Benjamin Wright (string arrangements)
Singles released
- "Young Love" (1982)
- "Come Give Your Love to Me" (1983)
- "Say You Do" (1983)
- "Don't Mess Up This Good Thing" (1983)
Miscellanea
- Janet didn't want any of her family members to participate in the making of the album. She wanted it to be her own project, judged by its own merits.
- On the cover photo Janet is photographed in the swimming pool of the Jackson family's home.
- The CD album version of "Say You Do" is the "Special Remixed Version" (6:50) from the single vinyl release instead of the original album version (5:15), which can be found on the vinyl album.
RIAA
- Uncertified (U.S.) #63
External links
Notes
- ^ http://mitglied.lycos.de/jdjgermany/
- ^ Chart positions Craving Janet. Retrieved on July 25, 2007