- Audio Cassette (Oct 17 1990)
- Format: Import
- Label: A&M
- ASIN: B000002GFF
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
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Product Details
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Track Listings
| 1. Control |
| 2. Nasty |
| 3. What Have You Done for Me Lately |
| 4. You Can Be Mine |
| 5. Pleasure Principle |
| 6. When I Think of You |
| 7. He Doesn't Know I'm Alive |
| 8. Let's Wait Awhile |
| 9. Funny How Time Flies |
Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
"Free at last / Out here on my own," Janet Jackson sings on the title track of her 1986 blockbuster, Control, an album about personal liberation, romantic longing, and, of all things, sexual responsibility. After two albums of middling dance-pop that were comfortably in the Jackson family mold, Janet dropped in on the burgeoning Minneapolis funk factory of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and came up with five top 10 hits, including the opening triad of "Control," "Nasty," and "What Have You Done for Me Lately," as well as the yearning "When I Think of You" and "Let's Wait Awhile," that rare song (considering some of Janet's hits to come) about not having sex. In its own way, Control is the most convincing declaration of artistic independence since Stevie Wonder's "Music of My Mind." --Daniel Durchholz
Album Description
Japanese special edition of this classic original album re-released on CD and packaged in a 12 x 12 inch album sized LP replica sleeve with all the original artwork and tracks. Universal. 2005.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Overhyped but still lives up,
By my name is (usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Control (Audio CD)
It seems like this stage of Janet is much better than her Damita Jo stage. Control was a point when she tried her best to use the voice that she didn't really have. She is definetly not blessed vocally like her brother Michael. I know its annoying to Janet fans to compare her to Michael, but you have to in this case. She made some great tracks on this album, but I think that they all sound the same. Actually I know they all sound the same. Her best artistic period was Velvet Rope. As the years went by after the Velvet Rope, All For You and Damita Jo discovered a Janet who wanted to make crappy albums.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Album,
By Cooltallguy1208 "andrew" (macomb.MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Control (Audio CD)
Control-Great way to start off the album...great dance tune:9.5/10(4th single)Nasty-Best song on the cd.....awesome song to dance to..."It's Janet Miss Jackson if ur NASTY!"...love tht part:10/10(2nd single) What Have You Done For Me Lately-Another good song on the album but it can't beat "Nasty":9.5/10(1st Single) Pleasure Principle-Another Good dance tune on the album:10/10(6th Single) When I Think Of You-I don't exactly care for this song but it's better than some songs:7.5/10(3rd Single) Let's Wait Awhile-Best ballad on the album:9.5/10(5th Single)
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Album that Made Miss Jackson a Superstar,
By Timothy Pernell (Saratoga, North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Control (Audio CD)
Far take it from today's Janet who chooses to showcase her sex appeal in today's sexually-charged universe but back in 1986, Janet Jackson eluded sex from her button-down black getup. And it was with her groundbreaking masterpiece, "Control", that the world finally began to look at the youngest member of music's royal family a little differently. While less edgier than brother Michael and rival Jody Watley on some levels, "Control" was an edgy record for its time mainly because of the funk beats that encompassed this album. Coming from Minneapolis funksters Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, this album not only became such a big success in the Black community but it had the Pop mainstream first embrace Janet. The love would continue for 15 years and pretty much dimmed by Janet's Super Bowl mishap but besides that, Janet was already an R&B veteran by this, her third album. Having already scored several R&B Top 40's in a period of four years, this record just truly blew up and it just proved to the world that the Jacksons weren't playing around. But because I had said that it wasn't as edgy as people had percieved it to be, it wasn't all on anger and wanting to be independent. In fact, songs like "You Can Be Mine", "When I Think of You", "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive" and "Funny How Time Flies" are the most care-free and in the case of the last song, deep songs that talked about love. But as for these triumphs of a song:"Control" These songs fit into what Janet wanted to talk about: independence of anyone controlling her and independent of a relationship and also no pressures to fall in love in the case of the last song posted. The last record, which was the first baby-making song Janet had made, truly showed that the 20-year-old Jackson had grown up right in front of us. But in this case, it wouldn't be until the next record afterwards that would prove that Janet was here to stay for a while and people were gonna have to deal with it.
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