iirc 20 yo is the only janet album i’d call... not inspired. then again maybe when i listen to it next it’ll turn out to be amazing who knows. i also remember discipline as being patchy with some all-time jams
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson)
That's how I remember feeling about those two albums. Discipline might be worth a go if I find the time but I think I'm going straight on to Unbreakable which I've only heard once. I know it had a lot of support on here.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 04:54 (five years ago)
"Feedback" is straight fire
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:18 (five years ago)
I don't much cop to Discipline either but "Rock With U" and "Feedback" -- one of them at any rate -- will appear on my ballot.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:25 (five years ago)
'Truth' is such an incredible song.
― Nourry, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 17:41 (five years ago)
The bass line!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 17:43 (five years ago)
forgot how much i love Empty
i wanna amend my earlier comment to "no other artists HITS have aged as well over the past 35 years"
first two albums were rough going but i got Say You Do and Fast Girls out of it.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 18:22 (five years ago)
"your coochie gon' swell up and fall apart"
qft
― carin' (map), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 19:02 (five years ago)
I Want You, SloLove and Truly all need to be on my ballot as well.
"truly" is a masterpiece tbh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 19:28 (five years ago)
damita jo, great concept album about fuckin on the beach
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 20:12 (five years ago)
So I'm skimming the "Artistry" section of her Wikipedia page and it starts off horribly, but then along comes one Eric H. with a good quote. Could that be our dear pollrunner?
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 22:57 (five years ago)
Meanwhile, I'm ready to call All for You my fave. Just unceasing awesomeness.
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 22:58 (five years ago)
it really is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 22:59 (five years ago)
classic: the way janet jackson says "funky"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:24 (five years ago)
sings rather
brain dying rip
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:25 (five years ago)
I saw her on the "All For You" tour and it was pretty disappointing. But I saw her again a couple of years ago and she absolutely killed it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:28 (five years ago)
My ballot is an overflowing mess. I've no idea how I'm going to get this cut down and in order.
Biggest discovery for me so far is how much I love the Janet album. I've been sleeping on that album for so many years. The second half is so strong.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:34 (five years ago)
Janet is still my least fave of her 5 (5?) megasellers. To many interludes, too many slow jams.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 July 2020 00:38 (five years ago)
I'm realising my least favourite is Velvet Rope. Probably not a very common opinion round here.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 9 July 2020 01:05 (five years ago)
xp i mean, pretty much every album of hers from rhythm nation onwards has had a ridiculous amount of interludes
― ufo, Thursday, 9 July 2020 01:08 (five years ago)
yeah the interludes are pretty inseparable from the janet experience
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 01:39 (five years ago)
slow jams too, especially a suite of 3-4 in a row
i don't love "again" but "where are you now"/"the body that loves you"/"any time, any place" is a great sequence on janet
― ufo, Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:01 (five years ago)
If “Empty” doesn’t rank everyone’s accounts get deleted.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:10 (five years ago)
it's my #1 for sure
― ufo, Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:13 (five years ago)
yeah ufo otm, "where are you now" is one of her all-time greatest slow jams
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:24 (five years ago)
i'm listening to 20 yo and uh yeah... something's still not right here. "do it 2 me" is pretty cool though
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:25 (five years ago)
"daybreak" too
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:27 (five years ago)
lol, whoops, the album gets really good right around there. "take care" is amazing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:38 (five years ago)
discipline: underrated, slaps
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 03:42 (five years ago)
"rock with u" is amazing but consider: "2nite"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 03:45 (five years ago)
off the first album, 'come give your love to me' will def get a vote from me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff808BbaFR4
― dbs, Thursday, 9 July 2020 11:09 (five years ago)
holy shit I'm starting from the first album and this is like..... really really good?? like ok yeah obv it's not as innovative or groundbreaking as her later work but as a huge fan of early 80s funky disco pop this is GREAT
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:26 (five years ago)
Angela Winbush, y'all
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2020 13:30 (five years ago)
once the ballads hit it's too late, but the disco pop stuff is great yeah
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:05 (five years ago)
yeah the ballads are clunkers for sure. I'm on "Dream Street" now and the first 3 songs are also fire
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:23 (five years ago)
oh my god this synth breakdown at the end of "Pretty Boy" is sheer euphoria
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:26 (five years ago)
my ballot is, again, already full, but i'm really considering doing this too, what a cool song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:48 (five years ago)
OK how the fuck am I supposed to make room for "Moist" and "SloLove"
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2020 15:24 (five years ago)
re: dream street: "don't stand another chance," "pretty boy," "fast girls," all great
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 15:58 (five years ago)
"fast girls" is very proto-control
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:06 (five years ago)
re: "black cat," i forgot, the video version is superior
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:16 (five years ago)
i am kinda digging rediscovering Janet's ROCKIN THE FUCK OUT tracks,"Trust a Try" is fucking awesome
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:40 (five years ago)
oh man the remix poll is gonna be even harder than the main one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 21:19 (five years ago)
"rock with u"........... is gonna be in my top ten
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 22:28 (five years ago)
strobe lights make everything....
.... SEXier
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 22:30 (five years ago)
lol remembering how incredible it was to hear unbreakable for the first time
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 23:35 (five years ago)
i *have* to vote for "dammn baby," that is a finely-layered piece of production
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 23:42 (five years ago)
janet/jam/lewis 4ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 23:44 (five years ago)
"shoulda known better," wow, ;_;
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 23:46 (five years ago)
this may be beside tim's point about damita jo but "dammn baby" sorta realizes the idea of janet's last train to paris for me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 July 2020 23:47 (five years ago)