There hasn't been a JANET JACKSON ALBUMS POLL

Control: The Remixes beats all those

Seconded. I helped with a mix in which "The Pleasure Principle" remix appears prominently:

http://passionweiss.com/2009/06/02/summer-jamz-09-alfred-soto-tal-rosenberg-risottoberg/#more-3800

Does anyone rate Dream Street? Her debut is totally forgettable, but Dream Street is super unfairly overlooked. Not as great as the albums that immediately followed but it's a really solid and fun '80s pop album.

On the other hand, I prefer the debut!

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Man, these results are perfect. The one-two punch of Control and Rhythm Nation might be one of the greatest back-to-back album pairings of all time (as I'm reminded every time I listen to them back-to-back).

Whereas janet. is more VG+ and would be so vastly improved with just a little editing. Like it could easily lose maybe a third of its verrrry loooong runtime. Y'know, trim this musical interlude down from 90 seconds to 30, repeat that chorus four times instead of eight or sixteen, stop consistently wearing out the welcome of otherwise solid songs. It's a less sublime package overall (a little too AC MOR at times) but still has very strong moments (there are days when I'm convinced 'If' is the best pop single of the '90s).

Does anyone rate Dream Street? Her debut is totally forgettable, but Dream Street is super unfairly overlooked. Not as great as the albums that immediately followed but it's a really solid and fun '80s pop album.

― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch)

It's a very definite okay, but her debut has some good to excellent Rene & Angela tunes.

"What'll I Do" pretty clearly marks the line between an album that's maximal but still in control and an album that's gotten out of control.

Tho I like more of the songs that follow than not.

I looooove "This Time."

and I'd argue she's drunk with abandon

I like 'This Time' a lot. I'm just not sure I needed seven minutes of 'This Time'.