i mentioned this in the voting thread, but 'got til it's gone' was such a huge moment for me and the video is burned into my memory. i didn't submit a videos ballot, but that would have been my #1 if i had.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 August 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
hey! i was the one vote for discipline!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 August 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
I suppose the fact I was one of the 3 who voted for remixes but didn't vote for albums reveals the type of Janet fan I am. Still excited for the tracks rundown and enjoyed the deep dive
― or something, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
But some of those 90s house remixes really are among the finest examples of the form
― or something, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Janet_Jackson_-_Damita_Jo.png
07. DAMITA JO (2004; 63 points; 9 votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
xp to or something: so, when this is all rolled out, you wanna share a playlist or recommend some good ones?
because i'm admittedly very ignorant on most of her remixes and would like to not be.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
My big albums question: given all the stumping in the voting thread, can Damito Jo overtake a classic (All For You, janet., Control?) and make it into the Top 5?
Not quite, as it turned out ... but for a little while it got close.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
i didn't vote for damita jo, but i did enjoy listening to it a few times. she's certainly got better albums, but it's way better than its reputation. like, its reputation would have one believe that it's not even listenable past a couple songs and that's really not the case.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Janet_Jackson_-_Unbreakable_%28Official_Album_Cover%29.png
06. UNBREAKABLE (2015; 82 points; 13 votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
Xp to Austin
This was my ballot:
Miss You Much (Oh I Like That Mix)Alright (CJ Mackintosh House Mix)If (Brothers In Rhythm House Mix)Nasty (Cool Summer Mix)Throb (Morales Bad Yard Club)That's The Way Love Goes (CJ FXTC Club Mix)R&B Drunkie - Mark EEscapade (Shep's Housecapade Remix)You Want This (E Smoove's House Anthem)Rhythm Nation (12" House Nation Mix)
All apart from the CJ Mackintosh House Mix of Alright are on Spotify, here's a link to the YouTube of that one:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EaI954eZqdg
― or something, Monday, 3 August 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Janet_Jackson_-_All_for_You_%28album%29.png
05. ALL FOR YOU (2001; 110 points; 14 votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Monday, 3 August 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
Of all the albums I came back to for review in this poll, I think All for You is the one that most pleasantly surprised me. So many songs that I had written off as B-minus Jam/Lewis/Jackson material, so many songs right up there with the peaks of the prior four studio albums.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
Same here.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Janetperiod1993.png
04. janet. (1993; 114 points; 15 votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Janet_Jackson_-_Control.png
03. CONTROL (1986; 181points; 22 votes; 8 first-place votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Janet_Jackson_Rhythm_Nation_1814.png
02. RHYTHM NATION 1814 (1989; 192 points; 22 votes; 3 first-place votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/The_Velvet_Rope.png
01. THE VELVET ROPE (1997; 199 points; 22 votes; 11 first-place votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
As you can see, the top three were basically jostling positions for the entirety of the balloting period.
wow
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
I ultimately voted for Unbreakable as my number 5 choice over All For You, but it was incredibly close.
Top 4 is the same as my ordering. Very close results for the top 3!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:48 (three years ago) link
I ultimately voted for Unbreakable as my number 5 choice over All For You, but it was incredibly close.Top 4 is the same as my ordering. Very close results for the top 3!
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
All for You had a first-place vote (from me) I believe? I could never be convinced it's not her best at this point, much as I love that top four.
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
Crap, yup, All For You actually had two first-place votes. No other album had any first-place votes, tho if I’m to be honest, on any other day I could’ve tossed my top spot to janet.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
boooo!!! no way is velvet rope her best album!
here's my albums ballot:
1. Rhythm Nation2. Control3. All for You4. Discipline5. Unbreakable
also,
Miss You Much (Oh I Like That Mix)Alright (CJ Mackintosh House Mix)If (Brothers In Rhythm House Mix)Nasty (Cool Summer Mix)Throb (Morales Bad Yard Club)That's The Way Love Goes (CJ FXTC Club Mix)R&B Drunkie - Mark EEscapade (Shep's Housecapade Remix)You Want This (E Smoove's House Anthem)Rhythm Nation (12" House Nation Mix)All apart from the CJ Mackintosh House Mix of Alright are on Spotify, here's a link to the YouTube of that one:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EaI954eZqdg― or something, Monday, August 3, 2020 4:48
― or something, Monday, August 3, 2020 4:48
awesome, thank you!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
While I love a missive from Contraristan, I'm not sure I can accept remonstrations from someone who voted for Discipline ahead of Janet (and I love at least half of the former).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 09:30 (three years ago) link
those are 9 amazing albums
my ballot:1. rhythm nation 18142. the velvet rope3. damita jo4. all for you5. control
― überweiss, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
Let's go!
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
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77. ENJOY (from 20 Y.O., 2006; 222 points; 5 votes)
Beautiful art!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
(Thank Spottie for stepping up on that front!)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
annoying tune imo but i'm here for some 20 yo representation
― überweiss, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
Haha, I could see a 20 Y.O. stan drawing the line with "Enjoy."
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
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76. ROLLERCOASTER (from Discipline, 2008; 236 points; 6 votes)
two songs i voted for so far.
also agreed: these graphics are great!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
The album results were pretty much expected. I have a lot of time for Velvet Rope but I've never quite understood why so many people rate it as her best. I didn't end up putting it in my top five.
Happy to see All For You have good amount of support. As others have said, that album was a bit of a revelation when revising before voting. Same goes for Damita Jo which ended up taking a few spots on my tracks list. It's such a beautiful and breezy listen with barely any filler.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
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75. LOVE SCENE (OOH BABY) (from All For You, 2001; 238 points; 5 votes)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
aces graphic work here spottie!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
Love Scene is gorgeous. Ended up voting for most of the ballads on All For You.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
I think I voted half of the ballad suite. Could easily have given all four a vote tho.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
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74. SAY YOU DO (from Janet Jackson, 1982; 247.5 points; 7 votes)
okay I was not taking anyone seriously re: appreciating Janet's first two albums but "Say You Do" is a fukkin bop― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, July 15, 2020 12:05 PM (two weeks ago)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
I stand by that post
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
Definitely my favorite jam of the first two albums.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
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73. COME ON GET UP (from All For You, 2001; 248 points; 5 votes)
"Come On Get Up" is the sound of a dead party desperately trying to lift off.― Boven is het stil (Eric H.), Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:16 PM (six years ago)
(News flash, I was a total asshole and utterly wrong throughout the All For You thread.)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
started a spotify list here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hS0aFHxLai83916ixqziO?si=oa-cojc6Tq-WMoDt0aRSlg
― Spottie, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
(You read my mind. Was just about to post one.)
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
Extrapolating "crazy for you" from the lyrics there was an awesome call, Spottie.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
I'm so happy to see "Say You Do" place!!! I wonder how many more from the first two albums will pop up??
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
i feel like you're still right about this one
― überweiss, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
hoping for "if it takes all night"
― überweiss, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
xp yeah I am still an asshole
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
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72. FUNKY BIG BAND (from janet., 1993; 253.5 points; 6 votes)
i think my favorite run on the record is funky big band -> new agenda -> because of love, though― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, July 3, 2020 1:18 PM (one month ago)