It's The Pleasure Princi-POLL -- ILM Artist Poll #103 -- JANET JACKSON Results Thread

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02. RHYTHM NATION 1814 (1989; 192 points; 22 votes; 3 first-place votes)

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01. THE VELVET ROPE (1997; 199 points; 22 votes; 11 first-place votes)

As you can see, the top three were basically jostling positions for the entirety of the balloting period.

wow

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!

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!

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.

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.

boooo!!! no way is velvet rope her best album!

here's my albums ballot:

1. Rhythm Nation
2. Control
3. All for You
4. Discipline
5. 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 E
Escapade (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:

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― or something, Monday, August 3, 2020 4:48

awesome, thank you!

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).

those are 9 amazing albums

my ballot:
1. rhythm nation 1814
2. the velvet rope
3. damita jo
4. all for you
5. control

Let's go!

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77. ENJOY (from 20 Y.O., 2006; 222 points; 5 votes)

Beautiful art!

(Thank Spottie for stepping up on that front!)

annoying tune imo but i'm here for some 20 yo representation

Haha, I could see a 20 Y.O. stan drawing the line with "Enjoy."

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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!

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.

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75. LOVE SCENE (OOH BABY) (from All For You, 2001; 238 points; 5 votes)

aces graphic work here spottie!

Love Scene is gorgeous. Ended up voting for most of the ballads on All For You.

I think I voted half of the ballad suite. Could easily have given all four a vote tho.

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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)

I stand by that post

Definitely my favorite jam of the first two albums.

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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.)

started a spotify list here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6hS0aFHxLai83916ixqziO?si=oa-cojc6Tq-WMoDt0aRSlg

(You read my mind. Was just about to post one.)

Extrapolating "crazy for you" from the lyrics there was an awesome call, Spottie.

I'm so happy to see "Say You Do" place!!! I wonder how many more from the first two albums will pop up??

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.)

i feel like you're still right about this one

I'm so happy to see "Say You Do" place!!! I wonder how many more from the first two albums will pop up??

hoping for "if it takes all night"

xp yeah I am still an asshole

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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)

Of all the songs I voted for today, this one got the most points, by a lot. Still blows the lid off Lucas with the lid off.

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71. LIKE YOU DON’T LOVE ME (from Damita Jo, 2004; 255 points; 5 votes)

some of the production/guitar playing on this record is as lush as anything in her discography... the stretch from "like you don't love me" (great song) thru "moist" is colored by these curlicue guitar lines that kinda snake up like steam from a grate.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 16, 2019 11:15 PM (one year ago)

WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY TOO LOW

I love the idea of reading these lyrics and speculating about what the song itself might sound like, and then hearing it and realizing just how much of a sonic sidestep they pulled off here.

DO ME LIKE YOU WANNA DO THEM OTHER GIRLS

you're up at 3 in the morn
watchin that triple X porn
but you're so tired when you make love to me
what did you learn?

DAMN! is that all i get from you?

should be top 20

DAMN! is that all i get from you?

this song to all you lot tbh

That's the fire!

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70. EVERY TIME (from The Velvet Rope, 2006; 256 points; 7 votes)

There's not much to dislike on it (though if I recall "Every Time" is "Again v. 2.0" but not nearly as good)
― Tim F, Sunday, October 19, 2008 12:05 AM (eleven years ago)

(To Tim's assessment, here's where I admit to thinking they did it better second time at bat.)

If only because the of the last 5 seconds, when the instrumentation of wan balladry is suddenly stripped away, suddenly leaving behind a husk of sexy electro-R&B tension that's evident nowhere else in the track.

Its better than "Again.

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69. WOULD YOU MIND (from All For You, 2001; 257 points; 5 votes)

no discussion of how eyebrow-raising "would you mind" is?
― lex pretend, Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:53 PM (six years ago)