Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson [LP] (1982) – €10,00

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Janet Jackson is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson, released on September 21, 1982 by A&M Records. Janet Jackson is described as a dance and contemporary R&B record. Songwriters Angela Winbush and René Moore contributed to much of the album’s lyrics. Moore and Winbush share production credits with Foster Sylvers, Jerry Weaver, and Bobby Watson.

On her eponymous debut album, Janet Jackson demonstrates no distinctive musical personality of her own, which isn’t surprising considering that she was in her teens. If her producers had concocted a sharper set of songs and more interesting beats, Janet Jackson might have been a pleasant set of sunny dance-pop, but as it stands out among the undistinguished, sub-disco thumpers and drippy ballads.

Five singles were released from the album. “Young Love” was the first. It reached number 64 on the principal American singles chart, the Billboard Hot 100. The second single from Janet Jackson was “Come Give Your Love to Me” and peaked at number 58 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, “Say You Do“, only appeared on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot Dance Club Songs charts, peaking at numbers 15 and 11, respectively. The last two singles from the album, “Love and My Best Friend” and “Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing” did not appear on any chart worldwide.

The cover artwork of Jackson’s body submerged in water was based on a Helmut Newton photo of Elizabeth Taylor.

 

Side one

1. Say You Do – 5:20
2. You’ll Never Find (A Love Like Mine) – 4:08
3. Young Love – 4:56
4. Love And My Best Friend – 4:48

 

Side two

1. Don’t Mess Up This Good Thing – 3:54
2. Forever Yours – 4:58
3. The Magic Is Working – 4:08
4. Come Give Your Love To Me – 5:03

 

Personnel

• Janet Jackson – lead vocals
• Bobby Watson, James Jamerson, Jr., Leon Sylvers III, Ricky Smith – bass guitar
• Foster Sylvers – synthesizer, bass, drums, producer, rhythm arrangements
• Marlo Henderson, Greg Moore, Tony Maiden, Michael McGloiry,
  Fred Jenkins, Pepper Read – guitars
• Paulinho Da Costa, Edmund Sylvers, Melvin Webb – percussion
• André Fischer, John JR Robinson – drums
• Wardell Potts, Jr. – drums, rhythm arrangements
• René Moore – keyboards, background vocals, handclapping, producer, rhythm arrangements, Moog bass
• Angela Winbush – keyboards, background vocals, producer, rhythm arrangements
• Phillip Ingram – keyboards, string machine, background vocals
• Joey Gallo – keyboards, synthesizer
• Eddie Fluellen – string machine
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements
• Humberto Gatica – mixing
• Stuart Furusho – engineer, mixing assistant
• Kirk Ferraioli – assistant engineer
• Gene Dozier – keyboards, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Jeff Lorber, Barry Sarna, Ian Underwood – synthesizers
• Attala Zane Giles – background vocals
• Monica Joy Rhodes, Wendell C. Wellman – handclaps
• Dana Meyers – background vocals, vocal arrangement
• Howard Hewett – background vocals
• Chuck Beeson – art direction
• Bob Brown – engineer
• Jerry Knight – background, vocals
• Harry Langdon – photography
• Nyya Lark – assistant engineer
• Peggy McCreary – mixing assistant
• Taavi Mote – engineer
• Ambrose Price – handclapping
• Lynn Robb – design
• John Stronach – engineer
• Steve Thume – engineer
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• John VanNest – engineer, mixing assistant
• Trevor Veitch – contractor
• Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
• Jerry Weaver – producer, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer
• Benjamin Wright – string arrangements

 

Notes
Release: 1982
Format: LP
Genre: Soul
Label: A&M Records
Catalog# AMLH 64907

Vinyl: Goed (VG)
Cover: Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00