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Got Til Its Gone is a wonderful re-imagine of Joni Mitchells Big Yellow Taxi
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| Track listing | 1. Interlude
2. Velvet Rope
3. You
4. Got Til It's Gone
5. Go Deep
6. Free Xone
7. Memory
8. Together Again
9. Online
10. Empty
11. Full
12. What About
13. Every Time
14. Tonight's The Night
15. I Get Lonely
16. Rope Burn
17. Anyhting
18. Sad
19. Special
20. Can't Be Stopped
| | Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording type: | Studio | | Distributor: | EMI | | Recording mode: | Stereo |
| | Album notes | Personnel includes: Janet Jackson (vocals); Q-Tip (rap vocals); Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (various instruments); Mike Scott, Dave Barry, O. Nicholas Raths (guitar); Vanessa Mae, Hanley Daws, Brenda Mickens, Michael Sobieski, Elizabeth Sobieski, Carolyn Daws, Leslie Shank, Daria Tedeschi, Jan Chong (violin); Alice Preves, Myrna Rain, Glen Donnellen, Charles Gray (viola); Josh Koestenbaum, Daryl Skobba, Dale Newton, Camilla Heller (cello); Ken Holmen (flute, clarinet, saxophone); Lynne Erickson (trumpet); James "Big Jim" Wright (organ, keyboards, background vocals); Gary Raynor (bass); Alex Richbourg (drum programming, background vocals); Xavier Smith (drum programming); The United Children's Choir (background vocals); Joni Mitchell.Producers: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson.Recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, Minnesota."I Get Lonely" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. In her most personal and emotionally revealing album to date, Janet Jackson tackles subjects close to her heart, including homophobia, abusive relationships, AIDS, and sexuality. THE VELVET ROPE is deftly produced by longtime Jackson collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who have a knack for injecting heavy, emotionally charged themes into musically flawless, stylistically innovative settings. The understated "Got 'Til It's Gone" features A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip and a sample of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." "What About," an edgy narrative from the perspective of an abused woman, contrasts a romantic, moonlit beach scene with memories of abuse. "Free Xone," highlights Jackson's open-minded perspective on sexuality: "Free to be/Who you really are/One rule/No rules." It is this expansiveness that marks THE VELVET ROPE as more than just another mainstream pop record.
| | Editorial reviews | ...In the end, the most daring thing about THE VELVET ROPE isn't its sex talk but its honesty. Tempting as it may be to compare the album to similarly sultry stuff like Madonna's EROTICA, it's much closer in spirit to the unabashed emotionalism of Joni Mitchell's BLUE... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (10/10/1997)
3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...there's plenty of emotional navel gazing here, but there are also moments of unsullied pop bliss....it's a testimonial to the record's merits that it's ultimately stronger than Jackson's sense of self-importance.
Rolling Stone (10/30/1997)
Ranked #15 on Spin's list of the Top 20 Albums Of The Year.
Spin (01/01/1998)
Ranked #24 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Village Voice (02/24/1998)
Ranked #24 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.Spin (1/98, p.87) - Ranked #15 on Spin's list of the Top 20 Albums Of The Year.Rolling Stone (10/30/97, p.67) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...there's plenty of emotional navel gazing here, but there are also moments of unsullied pop bliss....it's a testimonial to the record's merits that it's ultimately stronger than Jackson's sense of self-importance.Entertainment Weekly (10/10/97, pp.89-90) - ...In the end, the most daring thing about THE VELVET ROPE isn't its sex talk but its honesty. Tempting as it may be to compare the album to similarly sultry stuff like Madonna's EROTICA, it's much closer in spirit to the unabashed emotionalism of Joni Mitchell's BLUE... - Rating: A
Village Voice (02/24/1998)
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