It's Janet... Ms. Jackson If You're Nasty (Control - Janet Jackson)

Member Name: XICripZ

Product:	Control - Janet Jackson
Date:	28/04/09 (106 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A few big tunes

Disadvantages: Some weaker tunes

"Control" came out in 1986 and was the third album by Janet Jackson. Although strictly a Pop album, this has Janet switch form here bubblegum years to a more exciting one as R&B, Hip Hop and Swing was brought into here material starting here. Of the nine tracks on this, seven of them when out as singles (most of which went straight into the top ten).

1. "Control"

To kick the thing off you find her breaking free as she moves on from being managed by her father, and having the chance to express this through new, vibrant music, and with the new age sounds of Electronic and Hip Hop being prominent at this time, the novelty of it meant that she had to bring this into her stuff here. It has her concentrate upon speaking of her journey from being fully-obedient to her parents to this now.

**Four Stars**

2. "Nasty"

The production this one is amazing and the ultimate in eighties sounds with some funky keyboarding found in it to drive her as she attempts to fight back against those abusive men who she has found herself with in the past. It is a killer one, and really stands out on the thing with the great beats really motivating her.

**Five Stars**

3. "What Have Your Done For Me Lately"

This one seems to take the sounds of the time to the maximum, and pushes them to their limits, but I think that it went a little too far in attempting to take elements of the tune before to a stage where it seems like copycatting, and it seems a little too repetitive. The lyrics in it are a it too much of-the-time, and have no real substance in a modern context, with their simplistic form.

**Two Stars**

4. "You Can Be Mine"

This was one of the two not to be released as singles and the reason for it is obvious when you listen to it as it sounds far too happy, and with the production not really of the same level which she seems to be at, it can be a little off-putting at times, but then again to all real Pop fans, this will be something which they are likely to like about it. At one point she drops the beat for a breakdown, but it really doesn't come of anything for all of these reasons.

**Three Stars**

5. "The Pleasure Principle"

This one is a really uplifting one on the record and it has her really get you up with the way see rides the Monte Moir production (responsible for hits by Gladys Knight and Alexander O'Neal too). You can't help but fall for this one as it is so soft, and she really makes the most of the light atmosphere which is created as she performs the thing.

**Four Stars**

6. "When I Think Of You"

This one isn't as strong as many of the other tunes which you find on the album, but I would say that with time it probably improves as there is definitely potential in the funky beats and such which you find in it. On this one you have her on a hype over new love, which really excites her, and managed to translate in great song writing from here and the duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

**Three Stars**

7. "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive"

This was the other one which didn't come out as a single, but I have to say that this one is a lot better than many of the other tunes on the album as it seems to have some funky beats to it which really get you going as she does her thing and takes on the kind of style which was heard in many other Dance-R&B tunes in the mid eighties.

**Four Stars**

8. "Let's Wait Awhile"
Recently this was adapted in a single from the St. Louis rapper Jibbs, and in this case you find her doing a tune which has her drop the pace and speak maturely about her relationship with whoever she is with, but I felt as though the chorus and the verse were so disconnected from each other that it meant you couldn't feel it as there was no fluidity to it.

9. "Funny How Times Flies"

On this, this final track, and the final single of the album, you find her doing a highly sensual one, in which she slows the pace right down and creates a seductive scene by whispering in French before getting into the song, and showing how se is capable of carrying a slow jam. It is a nice one, but I felt as though it relied a little too much upon the lines of the chorus, and her just moaning.

**Four Stars**

This is a fairly good album from Janet, and as it was just the start of a new version of her, you can forgive her for limiting herself to what she does in this new, more adventurous mould, but she seems to bring in all the right things to advance her sounds and make it that little bit more original, ain order to make it stand out.

Summary: Janet Jackson's third album