Janet Jackson All for You CD 

Erscheinungsdatum: 20. April 2001
Label: 5 Virgin U (EMI)
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger CD
Jahr 2001
Zeit 73:00  
Label Black Doll, Inc
Herstellungsland  NL
Musikrichtung Soul/R&B
EAN-Nr. 724381014424
Katalog-Nr. 810442


     Tracks

1. Intro 1:00   
2. You Ain't Right 4:32   
3. All For You 5:30   
4. 2Wayforyou [Interlude] 0:20   
5. Come On Get Up 4:47   
6. When We Oooo 4:35   
7. China Love 4:36   
8. Love Scene (Ooh Baby) 4:17   
9. Would You Mind 5:32   
10. Lame [Interlude] 0:12   
11. Trust A Try 5:17   
12. Clouds [Interlude] 0:20   
13. Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) 5:56   
14. Truth 6:45   
15. Theory [Interlude] 0:26   
16. Someone To Call My Lover 4:33   
17. Feels So Right 4:42   
18. Doesn't Really Matter 4:25   
19. Better Days 5:06   
20. Outro 0:09


 

Inhalt
Durchtrainierte Beats

Vier Jahre nach "The Velvet Rope" zeigt Janet Jackson auf "All For You", dass sie noch immer keine Konkurrenz zu scheuen braucht. In den 16 Songs mischt sie erneut auf unverkennbare Weise Dance- und Soul-Elemente.
"All For You", entstanden mit Unterstützung von Rockwilder sowie des erstklassigen Produzentengespanns Jimmy Jam und Terry Lewis, lässt kaum Wünsche offen. Janet Jackson präsentiert sich in Songs wie "You Ain't Right" oder "All For You", der ersten Singleauskopplung, erneut als ernorm vielseitige Künstlerin. Mühelos gelingt es ihr, die perfekt zusammengefügten Grooves und Beats mit unwiderstehlichen Melodien anzureichern. Dass sich das hohe Qualitätsniveau der ersten beiden Nummern nicht problemlos durchhalten lässt, wird allerdings bereits bei "Come On Get Up" deutlich, einer ein wenig zu bedächtig arrangierten Komposition. Doch auf diesen kleinen Ausrutscher folgen mit "When We Oooo" oder "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)" zwei erstklassige Balladen. Ein weiterer Höhepunkt ist das fast schwerelos dahingleitende "Would You Mind", das nur noch vom sanft groovenden "Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)", bei dem Carly Simon ein paar Gesangsharmonien beisteuert, übertroffen wird.


Rezensionen

Vier Jahre hat sich Janet Jackson seit The Velvet Rope, ihrem letzten Album, Zeit gelassen, um einen ebenbürtigen Nachfolger auf die Beine zu stellen. All For You, erneut entstanden mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung des erstklassigen Produzentengespanns Jimmy Jam und Terry Lewis, kann die Erwartungen größtenteils erfüllen. Janet Jackson präsentiert sich in Songs wie "You Ain't Right" oder "All For You", der ersten Single, erneut als ernorm vielseitige Künstlerin, der es mühelos gelingt, die trickreich zusammengefügten Grooves und Beats mit Leben zu füllen.

Dass sich das hohe Qualitätsniveau der ersten beiden Nummern nicht problemlos durchhalten lässt, wird allerdings bereits bei "Come On Get Up" deutlich, einer wenig aufregenden, zu bedächtig arrangierten Komposition. Doch solche kleinen Ausrutscher bleiben die Ausnahme. Mit Balladen wie "When We Oooo" oder "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)" findet Janet Jackson schnell wieder zu alter Stärke zurück. Ein weiterer Höhepunkt ist außerdem das fast schwerelos dahingleitende "Would You Mind", bei dem auf einen durchgehenden Beat komplett verzichtet wird. Ganz im Gegensatz zu "Trust A Try", Janet Jacksons unüberhörbarer Verbeugung vor den 80er-Jahren. Und wenn dann, wie beim unwiderstehlich groovenden "Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" Carly Simon mit ins Geschehen eingreift, dürfte auch der letzte Zweifler von den Qualitäten dieses Albums überzeugt sein. --Norbert Schiegl
 


Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Velvet Rope was a fairly bold move on Janet Jackson's part, as she got seriously sexy — too serious, actually, since it had a fairly bitter tone, underscored by hints of perversity. Four years later, marked by one hidden marriage revealed through a divorce, Janet returned with All for You, an album that is as about sex as much as The Velvet Rope, yet there's a key difference — it feels sexy, not pornographic. With her trusty collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in tow, she's created a record that's luxurious and sensual, spreading leisurely over its 70 minutes, luring you in even when you know better. And there are certainly moments that make you wish you knew better. For one, it's plotted like The Velvet Rope, filled with skits and deliberately recalling the record with its obsession with flesh and how it builds on '70s soul and soft rock. This time around, instead of Joni Mitchell, she appropriates America's "Ventura Highway" for "Someone to Call My Lover," one of the record's best cuts, and "interpolates" Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" on "Son of a Gun," with Simon singing and...well, I guess you could call it rapping...right along. The twist is, this is an anti-music industry song and a particularly foul-mouthed entry on the album, sitting comfortably alongside another industry song, the slow groove "Truth." And that fills out the three main themes of the album — divorce, industry, and sex — with a little bit of love on the side. These keep things humming throughout this overly sultry, overlong album, which intrigues with its very texture even as it lulls at its length. After all, there's a lot to be said for texture, and All for You is alluring, easily enveloping the listener. Though it's hardly as explicit as The Velvet Rope, apart from a section where she proclaims "I just want to suck you, taste you, ride you, feel you, make you come — come inside of me" (mind you, this album did not have a parental advisory sticker on its first pressings), this is her sexiest-sounding record, thanks to Jam and Lewis' silky groove and her breathy delivery, two things that make the record palatable throughout too many spoken interludes and songs that just don't quite click. Even if there is a fair share of filler, this is hardly as strained as The Velvet Rope (though in many respects, it's every bit as self-conscious), and there's an ease to its construction, topped off by such songs as "All for You" and "Doesn't Really Matter" that maintain Janet, Jam, and Lewis' reputation as the leading lights of contemporary urban soul. It'd be nicer if the album was leaner, concentrating on just the great songs, but indulgence is what this record encourages. Janet sprawls out throughout the album, indulging her whims, desires, and fantasies, but — fortunately for us — her indulgences are alluring in their self-absorption. Of course, it helps to have Jam and Lewis on your side to articulate your indulgence.
 

Condition: E:  EXCELLENT

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NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one very

light scratch.

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marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches

throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds,

ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!