Album Spotlight: Janet Jackson - janet.


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Janet Jackson released her fifth album, "janet." in May of 1993 which is also the month of her birthday. "janet." was a pivotal point in Janet's music career for a number of reasons. First, she was simply wanting to be called Janet and secondly it was the first of many sexual themed albums.

The response to this album upon its release was rather shocking to some people. There's a pleasant amount of sex discussed here but also songs that carry a message; which became Janet's stock in trade for the time.

The album's first single, "That's The Way Love Goes" went to #1. I remember the summer it came out and hearing it quite a bit on radio. My mother absolutely loved the song and still does to this day. I didn't really appreciate the song for what it was until many years later though.

There were multiple singles from this album including the Oscar nominated, "Again"(which also was derived from Janet's 1993 movie; "Poetic Justice), "You Want This", "Throb", "Anytime Anyplace", "If" and "Because Of Love".

My favorite songs are "Because Of Love", "Again", and "That's The Way Love Goes". There was a time where I owned this album but to say I truly remember it would be a lie but it is today's album spotlight.

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