Public enemy No. The Publications Appeal Committee pulled her new "All for You" album from the shelves on Wednesday, calling one song "not acceptable to our society.
Banning the sort of racy pop culture that becomes a cultural lightening rod in the U. In the past few years, "Ally McBeal" was nixed for a scene of two girls kissing on the lips and even "Puff, the Magic Dragon" made it into the government's little black book. While other countries tie themselves in knots over what to do about cultural rot and gut-wrenching lyrics, this city-state pulls the plug without fanfare. You may change your billing preferences at any time in the Customer Center or call Customer Service.
You will be notified in advance of any changes in rate or terms. That's where I met him, this cowboy. He's in his fifties, and he's full of wisdom. He's an older man who has experienced a great deal, and he used to be in the music industry, on a smaller scale.
He even understood that side of my life". I think every girl has wondered". Record Plant is one of the studios where the album was recorded. Its initial stages began following her Janet World Tour, recording intermittently over two years.
There were times when she would not show up at the studio for five or six days in a row". She returned to the studio in January , embarking on a six-and-a-half month recording process.
Singing these songs has meant digging up pain that I buried a long time ago. It's been hard and sometimes confusing, but I've had to do it. I've been burying pain my whole life. It's like kicking dirt under the carpet.
At some point there's so much dirt you start to choke. Well, I've been choking. My therapy came in writing these songs.
Then I had to find the courage to sing them or else suffer the consequences — a permanent case of the blues. The Velvet Rope consists of sixteen songs and seven interludes; experimenting with various genres and darker themes. Jackson described the release as her most personal work, developed throughout her entire lifetime. She explained, "I never looked deeply at the pain from my past, never tried to understand that pain and work it through. It was a journey I had avoided. But one I now had to face.
At some point, everyone is on the wrong side of the velvet rope, excluded because of race, social status, age or some other division.
I found out who I really was If that can inspire people who hear this album to do the same, I'd rather have that than the biggest selling album in the world. Template:Listen Template:Listen The album gained media attention for its explicit themes and exploration of homosexuality, suggested as a "queer-studies thesis. I knew people would say I was gay, and I didn't care. The album's "most startling" song was considered "What About", in which Jackson violently confronts domestic abuse.
People have said that to me. They say 'this is his song'," comparing the situation with her song "This Time" inaccurately related to O. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson due to its subject matter. Jackson's progression into advanced erotic content was criticized, though she defended her material. Considine praised Jackson's focus on intercourse "as if it were simply a fact of life", noting her concern with "the emotional component of sex, rather than the act itself. Its composition addressed the "emotional and sexual politics of relationships", restraints of depression , self-esteem , domestic violence , homosexuality , AIDS , and sadomasochism.
I love the song the way it is, and it's reality for a lot of people. In piano ballad "Special", Jackson speaks to her inner child, spreading the message that "pain is not permanent", but rather, transformed. Jackson said, "Getting back to that child, and giving the child what the child may have missed—the reassurance of a nourishing and accepting a love, a love that says you're special—is hard work.
It can be scary but, like the song says, we have to deal with the past to live completely—and freely—in the present. I want them to know that their inner-strength is stronger than the forces against them. The Velvet Rope was titled as a metaphor for the emotional barricade preventing others from revealing their innermost thoughts; in comparison to the velvet rope used at film premieres and award shows, prohibiting access from spectators. The album's artwork was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth , with additional photos by Mario Testino.
Jackson stated, "The shot we used on the cover shows me just looking down, and that's what the album was about, looking inward". Upon its release, Jackson unveiled an edgier image, flaunting hennaed red hair and tattoos on her neck, wrist, foot, back, and lower thigh; also acquiring nipple, septum, and labia piercings.
She's an inspiration to a lot of people, and when they see something on Janet that helps her be strong, they want that strength as well". Jackson performing during The Velvet Rope Tour. Prior to the album's release, Billboard reported that a large-scale marketing campaign had been organized to promote the album. Nancy Berry, then-executive vice president of Virgin Music Group Worldwide, stated that promotion for The Velvet Rope Template:'s release were the company's largest until then, and although the record company had planned to bring Jackson's new album to the highest number of consumers, they did not want the campaign to be too intrusive.
However, Virgin executives were still confident that lead single "Got 'til It's Gone" would be successful. The recording company opted for a more urban promotion, using billboards and spaces in subways, as well as TV commercials.
One of the new ways to promote the album was the use of the Internet. In a collaboration with MTV , an online chat with the singer was set up. Music Champ in Japan. Jackson performed a controversial rendition of "What About" at the VH1 Fashion Awards, displaying vignettes of domestic violence. It used an autobiographical theme derived from elements of Broadway theater. I know there are people who just walk onstage and give you a show by just doing their music, but I always wanted something extra".
I knew what I wanted everyone to wear. I visualized the whole thing". So I finessed that book into the video screen". Jackson's showmanship was commended by critics, who also praised the show's theatrics and pyrotechnics.
Several publications refused to publish the ad, while billboards of the image caused traffic accidents in Europe. The final date at Hawaii's Aloha Stadium became the most attended concert in the venue's history.
Jackson luxuriates in textures as dizzying as a new infatuation," commended the album as containing "songs so baroquely sumptuous that they're virtually experimental. Jackson moans like a phone-sex operator, and uptempo tunes hark back to disco, splice mock-operetta to hard rock or, in Better Days, conjure an easy-listening 's-pop apotheosis. Jackson's voice turn her into an airborne choir; computer rhythms thump and sizzle.
Jackson's previous albums, but it compensates for lost catchiness with unabashed strangeness. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it "generally upbeat and positive", commending her return to making "fun and cheery pop music. Bouncing from orgiastic sex music to bubble gum pop music to soulful ballads, the album contains a true range of music At any rate, bubble gum pop, easy as it comes, gets a twist with Janet, elegantly escorted with acoustic guitars and the whole gamut of computerized yet natural-sounding instrumentals.
Jackson also received four nominations at the Billboard Awards ceremony. She had also been the recipient of the American Music Award 's "Award of Merit," awarded to artists who provide "major contributions to the musical entertainment of the American public," and the Recording Academy 's "Governor's Award. All for You debuted at number one on the US Billboard , selling , copies in its first week.
I Did It Again , and tenth highest overall. It placed at number two in its second week, with , copies sold. In its third week, it sold , copies, placing at number three. All for You was a commercial success internationally, debuting within the top three of Australia, [99] Belgium, [] [] France, [] Germany, [] Greece, [] Switzerland, [] and the United Kingdom. The album achieved several chart records, attaining the second highest first-week sales for a female artist in SoundScan history at the time.
Lead single " All for You " became the first song to be added to every pop, urban, and rhythmic radio format within its first week of release, and was the highest debut for a single not commercially available in both the United States and France.
All for You received praise for its sonic innovation and subsequent influence. All For You finds Jackson in predatory mode, keen to reclaim both in the boudoir and on the dancefloor territory which is today dominated by pneumatic mini-Janets like Britney, Christina and J-Lo. Move over, J. With a new generation of dance-pop divas following in her fancy footsteps, the baby Jackson shows who is still in control with this all-encompassing album that bounces from hip-hop to rock to classical—even during the same song—without missing a funky beat.
Burgess added, "More often, though, a Janet Jackson song on the radio is a deluxe buffet set up on a compost heap. Pass the sauerkraut. The Sun Sentinel stated, "Before Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, there was Janet Jackson, with her choreographed songs and trendsetting fashion," with the special intended as a "star-studded salute to the singer-songwriter-actress.
Template:Multiple image. Entertainment journalist Kelley L. The "funkier and hipper" style of Britney Spears ' third album Britney was thought to emulate All for You with "reasonable success" in multiple songs.
Spears also recorded another unreleased Jackson song titled "My Big Secret" for her fourth album, In the Zone , though it did not make the final release. Rihanna 's fifth studio album Loud and single " Only Girl In the World " drew several comparisons to All for You , with critics noting its sonic transition to an upbeat dance sound from prior release Rated R in a similar vein to Jackson's contrast from the darker tone of The Velvet Rope. Lo received a similar treatment by Epic Records , thought to be influenced by Jackson's decision after media emphasis was placed on its explicit language and content.
Several album tracks gained notoriety within the entertainment industry, in particular "Would You Mind" due to its racy composition and explicit sexual content. Erotic Revolutionaries author Shayne Lee called the song "a bold and proactive sexual maneuver for even a twenty-first century woman," adding, "she tells her man she's going to kiss, touch, lick, taste, bathe, ride, and feel him deep insider her.
She ends the song by requesting that he come inside of her and let his juices flow deep in her passion. All for You was re-released with two additional remixes and a limited edition bonus DVD. It was announced on October 21, via Billboard , and released on November 20, The new version features alternate artwork in addition to the " Flyte Tyme " single edit and Diddy remix of the album's third single, " Son of a Gun. It was intended to include a twenty-four page photo booklet of Jackson's All for You Tour , however, it was omitted for unknown reasons.
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