A Janet double: janet./The Velvet Rope - 2NITE @ 7.30

[POP!]

The only good part in "Special" is where it abruptly ENDS

 

[Cerro de Casa]

The only good part in "Special" is where it abruptly ENDS

AND that it leads to hidden track 'Can't B Stopped'

 

[POP!]

11 Velvet Rope
10 You
09 Got Till It's Gone
09 My Need
10 Go Deep
06 Free Xone
10 Together Again
07 Empty
09 What About
08 Every Time
06 Tonight's the Night
10 I Get Lonely
10 Rope Burn
07 Anything
03 Special

 

[Tisch]

Quite a nice finale sounding ending, quite apt for the long JOURNEY this album has been.

I'm still not stanning, but I did enjoy it tonight.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

I am stanning 'Can't B Stopped' tonight

 

[Cerro de Casa]

10 Velvet rope
09 You
11 Got 'Til It's Gone
08 My Need
10 Go Deep
06 Free Xone
10 Together Again
07 Empty
10 What About
07 Every Time
05 Tonight's The Night
10 I Get Lonely
09 Rope Burn
03 Anything
07 SPESHUL
09 Can't B Stopped

 

[Jark]

09.5 Velvet Rope
08.5 You
10.5 Got Til It's Gone
09 My Need
10 Go Deep
10 Free Xone
11 Together Again
09 Empty
08.5 What About
07 Every Time
07.5 Tonight's the Night
09 I Get Lonely
09 Rope Burn
07 Anything
07 Special
08.5 Can't Be Stopped

Special is not even that bad just not NECESSARY. if you chop Every Time, Tonight's the Night, Anything and Special you have the perfect record.

Can't Be Stopped would've been the ideal real closer.

8.8/10 - but I think front to back it's actually a better record than janet. slightly fewer CAREER HIGHS but way more consistent and some of the production is really a THRILL to swim in.

 

[POP!]

"Can't Be Stopped" is more fab than I remember, they should have deleted "Special" and replaced it with that

 

[Tisch]

I am stanning 'Can't B Stopped' tonight

*Rates it a 9*

 

[POP!]

11 Velvet Rope
10 You
09 Got Till It's Gone
09 My Need
10 Go Deep
06 Free Xone
10 Together Again
07 Empty
09 What About
08 Every Time
06 Tonight's the Night
10 I Get Lonely
10 Rope Burn
07 Anything
03 Special
08 Can't Be Stopped

 

[Cerro de Casa]

It's tricky. I think janet. is probably more consistent with more career highs but The Velvet Rope is undoubtedly her artistic peak as far as I'm concerned.

Traditionally it has always been my favourite Janet album but I think janet. is making real threats now to replace it.

Thanks again for a wonderful syncette evening everyone and thanks especially to @Jark for organising and hosting.

 

[Jark]

Quite a nice finale sounding ending, quite apt for the long JOURNEY this album has been.

I'm still not stanning, but I did enjoy it tonight.

I mean, what MORE does miss jackson have to do to persuade a german table to stan?

 

[Tisch]

Oh my the STRONG ENOUGH bits are the same tune as Cher's

 

[POP!]

Overall I think the album is a step above janet. The Velvet Rope is just as diverse but overall a much TIGHTER affair

 

[Tisch]

I mean, what MORE does miss jackson have to do to persuade a german table to stan?

More donks!
More sub 3-minute bottom bops!

 

[POP!]

Thanks @Jark ! Are we doing Control/RN1814 next or saving that for after All For You...

 

[POP!]

Playing "Runaway" now - it's so SUNNY

 

[Jark]

don't make me think of the next one already I'm exhausted!

(All For You/Unbreakable a week on Tuesday, be there! )

 

[Jark]

thanks for joining my little MOTLEY CRÜE. this was a most enjoyable affair.

 

[POP!]

See y'all for HONEYMOON mañana.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

This Time REALLY IS DELUXE.

 

[Sheena]

This Time REALLY IS DELUXE.

YOU’RE DISMISSED

 

[Sheena]

If only OUR SHIRL was here to see the anti-Janet club reduced to one.

 

[funky]

This Time REALLY IS DELUXE.

It’s quite possibly the best things she’s EVER DONE

 

[funky]

OK obviously TTWLG is the 11 because it’s one of my favourite songs of all time... leaning heavily on the UK Soul II Soul sound, it pretty much birthed America’s love affair with 90s groove. But This Time is a very close ten and three quarters

11 That's the Way Love Goes
08 You Want This
09 If
10 This Time
09 Throb
08 What'll I Do
07 Funky Big Band
07 New Agenda
08 Because of Love
09 Again
10 Where Are You Now
06 The Body That Loves You
07 Any Time, Any Place

my only issue with the album is the wedged-in What’ll I Do - it seems like every album Janet likes to throw in a 60s psychedelic pop, Motown or rock n roll inspired song, and it ruins the flow. It’s a great song just on the wrong album. It should have been a bonus track at the end. And I’d love a version without the interludes. Talk about overkill. Other than that it’s like a greatest hits album.

 

[funky]

Every long running pop artist has their “arthouse” album, still very pop but with the confessional lyrics and experimental sounds. It could have gone very wrong. But it’s a great album.

11 Velvet Rope
07 You
09 Got Till It's Gone
07 My Need
08 Go Deep
07 Free Xone
08 Together Again
06 Empty
09 What About
07 Every Time
07 Tonight's the Night
06 I Get Lonely
07 Rope Burn
06 Anything
05 Special
08 Can't Be Stopped

long and bloated but as a whole it’s an experience and while it’s not an easy pop album to just put on and enjoy, it’s objectively very interesting and provocative.

best enjoyed via The Velvet Rope Tour where many of these songs are really brought to life. The album benefits from its theatrics.

 

[Cerro de Casa]

08 Together Again
06 I Get Lonely

That's nice and Imma letchufinish but your write-up was unfortunately nullified by these two scores.

 

[funky]

That's nice and Imma letchufinish but your write-up was unfortunately nullified by these two scores.

Ha. Twas never a singles album for me. They're just nice but safe commercial tunes. So much better on offer on the album. I don't like her voice on I Get Lonely.

 

[Jark]

currently enjoying my first dip back into the sunny waters of All For You in some time in prep for the next janette party