Control (Janet Jackson album)

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Control

Studio album by Janet Jackson
Released	September 15, 1986
Recorded	1985-1986
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	41:47
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Monte Moir
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Janet Jackson chronology
Dream Street (1984)	Control (1986)	Control: The Remixes (1987)

Control is the third album from Janet Jackson. Most consider it her first successful album. The album featured production by successful producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as well as Jackson herself. The subject matter dealt with Jackson's independence, emergence from the Jackson family, and recent annulment of marriage to James DeBarge. It remains one of the most influential (and most copied) urban/R&B albums of all times.

Jackson's first two albums, Janet Jackson & Dream Street, were commercial failures. She allegedly did not put as much effort into those two as she would with her future albums, and their bubblegum pop style was far away from the patterns of popular, charting pop music back then. Early in her career, her father had controlled her every move, like he did with the rest of his children. A year before this album was released, Jackson had fired her father as manager, which was not an easy move. Despite the personal feelings Jackson had to move on, take control, and become a woman, which was the theme of the album. The album marked the first time she worked with Jam & Lewis.

Control was nominated for Album of the Year on the 29th Annual Grammy Awards, losing to Graceland by Paul Simon. And also is the only time (so far) that she is nominated on this category.

Jackson released a single in Japan in late 1985 called Start Anew. However, the single did not chart. It was included on the Japan release of Control as track five; it has been discontinued.

In 1989, Control was ranked #28 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

In 2007, The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released a list of what they term "The Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Control ranks at #86 on the list, and her 1993 album "janet." ranks on the list at #151.

Today, the album is widely rumored to be re-released sometime this year.

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Awards
4 RIAA
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Control" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:53
"Nasty" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:03
"What Have You Done for Me Lately" (Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:59
"You Can Be Mine" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 5:16
"The Pleasure Principle" (Monte Moir) – 4:58
"When I Think of You" (James Harris, Terry Lewis) – 3:56
"He Doesn't Know I'm Alive" (Spencer Bernard) – 3:30
"Let's Wait Awhile" (Melanie Andrews, Harris, Jackson, Lewis) – 4:37
"Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (James Harris, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis) – 4:28